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This setting of A spotless Rose reflects the wintry starkness of the fifteenth-century text through its minor key and bare upper-voice opening, while the warmth of the full voicing on the words 'light...

In Grown about by fragrant bushes, Skempton sets a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson using gentle, lilting melodies. The theme of loss is sensitively conveyed in a tonal language that is made more expres...

Commissioned by Sonoro for the second instalment of their Choral Inspirations project, McDowall has composed Crucifixus Reimagined as a response to Lotti's Crucifixus from Credo in F. Use of suspensio...

Chilcott sets this beautiful new text by Charles Bennett in a lush style. The vivid imagery is brought to life through the composer's warm harmonic palette. The Pear Tree Carol is a contemplative cele...

Bob Chilcott has composed O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen, a reflection on the 16th-century piece of the same title by William Byrd, for the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum J...

Characteristically sung on Christmas Day, this Catholic chant depicts mystery and wonder at the birth of Jesus, as witnessed by the animals. The second half of the text relates to words spoken by Eliz...

The O nata lux text is taken from a 10th-century anonymous hymn that uses the concept of light to symbolise hope, a particularly pertinent theme for Advent. Throughout this setting the sopranos intert...

A reflection on the plainchant antiphon 'Pulchra es et decora', this hauntingly beautiful piece was commissioned by ORA100 for Suzi Digby and ORA Singers. The original antiphon has been transcribed an...

On the Air (Dear Vaccine) discusses the optimism for a post-COVID world and, particularly, the desire to sing together again. For the text, poet Seán Street drew inspiration from 'Dear Vaccine', which...

This short Missa brevis setting is perfect for choirs looking to bring a fresh soundworld to their worship. Each movement is distinct in character, but with an overall cohesiveness of harmonic languag...

A Gaelic Blessing was commissioned by the University of Edinburgh, McDowall's alma mater, for performance by the Edinburgh University Singers conducted by Calum Robertson. This meditative, folk-style...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rajasekar ha recurrido a la gramática melódica y rítmica de ambas tradiciones de la música clásica india, la indostánica y la carnática, para crear una celebración coral única de la primavera. El títu...

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...

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...

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...

My soul is awakened (Mi alma se despierta) establece palabras de Anne Brontë sobre el efecto edificante de la naturaleza en el espíritu humano. La composición de Ali también es adecuadamente edificant...

SATTBB unaccompanied Gombert's In illo tempore: loquente Jesu is a six-part unaccompanied study in intricate part-writing, with sinuous stepwise motion and persistent imitative entries. The optimism o...

For SA (with divisions) and piano, with optional bass This is a gentle, blues setting of 'A Cradle Song' from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. Rich harmonies, blues chords, and synco...

28 Songs in Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Soul, and Show Styles Charles Beale, Steve Milloy - 28 fabulous songs from unison to four-part harmony - Ideal for youth choirs, school groups (11 yrs +), community cho...

Following the success of the first volume in Nikki Iles's acclaimed jazz series, this collection features sophisticated new jazz arrangements of Christmas classics, including 'Let it snow!', 'Rudolph,...