Partitions pour chœur mixte

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Cette pièce de concert passionnante présente des mots latins tirés des ordres de messe de l'Église catholique et du livre d'Isaïe, pour former un texte polyvalent qui convient à la fois pour Noël et p...

This exciting concert piece sets Latin words from the mass orders of the Catholic Church and the Book of Isaiah to form a versatile text that is suitable for both Christmas and use throughout the year...

Rajasekar a puisé dans la grammaire mélodique et rythmique des deux traditions de la musique classique indienne, l'hindoustani et le carnatique, pour créer une célébration chorale unique du printemps....

Rajasekar has drawn on the melodic and rhythmic grammar of both traditions of Indian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, to create a unique choral celebration of springtime. The meaning of the t...

Dans cet arrangement d'un chant populaire des Appalaches, Mack Wilberg propose une harmonisation douce qui convient à une berceuse de l'enfant Jésus. Un léger sentiment d'inquiétude est introduit dans...

In this arrangement of the Appalachian folk carol, Mack Wilberg provides a gentle harmonization suitable for a lullaby to the Christ child. A slight sense of foreboding is introduced in the central mi...

La mise en musique originale de Toby Young rafraîchit ce texte bien connu grâce à une mélodie magistrale et mémorable, empreinte d'une tendresse indélébile. Young utilise des changements de textures e...

Toby Young's original setting refreshes this well-known text with a masterful and memorable melody that is imbued with an indelible tenderness. Young makes use of effective textural changes and syncop...

Cette œuvre glorieuse, sincère et parfois angoissante s'appuie sur un texte prémonitoire de Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, victime de l'attentat à la bombe de Lockerbie en 1988. McDowall utilise des embell...

This glorious, heartfelt, and at times agonizing work sets a prescient text by Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, a victim of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. McDowall creates a haunting sound-world through voca...

Reprenant un collect du Book of Common Prayer, cet introït joue sur l'utilisation caractéristique de McDowall de la dissonance et des inflexions modales pour créer un monde sonore hypnotique et légère...

Setting a collect from the Book of Common Prayer, this introit plays on McDowall's characteristic use of dissonance and modal inflections to create a hypnotic and slightly unsettled soundworld that re...

Cette courte œuvre de Marques L. A. Garrett met en scène un texte magnifique et poignant de Paul Laurence Dunbar qui parle des effets curatifs de la musique et de la façon dont notre propre musique pe...

This short work by Marques L. A. Garrett sets a beautiful and poignant text by Paul Laurence Dunbar that tells of the healing effects of music and how our own music-making can spread joy to those arou...

La mise en musique réfléchie de There is no rose de Lucy Walker oscille entre des vagues d'émotion et de chaudes inflexions chromatiques dans les refrains latins. Cette pièce saisit les accents nature...

This gentle and tender anthem is suitable for all church and cathedral choirs. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.

This traditional Hebridean prayer has been given a calm and meditative setting. It calls for peace both locally and between nations. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.

The original version of this anthem, for upper voices, was commissioned by St Margaret's School, Bushey, for its 250th anniversary. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.