Partitions pour chœurs

Text by Dorothy L. Sayers. First sung at the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge in 2000

When Love Speaks is a piece composed by Owain Park, for his cycle 'Shakespeare Love Songs', commissioned by The Maesbury Singers. This work is arranged for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. The cycle 'Shakesp...

Winner of the 2006 Vanguard Premiers Choral Competion Contest, this setting of O Nata Lux has already been selected for performance at numerous ACDA venues. Dr. Forbes, professor at Millikin Universit...

This carol describes how the ringing of church bells evokes the events of the first Christmas, and Karsten Gundermann's arrangement uses the lower voices to evoke the sound of bells. This version of t...

O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord was written for Stephen Layton and Polyphony by Morten Lauridsen. Purchase the sheet music for unaccompanied SATB chorus. This setting has been recorded on Lauridsen:...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, this piece sets a poem by Sara Teasdale that likens a heart seeking its love to a swallow's cry. Chydenius's rich harmonies, syncopated melodies, and...

This uplifting anthem sets the Invocation text from Carmina Gadelica. McDowall's beautiful melodies flow and intertwine, decorated by scotch snaps that reflect the text's origin. Suitable for services...

Fluid vocal lines and a sensitive text both shine in this powerful, yet heartfelt, recollection of a loved one no longer here with us. Perfectly capturing the essence of love that lives forever, it is...

Die mittelschweren, sehr prägnanten Stücke sind von engagierten Laienchören problemlos zu bewältigen. Mit seiner höchst eindrucksvollen musikalischen Sprache trifft Furrer auf die Poesie und zeitlose...

A choral work by Philip Glass from his opera Einstein On The Beach in Glass's trademark minimal style. The work is based upon overlapping repeating rhythmic motives, with 5 Knee Play pieces used to pu...

Puer Natus est (Introitus zu Weihnachten); Maranatha! (Prozessionshymnus 'Veni Emmanuel'); Veni (Introitus zu Pfingsten);. SSAATTBB acap.

This masterful setting of God's Grandeur by Kenneth Leighton composed quite early in his career has characteristic mid-century muscularity. One can discern the influences of Hindemith and Dallapiccola...

Avec sa mélodie accrocheuse, ses percussions vocales excitantes et ses paroles intelligentes, cet arrangement de jazz vocal est tout simplement génial, et c'est le morceau principal du dernier album d...

This set of Preces and Responses, including the Lord's Prayer, will be enjoyed by all seeking new material for the liturgy. The largely syllabic four-part setting harks back to the music of the great...

This festive arrangement of a traditional German carol features an English text, translated and adapted by John Rutter. The first two verses are sung by soloists (or alternatively by a semi-chorus) ov...

This attractive motet was written for performance alongside Brahms's Requiem. The gracefully sculpted music clothes the text with touching melodies, expressive harmonies and varied sonorities.

A different arrangement of this carol, for SSA, is in Carols for Choirs 4.

In this short introit Bednall sets the 'In manus tuas' responsary for the Compline service. A setting of a useful text for church or cathedral services, the anthem is appropriately serene and luminesc...

From the collection Mack Wilberg Anthems, 'Beautiful Saviour' is Wilberg's arrangement of a 12th century melody to create this reverent hymn. Scored for SATB unaccompanied, this gentle, worshipful pie...

Setting words by the composer, this fast gospel-style piece requires strong voices and plenty of energy. This dazzling spiritual features blues-inspired melodies and jazzy harmonies, and also offers a...

The Songs of Farewell are among Hubert Parry's greatest achievements, and have found a secure place in the repertoires of chamber choirs and ecclesiastical choral foundations. While not all are devoti...

This vibrant setting of Isaiah 9:6 draws on the rhythms and textures of modern Nigerian art music. The predominantly homophonic texture is interspersed with solo lines, in a setting full of dynamic co...

This widely performed Renaissance masterpiece is available for the first time in an SAB edition. Set in the original key of F major, the beauty of Palestrina's polyphonic writing is maintained while m...