Spartiti per coro misto (SATB)

This poignant anthem was originally composed to be sung at a funeral. It is a beautifully composed work, sufficiently sombre for such an occasion, but with a celebratory element which is uplifting and...

Available here in German translation Christmas Lullaby was commissioned in 1989 by the Bach Choir in celebration of the seventieth birthday of its conductor, Sir David Willcocks. Offprinted from Weihn...

This gentle, reflective piece, originally from Three Children's Songs, has been arranged for a mixed choir and is perfect for a spring concert. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 2.

This luminescent setting of 'O lux beata Trinitas' (ascribed to St Ambrose) uses a variety of textures and vocal techniques to reflect the joy expressed in the text - from simple homophony to improvis...

The sustained homophonic opening creates an ethereal sound-world, mirroring the reverence of the text of this Eucharistic hymn. The exquisite vocal lines that follow create simple but effective polyph...

Setting words by the composer, One of these days is an affirmatory piece with pop-inspired rhythms and harmonies. The scat syllables and repeating patterns of the lower parts provide a rich cushion fo...

This anthem sets the Antiphon at All Saints to a lively melody and rich, sonorous harmonies. Opening and closing with a drawn-out melisma, the music moves between different rhythms and textures. Ideal...

Based on Feste's famous words from Twelfth Night, this energetic piece abounds in word painting and imitative exchanges, as the music sings, dances, questions, laughs, and teases along with its text,...

Setting words from a manuscript in Westminster Abbey Library, A babe is born joyfully exclaims 'And Jesus is his name'. Park artfully switches between regular and irregular metres within a polyphonic...

This is a powerful setting of an Advent prayer from the Mozarabic Liturgy. Emotive chromatic harmonies reinforce the dramatic imagery of the text to create a strong and stirring anthem.

John Rutter creates a peaceful and contemplative atmosphere in this new arrangement of the traditional German carol, Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming.

I sing of a Maiden combines flowing lines with rhythmic irregularity, and ends with an airy weightlessness which, in the words of the composer, echoes the vernal flavour of the words. Although rhythmi...

The composer writes: 'After listening to the Schubert Quintet, it occurred to me that one of the many virtues of that score is the way the second cello is absorbed effortlessly into the texture. I bec...

Through luminous choral harmonies, images of a winter night, and echoes of scripture, Advent Moon evokes deep human longing and the promise of the coming of light. The delicate organ accompaniment and...

Show them you care ('cos it's Christmas) is a setting of an original text by Mark De-Lisser and Clare Dove in a pop ballad style. The song includes solos from each vocal section and the voices are sup...

This gentle yet uplifting carol was commissioned for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was first performed during the 2012 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The text, written by the compo...

Michael Finnissy's John the Baptist won the 2015 British Composer Award in the Liturgical Category. Commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge, for Advent 2014, the piece recalls the folk music of t...

This arrangement of a classic spiritual begins in sonorous style, with voices moving against quiet piano chords. It then erupts into colour and life, with exuberant voices and full piano part, before...

This is a deeply compelling setting of the familiar text. The piece commences with a series of contemplative exchanges between the upper and lower voices; the ensuing, unexpected changes of key and te...

These two short songs are set to texts by A E Housman and Edward Thomas.

Setting the original Latin text of the hymn better known as 'Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding', Jackson contrasts homophonic choral parts with light interjections from the saxophone. The result is...