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Tarney's setting of this traditional Scottish text offers catchy melodies and folk-inspired harmonies, driven by a rhythmic piano accompaniment. The ballad is framed by a repeating, haunting, and ethe...

McGlade's setting of 'The Call' by George Herbert is simple but effective, reflecting the directness of the original poem. The three-bar phrases create a feeling of expectancy throughout the verses, a...

This is a beautiful setting of words from Act 3 Scene 2 of The Tempest. The opening soprano and tenor melody is based on a dreamlike, oscillating two-note cell which threads throughout the piece, broa...

This is a vivid musical depiction of the colourful dreamscape created in Charles Bennett's text. The solo tenor floats over the soft, jazzy harmonies of the other voices as he narrates the journey thr...

This lively and joyous arrangement of the folksong 'Montagnarde' from the Haute-Auvergne region of France makes playful use of the call of the cuckoo in a catchy refrain. 'Montagnarde' is featured on...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, this is a beautiful unaccompanied arrangement of a popular Japanese children's song. With a text full of natural imagery and a folk-like pentatonic melody, '...

Les Songs of Farewell ont trouvé une place de choix dans les répertoires des chœurs de chambre et des fondations chorales ecclésiastiques. Tiré de l'édition critique de Robert Quinney de cette œuvre f...

A practical edition of the extremely famous work by Allegri.

This setting can be found both in Five Traditional Songs and Folk Songs for Choirs 1. The text is simple, while the arrangement is varied and charming.

Written in an a cappella style with scat accompaniment, A Tree is a Song is a joyful celebration of the affinity between trees and how wisdom can be passed on 'as a melody from tree to tree'. McDowall...

Originally published in the New Horizons collection Cantica Nova, this expansive Advent motet creates a unique sound world through unusual harmonic inflections, striking spatial effects, unmeasured no...

For SATB unaccompanied. This short, eloquent Benediction sets words from St Patrick's Breastplate (5th century). Also available in John Rutter Anthems.

Inspired by Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, Vespers is a 12-movement English-language work in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Suited to concert and liturgical settings, it draws from several Orthodox...

The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful unaccompanied choral settings, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter's own.

This exquisite piece has been made available as a separate choral leaflet. It is also in the anthology Weddings for Choirs. Ideal for concerts, and special occasions such as weddings and anniversaries...

This is an energetic setting of a medieval text, with a modal feel and lively rhythms. After opening with an unaccompanied melody sung by the sopranos, the music gradually becomes more intricate, culm...

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...

Using as its basis William Blake's eponymous poem from the Songs of Innocence and Experience, this work is largely celebratory in tone and employs a range of techniques and textures as a means of expr...

For SSATB unaccompanied - Commemorating the martyrdom of St Catharine, this reflective piece sets the Antiphon at First Vespers, Feast of All Saints alongside a thought-provoking contemporary poem by...

For SSATB unaccompanied - This setting of a poem by William Blake is evocative and appealing. Jackson ingeniously offsets simple, pure harmonies against moments of chromaticism to create beautiful, fr...

Jazzy arrangements of favourite folk songs from around the world for SATB and jazz trio or piano solo. All nine pieces published for the first time in this collection Songs from French Canada, Andaluc...

This important Requiem demonstrates Gabriel Jackson's gift for writing mesmerising choral music on a large scale. Combining sections of the traditional Requiem text with poems from other cultures and...

This unaccompanied carol is scored for four equal parts and comprises a sequence of three rounds. Rhythmic and engaging, this carol demonstrates the distinctive clarity of Skempton's musical language....

This anthem sets the Antiphon at All Saints to a lively melody and rich, sonorous harmonies. Opening and closing with a drawn-out melisma, the music moves between different rhythms and textures, from...

I saw three ships is a lively setting of the traditional English text for unaccompanied mixed voices. A simple melody, swapped between the outer voices and answered by altos and tenors, gradually buil...