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With plenty of excitement and anticipation, this exuberant carol sets a medieval macronic text, featuring changing metres and a driving piano part. Also available in a version for solo high voice.

Vieux Noël pour les Tout-petits is a traditional song from the Rouergue region of Southern France, where the language is Occitan. It was collected by Léon Froment, a collector of popular songs at the...

An attractive setting of the seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert, with a gently syncopated accompaniment. The simple melody is coloured by subtle harmonic gestures mirroring the sentiments of t...

Set to the text of a 12th-century Sequence in honour of the martyr St Olav and characterized by a mellifluous plainchant-style melody, this glorious motet pulses with understated intensity. The openin...

Setting a text by Sister Polly M. Rupe, Gentle Words is a comforting reflection on the power of kindly spoken words, both for the giver and receiver. Built on a supportive keyboard part, the choral pa...

This Day unites five very different texts, both sacred and secular, in an exploration of man's relationship with the world and with God. A wonderfully evocative concert piece for upper-voice choirs of...

This is a lyrical and compelling upper-voice setting of Joseph Mary Plunkett's 'White waves on the water'. Chilcott expertly employs the double SSA forces, resulting in a colourful array of textures a...

Written for the California Junior High All-State Honor Choir, this piece sets a motivational text by the composer on the theme of embracing new opportunities and, using the metaphor of a river, encour...

piano. TaReKiTa is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly fuses the Hindustani (North Indian) and Western classical music styles. The composer's scats are combined with a fast triple metre, voca...

A gentle lilting lullaby with a rippling accompaniment of South American flavour. This setting has strong rich harmonies, and a real sense of joy.

Many people will be familiar with the beautiful music of Hildegard von Bingen. Here O'Regan has woven a mesmerising and inventive homage to Bingen's twelfth-century sequence. A fantastic showcase for...

Chavarría keeps the spirit of wassailing at the forefront of this dynamic and energetic arrangement of Gloucestershire Wassail, which features imitation and call-and-reponse figures. Offprinted from C...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Carol of Our Lady' is a 3/4-time carol by Christopher Wiggins, scored for SSA and organ. Setting a medieval text, it features a rippling accompaniment to suppor...

This traditional carol from the canton of Wallis is used in nativity plays as the song of the angels waking up the shepherds in the field. The crisp rhythms in the organ part give Carl Rütti's arrange...

A refreshing setting of a favourite carol. The tender and pure melody, beautifully harmonized, is underpinned by a seamless rocking figure in the organ. An accessible option for any upper-voice choir...

One of Berkeley's earliest published compositions, Three Songs to Children sets texts by W B Yeats, Wilfred Owen, and Walter de la Mare. The direct simplicity of Yeats and Owen settings contrast with...

This spirited and attractive work is a setting of the Latin version of Psalm 148, one of the most celebrated and joyful hymns of praise to the Lord of heaven. Conjuring a rich tapestry of sonorities a...

A newly engraved edition of this vibrant choral work and fully compatible with the Walton Edition full score. There are minor adjustments to the piano reduction to improve playability and the text und...

This short expressive piece sets a fifteenth-century penitential poem of great fervour. Jackson alternates a refrain in a simple plainsong style with more passionate, homophonic verses, to powerful ef...

This compelling anthem presents an assortment of historic sacred texts, artfully compiled by the composer to form a complete setting, with alternative text for Lenten use. Firmly rooted in the English...

This spiritual work draws its evocative texts from diverse sources ranging from a hymn by St Ambrose to contemporary poems by Doris Kareva and Kenneth White. Profound words by Wallace Stevens draw thi...

This anthem was commissioned for the Enthronement of the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, in March 2013. The vocal lines are simple, flowing, and em...

With a simple, appealing melody and a flowing accompaniment, The Colours of Christmas evokes a touching sense of longing for the joys of the festive season.