Boosey & Hawkes

From a 15th-century Canterbury pontifical.

Immerse yourself in the deeply moving soundscape of the renowned penitential psalm: With "Miserere" (Psalm 51:3-21), the prestigious publisher Boosey & Hawkes presents an extraordinary choral work des...

Five-movement work for mixed chorus a cappella with mutiple divisi and semi-chorus.A setting of a poem by Michael Symmons Roberts (English) with Latin text from the mass and an English traditional rhy...

Communion antiphon for Ash Wednesday, from the Strathclyde Motets, set II. Latin text from Psalm 1: 'Qui meditabitur in lege Domini die ac nocte dabit fructum suum in tempore suo'. Suitable for interm...

A setting of the final paragraph from Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue, A study in moral theory.

Communion motet for Trinity Sunday.

A touching setting of an anonymous love poem in broad Scots, this part-song was composed for the wedding of some friends of the composer. A welcome addition to the canon of MacMillan's secular choral...

Another close harmony arrangement of a traditional Christmas melody, with Latin text. The melody, shared by different voice parts, is accompanied by sustained, stirring harmonies in the remaining part...

Ein fröhliches, jazziges Arrangement des berühmten Weihnachtslieds mit einer frechen Wendung - ein ideales Finale oder eine perfekte Zugabe, das bzw. die jedem Hörer ein Lächeln ins Gesicht zaubern wi...

Close harmony arrangement of a traditional Christmas text by the former member, and later musical director, of the Swingle Singers, Carol Canning.

Close harmony arrangement of a traditional Christmas text by the former member, and later musical director, of the Swingle Singers, Carol Canning.

Composed in 1980 and revised in 2010 this is a setting of verses from Aquinas's Pange lingua in modern English translation. The choral writing is appropriately hymn-like, with one a cappella passage....

Text from 1 John 3:1, and from the baptismal rite.

A new addition to the Boosey & Hawkes Contemporary Choral Series, this carol by the leading Finnish composer of his generation was commissioned by King's College, Cambridge and first performed at A Fe...

Two part songs by the eminent English choral composer Herbert Howells, setting the words of James Ballantine and Seumas O'Sullivan.

Immerse yourself in the rich sonic world of British choral music with "The Shadows" by the eminent English composer Herbert Howells. Written for eight-part mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella, this expr...

Setting of Revelation 21: 1-6a commisioned by Soli Deo Gloria with support from Crossway Bibles and from the University of Chicago, and premiered in June 2011 by the University of Chicago's Rockefelle...

Latin setting commissioned by St Patrick's Church, Soho, London, to commemorate its major refurbishment and reopening on the Feast of the Visitation in May 2011. Elaborate, predominantly homophonic, c...

English setting of Psalm 127 for SSATB a cappella. Commissioned by the Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury to mark the 400th anniversary of Hatfield House. First performed there on 11 September 2011...

Setting of the traditional vesper hymn ('Hail, O Star of the ocean'), commissioned by Christopher Gray and the Choir of Truro Cathedral. The texture is homophonic and sustained, with much use of pedal...

Part of the new Boosey & Hawkes Contemporary Choral Series, this is a peaceful setting of the plainchant gradual taken from the Book of Psalms, Psalm 145 vv 14-15. This text is one of the College Grac...

Written for the Serenade in the Cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral, which takes place as night falls, this work embodies the tranquility and serenity of night as portrayed in the text by Henry Longfell...

Heart-felt setting for SATB a cappella of words of Our Lady of Guadalupe to St Juan Diego, December 1531 (English), with bass 'cantus firmus' from a 14th Century Marian antiphon (Latin): 'Listen, put...