Partituras de coro

Edward Margetson was born in St. Kitts, British West Indies, immigrating to the United States in 1919. One of only a few published choral works by the composer, A few more years shall roll sets a hymn...

This gentle anthem, written for the Choir of St Chad's College, Durham, sets a text that is adapted from several prayers of St Chad. Warm dynamic swells and rich harmonies emphasize the meaning of the...

A powerfully emotive setting that contrasts moments of reflection with declamatory exultation, Psalm 57 uses passages from the eponymous psalm in the King James translation. Written in 1972, it is ded...

A beautifully simple setting of familiar words by Langston Hughes, Bring me all your dreams showcases Harris's effective homophonic writing and rich harmonic palette. The piece is incredibly atmospher...

Dona nobis pacem is an expressive setting that combines two lines on the subject of peace from the Ordinary of the Latin Mass. A slow tempo lends grace and poise to the gentle, sustained vocal lines a...

The Gift to Sing is an unaccompanied part-song with a text by American writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson that speaks to the way the power of song can help to overcome dark times. G...

Two stanzas of emotive verse by Christina Rossetti are set to music of touching directness in this a cappella offering, whose graceful melodies are often adorned by caressing rhythmic patterns. Offpri...

A Birthday sets a poem of the same title by Christina Rossetti. Chydenius reflects the vivid imagery in the text of the verses through beautiful vocal lines with swirling countermelodies. The choruses...

This song skillfully blends a classic poem, Christina Rossetti's Uphill, with a relaxed, lightly jazzy style. Expanding from three- to six-part harmony, the chordal texture allows for strong annunciat...

This carol for a cappella choir juxtaposes Latin text with a jubilee spiritual celebrating the Magi who saw the star to lead them to the newborn child. The natural rhythmic energy is amplified by sync...

McDowall brings to life a mystical, brooding nativity text by Nicholas Dakin with dramatic octatonic melodies and parallel movement in fourths and fifths. The propulsive 6/8 metre is decorated with du...

Written in an a cappella style with scat accompaniment, "A Tree is a Song" is a joyful celebration of the connections and affinity found in nature and how wisdom and knowledge can be passed on 'as a m...

Stuart Beatch's a boy & a boy sets a romantic and ultimately tragic text by poet Matthew Stepanic. Written as a response to Eric Whitacre's well-known work A Boy and a Girl, Beatch describes this piec...

Hazzard's enchanting Sanctus, setting text from the Latin Mass, captures the feeling of a rushing current throughout. Though the energy often pulsates below the surface, it bursts through at the zestf...

Esta emocionante pieza de concierto reúne palabras en latín de las órdenes de misa de la Iglesia Católica y del Libro de Isaías para formar un texto versátil que es adecuado tanto para Navidad como pa...

En este arreglo del villancico popular de los Apalaches, Mack Wilberg ofrece una armonización suave adecuada para una canción de cuna al Niño Jesús. Se introduce una ligera sensación de presentimiento...

La original composición de Toby Young refresca este conocido texto con una melodía magistral y memorable, impregnada de una ternura indeleble. Young hace uso de eficaces cambios texturales y síncopas,...

Esta obra gloriosa, sentida y, en ocasiones, angustiosa, presenta un texto premonitorio de Nicholas Andreas Vrenios, víctima del atentado de Lockerbie en 1988. McDowall emplea adornos vocales, disonan...

Este introito, que recoge una colecta del Libro de Oración Común, juega con el uso característico de McDowall de la disonancia y las inflexiones modales para crear un mundo sonoro hipnótico y ligerame...

Esta breve obra de Marques L. A. Garrett recoge un hermoso y conmovedor texto de Paul Laurence Dunbar que habla de los efectos curativos de la música y de cómo nuestra propia forma de hacer música pue...

La meditada composición de Lucy Walker de There is no rose fluye entre oleadas de emoción y cálidas inflexiones cromáticas en los estribillos latinos. Esta pieza captura los énfasis naturales del text...

echo es una celebración musical de la conectividad humana. Es cantable, potente, rítmica y contemplativa. Wong refleja en su música y su texto la idea de que "la reunión de muchos cantantes en un mism...

Heart of Earth reúne fragmentos de poemas de Laura Purdie Salas llenos de vívidas descripciones del mundo natural. Rajasekar se sintió atraída por estos textos por la forma en que se relacionan con su...

Esta breve oración vespertina de James Whitbourn recoge un fragmento del Libro de Oración Común. Escrita para el Coro del Harris Manchester College, Oxford, es una meditativa petición de la protección...

La conmovedora Angel of the Battlefield de McDowall, encargada originalmente por el Coro de la Escuela de Arte de Glasgow como parte del proyecto Composeher, es a la vez una exposición de los horrores...