Boosey & Hawkes Contemporary Choral Series

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...

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...

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...

Ben Ponniah started singing at St Mary-le-Tower Church in 1990 when he was six years old. John Cooper was the Organist and Director of Music at the time, followed by Michael Nicholas. Seeing the star...

O magnum mysterium was written in 2013 and is dedicated to Dawn Herbert, the composer's ex-wife and the mother of his son, Reginald. It was written while staying at her family's farm in Cambridgeshire...

This work was composed in 2020 and was commissioned by the Lord Burghley 500 Foundation for a Service of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of William Ce...

Composer’s note In Sancta Mater, the fifth movement of my Stabat Mater, we comfort not only Mother Mary but all parents who have lost their own child, and we cry and we pray with them. Musically, the...

Composer’s note This piece is an adaptation of the instrumental movement ‘Reflection’ in my large-scale work The Stranger. I was inspired by research showing the emotional effect of having eye contact...

Composer’s note Eja Mater is a prayer for comfort to all parents who have lost their own child but also expresses love from parents to their children. Originally written for choir and orchestra as par...

Of all the souls was written for and performed at the wedding of its composer and lyricist (Ed and Alice Newton-Rex) in 2016. The profound and vow-like text encapsulates the essence of a fulfilled sea...

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...

Short motet commissioned by St Dominic’s Sixth Form College, Harrow-on-the-Hill, UK, to celebrate its 40th anniversary. MacMillan chose a text which is entirely appropriate to young people about to be...

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...

El texto de este nuevo villancico, escrito por el compositor, conecta el milagro de la encarnación con la preciosidad del don de Dios de nuestro hogar terrenal: el "milagro que compartimos" es tanto e...

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 hermosa y trascendente composición del texto latino 'O mysterium ineffabile' ('Oh misterio inefable'), un texto que exclama la grandeza y divinidad de la fiesta eucarística. Encargada en 2023 por...