Livres chœur

Presented here in a version for unison voices, this tender piece was composed in memory of the victims of Fukushima in 2011. It is both reflective and heartfelt, with a simple, appealing melody, rich...

Presented here in an arrangement for unison voices (with an optional second part), this setting of words by Chief Dan George optimistically reminds us that there is still beauty to be found in times o...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this beautiful piece, with a text by the composer, is about companionship and the belief that 'all will be well'. The optiona...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this uplifting piece, setting Christina Rossetti's poem A Song of Flight, is a celebration of freedom, action, and courage. I...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this joyous piece sets a text by Delphine Chalmers full of vivid imagery of childhood memories, with the refrain: 'Though the...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this engaging, upbeat work sets a text by the Malaysian singer Bihzhu celebrating the collective excitement in exploring the...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this sensitively-written piece sets a motivational text by the composer on the theme of embracing new opportunities and encou...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this setting of words by the composer, based on a quote by Brian Palmer, encourages singers to listen to the sounds and peopl...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional descant), this piece celebrates the wonder of the 'bright new moon'. The composer's own text, based on traditional Hebridean poems, is set...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this piece is characterized by catchy melodies and a syncopated rhythmic drive, including a light-hearted vocal play motif ('...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this piece is a compelling setting of words by American writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson that speaks to...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), Wanderlust reflects on friendships and the desire to explore, against the backdrop of train-like sound effects from the voice...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this uplifting work sets a text by the nineteenth-century poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. The powerful words are embellished with...

The composer writes: 'Persistent Memory is a little six minute drama . . . although the piano begins as the more aggressive partner and triggers the violin into animation, it is in fact the piano that...

Rory Boyle's Twa Burns Songs are arrangements of two traditional Scottish folk songs, setting words by Robert Burns. Guidance on the pronunciation of Scots words is given in the leaflet.

This virtuoso showpiece, dating from 2002, is worthy to stand alongside the Toccatas of Gigout and Boëllmann, and makes a superb conclusion to a service or recital on any size of organ.

This work is based on the traditional modes/scales of Armenia. 'Duduk' is the name of the Armenian oboe that is normally accompanied by drones. Erkoreka cleverly creates the illusion of the drone's pr...

Larsen's take on the famous witches' incantation, 'Double, double, toil and trouble,' from Shakespeare's Macbeth is filled with lurid word-painting and rhythmic tricks.

Due to popular demand, this tuneful carol is now available as a separate choral publication. Setting a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, the choral leaflet preserves the flexible scoring of the original,...

These attractive settings of the ancient Latin Advent Antiphons will be of interest to any choir seeking imaginative material for Advent or Christmas performances. Within a largely diatonic style, Jac...

First published in Encores for Choirs 2, Peter Gritton's 'Three-Minute Messiah' imaginatively condenses Handel's renowned two-hour oratorio, with original lyrics that comically present the same story...

Fred Onovwerosuoke presents six authentic arrangements of African songs scored for upper voices and percussion. Published in two small collections - this set for SA and the second for SSA - the songs...

This thoughtful arrangement of the well-known spiritual 'Somebody's knockin' at yo' do'' was originally published as part of the collection Spirituals for Upper Voices. The two vocal lines are eminent...

Inspired by Geertgen's painting Nativity at Night,Candlelight Carol centres around the love of a mother on that first night in the stable. Also available in versions for low voice, SSAA, and SATBB.

This exciting work for choir and solo violin draws its title from Edward Winslow's 1624 chronicles, Good Newes from New England, in which he describes the Mayflower Pilgrims' settlement in the New Wor...