James MacMillan

14 communion motets for specific liturgical occasions, composed from 2005-10 for performances by Strathclyde University Chamber Choir. Scoring is for mixed voices, many of the pieces with divisi, and...

Latin setting composed in 1978. An attractive and accessible work which employs homophonic and polyphonic writing along with solo and a cappella passages and minimal divisi. The organ part is substant...

Commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St. John's College Cambridge to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the College. First performed by Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of St. John's Co...

Setting of words from the Armenian liturgy (in English): 'The offered Christ is distributed among us. Alleluia! …”.Particularly suitable for the feast of Corpus Christi and eucharistic occasions in ge...

Chorpartitur

The movements set are Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Benedictus (together), Acclamation and Agnus Dei. With the inclusion of a Gloria this is a more extended setting than the St Anne's Mass, and the canto...

Chorpartitur.

A highly effective and extremely straightforward setting of a text from an inscription over the door into a Jesuit church in Glasgow. The piece begins with a forceful SATB prayer in English (perhaps i...

Gemischter Chor und Orgel, Harfe oder 3 Instrumente.

This 10-minute a cappella motet is suitable for advanced choirs for both concert and liturgical perfomances. It is a reflective and richly textured work, which uses an anonymous Latin text from a sett...

Diese Vertonung einiger Passage aus der Offenbarung des Johannes besitzt einen besonderen Bezug zu den Engeln, die mit sieben Trompetenstößen erscheinen und verschiedene apokalyptische Szenarien ankün...

Orgelauszug - Kantor, einstimmiger Chor (Gemeinde) und Orgel (gemischter Chor SAATB ad libitum) - englisch

Sacred setting of words of St Ephraim (c. 306-373) from 1979 and has only recently been released by the composer. The text reflects on both Christ's coming as a child and his sacrifice on the Cross. F...

Unlike MacMillan's congregational Galloway Mass and St Anne's Mass, this work is on a grander liturgical scale befitting its commission by Westminster Cathedral for the Millennium. The drama of the li...

Irish folksong arrangement dating from 1982. Two scores are provided: a vocal score in C and a clarinet score with all the material transposed into B flat.

Atmospheric setting of the Advent antiphon for 21st December, 'O Radiant Dawn, Splendour of eternal light, Sun of Justice, come, shine on those who dwell in darkness ...' The organ part is a transcrip...

A short and simple setting of a beautiful Latin text (Mouth of the dumb...), a medieval chant from the Inchcolm Antiphoner. The first section has the duet singing the same rhythm together with triplet...

This work came about through a collaborative experiment with the sculptress Sue Jane Taylor. It is a pensive and reflective work for strings and percussion lasting about fifteen minutes, and is mostly...