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This motet is the fifth of a set of seven relating the life story of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finnissy's aim was to hint at technical and expressive continuity with the music of the 11th and 12th cent...

This setting of this popular text was composed in 1997; choir directors should feel free to put a few sopranos on the alto line in the two polyphonic sections. Offprinted from the collection Cantica N...

This setting was commissioned by Choir and Organ magazine in 2003 and first performed by St Alban's Cathedral Choir under the direction of Andrew Lucas. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This Introit is the first of four Latin motets commissioned for the 1976 Edington Festival and first performed in Edington Priory. The Introit firsty pays tribute to Augustine, and then, in a more liv...

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Cette pièce de concert passionnante présente des mots latins tirés des ordres de messe de l'Église catholique et du livre d'Isaïe, pour former un texte polyvalent qui convient à la fois pour Noël et p...

This exciting concert piece sets Latin words from the mass orders of the Catholic Church and the Book of Isaiah to form a versatile text that is suitable for both Christmas and use throughout the year...

Rajasekar a puisé dans la grammaire mélodique et rythmique des deux traditions de la musique classique indienne, l'hindoustani et le carnatique, pour créer une célébration chorale unique du printemps....

Rajasekar has drawn on the melodic and rhythmic grammar of both traditions of Indian classical music, Hindustani and Carnatic, to create a unique choral celebration of springtime. The meaning of the t...

Dans cet arrangement d'un chant populaire des Appalaches, Mack Wilberg propose une harmonisation douce qui convient à une berceuse de l'enfant Jésus. Un léger sentiment d'inquiétude est introduit dans...

Cette œuvre glorieuse, sincère et parfois angoissante s'appuie sur un texte prémonitoire de Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, victime de l'attentat à la bombe de Lockerbie en 1988. McDowall utilise des embell...

This glorious, heartfelt, and at times agonizing work sets a prescient text by Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, a victim of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. McDowall creates a haunting sound-world through voca...

Reprenant un collect du Book of Common Prayer, cet introït joue sur l'utilisation caractéristique de McDowall de la dissonance et des inflexions modales pour créer un monde sonore hypnotique et légère...

Setting a collect from the Book of Common Prayer, this introit plays on McDowall's characteristic use of dissonance and modal inflections to create a hypnotic and slightly unsettled soundworld that re...

Cette courte œuvre de Marques L. A. Garrett met en scène un texte magnifique et poignant de Paul Laurence Dunbar qui parle des effets curatifs de la musique et de la façon dont notre propre musique pe...

This short work by Marques L. A. Garrett sets a beautiful and poignant text by Paul Laurence Dunbar that tells of the healing effects of music and how our own music-making can spread joy to those arou...

La mise en musique réfléchie de There is no rose de Lucy Walker oscille entre des vagues d'émotion et de chaudes inflexions chromatiques dans les refrains latins. Cette pièce saisit les accents nature...

This traditional Hebridean prayer has been given a calm and meditative setting. It calls for peace both locally and between nations. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.

The original version of this anthem, for upper voices, was commissioned by St Margaret's School, Bushey, for its 250th anniversary. Offprinted from the collection Alan Bullard Anthems.