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The Christmas motet Ex ore infantium was published with an organ continuo accompaniment, but the piece works equally well unaccompanied. The alternation of busy rhythmic writing with homophonic statem...

An old French carol with optional English lyrics included in the score. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Eight Christmas Carols Set 2.

An unaccompanied motet dedicated to Hubert Parry, setting text by the English poet John Skelton (c.1463-1529).

The suggested programming for this anthem is ceremonies celebrating Jesus such as Ascension, Feast of Christ the King, and the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Some small changes were made to the dispensation...

This sensitive arrangement of a well-known Yiddish folksong introduces singers to the harmonic characteristics of Yiddish music. Clapping and body percussion is employed to great effect, and a pronunc...

Salisbury Vespers combines settings of the traditional Vespers psalms and anonymous early texts. Marian motets punctuate the psalm settings, and the work is concluded with a substantial setting of the...

An easy and original setting with an extremely memorable tune of the well-known Rossetti text. Also available in versions for solo high voice, upper voices, and mixed voices.

In this passionate four-movement work, composer Bob Chilcott and lyricist Delphine Chalmers explore themes of inclusivity, identity, and unity. Songs my Heart has Taught Me brings singers and audience...

Comprising four separate 'Lamentations', this work takes its text from John Donne's The Lamentations of Jeremy, and is set in Howard Skempton's characteristic pared-down style.

In O be joyful, the lyrical melody lines from the upper voices are supported by a sensitive and melodic piano accompaniment. The piece moves through a variety of tonalities and metres, which is typica...

This beautiful, simple piece for mezzo soprano and piano sets part of Alexander McCall Smith's poem, Winter Poem. It was first performed at Clare Hall College, Cambridge on 8th December 2012.

Brave Guy of Warwick sets text from Lines written at Warwick by George Crabbe (1754-1832) which describes a portion of the legend of Guy of Warwick. This piece is engaging and characterful, and audien...

This work, commissioned by Jeremy Huw Williams in association with the Vaughan Williams Trust, sets three poems by Dylan Thomas. The first is melancholic in character; the second contrasts the fearles...

'The Bridge of Fire', written in 1906, is the title poem of James Elroy Flecker's first published volume. It is largely a vivid description of the many Gods of Heaven, the great and the good, the bad...

This anthology has been compiled from the best-known and most frequently sung songs in the five volumes previously published by OUP. It includes songs to suit both male and female voices, although mos...

This three volume series comprises the bulk of the solo songs which Vaughan Williams published with Oxford University Press. The songs span his whole long career, until his death in 1958. The majority...

This three volume series comprises the bulk of the solo songs which Vaughan Williams published with Oxford University Press. The songs span his whole long career; from 1869 to 1958. The majority are s...

For mezzo-soprano and piano. This song cycle uses texts by women poets and focuses on women's experience with great humour and irony. The cycle will appeal to singers with real interpretative flair an...

This English traditional carol has been fully arranged for a mixed voice choir, congregation and organ accompaniment. Orchestral score and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection O Ho...

Four Shakespeare Songs sets texts exploring different aspects of love. Using passages from various Shakespeare plays, McDowall's writing is beautiful and clever in how it reflects the moods and emotio...

Howard Helvey's arrangement of this traditional American melody is tender and expressive, with the lilting melody set in a variety of choral textures.

A moving, traditional Irish blessing set to music of great simplicity and beauty. Chilcott perfectly captures the warmth and sincerity of the text, and weaves a memorable melody, which he clothes in r...

The texts are selected from the letters of Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey, from 1880-1902. The five songs present a stirring picture of an independent woman's struggle to earn a living to support...