Partitions chœur

Shepherds, guarding your flocks is an expressive setting of a carol by Canon Matthew Woodward. Bullard skilfully conveys the text's wondrous and exultant narrative in a setting that will be accessible...

This charming French carol (with E.C. Nunn's English translation) tells of the milkmaids Jeanette and Isabella, who run to tell the shepherds to come and see the baby Jesus in the stable. The 3/8 time...

This simple and attractive carol sets a little-known text by the Rev. Canon John Gray (1866-1934). With an accompaniment for either organ and piano and optional soprano solos, this piece is accessible...

This light-hearted arrangement is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser and perfect encore. The familiar tune comes with a modern twist, with a driving rock beat, innovative harmonisations, and playful imitation...

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...

Composed in celebration of David Willcocks's 95th birthday, Jonathan Willcocks sets an uplifting traditional text from Cornwall, the county of his father's birth. Telling the story of the shepherds an...

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...

This enchanting setting brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody through each of the voice part...

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...

Setting a 15th century text, this popular carol on the birth of Jesus is flowing and expressive. It has been recorded by the Cambridge Singers (directed by John Rutter) on the Collegium CD Christmas N...

An arrangement of a Norwegian folk carol.

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 gentle setting of the traditional Welsh lullaby features a new English text by David Warner. An alternative Christmas text is included. Accessible for most church choirs and suitable for performa...

Une pièce énergique mettant en scène un texte plein d'images naturelles. Les mélodies entraînantes de Mahler sont combinées à la parole, aux percussions corporelles et aux congas pour imiter les carac...

With a lively tempo, dance-like rhythms, and bright harmonies, Chilcott's music perfectly expresses the festive joy of this original Christmas text by Charles Bennett. The uplifting melody is interspe...

Set of parts for Rutter's arrangement of this buoyant Cornish carol. This set contains the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3 x vla, 2 x vc, 1 x db.

This much-loved carol is presented with background information and helpful performance hints. Recognising the frequency with which this piece is performed with organ accompaniment, John Rutter has mad...

This carol is also in Carols for Choirs 3. The orchestral accompaniments are available on hire.

Also available in Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1 and Advent for Choirs. Score and orchestral parts are available on hire.

This is a characterful setting of a classic Medieval Christmas text. Festive and dance-like, the music embodies the joy of the Christmas season and celebrates human redemption through Christ. The piec...

This jubilant carol sets an evocative fourteenth-century text celebrating the birth of Christ. With a lilting, medieval feel and changing metres, Of A Rose has been recorded by The Sixteen on their al...

This gentle yet joyful Christmas Carol sets a text that evokes imagery of Bethlehem at the time of Christ's birth: a land with olive trees and sheep on the hillside. The delicate and supportive piano...

This ethereal sacred anthem sets texts by David Warner exploring the transfigurative power of peace. Meditative and approachable, it is suitable for any time of the liturgical year, and the score incl...

This arrangement of 'O Jesulein süss', a chorale first written by German composer Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) and later arranged and popularized by J. S. Bach, sets an English text translated by Percy...

percussion, or orchestra. Sing we now of Christmas is an arrangement of the early 16th-century French Christmas carol, Noël nouvelet. The music is familiar, approachable, dynamic, and engaging, and th...