Partitions chorales : du moderne au classique

Pour SATB (avec divisions) et orgue. Ce chant de Noël jubilatoire et enjoué reprend un hymne de louange de Timothy Dudley-Smith, qui mêle le symbolisme festif de la saison à une gratitude sincère pour...

This jubilant and upbeat Christmas carol sets a celebratory hymn of praise by Timothy Dudley-Smith, weaving together the festive symbolism of the season with heartfelt gratitude for God's works. The p...

Setting excerpts from the poem 'Wonder' by the metaphysical poet Thomas Traherne, The skies in their magnificence captures the poem's sense of majesty and expansiveness. Long phrases and expressive dy...

Avec un texte du compositeur, cette pièce est une invitation sincère à se réjouir de la naissance du Christ. Bien qu'il s'agisse d'une pièce originale, les citations musicales de chants de Noël bien c...

With a text by the composer, this piece is a heartfelt invitation to rejoice at the birth of Christ. Though an original piece, familiarity can be found in musical quotations from well-known carols. A...

In this macaronic carol, Arakelyan combines Latin and English texts and employs effective textural contrasts through unison, imitative, and polyphonic passages. Offprinted from Weihnachts Carols for C...

Sara Teasdale's poem about the three kings allows Sarah Quartel to create a haunting atmosphere in this folk-like carol for choir and piano. Offprinted from Weihnachts Carols for Choirs.

This gentle arrangement of the well-known fifteenth-century carol conjures a restful but evocatively melancholy atmosphere. The texture is varied by the use of a soprano or baritone soloist, while the...

The Christ-child combines an English text by G. K. Chesterton with Latin text from a sequence for Pentecost to depict the relationship between Mary and the Christ-child, accompanied by lydian-inflecte...

This is a touching setting of the well-known fifteenth-century words. The contours of Stroope's melodic writing mirror the narrative from the manger scene, while the simple refrain highlights the Chri...

In keeping with its title, this Christmas carol is bursting with joyous energy. Taking Lowell Mason's melody, which was based on an earlier melody by Handel, Rutter enriches the texture in the lower v...

This much-loved arrangement of the traditional English carol 'I saw three ships' is presented here in a German translation. Offprinted from Weihnachts Carols for Choirs.

On this Silent Night perfectly conveys the magic and excitement of winter, conjuring images of warmth by the fireside while the weather outside closes in and giving a subtle nod to Franz Gruber's Sile...

Parry relishes in warm harmonies, with occasional chromatic inflections, in his calm but captivating setting of the anonymous fifteenth-century text There is no rose. Offprinted from Weihnachts Carols...

Offprinted from Weihnachts Carols for Choirs. The orchestral accompaniment is available on rental/hire.

The melody of this accessible carol for choir and organ flows with ease. The finely controlled texture builds from sopranos over wordless backing to a rich SATB harmonization that subsides to a hushed...

This attractive setting of Reginald Heber's 1811 hymn for Epiphany is presented here in a German translation. Bullard brilliantly captures the mood of the text through varied choral textures, expressi...

Chilcott's arrangement of this well-loved carol is gentle and expressive. Extended harmonies and suspensions beautifully colour the unaccompanied second verse, while the third verse is paired with an...

Road to Refuge contrasts pure harmonies with dissonant passages as Wallen draws comparisons between the nativity story and modern refugees. The rippling piano accompaniment and sudden changes in the v...

Burk weaves joyful and declamatory passages with moments of pensiveness, with an extended harmonic vocabulary throughout. Offprinted from Weihnachts Carols for Choirs.

Vincent Novello's arrangement of four verses of the well-known 'Hymn for Christmas' builds from soprano solo, through duet for tenor and bass and trio for alto, tenor and bass (with melody in the midd...

Chant de Noël pour chœur mixte (SATB) et instruments ad lib. La distribution instrumentale est flexible et figure dans la partition pour chœur.

Une jolie ballade saisonnière avec un texte laïque, "de paix", qui la rend idéale pour tout concert de vacances (bien qu'elle puisse être interprétée presque à tout moment de l'année). La douce mélodi...

Another brilliant Christmas spiritual from Jay Althouse. 'Run, run to Bethlehem. See the tiny baby lying in the hay. ' The melody practically sings itself, the steady, even rhythms drive the piece for...

You can't miss the vivid text painting as the floating vocal parts layer one upon another in the rich sequential refrain. You can almost feel the chill of a winter wind as the haunting opening theme i...