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Words from Cantata no. 147.

This work is based on the traditional modes/scales of Armenia. 'Duduk' is the name of the Armenian oboe that is normally accompanied by drones. Erkoreka cleverly creates the illusion of the drone's pr...

This uplifting work celebrates the pursuit, and eventual discovery, of water. Imbued with rich harmonies, infectious rhythms, and unforgettable melodies, it will leave both choir and audience feeling...

Setting vivid poems by Kate Wakeling, this work is a powerful exploration of the theme of ice. The lively first movement depicts the bustling frost fairs of 1684, with repeated patterns imitating the...

In this poignant three-movement work, McDowall sets texts by Indian political activist and poet Sarojini Naidu and frequent collaborator Seán Street. With the exquisite beauty of birdsong at its heart...

This new vocal-score edition was published to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, in June 1953. First performed as the new Queen processed out of Westminster Abbey, Walton's...

This is a sensitive and uplifting setting of a text by Geraldine Atkinson, who tragically died aged 24. The reflective nature of the music makes it particularly suitable for memorials. This piece is s...

Bob Chilcott's solemn yet uplifting Requiem sets words from the 'Missa pro defunctis' and the Book of Common Prayer giving a new slant on established texts. Requiem is an elegy for the modern day. The...

This powerful anthem was first performed at St Paul's Cathedral, and is dedicated to victims of torture and those working for their release. With expansive melodies which echo between the vocal lines...

From Psalm 33 (opening phrase to be played on trumpets or organ)

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...

Inspired by Geertgen's painting Nativity at Night, Candlelight Carol centres around the love of a mother on that first night in the stable. This carol is available in its original version for mixed vo...

This arrangement for SATB chorus and piano has been created from two sources: a version for unison voices and piano, and A Song of Thanksgiving. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 2.

Orchestral material and the arrangement for women's voices are available on hire.

This beautiful and much-loved Somerset folk-song was originally from No. 2 of Five Traditional Songs arranged for mixed choir by John Rutter. Offprinted from John Rutter Choral Works for TTBB choirs.

A light arrangement in a 6/8 time signature of a traditional English Christmas Carol. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Eight Christmas Carol Set 2.

This anthem sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John, moving from an unsettled tonality at the beginning, through anguished false relations and wistful expressivity, to find triumphant r...

Music of Life is a vibrant setting of a poem by George Parsons Lathrop that describes how music underpins all earthly life. An active piano part provides an energetic undercurrent to compelling vocal...

Commissioned for the 2002 World Choral Symposium, May Sky is based on haiku written by Japanese and Japanese-American detainees in camps in the American West.

These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon, full of sumptuous harmonies;...

LM-7: Aquarius was the seventh lunar module that NASA sent into space, on teh Apollo 13 mission. The piece is in eleven continuous sections, the proportions of which are derived from the ten letters a...

This folksong was originally arranged for unison choir and piano accompaniment, and is great to feature in a general concert setting. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 2.

This engagingly written piece sets the Lamentations of Jeremiah. The overlapping passages of music passed between the soloists and the choir create a dramatic effect, whilst the harmonic language give...

A rumbustious setting of an anonymous medieval text, this carol celebrates Christ's birth in an indomitably joyful fashion and provides an ideal and uplifting finale for any carol concert.