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This is a beautifully crafted setting of a medieval German text. The composer's simple but effective writing underscores perfectly the quietly wondrous nature of the text, the gentle 'Kyrie eleison' r...

Set of parts for the brass accompaniment to John Rutter's I will worship the Lord.

This uplifting Christmas carol demonstrates Rutter's gift for writing engaging and memorable tunes. This set contains the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3 x vla, 2 x vc, 1 x db. Both t...

Rejoice in the Lord is a fast, festive, and joyful setting of Psalm 33. After an exuberant opening, a lively organ passage leads into a beautiful moment of stillness in the choir, unaccompanied, creat...

This heart-felt setting was originally included in the popular 'A Garland for Linda', a celebration of the life of the late Linda McCartney. Combining a poignant text adapted from Milton, Shakespeare,...

There are three songs making up this cycle entitled Western Songs - 'Buffalo Gals', 'Green Grow the Lilacs', and 'The Ol' Chisholm Trail'. The arrangements by turn spin contrapuntal and antiphonal tex...

First published in Encores for Choirs 2, this jaunty piece for SATB is an imaginative arrangement of William Walton's 'Popular Song'.

This is a moving arrangement of the familiar passage from the Book of John. Larsen takes an original melody and arranges beautiful harmonies underneath with delicate suspensions. This is a rewarding a...

This gentle anthem, written for the Choir of St Chad's College, Durham, sets a text that is adapted from several prayers of St Chad. Bednall has added movement to this calm and reflective piece throug...

In this spacious motet Jackson creates an original sound-world in praise of the Virgin Mary. Traditional Latin texts are combined with a Christina Rossetti poem celebrating the Annunciation.

Here, Vaughan Williams's arrangement of this well-known carol has been reworked into a setting for SATB chorus with an optional soloist. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 1.

Jane Savage's setting of the famous Christmas hymn 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night' was written for the girls' choir of The Asylum for Female Orphans and published in 1785.

This joyful carol triumphantly proclaims the Christmas message and features changing metres and contrasting textures throughout. This is an offprint from Carols for Choirs 6.

Chilcott sets this text by Tennyson, which describes the feeling of anticipation before the birth of Christ, using a pure and effective melody in the verses, complimented by jubilant refrains of 'Glor...

A setting of the Trinity Sunday text with achingly pure and fluid melodic lines featured throughout, imbuing the piece with characteristic clarity and luminosity. The change to A major for 'Trinitati...

This heartfelt setting is built upon a haunting melody of folk-like simplicity, underpinned throughout by a lyrical and independent accompaniment. An orchestral accompaniment is available on hire. A v...

This piece was composed in 1977 and combines Langston Hughes's evocative 'Words like Freedom' with excerpts from three of his other poems. The piece includes significant solos for soprano and baritone...

Archer's setting of this well-known Christmas text is lilting and buoyant, with a memorable melody and charming organ interludes. Suitable for liturgical or concert use, the carol features great textu...

This is an emotive setting of Sara Teasdale's poem 'There Will Be Rest'. Following a serene opening, the piece rises and falls through both affecting climaxes and passages of great tranquility, ending...

This show-stopping fughetta is part of John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon. Also available in Encores for Choirs. Instrumental material is available on hire.

With its evocative piano accompaniment, this piece is wonderfully understated and sincere, in keeping with the sentiment of the original, and is sure to raise a tear or two from any audience. The acco...

This is the fruit of a collaboration between the American poet and storyteller Brian Andreas and Bob Chilcott. It seeks to celebrate the essential good of humanity, expressed in the healing power of s...

This delightful arrangement of a traditional Swedish melody presents the tune in a variety of scorings, from unison upper voices at the opening to classic four-part harmony with a twist later on. This...