Partituras de Compositoras en Boosey & Hawkes

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...

Composer's note: 'I was introduced to William Blake's poem The Lamb many years ago through John Tavener's famous setting and, when commissioned by York Minster to write a carol for their 2019 nine les...

Composer's note: 'The words of Edith Reed's translation of this traditional Polish poem wonderfully encapsulate the Christmas message. I love the way that the text captures the innocence and humblenes...

Composer's note: 'Walter De La Mare's poem Clouded with snow paints an atmospheric picture of late afternoon in winter and I was drawn to the image of a bleak yet beautiful landscape with the faint gl...

A beautiful short setting of the ordinary of the Latin mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus & Benedictus, and Agnus Dei) by emerging Cornish composer Becky McGlade. The Kyrie finds beauty in its simplicity, w...

A contemplative and affecting setting of the opening two verses of Psalm 91, which tells of God's protection for those who follow Him, by Cornish composer Becky McGlade, one of the fine emerging voice...

Media vita was commissioned in 2015 by the English vocal ensemble, Siglo de Oro, and their director Patrick Allies to celebrate 500 years since the birth of the English Renaissance composer, John Shep...

A reflective setting of the one of the Marian antiphons (‘Hail, Queen of Heaven') by emerging composer Kerensa Briggs. A continuous, largely homophonic choral texture underpins the work, with rich har...

Eine wunderschöne, kurze Vertonung des lateinische Messtextes (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus & Benedictus, Agnus Dei) der aufstrebenden Komponistin Becky McGlade aus Cornwall. Das Kyrie besticht durch seine...

A tender shoot is a new setting of a 15th century German poem, poetized by Otto Goldschmidt and translated into English by William Bartholomew in the 19th century. The setting was commissioned by the...

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...

Each year the BBC Music Magazine commissions a brand-new Christmas Carol for their readers and, when Grace-Evangeline Mason was invited to compose the 2021 carol, she decided to write and set her own...

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...

This carol is one of the pieces that were produced during a full weekend of group composition with Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Girls’ Choir, a process with which they had experimented previo...

Este villancico recoge los tres versos finales de la alegre versión de Sara Teasdale de la historia de la Natividad, en la que una hueste de ángeles llega al establo y anuncia el nacimiento con su ale...

La poetisa Wendy Cope evoca una conmovedora imagen de la Navidad en el hogar. Esta adaptación de su reconfortante poema traduce esta imaginería en un sonido coral navideño clásico: una melodía sencill...

Adaptación de Velvet Shoes de Elinor Wylie, el texto de este villancico retrata la atmósfera tranquila, casi espeluznante, de caminar solo sobre la nieve fresca. La puesta en escena musical refleja el...

Como apertura o introito accesible y versátil, esta pieza establece un verso edificante de la poesía del poeta nigeriano Ozioma Ogbaji. Aunque no es abiertamente sagrado, el mensaje espiritual del tex...

Seeking You fue un encargo del Coro de Cámara de San Luis, donde Kerensa Briggs fue compositora residente durante tres años. El texto de Charles Anthony Silvestri habla de un viajero cansado que va al...

Inspirada e incorporando la melodía del canto llano, esta exquisita nueva obra coral de Kerensa Briggs insufla nueva vida al apreciado texto latino 'Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est' ('Donde hay cari...

Una evocadora composición a capella de las palabras de Ivor Gurney para su canción Severn Meadows, probablemente escrita en las trincheras de la Primera Guerra Mundial en 1917. Encargada en 2022 para...