Andrew Carter

Richard Allain's Lute Book Lullaby is a gentle and comforting setting of a sixteenth-century text from William Ballet's Lute Book. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

This four-movement work is inspired by the idea of 'Jerusalem' both as a Holy City and a utopian ideal of heavenly peace and seraphic bliss. The composer has selected four biblical texts, in English a...

The music, superficially simple with a gently rocking rhythm framing a declamation of the text, allows the words to speak for themselves whilst simultaneously enhancing their expressive power.

In this captivating piece Mahler explores feelings of doubt and insecurity, employing the compelling metaphor of the tide and searching for existential meaning. Bewitching piano cascades and rolling b...

Phoenix is a series of interlinked, contrasting sections - by turns elegiac, radiant, and menacing - culminating in a luminous cantilena for the four melody instruments against densely clustered chord...

Andrew Carter's arrangement for amateur and school orchestras of Mozart's Spring Rondo, with Piano score and parts that are flexible to suit your own ensemble. The parts have also been designed to sui...

pour SATB (avec divisions) sans accompagnement Il s'agit d'un arrangement de l'air bien connu de Piae Cantiones, connu sous le nom de "Personent hodie". Carter y a ajouté des paroles entièrement nouve...

for SATB unaccompanied

For SATB unaccompanied. This light-hearted arrangement of the popular classic is perfect encore material.

A rollicking arrangement of this ever-popular song for unaccompanied SATB voices. It will delight singers and audiences alike with salty evocations of sun, sea, and brass bands! Also in Encores for Ch...

For unaccompanied SATB choir. Andrew Carter's setting matches in its powerful simplicity the text attributed to the French Quaker missionary, Stephen Grellet: 'I expect to pass through this world but...

A short and easy canonic setting for SA unaccompanied.

For unison upper voices and piano or harp. No. 2 of Three upper-voice carols, this is a setting of the traditional words. A fluid melody and Carter's adroit harmonic interpretation of the text combine...

The lark is depicted either by a solo soprano, as originally written, or by a flute.

A lively Easter anthem for SATB and organ, the simple yet strong melody lines and dancing rhythms propel the music forward to a triumphant close. It is effective, yet easy.

This anthem for SATB and organ is a highly effective and simple work suitable for Pentecost. The strong hymn-like tune builds through the addition of a descant to a powerful climax.

With "God Be In My Head," Oxford University Press presents a deeply moving choral composition by Andrew Carter that enchants with its noble simplicity and musical depth. Carter’s sensitive setting of...

An exciting and exuberant carol, using jazzy rhythms and constant shifts of key.

for SATB and piano This rustic and pretty carol features a winning melody of folk-like simplicity, which is developed over the course of four verses. The result is an up-beat carol that is easy, varie...

A rumbustious setting of an anonymous medieval text, this carol celebrates Christ's birth in an indomitably joyful fashion and provides an ideal and uplifting finale for any carol concert.

Pour chœur mixte SATB. Texte suédois et anglais.

For SSA and piano or harp. No. 3 of Three upper-voice carols, this is a serene setting of the familiar New Hampshire text. Carter's writing for the voices - they repeatedly begin a phrase in unison an...

For SSA and piano or harp. No. 1 of Three upper-voice carols, this is a beautifully crafted setting of a medieval German text. The composer's simple but effective writing underscores perfectly the qui...

for SATB and organ