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The text is that of a standard Latin Missa brevis, to which several relevant English poetic texts have been added. The first and last of these are taken from Bishop Thomas Ken's renowned morning and e...

Not no faceless Angel is a beautifully reflective work. The themes of loss and love are articulated through expressive melodic lines and touching imagery.

This short, evocative piece is built of block chords, simple diatonic melodies, and pedal notes in the left hand. It is recorded by Thalia Myers on USK 1221CD.

This setting of a song from Act II of Shakespeare's As You Like It was originally published as part of Rutter's cycle When Icicles Hang. Here, it has been specially adapted for TTBB choir by the compo...

Opening with a simplicity and innocence created by the unison theme, this anthem's textures gradually evolve as the other voices make their entries. This German translation of ust as I am is offprinte...

Bright, electric, and charged with energy, this setting of one of the seven Advent 'O' Antiphons features Jackson's characteristic flourishes of melodic ornamentation, tempered by moments of calm from...

This profoundly beautiful setting by John Rutter of one of the earliest English prayers, from the Sarum Primer of 1514, has been specially adapted by the composer for tenors and basses.

This arrangement of a traditional Welsh melody is an offprint from Benedict Sheehan's musical dramatization of A Christmas Carol.

Prologue is the first movement from Sarah Quartel's Snow Angel, an evocative five-movement choral work which is a firm favourite with choirs across the world. The musical language is emotive and picto...

Ian Crawford breathes new life into this traditional American tune by employing a bluegrass-inspired style, jaunty syncopations, and an upbeat tempo. This flexible arrangement is accommodating and idi...

Two exquisite miniatures which demonstrate the composer's distinctive ability to express the essence of a text in a beautifully understated fashion. He conveys a sense of pastoral timelessness while r...

O Guiding Night is a colourful and evocative setting of the text 'The Dark Night' by 16th-century Spanish mystic/poet St John of the Cross. Williams's setting really gets to the heart of the words, co...

Commissioned by the Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Choir, this jazzy setting of the Missa Brevis will be welcomed by all upper-voice choirs who enjoyed A Little Jazz Mass.

Alan Bullard's first Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, written for the choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, can be performed a cappella or with organ. Both movements feature pleasing tonal contrasts and ha...

The charming and vibrant melody of this attractive carol for choir and organ glides above harmonies that are almost entirely diatonic, but whose originality and frequent passing dissonances mean that...

This Christmas hymn includes John Rutter's own arrangement of the fifth and final verse. Orchestral scores and parts are also available for hire. Offprinted from the collection O Holy Night.

A setting of A. E. Housman's poem 'In Valleys Green and Still'.

Mack Wilberg has arranged the well-loved Irish folk melody Londonderry Air, setting to it the words of Howard A. Walter's poem 'I would be true'. Alternative words to the second and third verses by Da...

Setting an evocative text by Louise Imogen Guiney, this reflective carol will be a particularly useful addition to the repertory of cathedral choirs. The oft-changing metres complement the poetic metr...

Forever Child is a suite of seven pieces on the theme of childhood. The work forms an excellent concert suite, or any of its movements may be extracted for separate performance.

A haunting depiction of the 'magic made by melody . . . Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep', from a poem by Elizabeth Bishop. Instrumental parts for the original version (SATB and strings) are av...