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This radiant setting of the popular 'O nata lux' text features sumptuous and sophisticated harmonies and accessible vocal lines. The anthem builds to a central climactic moment followed by a reprise o...

When spring comes walking is a warm and optimistic setting of an evocative poem by Charles Bennett that explores themes of rebirth, nature, and celebration. Chilcott embraces the return of spring with...

William Blake's poem, 'A Cradle Song', is brought to life in this elegant setting by Chilcott. The gentle, recurring melody is passed from sopranos to altos, supported by 'oo's and 'ah's in the lower...

McDowall's setting of Isaac Watts' Cradle Hymn is beautifully tender, coloured by its rich harmonies, suspensions, and chromatic notes. The melodies are complemented by sustained 'oo's and 'ah's and r...

for SATB unaccompanied This setting of Phineas Fletcher's text is gentle and flowing, with a lilting, descending motif to characterise the 'slow tears'. Archer offers nuanced dynamics and imitative e...

This expressive piece is based on The Seven Sacred Virtues of the Lakota: the title describes a commitment to live by these values, the metaphorical 'red road', being a spiritual way of life. The unhu...

Let all mortal flesh keep silence is a reflective, homophonic setting of text from the fourth-century Orthodox Liturgy of St James. Sheehan's setting, an original rather than the customary pairing wit...

TaReKiTa è un pezzo da concerto rinfrescante che fonde senza sforzo gli stili classici indiani e occidentali. Gli scats del compositore sono combinati con un veloce metro triplo, scivoli vocali e melo...

This is a warm and tender piece setting the last three verses of Christina Rossetti's 'What good shall my life do me?', which encourages leading a life of love as an example for others. Daley's heartf...

This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful, swinging syncopations and dancing scat accompaniment. Also available in a version for SSAA...

This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem...

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

This imaginative setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem encourages the use of evocative bird and wind noises to capture the text's natural imagery. In a fresh, a cappella style, Hawley's charism...

This is an expressive setting of Sara Teasdale's poem 'Peace', with lush, rich harmonies and a soft dynamic palette. Poignant and peaceful, and perfect for choirs who enjoy refining blend and ensemble...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. With its valedictory message, it would make a fitting end to a performance, perhaps as an encor...

This beautiful setting of a medieval English text is simple yet effective, written in Assersohn's clear and approachable style. With tender 'lullay, lullow's, lilting phrases, and gentle modal inflect...

In this gentle lullaby, poet Charles Bennett reflects upon the promise held in the dreams of a sleeping child, a life that has just begun. The choir opens and closes the carol, providing a rich cushio...

Setting original words by the artist Marc Bratcher, this tender and evocative carol for unaccompanied SATB choir is suitable for performance at Christmas or Epiphany. The work opens with a gently flow...

Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing is an upbeat setting of a hymn text by seventeenth-century English poet George Herbert. Chilcott uses irregular metres, syncopation, and dancing melodic shapes t...

Un'ambientazione splendidamente semplice di parole familiari di Langston Hughes, Bring me all your dreams mette in mostra l'efficace scrittura omofonica e la ricca tavolozza armonica di Harris. Il bra...

A Birthday mette in scena l'omonima poesia di Christina Rossetti. Chydenius riflette le vivide immagini del testo dei versi attraverso bellissime linee vocali con vorticosi controcanti. I cori riporta...

Questo brano fonde abilmente una poesia classica, Uphill di Christina Rossetti, con uno stile rilassato e leggermente jazzistico. Espandendosi dall'armonia a tre a quella a sei parti, la tessitura acc...

L'originale composizione di Toby Young rinfresca questo noto testo con una melodia magistrale e memorabile, intrisa di una tenerezza indelebile. Young fa uso di efficaci cambi testuali e sincopi, fond...

echo è una celebrazione musicale della connettività umana. È cantabile, potente, ritmico e contemplativo. Wong riflette nella musica e nel testo l'idea che "l'incontro di molti cantanti in un unico lu...

Questa breve preghiera serale di James Whitbourn è un estratto del Libro delle preghiere comuni. Scritta per il coro dell'Harris Manchester College di Oxford, è una richiesta meditativa di protezione...