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Setting a text from The Old South Church Hymnal, The sun himself shall fade features an expressive Alto solo, grandiose keyboard writing, and call and response between the sopranos and the rest of the...

This is an exquisite piece, simple and homophonic in style, and with a luminescent beauty characteristic of many of Jackson's choral works. The piece begins quietly and reverently. There is a graceful...

The composer writes: 'After listening to the Schubert Quintet, it occurred to me that one of the many virtues of that score is the way the second cello is absorbed effortlessly into the texture. I bec...

A riveting setting for women's voices and percussion of a Mexican Indian chant evoking the Divine Spirit and praying for healing and spiritual strength. Full of Larsen's characteristic atmospheric eff...

Setting a well-loved medieval text, this effective piece paints the story of Jesus through lyrical melodies and beautiful harmonic surprises. The vocal lines offer both powerful intensity and skilful...

This condensed arrangement for choir and piano is a useful anthem of thanksgiving. The piece begins and ends with a solo soprano, with grand moments from the whole choir in the middle. Offprinted from...

An Affirmation is a setting of an elegiac text by Richard Brett conveying the themes of grief and remembrance. The piece opens with a single voice that grows into a warm chordal passage before gaining...

Inspired by a 16th-century Scots text, Jackson has composed a memorable carol full of character and beauty. The choir is serenaded throughout by the organ, which imitates the haunting qualities of the...

This setting of Edward Caswall's well-known text shows all the hallmarks of McGlade's characteristic style, with changing time signatures, beguiling chromaticisms, and a beautiful, fluid melody. Chang...

Through luminous choral harmonies, images of a winter night, and echoes of scripture, Advent Moon evokes deep human longing and the promise of the coming of light. The delicate organ accompaniment and...

This is a beautiful reworking of a popular traditional folk hymn. The parts are arranged sensitively for changing male voices and there are optional solos at the beginning and end.

Composed in 1941, this is the first publication of this work.

This joyful carol sets a text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The piece opens with an imitation of bells spread across the voices, and this festive, celebratory quality is maintained throughout. Simple...

Show them you care ('cos it's Christmas) is a setting of an original text by Mark De-Lisser and Clare Dove in a pop ballad style. The song includes solos from each vocal section and the voices are sup...

This gentle yet uplifting carol was commissioned for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was first performed during the 2012 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The text, written by the compo...

This appealing motet for SATB choir and organ accompaniment was written in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Setting a text by William Chatterton Dix, this rousing carol celebrates the birth of Jesus, with memorable modal inflections in the melody and a supportive piano accompaniment. Also available for solo...

A simple, delightful setting of a Yeats poem which embraces nature's beauty and the secret joy of solitude. Perfect for concert use. Also available in versions for solo high voice and SSA.

This setting was commissioned by the BBC Singers and premiered in April 2012. The text recounts the destruction of the ancient city of Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.

This substantial anthem was composed in 2015 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and to mark Salisbury Cathedral's stewardship of the charter since 1215. Rutter succeeds in weaving toget...

A response to Schubert's String Quintet in C (D956), this work highlights the added bass sonority provided by the second cello. It is a single movement work and explores ideas of fragmentation, refrac...

An unusually joyous setting in which straightforward vocal lines portray Mary's humility, and the accompaniment expresses exuberance and freedom of spirit. This is a strikingly original setting of the...

This beautiful motet by sixteenth-century Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano sets the responsory for Ash Wednesday/the First Sunday of Lent. The scoring of this edition has been given as SAATB, and...

This straightforward but effective a cappella arrangement of the well-known English carol speaks directly to the listener, and its occasional unexpected harmonic turns will delight. Offprinted from Ca...

Michael Finnissy's John the Baptist won the 2015 British Composer Award in the Liturgical Category. Commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge, for Advent 2014, the piece recalls the folk music of t...