Navidad

Composer's note: 'I was introduced to William Blake's poem The Lamb many years ago through John Tavener's famous setting and, when commissioned by York Minster to write a carol for their 2019 nine les...

Composer's note: 'The words of Edith Reed's translation of this traditional Polish poem wonderfully encapsulate the Christmas message. I love the way that the text captures the innocence and humblenes...

Composer's note: 'Walter De La Mare's poem Clouded with snow paints an atmospheric picture of late afternoon in winter and I was drawn to the image of a bleak yet beautiful landscape with the faint gl...

Each year the BBC Music Magazine commissions a brand-new Christmas Carol for their readers and, when Grace-Evangeline Mason was invited to compose the 2021 carol, she decided to write and set her own...

Ben Ponniah started singing at St Mary-le-Tower Church in 1990 when he was six years old. John Cooper was the Organist and Director of Music at the time, followed by Michael Nicholas. Seeing the star...

This carol is one of the pieces that were produced during a full weekend of group composition with Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Girls’ Choir, a process with which they had experimented previo...

Este villancico recoge los tres versos finales de la alegre versión de Sara Teasdale de la historia de la Natividad, en la que una hueste de ángeles llega al establo y anuncia el nacimiento con su ale...

La poetisa Wendy Cope evoca una conmovedora imagen de la Navidad en el hogar. Esta adaptación de su reconfortante poema traduce esta imaginería en un sonido coral navideño clásico: una melodía sencill...

El texto de este nuevo villancico, escrito por el compositor, conecta el milagro de la encarnación con la preciosidad del don de Dios de nuestro hogar terrenal: el "milagro que compartimos" es tanto e...

Uno de los textos navideños medievales menos conocidos, que comienza 'Als I lay on Yoolis Night, alone in my longing, me thought I saw a well fair sight, a may hiar child rokking', proporciona la letr...

Adaptación de un villancico anónimo en inglés antiguo ("Vimos la luz brillar desde lejos, en la mañana de Navidad"), subtitulado "de Melchor, Baltasar y Caspar, los Reyes Magos", The Golden Carol narr...

Una adaptación del texto latino de la gran antífona "O Sapientia" (Oh Sabiduría) para Adviento, encargada por la revista Choir & Organ en colaboración con el Coro del King's College de Londres y con e...

Compuesta por encargo de Jonathan Harris en 2024 para los Newport Pagnell Singers, la música de «Rejoice in the light» se le ocurrió al compositor Ben Ponniah en un sueño. Posee un carácter rudo y med...

«O Little One Sweet» fue un encargo de Simon Bell para el Coro de la Capilla de la escuela Dean Close y la Schola Cantorum de la Abadía de Tewkesbury. Cada estrofa del villancico se vuelve más animada...

Your choir will be captivated by this piece for a cappella mixed voices. The ranges are accessible and the harmonies create an air of hushed reverence. Simple and beautiful.

From Queen's College, Oxford, comes the ancient ritual and the rousing holiday song “The Boar's Head Carol,” where the highly decorated dishes of the Christmas feast were presented to the...

Winner of the 1989 Christmas carol competition held on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion (a live radio variety show from Minnesota), this original a cappella carol can be used for both conce...

Arranged by Jim Papoulis and Francisco J. Núñez for the Young People's Chorus of New York City to sing on NBC's Today Show. This a cappella treatment is playful and full of energy. An accessible addit...

Arranged by Jim Papoulis and Francisco J. Núñez for the Young People's Chorus of New York City, this fresh and original sound will surely appeal to anyone who loves the sights, sounds and colors of th...

Written to be sung at the Rockfeller Center tree lighting ceremony, the arrangers have created an upbeat rendition of this familiar carol that is instantly appealing. Like the other arrangements in th...

Setting the early morning scene on Christmas morning, James Lavino uses subtle dissonances and gentle resolutions to signify both the anticipation and the apprehension that accompanied the hours befor...

This lyrical Christmas anthem is composed in three sections with the opening section built on a melody passed among voices. The middle section is slower and the final section features the basses singi...

Here are four classic Christmas carols skillfully arranged for the concert stage, worship anthems or caroling in your neighborhood. These are not set in a traditional hymn style but rather graced with...

This piece has been set up to be easily learned, yet to produce a rich and exotic sound, so that even an inexperienced choir can have the pleasure of creating a Medieval Christmas fantasy. Published a...

Three Christmas carols in easy settings by the English choir conductor Malcolm Goldring.The original Basque Christmas lullaby 'The Infant King' is very popular in English-speaking areas. The gentle so...