Partituras para coros

Out of a single note, a single moment in time, arises the Great Mystery, revealed in the Christian tradition at Christmas time. After opening with a haunting unison chant, bass ostinato evokes the dry...

An original composition on a traditional Puerto Rican Christmas nativity text, O Brillante Estrella is in the style of a villancico, a lively Spanish carol. Colorful harmonies, syncopated rhythms, and...

From the album CoolSide of Yuletide, this is a musical wish for peace on earth that will have contemporary relevance and will resonate with today's youth. Serving as an appeal to strike down the diffe...

The simple structure of Edward Caswall's poem provides a welcome framework upon which to set this beautiful, original carol. With the viola serving as a solo voice and commenting on the choral passage...

This arrangement of three well-known carols 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,' 'Angels We Have Heard on High,' and 'The First Noel' uses contemporary musical styles, altered harmonies and word play to ex...

Written in strophic-form and using dramatic variation in harmony, composer Michael J. Glasgow celebrates Christ's birth,foreshadows His Crucifixion and Resurrection and interweaves prophesy, doubt, an...

Written for and dedicated to the Toronto Children's Choir, legendary Canadian composer Ruth Watson Henderson has constructed a piece that incorporates all levels of a broad based Community Children's...

Written for the famous St. Olaf Christmas Concert in 2002, this is a lullaby for the Christ child sung by his mother Mary at the manger. Mary gently rocks the baby Jesus to sleep while singing of 'thi...

This fifteenth century English carol, originally titled 'Nowell, Nowell, Dieu vous garde' has been recast in modern form although the ancient feel is still present. Vocal parts may be doubled by wind...

This marvelous poetry is by award-winning Canadian poet, Wendy Jean MacLean, who also provided the fascinating text for Sirett's The Stars Point the Way'” (SSA and Piano, 979-0-051-48094-4) which was...

A gentle rocking-song from the Outer Hebrides, traditionally sung at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Rogers' arrangement begins quietly with a solo soprano, and gradually builds to the full choir.

The tuneful melody of this lovely Austrian carol dominates the choral texture. The piano accompaniment provides a colorful harmonic underlay and feeling of momentum. Although scored for SATB voices, u...

This short and accessible Christmas anthem begins with a lilting 9/8 section, becoming harmonically richer and fuller as it builds to a joyous “Gloria.”

Eine beschwingte Schlittenfahrt durch das winterliche St. Petersburg. Das Werk des Deutschen Richard Eilenberg (1848-1925) geniesst in Russland so große Popularität, dass es mittlerweile als russische...

Frederick Bridge 's Christmas Day for SATB choir with Soprano soloist.