Partitions musique sacrée

This short Missa brevis setting is perfect for choirs looking to bring a fresh soundworld to their worship. Each movement is distinct in character, but with an overall cohesiveness of harmonic languag...

Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing is an upbeat setting of a hymn text by seventeenth-century English poet George Herbert. Chilcott uses irregular metres, syncopation, and dancing melodic shapes t...

A Gaelic Blessing was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh, McDowall's alma mater, for performance by the Edinburgh University Singers conducted by Calum Robertson. This meditative, folk-style...

This gentle anthem, written for the Choir of St Chad's College, Durham, sets a text that is adapted from several prayers of St Chad. Warm dynamic swells and rich harmonies emphasize the meaning of the...

Le Psaume 57, qui oppose des moments de réflexion à une exultation déclamatoire, utilise des passages du psaume éponyme dans la traduction de la King James. Écrit en 1972, il est dédié à la Brazeal De...

Dona nobis pacem est une mise en musique expressive qui combine deux lignes sur le thème de la paix tirées de l'Ordinaire de la messe latine. Un tempo lent confère grâce et équilibre aux lignes vocale...

Le Sanctus enchanteur de Hazzard, qui reprend un texte de la messe en latin, donne l'impression d'un courant impétueux tout au long de l'œuvre. Bien que l'énergie palpite souvent sous la surface, elle...

Skempton's After Rain sets an evocative text by Edward Thomas with a contemplative choral part over a rich and slow-moving cello line. Skempton alternates between contrasting upper-voice duets and ful...

This setting of the traditional hymn to 'Mary, the star of the sea' contrasts two moods and styles: the flowing simplicity of the 'Ave maris stella' refrain and the slightly faster and more homophonic...

This motet is the fifth of a set of seven relating the life story of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finnissy's aim was to hint at technical and expressive continuity with the music of the 11th and 12th cent...

This setting of this popular text was composed in 1997; choir directors should feel free to put a few sopranos on the alto line in the two polyphonic sections. Offprinted from the collection Cantica N...

This setting was commissioned by Choir and Organ magazine in 2003 and first performed by St Alban's Cathedral Choir under the direction of Andrew Lucas. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This Introit is the first of four Latin motets commissioned for the 1976 Edington Festival and first performed in Edington Priory. The Introit firsty pays tribute to Augustine, and then, in a more liv...

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Cette pièce de concert passionnante présente des mots latins tirés des ordres de messe de l'Église catholique et du livre d'Isaïe, pour former un texte polyvalent qui convient à la fois pour Noël et p...

Dans cet arrangement d'un chant populaire des Appalaches, Mack Wilberg propose une harmonisation douce qui convient à une berceuse de l'enfant Jésus. Un léger sentiment d'inquiétude est introduit dans...

Reprenant un collect du Book of Common Prayer, cet introït joue sur l'utilisation caractéristique de McDowall de la dissonance et des inflexions modales pour créer un monde sonore hypnotique et légère...

La mise en musique réfléchie de There is no rose de Lucy Walker oscille entre des vagues d'émotion et de chaudes inflexions chromatiques dans les refrains latins. Cette pièce saisit les accents nature...

Cette courte prière du soir de James Whitbourn est un extrait du Livre de la prière commune. Écrite pour le chœur du Harris Manchester College, à Oxford, elle est une demande méditative de protection...