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The Siciliano from Bach's Flute Sonata (BWV 1031) is beautifully transcribed here for piano by Edward Krish. Offprinted from OUP's collection Bach Transcriptions for Piano.

This charming transcription of Bach's Pastorella VWV 590 for organ was made by the accomplished composer, conductor and publisher William Gillies Whittaker (1876-1944) in 1929. Offprinted from OUP's c...

Marked 'light and flowing', Quartel's setting of Sara Teasdale's poem 'Peace' features slow, sustained vocal writing over a piano part with continual moving quavers. The harmonic palette is rich and w...

Five Bagatelles were written for Julian Bream and dedicated to Malcolm Arnold 'with admiration and affection for his 50th birthday'. They were given their first performance in Bath on 27th May 1972.

Road to Refuge contrasts pure harmonies with dissonant passages as Wallen draws comparisons between the nativity story and modern refugees. The rippling piano accompaniment and sudden changes in the v...

Let's begin again is the finale from John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon, and makes a perfect gentle encore or leave-taking piece. Also available in Encores for Choirs 1.

Sing, my Child sets a joyful text celebrating the beauty found all around us in everyday life. Characterized by tight harmonies and a dynamic percussion line, the buoyant 7/8 metre of the opening driv...

This a cappella setting of evocative words by E. Pauline Johnson is immediately appealing, with its playful, swinging syncopations and dancing scat accompaniment.

Songbird sets an evocative text describing songbirds that spin tunes of gold. The catchy, colourful melody is first presented by tutti voices, and is then woven through the vocal parts, often to scat...

Sanctum is a captivating setting of four movements of the Requiem text, inspired by the landscape of the west coast of Canada. Each movement depicts an aspect of Vancouver Island, exploring landscape...

handbells. This compelling a cappella setting of Henry Van Dyke's poem has a continual sense of motion, created by the 7/8 metre and scat singing style that is passed around the parts. A powerful and...

Marie-Claire Saindon's Keeping Time for Joy abounds with the joy of contemporary writer Sarah Windle's text in this uplifting piece. Folk-like scalic melodies, infused with momentum through changing c...

Setting a fifteenth-century English text containing some short Latin passages, this is a joyful, dance-like carol with a medieval feel. Now may we singen was originally published in the New Horizons c...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Carols 2, 'Still, still, still' is Chilcott's sensitive arrangement of the carol, scored for SATB unaccompanied. Interweaving harmonies and a recurring counter-melody...

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

Also in Carols for Choirs 3 and 100 Carols for Choirs.

Also in 100 Carols for Choirs.

Based on Frances Anne Kemble's poem 'An Entreaty', this enchanting piece describes the experience of leaving a beloved time and place. Lush, expressive harmonies and lyrical melodies create a touching...

This short, eloquent Benediction sets words from St Patrick's Breastplate (5th century). Also available in John Rutter Anthems.

This setting of Phineas Fletcher's text is gentle and flowing, with a lilting, descending motif to characterise the 'slow tears'. Archer offers nuanced dynamics and imitative entries in this simple bu...

This edition offers a significant earlier version of a section of the fourth motet, rescored passages from the fifth, helpful notes on performance, and supporting online materials. Comprehensive and p...

For soprano and tenor soli and unaccompanied mixed chorus.

Faisant partie de l'édition anniversaire de John Rutter, il s'agit d'une mise en musique d'une beauté profonde de l'une des plus anciennes prières anglaises, tirée du Sarum Primer de 1514.

Settings of children's poems and nursery rhymes for unaccompanied SATB (with some divisi)

Paroles et musique de John Rutter. Le matériel d'orchestre est disponible à la location.