Boosey & Hawkes

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Based on a text by Tennessee Reed, the 11 year-old daughter of author Ishmael Reed. Though originally scored for four female voices, Three Heavens and Hells was envisioned as a work for children's cho...

Vertonung von pastoralen Versen des russischen Dichters Jakow Petrowitsch Polonski, die die Komponisten in den letzten beiden Dekaden ihres Lebens nach ihrem Rückzug aus dem musikalischen Leben im Zug...

Composer's note:'The original version of Ring the bells for mixed choir, now available in a version for high choral voices, was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Choir, who also sang the premier...

This short but beautifully crafted motet for upper voices was composed for the combined girls choirs of Godolphin & Latymer School whilst Kerensa Briggs was Composer in Residence there in 2019. The we...

In its original scoring for mixed voices MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver has become a favourite; this arrangement now extends the setting to upper voices. Paul Spicer comments, 'This ideal introduction...

O nata lux begann seine Existenz als ein Stück geschrieben für Männerstimmen im Rahmen eines Komplet-Gottesdienstes am Pembroke College in Cambridge. Dort versuchte Lapwood in ihrer Funktion als Direc...

A tender shoot ist eine neue Vertonung eines deutschen Gedichtes aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, gedichtet von Otto Goldschmidt und von William Bartholomew im 19. Jahrhundert ins Englische übersetzt. Die Ver...

Eine reflektierende Vertonung eines Marien-Antiphons (‘Hail, Queen of Heaven' - ‘Ave, du Himmelskönigin') der aufstrebenden Komponistin Kerensa Briggs. Eine ununterbrochene, meist homophone chorale Te...

Arrangement of folk texts and melodies from Wladyslaw Skierkowski's collection, 'Kurpian Forest in Song' (1928-1934). Polish text. Suitable for intermediate standard choirs.

Motets es un conjunto de obras corales a cappella de Karl Jenkins, íntimas y espiritualmente edificantes, que presentan piezas nuevas y arreglos de una selección de movimientos de sus obras más popula...

This memorably arranged spiritual is a compassionate call for social justice, tinged with anger at those who would stand in the way of the common good.

Eine kontemplative und ergreifende Vertonung der beiden ersten Verse aus Psalm 91 ('Wer im Schutz des Höchsten wohnt'), die von Gottes Schutz für diejenigen berichtet, die ihm folgen. Geschrieben wurd...

In this contemporary setting of the traditional text Hodie Christus natus est, the piece begins in a hushed, exultant manner marking the news that ‘today Christ was born’. The piece then slowly builds...

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...

O magnum mysterium was written in 2013 and is dedicated to Dawn Herbert, the composer’s ex-wife and the mother of his son, Reginald. It was written while staying at her family’s farm in Cambridgeshire...

Let us build a house is the closing hymn of Kim André Arnesen’s large-scale work, The Stranger. Instead of a typical majestic ending to a large work, Arnesen went for a quiet one with only an unaccomp...

A setting of verses 7 and 8 of Psalm 57 (‘My heart, O God, is steadfast. I will sing and make music. Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn.’) this work celebrates music’s impor...

Commissioned by the Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, for the first ever BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcast from the college, this introit or short motet was written to commemorate the occasion...

A contemporary setting of the opening verse of Psalm 102 ('Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee'), as set by Henry Purcell in his well-known motet of the same name. This setting finds...