Coro y canto

Setting a Native American text, The Song of the Stars is a bright and rhythmic piece scored for double upper-voice choir. Featuring rhythmic ostinatos, imitative effects, and rich harmonies, this is a...

A bright and breezy piece with a charming text by Charles Bennett, A Tree of Song begins with a jaunty 7/8 figure which recurs throughout the piece, with the melody floating above. Alternation between...

This piece was composed in honour of the centenary of Marconi's first trans-oceanic wireless signal. The theme of the work, sound waves, is evoked through overlapping phrases sung ad lib., and the mus...

Gallant's take on this Acadian folksong is lively and engaging, featuring the quintessential elements of the tradition: podorythmie (seated foot-tapping), diddlage (mouth music), and the spoons. With...

Gallant's take on this Acadian folksong is lively and engaging, featuring the quintessential elements of the tradition: podorythmie (seated foot-tapping), diddlage (mouth music), and the spoons.

This imaginative setting of Longfellow's poem encourages the use of evocative bird and wind noises to capture the text's natural imagery. In a fresh, a cappella style, Hawley's charismatic melodies so...

'TaReKiTa' is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly blends the Indian and Western classical styles. The composer's scats are combined with a fast triple metre, vocal slides, and captivating mel...

Palestrina's setting of the Marian motet Alma Redemptoris Mater seamlessly interweaves each of the four independent voices based on the solemn tone of the corresponding chant. Offprinted from The Oxfo...

In this compelling motet for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, Handl artfully embodies symbolism of the Trinity within the motet's structure. The three verses surrounded by a refrain of 'O beata Trinitas...

This motet in two parts is devotional in character, with each section opening with homophonic writing before elaborating on close imitative polyphonic lines. The motet demonstrates a mature writing st...

Consisting of two sections, this large-scale Christmas motet opens with a rich homophonic texture that is synonymous with Victoria's compositions. This is followed by imitation in the vocal lines befo...

This Marian text for Eastertide, Regina caeli, was set four times by Morales. This setting for four voices was first published in the Spanish composer's 1543 collection and notated in high clefs. The...

Recent scholarship postulates that this anonymous motet for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was in fact written by Leonora d'Este, daughter of Duke Alfonso I and Lucrezia Borgia...

The opening of this motet displays Massaino's skill in the art of word-painting with soaring lines that play on the word 'arise' (Surge). Punctuated with occasional homophonic writing, the beautiful m...

para SSAA sin acompañamiento. Garden of Dreams reúne fragmentos de textos de Safo, traducidos por Arthur Sanders Way y A. S. Kline. Sarah Quartel ha utilizado ritmos cruzados, síncopas y líneas melódi...

Setting inspiring words by James Weldon Johnson, this work is both poignant and stirring, encouraging singers and listeners to reflect on the challenges of present times and to move forward with coura...

Heart of Earth reúne fragmentos de poemas de Laura Purdie Salas llenos de vívidas descripciones del mundo natural. Rajasekar se sintió atraída por estos textos por la forma en que se relacionan con su...

Keeping Time for Joy de Marie-Claire Saindon abunda en la alegría del texto de la escritora contemporánea Sarah Windle en esta edificante pieza. Melodías folclóricas escalares, impregnadas de ímpetu a...

Dedicada a las "hermanas de todo el mundo", esta obra de tres movimientos combina varios temas a través de la poesía de Sara Teasdale. El primer movimiento, "Sister of the Sky" (Hermana del cielo), se...

para SSAA sin acompañamiento Una sencilla y tierna lectura del famoso poema de William Blake, especialmente adecuada para voces jóvenes.

For SSAA unaccompanied - The texts are translations of ancient Chinese poems.

En un paisaje sombrío y oscuro, con sonidos cortos y débiles, se esconde una rara sensación de tristeza: La primera parte de la obra de Florence Delays, "Ghost", es como un desgarrador relato de angus...

Olli Kortekangas suite in four movements (text in Finnish) is suitablbe for juvenile choir.

Tre naturscener for descant choir (1976-77, rev. 2016) by Lars Karlsson is set to Gustaf Fröding's vivid poems in Swedish.