Partitions de Compositrices pour Chœur mixte : Un répertoire varié

To sit and dream, to sit and read, To sit and learn about the world These words from a poem by Langston Hughes invite us to reach toward dreams of a better world and a more just society. The bluesy ch...

Uses: Holy Week, Good Friday Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-7 - Luke 23:33-34 - Romans 5:6-9 The epic moments surrounding the crucifixion are portrayed in vivid poetry and dramatic music with this creative ef...

Uses: General, Multicultural, Youth Choir Scripture: I Corinthians 13:6; Ephesians 4:15; I John 3:18 Totally singular, this African-flavored choral teaches an important life lesson. Honesty and integr...

A truly singular perspective is provided in this fascinating anthem. Inspired by the doubting Thomas scripture from John 20:24-29, this text reminds us of Christ's scars of grace and how they mark a p...

Uses: General, Lent Scripture: Acts 15:11, Romans 5:8, Ephesians 1:7 This anthem gives us classic sacred words sensitively adapted and carefully set. Flowing quickly in three, this buoyant tune is a c...

Uses: Good Friday, Holy Week Scripture: Matthew 12:48 - John 19:26 A very singular perspective is presented in the text of this emotional anthem for Good Friday. The tears of Mary are used to not only...

This choral song is an intimate and honest look at the walk of faith. Incorporating 'Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus, the text calls the listener to surrender to God's will even in times of doubt and i...

This uplifting work by American composer Reginal Wright sets a text by the nineteenth-century poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. The powerful words are sung to a memorable melody embellished with syncopation...

McDowall's setting is optimistic and appealing, with charming interplay between the voices and piano. The inspirational words are by Marie Curie.

This secular work for upper voices sensitively sets Langston Hughes's poem of the same name. Featuring a lilting melodic line, eloquent part-writing, and an effective piano part. Also available in ver...

Skempton's setting of the text from the Book of Revelation is reflective rather than ferocious, and trusts in the power of understatement.

Garden of Dreams sets of fragments of text by Sappho, translated by Arthur Sanders Way and A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel has used cross-rhythms, syncopation, and flowing melodic lines to create a sense o...

Setting inspiring words by James Weldon Johnson, this work is both poignant and stirring. My heart be brave is an ideal choice for choirs looking to address issues of social justice in their programmi...

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.

Walt Whitman's poetry abounds in references to music and song but nowhere more so than in 'That Music Always Round Me'. Skempton's captivating setting acknowledges the serenity and timelessness of the...

There is a flow'r is a beautifully simple setting of a 15th-century text by the poet and priest John Audelay.

This beautiful anthem, set to words by Timothy Rees and the composer, celebrates God's all-encompassing love for mankind. The gentle melody introduced in verse 1 by the sopranos prevails throughout an...

Brooke's arrangement of this traditional sea shanty is invigorating and atmospheric. Changing voices will enjoy the theme of trains and ships in the text, as well as the boisterous call-and-response t...

A powerfully emotive setting that contrasts moments of reflection with declamatory exultation, Psalm 57 uses passages from the eponymous psalm in the King James translation. Written in 1972, it is ded...

This familiar text with an original melody by Bob Chilcott can be performed in unison, two parts, or three parts at the discretion of the conductor or singers. The parts can be sung in any combination...

This imaginative setting of the well-loved text O little town of Bethleham, by Phillips Brooks, displays McGlade's characteristic rich and expressive harmonies, with their jazz inflections. It would b...

A fast and rhythmic arrangement of the traditional French Christmas carol Il est né, which includes the original French words as an alternative to sing. Offprinted from the Christmas cantata A Light i...

This celebratory carol on the popular fifteenth-century text is full of Christmas cheer. Jaunty, up-tempo, and in 7/8-time, it is an ideal opening for Christmas concerts and services.

Taking verses from Psalm 4, this text for Compline is set with delicate simplicity and contemplative musicality throughout.

In addition to Shaw's classic editions of the 'Tudor' Preces & Responses by Byrd, Morley, Smith & Tomkins for SAATB, this revised volume also contains the Preces & Responses by Thomas Tallis and setti...