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In keeping with its title, this Christmas carol is bursting with joyous energy. Scores and parts for the accompaniment are available on sale or on hire/rental from Oxford University Press. This carol...

Paroles et musique de John Rutter. pour SATB et piano ou cordes et orgue ad. lib. L'accompagnement de cordes, disponible à la vente et à la location, peut être utilisé avec W91 (SSA) et X169 (SATB). E...

Pour SATB, ou unisson avec descentes, et orgue, cordes ou orchestre complet. Le matériel d'orchestre pour chaque chant est disponible à la location.

For SATB and organ or orchestra. A wonderful closing hymn for a Christmas service or concert with a grand finish. Orchestral material is available on hire.

SSA & piano On this day is a bright and exuberant upper-voice setting of the English version of 'Personent hodie' from Piae Cantiones (1582). The text and the manageable vocal parts make this carol pa...

Cette tendre chanson de Noël plaira à tous les amateurs de la musique de John Rutter. Avec une mélodie simple et attrayante et un accompagnement fluide, The Colours of Christmas évoque un sentiment to...

In The Three Kings Chilcott sets verses from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Christmas poem telling the story of the three kings' journey to Bethlehem. A sense of travel is created by the stately 6/8 tim...

Publié à l'origine dans une version pour voix mixtes, ce chant très apprécié de Rutter a été adapté par le compositeur pour être interprété par des chœurs à voix hautes. Les partitions complètes et le...

The Midnight of your Birth is a charming collection of five carols by Bob Chilcott for upper voices and piano. Equally suited to women's choirs and youth choirs, the carols range from unison ('The Bla...

'There is a flow'r' is a beautifully simple setting of a 15th-century text by the poet and priest John Audelay.

In The Three Kings Chilcott sets verses from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Christmas poem telling the story of the three kings' journey to Bethlehem. A sense of travel is created by the stately 6/8 tim...

Un joyeux chant de célébration avec le refrain "Gloria in excelsis", pour SS (ou SA) et harpe, piano ou orchestre. Une version pour SATB est également disponible. Le matériel d'orchestre (disponible à...

The orchestral material is the same as for the SATBarB version.

Samba Mass is a joyous and colourful setting of the Latin Missa brevis. The work is framed by the gentle bossa nova style of the warm Kyrie and relaxed Agnus Dei, which is prefaced by a funky Benedict...

This movement from Make We Merry sets the words of the seventeenth-century Christmas text 'Sweet was the song' to a straightforward and lyrical solo line in the first soprano part, with an imitative s...

This thought-provoking carol takes up the topical theme of the plight of refugees, drawing parallels with the stories and reception of Christ's birth. The text, by the composer, alludes to familiar li...

Higgins's arrangement of 'Away in a manger' is beautiful and delicate. The first verse is taken by unison voices; the second is a cappella, with an optional soloist or small group and sustained 'ooh's...

This lively setting of the medieval 'Hymn to the Virgin' text has a sparkling piano accompaniment, syncopated rhythms, and real flair. It's particularly suitable for Advent or Christmas but can be sun...

This movement from Make We Merry sets the words of the seventeenth-century Christmas text 'Sweet was the song' to a straightforward and lyrical solo line in the first soprano part, with an imitative s...

Higgins's arrangement of Away in a manger is beautiful and delicate. The first verse is taken by unison voices; the second is a cappella, with an optional soloist or small group and sustained 'ooh's;...

A joyous carillon celebrating the birth of Jesus and the new world he heralds. The piece builds quickly in volume and excitement from an expectant piano to a spirited fortissimo ending with divided vo...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Remember, O thou man' is a reflective Christmas piece by Jonathan Willcocks, scored for SSAA with piano or organ. Featuring a folk-influenced melody, it evokes...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'A Catch by the Hearth' is a lively folk-influenced carol by Roderick Williams, scored for SSAA unaccompanied. Written in flexible metre, it features interweavin...

Alberto Grau's setting of 'Ananay, nanay', inspired by a Venezuelan folk melody, begins as a cradle song, while in the latter part the tempo quickens and a festive dance begins.

The traditional carol Notre divin Maître comes from a collection known as Noëls Anciens de la Nouvelle-France (Ancient Carols of New France). The melody derives from an old drinking song but has been...