Música espiritual y eclesiástica

A powerfully emotive setting that contrasts moments of reflection with declamatory exultation, Psalm 57 uses passages from the eponymous psalm in the King James translation. Written in 1972, it is ded...

Dona nobis pacem is an expressive setting that combines two lines on the subject of peace from the Ordinary of the Latin Mass. A slow tempo lends grace and poise to the gentle, sustained vocal lines a...

Hazzard's enchanting Sanctus, setting text from the Latin Mass, captures the feeling of a rushing current throughout. Though the energy often pulsates below the surface, it bursts through at the zestf...

Skempton's After Rain sets an evocative text by Edward Thomas with a contemplative choral part over a rich and slow-moving cello line. Skempton alternates between contrasting upper-voice duets and ful...

This setting of the traditional hymn to 'Mary, the star of the sea' contrasts two moods and styles: the flowing simplicity of the 'Ave maris stella' refrain and the slightly faster and more homophonic...

This motet is the fifth of a set of seven relating the life story of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finnissy's aim was to hint at technical and expressive continuity with the music of the 11th and 12th cent...

This setting of this popular text was composed in 1997; choir directors should feel free to put a few sopranos on the alto line in the two polyphonic sections. Offprinted from the collection Cantica N...

This setting was commissioned by Choir and Organ magazine in 2003 and first performed by St Alban's Cathedral Choir under the direction of Andrew Lucas. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

This Introit is the first of four Latin motets commissioned for the 1976 Edington Festival and first performed in Edington Priory. The Introit firsty pays tribute to Augustine, and then, in a more liv...

Aiming for weightless flexibility of expression, this setting employs an idiom detectably in keeping with aspects of medieval practise. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

At only one point in the piece (bars 37-9) does the the level rise above piano. Despite occassional tuning demands, it should be well within the reach of many choirs. Offprinted from the collection Ca...

A short, eloquant piece commissioned by Winchester College reflecting the spirit of Advent. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Bob Chilcott wrote this piece at the request of a friend and colleague Michael Emery, the Producer of the BBC Singers, who wanted a new piece to sing at Mass in Notre Dame, Paris, while touring with t...

This motet was written to celebrate the golden jubilee of Canon Francis Bartlett's priesthood and first performed at the Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, Kingsway on 29 June 1985. Offprinted from t...

This motet features text painting throughout the piece, with the music opening outwards from a unison F to reflect a flower slowly unfolding when exposed to sunlight, as well as a chill wind sweeping...

This echoing motet was composed for Edward Higginbottom and the Choir of the New College, Oxford, and was subsequently used for their tour around Europe. Offprinted from the collection Cantica Nova.

Esta emocionante pieza de concierto reúne palabras en latín de las órdenes de misa de la Iglesia Católica y del Libro de Isaías para formar un texto versátil que es adecuado tanto para Navidad como pa...

En este arreglo del villancico popular de los Apalaches, Mack Wilberg ofrece una armonización suave adecuada para una canción de cuna al Niño Jesús. Se introduce una ligera sensación de presentimiento...

Este introito, que recoge una colecta del Libro de Oración Común, juega con el uso característico de McDowall de la disonancia y las inflexiones modales para crear un mundo sonoro hipnótico y ligerame...

La meditada composición de Lucy Walker de There is no rose fluye entre oleadas de emoción y cálidas inflexiones cromáticas en los estribillos latinos. Esta pieza captura los énfasis naturales del text...

Esta breve oración vespertina de James Whitbourn recoge un fragmento del Libro de Oración Común. Escrita para el Coro del Harris Manchester College, Oxford, es una meditativa petición de la protección...

In Quiet Peace contiene tiernas palabras del compositor, Tristino Ali, que reflexionan sobre la calma que se encuentra cuando se pasa tiempo a solas con Dios. Con partes escritas de forma accesible y...

My soul is awakened (Mi alma se despierta) establece palabras de Anne Brontë sobre el efecto edificante de la naturaleza en el espíritu humano. La composición de Ali también es adecuadamente edificant...

Guárdame como a la niña de los ojos es una obra sacra tranquila y meditativa, apta para ser interpretada durante todo el año litúrgico. Extraído del Salmo 17, el texto es una súplica de refugio y prot...

Basada en el conocido poema de William Blake, esta pieza navideña transporta a los oyentes con sonidos de ángeles celestiales que hacen señas al pequeño Cordero en fragmentos melódicos estratificados...