Boosey & Hawkes

Chorpartitur engl.

The words of this old carol tell of the scene around the manger in Bethlehem, an assembly of gentle creatures and many children of all backgrounds. A gentle arrangement, with sincerity and warmth.

Joulupuu On Rakennettu is a lovely Finnish Christmas carol. Each of the three verses is given individual treatment.

Son de Camaguey is a Cuban folk song from which the composer takes the refrain and then frames it with kaleidoscopic patters of ostinati inspired by the song, and by Afro-Cuban music in general.

In this piece we are told of the manner in which things described by the Passionate Shepherd will be changed with the passing of time; only if youth and love prevail will the nymph accept the shepherd...

The poem which inspired this piece was written by a thirteen-year-old girl. In it, she expresses the power of fire, of its life-giving and life-consuming potential, in simple and clear form.

The kookaburra is an Australian bird like the kingfisher, with a large-crested head and a short tail. Its call sounds like loud laughter, as the text of the song indicates. The bush in the song is the...

The piece begins with a Mozartian setting followed by a two against three pattern in the piano that is based on the mbira (thumb piano) music of Zimbabwe. The ending quotes the 'Rock-a-bye Baby' theme...

London Bridge is a theme and variations (with major, minor and lydian modalities) that plays with the contrasts in this simple song: contrasts of happiness and sadness. The happy innocence of a deligh...

These original settings create the feeling of tenderness and sorrow so typical of the Spanish lullaby. A litling Brazilian style lullaby, a 3-part a cappella chorus, a flight of imagination for guitar...

In a world filled with intense divisions of faith, we often forget our common ancestors, the common pillars of our religious heritage. In this work, the composer has mixed the Hebrew and Latin texts o...

Ae Fond Kiss is a traditional Scottish melody which tempers the sadness of parting with the joy of friendship and love.

Kinder- oder Frauenchor und Klavier (Bläserquintett)

This haunting melody comes from County Donegal, Ireland. Like so much of the literature and music of the country, it is imbued with images of natural beauty and figures from the magical world of the f...

In this song, the singer longs to wander to the heather glen, but fears that there he may be lured away.

A romper stomper of a French Canadian folk song, full of call and response, that features a soli line suitable for mezzo sopranos. Although the score has parts for several percussionists, as well as b...