Alan Bullard

> More than 65 flexibly scored anthems > Suitable for mixed choirs, upper-voice choirs, male-voice choirs, choirs with few men, unison choirs, small choirs, and all other groups > New flexible arrange...

This original composition combines several traditional proverbs , a quirky melody, a laid-back swing feel, a whispering section, and an immediate melodic 'hook'. The music is well-suited to the text a...

The title piece from a collection for upper voices, 'Hark, hark, the lark' is a setting by Alan Bullard of words from Shakespeare's Cymbeline. Scored for upper voices and piano, this serenely pastoral...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional descant), this piece celebrates the wonder of the 'bright new moon'. The composer's own text, based on traditional Hebridean poems, is set...

The composer writes: 'Persistent Memory is a little six minute drama . . . although the piano begins as the more aggressive partner and triggers the violin into animation, it is in fact the piano that...

This is a setting of two twelfth-century poems where the choral parts flow in a chant-like way, interrupted by ecstatic bursts, sometimes of purely instrumental colour. Both the singer and the audienc...

Density of light is an anthem that sets an evocative hymn by Thomas Troeger. The text is drawn from an Epiphany reading and explores the theme of the triumphing of light over darkness.

A traditional Christmas carol beginning and ending with a reflective baritone solo. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Eight Christmas Carols Set 2.

This atmospheric setting of the celebrated poem 'April Rain Song' by (the Harlem Renaissance writer) Langston Hughes captures the sense of comfort and security while listening to rainfall. The ebb and...

Charles Augustus Fortescue, with music by Alan Bullard and words by Hilaire Belloc. For unison or two-part voices with Piano accompaniment.

Blest Are The Pure In Heart is a work by Alan Bullard for 2-Part Choir and Piano or Organ Accompaniment. A setting of a poem by John Keble, after whom the Oxford college is named, the piece lasts arou...

For SA(B) and piano or organ. This lively carol is fast and fleeting, propelled forward by a constantly shifting meter, and a characterful accompaniment. It may be sung in English or to the Latin text...

This expressive anthem brings together excerpts from the gospels that express God's commandment to mankind to love one another. Underpinned by a flowing piano or organ accompaniment, Love one another...

This original suite, written for the Warwickshire Youth Choir, represents an extended concert item at the centre of the Emerging Voices series. It sets anonymous instructions found in packaging to gen...

Samba Mass is a joyous and colourful setting of the Latin Missa brevis. The work is framed by the gentle bossa nova style of the warm Kyrie and relaxed Agnus Dei, which is prefaced by a funky Benedict...

This is the key is a dramatic, narrative piece, perfect for children's and youth choirs. It can be sung in unison throughout, or the score contains options for two parts, sometimes singing alternating...

This attractive piece for unison voices celebrates the wonder of the 'bright new moon'. The composer's own text, based on traditional Hebridean poems, is set to a simple, flowing melody. The piano acc...

This is the key is a dramatic, narrative piece, perfect for children's and youth choirs. It can be sung in unison throughout, or the score contains options for two parts, sometimes singing alternating...

This original composition combines several traditional proverbs , a quirky melody, a laid-back swing feel, a whispering section, and an immediate melodic 'hook'. The music is well-suited to the text a...

Five attractive pieces for young players exploring different moods and producing a well-rounded suite. Idiomatically written for the instrument. Straight-forward, with effective piano accompaniments,...

This attractive setting of Reginald Heber's 1811 hymn for Epiphany was originally published as part of The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book. Bullard brilliantly captures the mood of the text through varied...

Opening out from a lyrical exchange between unison lower and upper voices, this anthem is based around a John Tauler poem rich in metaphorical language that reflects on the protagonist's relationship...

This attractive setting of Reginald Heber's 1811 hymn for Epiphany was originally published as part of The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book. Bullard brilliantly captures the mood of the text through varied...

Spirited in tone, this anthem sets a text based on Psalm 148 that praises God's glory. Opening with an uplifting unison melody, the vocal parts gradually open out into jubilant harmonies, which are su...