Partituras para coros

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this pair of responses are adapted from works by Palestrina, by Francis Jackson and Philip Moore. Scored for SATB unaccompanied, with soprano sol...

This carol is an original composition on a text in Old French which summarizes the story of the Nativity in rhyming verse. The composer's use throughout of a hypnotic, rhythmic melody alternating with...

Selga Mence's arrangement of this Latvian folksong presents the two phrases of the original song in a variety of textures, beginning and ending with imitations of the sound of bells. An English text b...

An original carol by Ernani Aguiar, Acalanto para o Menino Jesus was written for the feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary and illustrates the Italian influence on Brazilian culture. An English t...

Immanúel oss í nátt meditates on the birth of Christ with harmonies of increasing richness before ending with echoes of the opening motif. An English text by Bob Chilcott is presented alongside the or...

The main melody of Jajang, jajang, Ahgi Yesu is a popular Korean lullaby that has been handed down through many generations. In the carol Mary, mother of Jesus, is depicted singing her child to sleep....

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer. Rutter employs artful word-painting throughout, and the verse-refrain st...

This sequence of six carols explores the role of Mary in the Christmas story, focussing on her human experience within a story of the divine. The work has two accompaniment options: piano (using the v...

This atmospheric piece sets a text by Christina Rossetti. The first stanza is for sopranos only, with expressive chromatic lines evoking the 'darkness' and 'chillness' of the text. The music flowers i...

Archer's setting of this popular Easter hymn by G. R. Woodward is sparkling with energy, combining the exuberant seventeenth-century Dutch melody with short organ interjections. An exciting addition t...

This is one of the best-loved and most widely performed choral works of the twentieth century. The texts (in Latin and English) are from the Missa pro Defunctis, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Psa...

Sentinels is really a long, unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens, and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present. Butler imagined four standing play...

This upbeat work sets a text by the Malaysian singer Bihzhu celebrating the collective excitement in exploring the unknown. The supportive piano accompaniment brings a hint of the Malaysian soundworld...

This is an energetic song in which drying clothes whirl and madly dance in the tugging winter wind. It is No. 1 of a suite of three songs, 'At the Turn of the Year', depicting scenes of winter.

Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe...

This tiny, delicate piece has something of the Debussyian prelude about it. It deftly deals with that familiar theme of snow, not rising above a piano dynamic throughout.

Offprinted from Pianoworks: Popular Styles.

Two stanzas of emotive verse by Christina Rossetti are set to music of touching directness in this a cappella offering, whose graceful melodies are often adorned by caressing rhythmic patterns. Offpri...

Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter's lively harvest anthem. Pack includes full score and set of parts. Compatible with both the English-only and dual-language vocal score.

Ever-changing in mood and pace, La Musique is a setting of poems by Elizabeth Bishop and Charles Baudelaire on the transformative power of music. Jackson musically represents the complex psychological...