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The beautiful 13th-century text has become a favourite through Britten's memorable carol. This dramatic setting really gets to the heart of the words with skilful and passionate vocal writing and rich...

Full score and set of parts for John Rutter's All the stars looked down. This touching carol sets a tender text by G. K. Chesterton. Immaculately crafted, it has at its heart another winning melody fr...

This original composition combines several traditional proverbs (Good things come to those who wait, What goes up..., Where there's a will...), a quirky melody, a laid-back swing feel, a whispering se...

A popular Christmas carol with lyrics set to Carol by R. S. Willis and an additional descant written by John Rutter. Offprinted from the collection Joy to the World!

The earth hath voice is a colourful and dramatic celebration of nature and its powerful and hypnotizing sounds, taking the listener on a captivating journey through the natural world with an array of...

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

A chromatic but bare setting of a poem by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, a descendant of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Its sparse texture reflects the eerie, haunting atmosphere created by the evocative imagery...

This quiet and spacious miniature challenges the performer's ability to play within the lowest dynamic range of the piano. The gently sonorous opening bars return after a lightly animated central sect...

Extending his repertoire for the guitar, Skempton this time introduces it into the realm of a chamber ensemble in the form of five miniatures. The mix of mellow timbres creates a soothing but thoughtf...

This publication makes available separately the two upper voice numbers from Chilcott's larger choral work Singing by Numbers, a celebration of singing in all its various forms. Both songs are calm an...

A cycle of six choral settings of Elizabethan poetry by Campion, Herrick, Middleton, Shakespeare, and others. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Setting Joseph Addison's text, Jackson explores the use of vivid imagery the poem provides through this dramatic medium. Rather than using the full forces of choir, brass and organ throughout, the pie...

This engaging carol cantata combines several popular carols to create a performance full of Christmas spirit. Through creative re-harmonization, rhythmic variation, and imaginative linking passages, M...

Set to text by John Drinkwater, this work is deceptively simple, making use of repetition and carefully placed harmonies which shift subtly to match the text. A beautiful and unusual setting which wou...

Commissioned by the Atopos Fondazione in Italy, this piece was premiered by John Tilbury on 10 June 2008. A homage to Morton Feldman and a companion piece to his Triadic Memories, Skempton's Notti ste...

This carol may be sung by a mixed-voice choir, or by upper voices only. Bullard harmonically mirrors the move from darkness to light in a memorable setting of his own words. Offprinted from Carols for...

This energetic piece, originally from Three Children's Songs, has been arranged for mixed choir and suits a spring-time programme. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 2.

The Evening Service by Nicholas Strogers, comes from one of the earliest 'short' services to have survived. In addition to the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, it also contains the Deus misereatur (Psalm...

This work sets a poem by George Meredith. The poem, Winter heavens, begins as a winter landscape, before coming richer, stranger and more metaphysical. Winter heavens was premiered in December 2011 by...

Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round is an exuberant setting of the well-known hymn by John Chadwick. The second section explores the Lydian mode, while the adamantine final verse reflects the text's...

Conceived as a set, these eight songs are drawn from several Chinese regions. In this new arrangement the music has been refashioned for Western instruments, with stylistic bowing and fingering. Suita...

This dramatic setting of a 5th-century Ambrosian hymn perfectly epitomises the jubilation of the text. Rhythmically complex and involving some tricky melismatic passages, it is particularly suited to...

A traditional German carol using text dating back to around 1500 AD. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Joy to the World.