Partitions pour chœurs

For St Cecilia, Ceremonial Ode for tenor solo, chorus & orchestra; words by Edmund Blunden. The original work was commissioned by the St Cecilia's Day Festival Committee for the 1947 celebration of mu...

A message of hope and optimism, as well as a call to the whole range of life's participants to raise their figurative voices in a celebration of diversity.

These intimate and comforting lines of Elizabeth Bishop's Sonnet are set to music that is reflective, lush and lyrical, with the text always foremost.

We're Goin' Around is a selection from ragtime legend Scott Joplin's second opera, Treemonisha, which was never performed in full during the composer's lifetime. Have fun with the syncopated ragtime s...

Inspired by a holiday card inscription, this simple melody for mixed chorus and piano expresses gratitude for the gifts we are given despite the adversity that surrounds us. This message of thanksgivi...

Reflective and poignant in tone, this piece has a sense of innocence including a short melodic idea that seems to be a children's play song. With limited range and homophonic texture, singers are free...

The main idea behind this unique work is that music is the ultimate gift and that all things must pass. Opening with a Latin phrase and theme by di Lassus, it moves into a jaunty, Celtic-flavored tune...

Based on the poem The People, Yes by Carl Sandburg, this work expresses the great love of a caring mother for her child. She sings of her understanding and acceptance of the child, the potential that...

Based on a Carl Sandburg text, this piece is a paean to love as the ultimate response to the relentless passage of time and the impermanence of human life. Its ABABAA' form alternates between love's t...

Based on a Carl Sandburg poem, this work tells the story of the mutual longing of mother and grown child for the time and place of childhood.

Based on a Carl Sandburg poem, this piece is a meditation on solitude and how silence and music are interrelated. It evokes a state of stillness, bringing attention to the rise and fall of the breath...

Canadian composer Mark Sirett has set the inspirational Charles Dickens text in a simple and sturdy form. With a flowing and independent piano accompaniment, the singers paint the text with descriptiv...