Faber Music

Matthew Martin's setting of 'Adam Lay Ybounden' was first performed by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral at St. George's, Hanover Sqaure, London on December 19th 2006. Matthew Martin was educated at...

'Adoro te' is a hauntingly atmospheric setting of text by Thomas Aquinas, which has been translated into English by Bishop James Woodford. It's beautiful simplicity and relative brevity makes it an id...

Elizabeth I, 'Fair Oriana', was one of the most remarkable monarchs in English history: she was well educated, strong, fearless and wise. Towards the end of her reign a musical anthology entitled 'The...

SATB Unaccompanied For centuries, composers have been inspired by the beautiful 'O magnum mysterium' text depicting the birth of the new-born King among the lowly animals and shepherds. This setting f...

Matthew Martin's setting of 'Ecce Concipies' was written for Andrew-John Smith and the Choir of St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London. Matthew Martin was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and at...

'Home' for SATB divisi is a strikingly atmospheric piece which conjures up the warm sensation of 'belonging' through slow incantation over ever-shifting and semi-improvisatory choral textures.

Predominantly hushed and serene, Plainsongs for Peace and Light proved to be Jonathan Harvey's final work. It sees Harvey re-examining the very fundamentals of his craft - superimposing lines of plain...

Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists, this festive anthem for mixed voices and organ is an ideal choice for choirs new to Matthew's music, as well as existing fans. Lively, rhythmic and com...

Spring in Winter by John Woolrich for SATB was commissioned for the expansive acoustic of King's College, Cambridge. Taking an extract from Christopher Smart's Hymn 32: The Nativity of Our Lord and Sa...

The sixteenth century was a time of religious upheaval in England. From Henry VIII's protestant reformation through Queen Mary's staunch but short-lived Catholic revival to the return of Anglicanism i...

This Beautiful setting of Sarah Teasdale's Christmas Carol is the latest addition to the Faber New Choral Works Series. Originally, the work was composed for the South Petherton combined Arts Society...

Remember, O Lord was written to mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Harvey's dark and sonorous tone creates an intense and majestic atmosphere. This piec...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

The Essential Carol Singer provides the solution to the endless problem of too many books and not enough hands. It includes thirty of the most popular carols in one book, all SATB, unaccompanied, with...

Morten Lauridsen's setting of Chanson Eloignee arranged for unaccompanied SATB choir. Lauridsen was commissioned by the Pacific Chorale (Directed by John Alexander), to write an a capella work for the...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...

Peter Sculthorpe's program note reads as follows: 'Lullaby is based upon one of the number of indigenous Australian melodies collected by Dr H.C. Lethbridge during the 1930s and is a lullaby for child...

O Come, Let Us Sing Unto The Lord was written for Stephen Layton and Polyphony by Morten Lauridsen. Purchase the sheet music for unaccompanied SATB chorus. This setting has been recorded on Lauridsen:...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

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Francisco Coll's imposing 5-minute motet Stella was written for ORA and Suzi Digby in 2016. Inspired by, and subtly drawing on a renaissance masterpiece - Tomás Luis de Victoria's Ave Maris Stella - t...