Bob Chilcott

A work filled with ambition, Circlesong is a musical portrayal of the human life cycle as captured in the indigenous poetry of North America. Based on poetry from the Chinook, Comanche, Dakota, Eskimo...

This celebratory work sees Bob Chilcott collaborate with poet Charles Bennett to explore all that we can learn from the natural world. The first movement, 'Follow the music', leads us on a journey thr...

In Little Jazz Carols Chilcott brings his choral jazz style to the Christmas season. The hymn-like opening movement, 'Blessed be that Mary', is followed by the ballad 'Balulalow', before the energetic...

This haunting folk melody is brought to life here. Setting 'The Leaves of Life' by G. Bradley, the carol was first performed at the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge.

Samba Mass is a joyous setting of the Missa brevis. The stylistic piano part can be played as written or serve as a guide, and an optional band part is available separately. Performers will enjoy expl...

This piece is a dynamic, uplifting, and highly popular jazz setting of the Latin mass, featuring driving grooves and blues harmonies, with provision for short piano solos (notated or improvised) and g...

Bring festive energy and captivating rhythms to your holiday concert! This practical percussion part (version for 1 player) is the ideal addition to the popular Oxford University Press arrangement of...

Every Thing That Grows' is an meaningful and uplifting setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 15. Chilcott employs captivating vocal lines, a flowing piano part, and expressive clarinet interludes to reflect...

A work of thanksgiving, The Song of Harvest is an artfully crafted celebration of the earth and its riches. It is structured around five hymns with original melodies and opportunity for audience/congr...

The Nidaros Jazz Mass draws on a variety of jazz styles to present a fun and innovative setting of the Latin Missa brevis. Recorded by a professional jazz trio, this backing track is a useful tool for...

The text is taken from Shelley's epic poem Prometheus Unbound. Skempton sets passages in which a Chorus of Hours and a Chorus of Spirits celebrate in ecstatic language the unshackling of the human spi...

This lyrical setting of Colin Coppen's text has a flowing piano accompaniment and a melody of elegant simplicity. It makes a charming addition to any concert or service, and is also available in a ver...

With 'Mid-winter', celebrated composer Cecilia McDowall presents a deeply moving meditation on the sorrows of the Virgin Mary—hailed by Tempo (2013) as 'an outstanding work of great solemnity and poig...

Alan Smith's setting of the Latin hymn at Lauds for The Feast of Transfiguration is stately and solemn. Featuring imitative entries that open out into rich, expansive textures at climactic moments, th...

With a text by the composer, this work was originally inspired by members of the Radcliffe Ladies' Choir and their motto 'friendship through singing'. The lilting vocal line is subtly underpinned by a...

Bring the magic of the festive season and winter poetry to your concert program: Bob Chilcott’s sensitive and touching setting of Christina Rossetti's famous text is one of the most cherished contempo...