Boosey & Hawkes

Based upon the well-known poem by Canadian poet, Bliss Carman, Vestigia explores a variety of moods and tones colours made available by the solo voice, treble choir, violin, violoncello and piano.

Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin and Cello.

The composer states that 'the piece begins with a slowly falling scale of seven notes, thrown from one player to another, repeated nine times and embellished with ornamental flurries which outline a g...

Christmas fiddlers can draw on a rich and varied repertoire. This collection spans seven centuries, from the boisterous medieval Song of the Ass to contemporary tunes like Sleigh ride, taking in such...

Christmas fiddlers can draw on a rich and varied repertoire. This collection spans seven centuries, from the boisterous medieval Song of the Ass to contemporary tunes like Sleigh ride, taking in such...

Composer's note: 'On yesternight I saw a sight was set as a means of thanking Jo Tomlinson for promoting and recording my music with the excellent choristers of Farnham Youth Choir. Knowing that the g...

Composer's note: 'In the bleak midwinter is the setting of the famous poem by Christina Rossetti for four-part mixed choir. This poem came to mind as I walked the streets of Cornwall on a cold, bleak...

This arrangement of the 16th-century Christmas carol was created during a weekend when Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Girls' Choir composed together - the method of group composition they had e...

Combining the 15th century Bianco Da Siena text 'Laudi Spiritualis' with a single verse from Christina Rossetti's 'A Christmas Carol'. In the first, the poet invites divine love to descend. In the lat...

Based on a traditional Alentejo carol from southern Portugal, this music of the Magnificat is gentle, soothing, and almost hypnotic. Each verse is treated differently, giving the solo voice and all th...

In Katherine Tynan's Christmas poem, verses describing the bitterness and gloom of winter alternate with couplets describing the gentle miracle of Christ's birth. In Sheena Phillips' musical setting,...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

Gaudete ('rejoice') is an anonymous composition whose chorus was first published in 1582 in the Piae Cantiones collection. The verses are taken from a medieval Czech song, Ezechielis Porta, and tell o...

Los Strathclyde Motets son motetes de comunión en los que se interpretan puntales de la misa de varios domingos y fiestas. Son adecuados para coros de nivel intermedio. Esta pieza es una antífona para...

Nigel Short, founder and director of the choir Tenebrae, adds a jazz flavour to this well-known carol. The result is a serene arrangement with luscious, close harmonies which would be add a reflective...

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...