Música sacra para coro mixto

Jackson's Holy is the true light sets a text translated from the Salisbury Diurnal that emphasizes the solace of faith in times of conflict. The fluid changes in time and key signatures and effective...

This serene communion motet sets the last two verses of the Pangue Lingua and oscillates between 3/4 and 4/4 time signatures. The melodic lines are expressive and at times melismatic, and the divisi i...

Commissioned by Ralph Woodward and the Fairhaven Singers in memory of Dora Kemp, one of the choir's sopranos, God is Light sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John. It moves from an unse...

This powerful motet sets a reflective text by Augustine of Hippo. Connoisseurs of Jackson's music will recognise the hallmarks of his highly accessible style: inventive harmony that is largely diatoni...

With a newly written text by Angier Brock, this compelling anthem by Cecilia McDowall is a welcome addition to the traditional Easter repertoire. Easter Light explores a variety of styles and colours,...

For SSAATB unaccompanied.

For SATB double choir unaccompanied.

For SATB double choir unaccompanied. Setting words from the Ordinary of the Lutheran Mass, this brief but resoundingly effective piece is perfect for opening a choral concert. The piece begins with ea...

For SATB unaccompanied. This collection presents some of most attractive carols by the composer Charles Wood and the hymnodist, antiquarian, linguist, and musician G.R. Woodward, who both composed his...

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied.

Well suited to beginners, this is a piece of elegant simplicity that remains in rhythmic unison throughout, with focus placed on the dynamic range. Its text, written by the composer, emphasizes the co...

This anthem for unaccompanied choir juxtaposes the words of the Antiphon for the Washing of Feet on Maundy Thursday with 'The red rose whispers of passion' by the poet John Boyle O'Reilly. Jackson com...

This optimistic and affirmatory anthem sets a useful service text of general thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer. Chilcott makes full use of the imitation and antiphonal effects that these for...

In this short introit Bednall sets the 'In manus tuas' responsary for the Compline service. A setting of a useful text for church or cathedral services, the anthem is appropriately serene and luminisc...

David Bednall's unaccompanied setting of this Compline hymn contrasts sections of chant, for tenor soloist, with rich responses for full SATB choir. The introit has a gentle sense of ebb and flow, com...

Like as the hart sets reflective yet fervent words from Psalm 42. The vocal writing is emotive and expressive, and the fluctuating metres perfectly complement the rhythm adopted by the psalmist when p...

Skempton's setting of the Preces and Responses is simple, well-crafted, and harmonically rewarding, and is perfect for choirs seeking new material for the liturgy.

This gentle anthem is built around a warm, hymn-like refrain, which gives way first to a free-flowing and expressive section and then to a more sombre section. With a Latin text from Ruth 1, this affe...

Setting a well-known Latin text, Miller mixes expressive harmony and flowing polyphony to create a touching anthem. The opening and closing sections develop the chant-like opening motif, enclosing a j...

This short collection presents the complete set of meditations from Chilcott's St John Passion. Setting English poems from the 13th to the early 17th centuries, the meditations provide a very personal...

Following Jackson's settings of the seven 'O' antiphons (Seven Advent Antiphons), this is a setting of the text recognised as the eighth 'O' antiphon and performed as such in many Christian traditions...

This anthem sets biblical words that explore love and kindness. The opening section creates a mood of hopefulness, and the central section is built around the words 'Be kind, tender-hearted, one to an...

This exquisite miniature combines old and new, with plainchant-like melodies and tonality set against expressively dissonant contemporary harmonies. It was recorded by The Epiphoni Consort on David Be...

This gentle, lilting anthem sets verses from the psalms that speak of devotion to and delight in the Lord. Bednall's sophisticated and appealing musical language gives colour and expression to the tex...

Aspire to God, my soul sets a macaronic text by Canon John Dilnot. This anthem is optimistic and uplifting, with frequently changing time-signatures that convey a rhythmic fluidity and the flexibility...