Chœur et Chant

This expressive, proclamatory setting of verses from George Herbert's 'Easter' features eminently singable vocal lines, antiphonal writing, and imaginative word-painting.

This expressive, proclamatory setting of verses from George Herbert's 'Easter' features eminently singable vocal lines, antiphonal writing, and imaginative word-painting.

In this bittersweet pastoral setting Bednall's flowing melody lines are paired with the tender words of the contemplative First World War poet, Siegfried Sasson. The 5/4 metre lends a wistful whimsica...

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...

In this bittersweet pastoral setting Bednall's flowing melody lines are paired with the tender words of the contemplative First World War poet, Siegfried Sasson. The 5/4 metre lends a wistful whimsica...

This is an imaginative setting of a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known a...

A joyful choral work that ebbs and flows, brought to a close by a lilting unity of voices.

This work builds up from just a few voices into a chorus of joyous celebration of the three miracles of the Epiphany: the Magi being led to Jesus' birth, water being changed into wine, and Jesus' bapt...

Evocative and moving polyphony paired with a text meditating man's relationship with God.

Evocative and moving polyphony paired with a text meditating man's relationship with God.

A surging choral work with distinct punctuated vocal lines, often with a leading tenor part.

This famous text is set to richly textured music filled with graceful melodic shapes.

A rousing celebration of Christ's ascension to Heaven featuring fantastic runs of notes shared between the voices.

Fresh, crisp and full of life, this work is the perfect setting for the jubilant words recounting the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

Grounded and powerful, this work rises and falls with tuneful motifs shared between upper and lower voices.

This work by Palestrina is both deeply reflective and notable for its warm mellifluous texture that ponders on series of long, held notes.

This gentle carol sets a well-known text, 'Balulalow', that paints an image of Mary singing a lullaby to Jesus. Bullard's gentle sways and lilting rhythms reflect the story, while soft dynamics and wa...

Hail, heavenly beam is a powerful and joyful setting of a 9th-century advent prayer. Coloured by rich harmonies and tonal shifts, the piece opens briskly before propelling itself towards a rousing con...

Hail, heavenly beam is a powerful and joyful setting of a 9th-century advent prayer. Coloured by rich harmonies and tonal shifts, the piece opens briskly before propelling itself towards a rousing con...

In this innovative arrangement Stanley M. Hoffman takes Henry Purcell's most popular solo aria, the 'Lament' from his opera Dido and Aeneas, and reimagines it as a work for unaccompanied soprano solo...

This is an imaginative setting of a sequence of nine poems from 'Viking Poetry of Love and War' by Judith Jesch. The war poems are formal and celebratory, making vivid use of figures of speech known a...

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...

This setting of A spotless Rose reflects the wintry starkness of the fifteenth-century text through its minor key and bare upper-voice opening, while the warmth of the full voicing on the words 'light...

Cet hymne est une tendre mise en musique d'une prière de St Richard de Chichester. Il figure sur les albums High Flight (SIGCD262) et Christmas Presence (SIGCD801) des King's Singers.