Bob Chilcott

From the collection Bob Chilcott Carols 2, 'Jesus, Jesus, rest your head' is Chilcott's arrangement of the traditional American carol, scored for SATB and piano. Varied textures enrich this gentle Chr...

With a lively tempo, dance-like rhythms, and bright harmonies, Chilcott's music perfectly expresses the festive joy of this original Christmas text by Charles Bennett. The uplifting melody is interspe...

This sequence of six carols explores the role of Mary in the Christmas story, focussing on her human experience within a story of the divine. The writer Georgia Way places the sycamore tree as a centr...

La mise en musique conviviale de Welcome, all wonders in one sight de Crashaw s'ouvre sur un refrain lumineux et déclamatoire qui proclame "bienvenue" sur une grande partie d'orgue oscillante qui s'ap...

This tunefully lilting carol for choir and organ will prove popular with audiences and choirs alike, its six verses deftly marrying variety with diversity to create an attractive shape. Offprinted fro...

Cet arrangement simple et atmosphérique de la chanson traditionnelle allemande a été écrit à l'origine pour la chorale Choralis, basée à Washington. Adapté à l'Avent ou à Noël, ce dépliant présente à...

This simple and atmospheric arrangement of the traditional German song was originally written for the Washington-based choir Choralis. Suitable for Advent or Christmas, this leaflet presents both the...

Chilcott's convivial setting of Crashaw's text invites us to lift up 'our loftier song, and wake the sun that lies too long'. Choral triplets gesture towards a swung rhythm, and jazz-like inflections...

Ce chant joyeux reprend un texte médiéval célébrant la naissance du Christ. Le message festif est amplifié par une pulsation entraînante, des rythmes de danse et des répétitions jubilatoires d'Allelui...

Full score and set of parts for Bob Chilcott's The first Nowell. The six verses of this tuneful and lilting carol deftly marry variety and diversity to create an attractive shape. This set contains th...

Slow and nostalgic in flavour while retaining Chilcott's characteristic warmth and ebullience, this piece befits the text to which it is set: a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that speaks to how the k...

Lente et nostalgique, tout en conservant la chaleur et l'exubérance caractéristiques de Chilcott, cette pièce est à l'image du texte qui l'accompagne : un poème de John Greenleaf Whittier qui explique...

This carol reflects on feelings of sorrow and uncertainty that arise during long, dark nights, while also pointing to the hope radiating from the promise of the Saviour's coming. With lyrics in both G...

This carol meditates on the Christmas message, with rhythmical features imitating sparks of hope for a brighter future in times of difficulty. Uplifting and expressive, the carol has lyrics in German...

This carol celebrates the birth of the Saviour, whose reverberating promise, 'I am the light', gives hope that all discord and divides will finally end. Uplifting and powerful, the carol has lyrics in...

Pour SATB et piano, avec basse optionnelle. Dans Little Jazz Carols, Chilcott apporte son style de jazz choral à la saison de Noël. Le mouvement d'ouverture en forme d'hymne, "Blessed be that Mary", e...

In Little Jazz Carols Chilcott brings his choral jazz style to the Christmas season. The hymn-like opening movement, 'Blessed be that Mary', is followed by the ballad 'Balulalow', before the energetic...

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...

For female vocalist, children's choir, SATB choir, piano, bass, brass, and percussion. This richly expressive cantata sets five discrete texts, each reflecting a different aspect of Christmastide. The...

For SATB and piano. This is a hauntingly beautiful, spiritual-style setting of a sixteenth-century text attributed to Thomas Ravenscroft. Also in the anthology, Christmas Spirituals for Choirs.

On Christmas Night is a musical celebration of the Christmas story, presented as a sequence of eight original carols. Chilcott calls upon several familiar carol melodies within his own settings, resul...

For SATB and piano or organ. A combination of tender, flowing melody, understated harmonies, and a simple piano accompaniment, this moving cradle-song describes Mary's love for her child from the pers...

SATB & Piano(s) & Percussion/Orchestra. For SATB with one piano (with or without 1 or 2 percussion players), or two pianos (with or without 1 or 2 percussion players), or orchestra (2(1Picc, 2 Fl). 2....

For SATB and piano. This gentle and enchanting carol for SATB and piano, set to a poem by Elizabeth Jennings, began life as the fourth movement of Chilcott's Christmas cantata, 'And peace on earth'. C...

The Nidaros Jazz Mass draws on a variety of jazz styles to present a fun and innovative setting of the Latin Missa brevis. Recorded by a professional jazz trio, this backing track is a useful tool for...