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For SATB, piano 4 hands and optional percussion (glockenspiel, vibraphone/suspended cymbal, bass drum). The third and final movement of Dances to Life. The vocal writing and keyboard accompaniment cre...

In an upbeat march in 2/4 meter (the orchestral version starts with a snare drum) the choir lifts off in the bright key of D major. Lightly, and with lots of bounce, the voices celebrate the birth of...

This setting of a fervent and uplifting text by Samuel Stennett is both direct and effortlessly melodic. The impression is one of great joy and freshness; an irresistible combination.

6 of the songs are for SATB, 3 for unison upper voices, and 2 for men's voices. The folk-songs may be performed individually, in groups, or as a complete suite.

This uplifting work by American composer Reginal Wright sets a text by the nineteenth-century poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. The powerful words are sung to a memorable melody embellished with syncopation...

For SATB, strings (and winds) and organ. Two settings of Ave Verum Corpus - the Mozart setting for SATB, strings and organ and the Süssmayr setting, written a year later, for SATB, 2 oboes, 2 horns, s...

One of five songs to texts from Shakespeare's plays which may be performed as a sequence under the title 'The Glories of Shakespeare', or individually. Orchestral material is available on hire and inc...

Now is the Time by Cecilia McDowall is an uplifting and optimistic choral work for mixed choir (SATB) and piano, published by Oxford University Press. Setting inspirational and visionary words by the...

A highly original and effective concert setting of the Latin Missa brevis in which the various movements embrace a variety of jazz styles. The characterful piano accompaniment can be played as written...

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 Carols for Choirs 6.

This secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. Featuring a lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part. Also available in ver...

Setting a joyful text by William Chatterton Dix, Alleluia, sing to Jesus! is suitable for performance throughout the church year. With a bright melody set against a rhythmic organ accompaniment, this...

This Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setting was written for the choirs of two churches in Brighton. It was conceived to be performed by amateur choirs, and achieves this level of accessibility whilst st...

An expressive setting of a Roberta Hill Whiteman text, this secular title is teeming with melodic lyricism, colour, and character. The meditative vacillation between F sharp minor and D major chords i...

A rhythmic and spirited arrangement of a traditional Jewish song. These three folksongs are colourful, original settings well within the grasp of most amateur choirs.

A traditional Jewish song arranged as a gentle lullaby. These three folksongs are colourful, original settings well within the grasp of most amateur choirs.

Skempton's setting of the text from the Book of Revelation is reflective rather than ferocious, and trusts in the power of understatement.

A beautifully constructed song-cycle set to poems from Christina Rosetti to WB Yeats and the sixteenth century French poet Pontus de Tyard. Exploring the themes of yearning and longing at the end of a...

Garden of Dreams sets of fragments of text by Sappho, translated by Arthur Sanders Way and A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel has used cross-rhythms, syncopation, and flowing melodic lines to create a sense o...

Bring infectious energy and uplifting joy to your next concert! The world-famous American traditional "Down By The Riverside" is presented here in an exhilarating arrangement published by Oxford Unive...

An exquisite setting of a love song by Sir Philip Sydney.

John Rutter's rousing drinking song Good Ale, which was originally published as part of his cycle of six choral settings with small orchestra When Icicles Hang, is full of spirit and character. An acc...

Experience the sweeping energy and intoxicating exoticism of Alexander Borodin's celebrated masterpiece: The "Polovtsian Dances" from the opera "Prince Igor" are among the most dazzling highlights of...