Partitions pour chœurs

The antiphon 'O Sapientia' (with a text from the Old Testament Book of Wisdom) bears testimony to Pawel Lukaszewski's genuine artistry and to his fascinating, very individual musical imagination as an...

Two motets by the Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski, arranged for SATB acapella. Crucem tuam adoramus, Domine and Memento mei, Domine.

This piece for double choir (which has a companion Ave maris stella devised for separate performance) is grounded in traditional harmonic progression. An astonishing build-up of devotional intensity i...

He Carried Me Away In The Spirit for mixed SATB chorus a cappella was written for the choir, Commotio, and their conductor, Matthew Berry. This motet is a companion to the short unaccompanied motet Pu...

John Tavener's Ex Maria Virgine is a sequence of Christmas carols, their emphasis on the Nativity and the Virgin Mary. Scored for SATB unaccompanied or with Organ, the collection is representative of...

O Adonai was dedicated to Stanislaw Moryto. The antiphon was an award winner at the F. Nowowiejski ZAiKS competition in Warsaw in 1996. The first performance took place during the Gaude Mater VII Inte...

This antiphon was created during the period of 1996 to 1998. It is dedicated to Jan Lukaszewski and the Schola Cantorum Gedanensis, the ensemble which performed the piece for the first time in 1997 at...

This antiphon was written in 1997, and was given its premiere by the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir - the ensemble to which it was dedicated - conducted by Eric Ericson, winner of the so-called 'Music Nob...

This composition was conceived in the period of 1997 to 1998. There is also a version for female choir a cappella dedicated to Violetta Bieleka and Schola Cantorum Bialostociensis from Bialystok, who...

Written in 2009 for Andrew Millington and the Choir of Exeter Cathedral. Unaccompanied SATB choir. 'Written for Exeter Cathedral and already in the repertoire of other cathedral choirs, this straight...

Choral Variations for unaccompanied* SATB with boys' voices Texts:Theme A Boy was Born Anon. 16th century Variation 1 Lullay, Jesu Anon. before 1536 Variation 2 Herod Anon. before 1529 Variation 3 Jes...

Choral Variations for unaccompanied SATB with boys' voices. The extent of Britten's early genius can, to some extent, be measured by thiswork. Written while a student at the Royal College of Music age...

For unaccompanied SATB choir. This work was written for the Choir of Eton College. Text by King Henry VI, who founded Eton College in 1440.

For double SATB choir, unaccompanied. Commissioned by CoMA, London, UK, with funds from the Performing Rights Foundation and subscribers to CoMA's CoMmissioning Scheme.

For unaccompanied choir SAATTBB. This work was commissioned by Jonathan Manners and DeChorum, who gave the first performance at the Cancer Research UK Carol Service at All Saints Church, Weston-super...

Ecce Puer is a composition by John Tavener for Unaccompanied SATBB Choir. A setting of one of James Joyce's poems, a full performance lasts around 2 and a half minutes.

This work was commissioned by the Revd. Dr. Simon Jones for the Choir of Merton College, Oxford. It was performed on 27th November 2010 at Merton College, Oxford, by the Choir of Merton College conduc...

Motet for Good Friday for Solo Tenor and SATB Choir. Dedicated to Peter Pears and Imogen Holst.

This motet for unaccompanied voices with tenor solo was written for a BBC programme of words and music called A Poet's Christmas broadcast on the Home Service on Christmas Eve, 1944.

Composer's Note 'The words of this piece are taken from the poem They are all gone into the world of light by Henry Vaughan. The music came to me after attending the beautiful and moving funeral of Ma...

Tavener's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. First performance on 9th April 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, conducted by Mike Brewer....

For unaccompanied SATB choir, from Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. This work was commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. First performed on 9th April 2012, at the Royal Albert Hall,...

This work was commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge, to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the College. The Magnificat was first performed by Andrew Nethsin...

Commissioned for Cappella Nova's 30th Anniversary by Jyotipakshini. First performed on 30th May 2012, at St. Andrew's-in-the-square, Glasgow, by Cappella Nova directed by Alan Tavener. Cease to do ev...