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From the collection Bob Chilcott Anthems 2, 'Let the earth acclaim him' is a joyous anthem for SATB unaccompanied. Set to a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, this rhythmic piece evokes a welcoming fanfare...

From the collection Love Songs, 'Dear Love' sets a text by American writer Willa Cather. Scored for SATB unaccompanied, this meditation on the universality of love features rich, lucid harmonies and c...

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...

Originally published in A Celebration in Carols (ed. Willcocks), this is a serene setting of the well-known text 'There is no rose'. Chilcott's lilting melodies intertwine skilfully and lead into a cl...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this setting by Malcolm Archer of the familiar text by Prudentius and Caswell provides a fresh alternative version of the hymn. Scored for SATB u...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this lively and spiritual-influenced piece features a constantly shifting time signature and a text by the composer narrating the journey of the...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this exquisite piece of 16th century polyphony is here edited by Timothy Morris. Scored for SATB unaccompanied and including a piano part for reh...

With its rich, chromatic harmonies and build-up throughout the verses, Scott's setting of this well-known text is full of energy and fervour, perfectly suited for celebrating The Annunciation of Our L...

Originally published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this anthem for Trinity Sunday features a fugal texture that build intensity towards 'Gloria', before ending on a calm, melismatic 'Amen'.

Country Gardens is a traditional tune made famous by Percy Grainger (1882-1961) in his piano duet version published just after the First World War. In this arragement by Peter Gritton the tune is hidd...

Deconstructing Johann, the witty work of Daryl Runswick, is less of an arrangement and more of a composition, in the sense that Runswick has not only formed the most amazing collage of J. S. Bach's 'g...

The Songs of Farewell are among Hubert Parry's greatest achievements, and have found a secure place in the repertoires of chamber choirs and ecclesiastical choral foundations. While not all are devoti...

This is a cheerful and effective a cappella arrangement of the traditional English carol 'Tomorrow shall be my dancing day'. The piece starts simply with a soprano melody and accompanying voices, befo...

The Songs of Farewell are among Hubert Parry's greatest achievements, and have found a secure place in the repertoires of chamber choirs and ecclesiastical choral foundations. While not all are devoti...

The Songs of Farewell are among Hubert Parry's greatest achievements, and have found a secure place in the repertoires of chamber choirs and ecclesiastical choral foundations. While not all are devoti...

Composed for International Women's Day, this mesmerizing piece celebrates the centennary of Rosalind Franklin and sets her own words with additional text by the poet Seán Street. . . .

The Goslings' is a witty but poignant tale of love with a fateful twist, set to music by Sir Frederick Bridge. Humorous tales personified by animals were abundant in the late nineteenth century and ob...

A beautiful arrangement with German and English text, this cradle song would make an ideal closing piece for a concert programme. Originally published in Encores for Choirs 2.

The text of Carúl Fáilte, written by the composer, attempts to capture something of the emotional immediacy and directness of expression characteristic of Irish devotional folk poetry. An English text...

Offprinted from the collection "Sprituals for Choirs".

Offprinted from the collection "Spirituals for Choirs".

Khorurd Metz is an Armenian sacred hymn, or sharakan, for the feast of the Nativity. Movses Khorenatsi, who wrote both the words and the melody, was one of the Armenia's greatest sharakan composers, a...

Javier Busto's Kuttun Kantak (Night Songs) is a set of three songs: a lullaby with characteristic cross-rhythms; a prayer in irregular metre; and a song of rejoicing. An English text by Bob Chilcott i...

In Vic Nees's arrangement of this traditional Flemish carol the harmonization becomes richer with each successive verse, culminating in six-part harmony in verse 4. An English text by Bob Chilcott is...

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this beautiful and graceful antiphon for the feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is here edited by Timothy Morris. Scored for SATB...