Chœur mixte avec orgue

Written for the 2018 BBC Advent broadcast from St John's College, Cambridge, A Prayer to St John the Baptist sets an artfully crafted text that combines Guido d'Arezzo's Ut queant laxis (itself a Hymn...

A celebratory carol in a lilting 12/8 metre, Christmas Welcome sets a joyful fifteenth-century text by John the Blind Audelay. Whitbourn employs textural contrasts and call-and-response style pairings...

Setting his own text, Archer's new carol is specifically dedicated to Mary. 'Ave Maria's are interspersed between flowing melodies that rock gently in 3/4 time, while the central section offers brief...

This French carol scored in 6/8 has a rhythmic, cheerful organ part that gives the traditional tune a lift. The choral parts are straightforward, the choir singing in unison initially and later in fou...

This colourful Christmas work brings together several carols from the 1582 Piae Cantiones collection in a modern and refreshing through-composed medley. Using largely familiar tunes, this is a very si...

This striking Christmas piece sets a famous text by Ben Jonson. Jackson's attractive harmonies combine with vivid word-setting, deft manipulations of texture, and a colourful organ part to create a mo...

Set to the traditional text 'A virgin most pure', Malcolm Archer's sprightly Christmas carol successfully combines a memorable tune, attractive sequences, and playful exchanges between choir and organ...

This joyous yet reflective Christmas carol will appeal to both choir and audience. It is characterized by a soaring melody, an artful use of texture, and a gentle expressiveness, heightened by modal i...

This joyful setting of the much-loved Christmas hymn is extracted from the Christmas collection Joy to the World. Leaving the first five verses in their familiar form, Rutter adds a spectacular descan...

Setting his own text, Archer's new carol is specifically dedicated to Mary. 'Ave Maria's are interspersed between flowing melodies that rock gently in 3/4 time, while the central section offers brief...

A little child there is yborn is a cheerful and spritely carol with words celebrating the birth of Jesus. Supported by a busy organ part, the lilting vocal lines bounce between 4/4 and 7/8 and are col...

A celebratory carol in a lilting 12/8 metre, Christmas Welcome sets a joyful fifteenth-century text by John the Blind Audelay. Whitbourn employs textural contrasts and call-and-response style pairings...

This is a gentle and lyrical setting of a text by Helen Dunmore. Uniting a simple, tuneful melody with luscious harmonies, this evocative carol retells the Christmas story beautifully. A wonderful add...

This piece features a lovely modal tune in a folk lullaby perfect for Christmas. The verses alternate between rich four-part and unison voices (or solos), and the choruses end in warm-hued, velvety ma...

This sparkling arrangement of the traditional English carol presents the familiar melody through a variety of textures, ranging from unison to five parts, and concludes with a soaring soprano descant....

This sparkling arrangement of the traditional English carol presents the familiar melody through a variety of textures, ranging from unison to five parts, and concludes with a soaring soprano descant....

This setting of the evocative poem by Chesterton is atmospheric and powerful. Showcasing McDowall's distinctive style, its minor tonality, subtle chromaticisms, and whole-tone scales portray the contr...

This setting of the evocative poem by Chesterton is atmospheric and powerful. Showcasing McDowall's distinctive style, its minor tonality, subtle chromaticisms, and whole-tone scales portray the contr...

Powerful and rousing, this lilting Christmas anthem perfectly sets the jubilant words with a suprisingly intimate finish. Originally published in AStanford Anthology.

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...

Light Triumphant Breaks combines the text of the Sarum introit from the second Sunday of Advent and a translated anonymous Greek text using dancing dotted rhythms and intricate articulation. A free us...

This tunefully lilting carol for choir and organ will prove popular with audiences and choirs alike, its six verses deftly marrying variety with diversity to create an attractive shape. Offprinted fro...

The melody of this accessible carol for choir and organ (setting the composer's own lyrics) flows with ease. The finely controlled texture builds from sopranos over wordless backing to a rich SATB har...

This bracing arrangement for choir and organ of the traditional carol is replete with catchy rhythms and harmonic surprises, and boasts a glittering organ part. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

This simple, lyrical and affecting carol for choir and organ will be manageable by most groups. Its text is a mini-anthology, including a verse of It came upon the midnight clear. Offprinted from Caro...