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Gallant's take on this Acadian folksong is lively and engaging, featuring the quintessential elements of the tradition: podorythmie (seated foot-tapping), diddlage (mouth music), and the spoons. With...

Gallant's take on this Acadian folksong is lively and engaging, featuring the quintessential elements of the tradition: podorythmie (seated foot-tapping), diddlage (mouth music), and the spoons.

This imaginative setting of Longfellow's poem encourages the use of evocative bird and wind noises to capture the text's natural imagery. In a fresh, a cappella style, Hawley's charismatic melodies so...

'TaReKiTa' is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly blends the Indian and Western classical styles. The composer's scats are combined with a fast triple metre, vocal slides, and captivating mel...

Palestrina's setting of the Marian motet Alma Redemptoris Mater seamlessly interweaves each of the four independent voices based on the solemn tone of the corresponding chant. Offprinted from The Oxfo...

In this compelling motet for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, Handl artfully embodies symbolism of the Trinity within the motet's structure. The three verses surrounded by a refrain of 'O beata Trinitas...

This motet in two parts is devotional in character, with each section opening with homophonic writing before elaborating on close imitative polyphonic lines. The motet demonstrates a mature writing st...

Consisting of two sections, this large-scale Christmas motet opens with a rich homophonic texture that is synonymous with Victoria's compositions. This is followed by imitation in the vocal lines befo...

This Marian text for Eastertide, Regina caeli, was set four times by Morales. This setting for four voices was first published in the Spanish composer's 1543 collection and notated in high clefs. The...

Recent scholarship postulates that this anonymous motet for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was in fact written by Leonora d'Este, daughter of Duke Alfonso I and Lucrezia Borgia...

The opening of this motet displays Massaino's skill in the art of word-painting with soaring lines that play on the word 'arise' (Surge). Punctuated with occasional homophonic writing, the beautiful m...

pour SSAA sans accompagnement. Garden of Dreams se compose de fragments de textes de Sappho, traduits par Arthur Sanders Way et A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel a utilisé des rythmes croisés, des syncopes e...

Setting inspiring words by James Weldon Johnson, this work is both poignant and stirring, encouraging singers and listeners to reflect on the challenges of present times and to move forward with coura...

Ce chant pour chœur a cappella juxtapose un texte latin à un spirituel jubilaire célébrant les Rois Mages qui ont vu l'étoile les conduire à l'enfant nouveau-né. L'énergie rythmique naturelle est ampl...

This carol for a cappella choir juxtaposes Latin text with a jubilee spiritual celebrating the Magi who saw the star to lead them to the newborn child. The natural rhythmic energy is amplified by sync...

Heart of Earth présente des extraits de poèmes de Laura Purdie Salas qui sont riches en descriptions vivantes du monde naturel. Mme Rajasekar a été attirée par ces textes en raison de la manière dont...

Keeping Time for Joy de Marie-Claire Saindon regorge de la joie contenue dans le texte de l'écrivaine contemporaine Sarah Windle. Des mélodies scalaires de type folklorique, imprégnées d'élan grâce à...

Dédiée aux "sœurs du monde entier", cette œuvre en trois mouvements combine un certain nombre de thèmes à travers la poésie de Sara Teasdale. Le premier mouvement, "Sister of the Sky", se concentre su...

This three-movement work combines a number of themes through the poetry of Sara Teasdale. The first movement, 'Sister of the Sky', focuses on the morning in early spring. The central movement, 'Fearle...

Kling no, klokka! is a traditional Norwegian carol, skilfully arranged here for upper voices by Frank Havrøy. The piece has a compelling folk feel, with glissando and chromatic passages contributing t...

With "God Be In My Head", Oxford University Press presents a deeply moving setting of a timeless prayer for three-part upper voice choir (SSA) a cappella. The arrangement is defined by an affecting si...

For SSAA unaccompanied

Inspired by Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, Vespers is a 12-movement English-language work in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Suited to concert and liturgical settings, it draws from several Orthodox...

The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful unaccompanied choral settings, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter's own.