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Do not neglect is a stand-alone movement from Kim André Arnesen’s large-scale work, The Stranger, which uses a thought-provoking text from chapter 13 of the Epistle to the Hebrews: ‘Do not neglect to...

This setting of Christina Rossetti's poem Then Shall Ye Shout for unaccompanied double choir was commissioned by Help Musicians UK for its annual St Cecilia's Festival service and first performed by t...

Muestra de audio: "Harbour" (interpretada por Regenbogenchor München, dir. Mary Ellen Kitchens)

La familia Mendelssohn cultivaba una forma muy especial de música doméstica en su cabaña del jardín de la finca familiar: las llamadas Sonntagsmusiken (Músicas dominicales). Quizás esto inspiró a Fann...

'Broish McRoish' is a rhythmic piece based on traditional Gaelic sprechgesang - the so-called 'Puirt a beul' (mouth music). The text is meaningless, comparable to scat, and primarily serves to drive t...

80 Motetten und Choralsätze für gemischten Chor (meist Coro SATB) a cappella 'Eine interessante Veröffentlichung, die als Standardwerk über die lange verkannte, qualitativ hochstehende Musik des Jahrh...

The Peacemakers is dedicated to the memory of all those who lost their lives during armed conflict: in particular, innocent civilians. When I composed The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace for the Millenniu...

Mendelssohn describió la obra, compuesta en 1840, a su amigo Klingemann: "una sinfonía para coro y orquesta... Primero 3 movimientos sinfónicos, seguidos de 12 movimientos corales y solistas; las pala...

Kritische Neuausgabe (1998), die erstmals alle authentischen Fassungen enthält. Einzelausgaben und Sammelband der drei 1843/44 für den Berliner Domchor entstandenen doppelchörigen ausdrucksvollen Psal...

Den Ton der englischen Anthems wollte Mendelssohn mit seinen 1840 für England komponierten 'Drei geistlichen Liedern' op. 96 für Altsolo, Chor und Orgel treffen. Drei Jahre später passte er dem Werk n...

Das 1822 entstandene lebendige Frühwerk des Komponisten lässt bereits einen eigenen Stil erkennen, verweist aber zugleich auf das gleichnamige Werk seines lebenslangen Vorbildes J. S. Bach. Soli SATB,...

Composer's note: 'Christmas is always a new gift, always a fresh and refreshing gift: the human heart is renewed by the gift not of wealth but of a small, fragile child. His light in us is a thanksgiv...

Imagine the opening solo in darkness. Light increases as the choir begins, growing to full brilliance when three luminous lines intertwine. A 'lux aeterna' refrain is sung in resonant harmony, with to...

El texto es de Ralph Waldo Emerson y da gracias por la creación, por la vida y por el comienzo de un nuevo día. La melodía capta la gratitud como una suave brisa sobre un prado. Se trata de un himno q...

Set to a popular text by Walter de la Mare, this secular work is an expressive homage to J. S. Bach, combining lyrical vocal lines with a contrapuntal accompaniment.

This expressive celebration of friendship sets a text by Delphine Chalmers inspired by words from French Renaissance essayist Michel de Montaigne. Eminently accessible, this piece is perfect for conce...

With a text by the composer, this work was originally inspired by members of the Radcliffe Ladies' Choir and their motto 'friendship through singing'. The lilting vocal lines are subtly underpinned by...

A simple and beautiful setting describing the wonder of a world seen through the eyes of a deaf child. In the refrain, singers are encouraged to sign the words they are singing, resulting in profoundl...

Move to a higher level of performance with this outstanding new concert work. It opens with a fanfare, then moves into a rhythmic statement of the main theme: 'Let the earth resound with sounds of mus...

May your life be filled with song. And may your friends all sing along. These two simple sentences begin the heartfelt text of this lovely choral ballad. The melodies are equally beautiful in their si...

Based on Sibelius' Finlandia, this impressive selection is like two phenomenal arrangements in one: the first half, a stunning homophonic treatment of 'This Is My Song;' the second half, a Zulu transl...

A jubilant antiphonal exposition extends an invitation to music-making, before erupting into a truly fresh concert and contest opener! Exploring a wide variety of choral sounds and textures including...