Choral Music of Our Time

This Easter anthem by British composer John Casken is an expert example of contemporary choral writing and would be ideal for amateur choirs looking for exciting new repertoire.

This arrangement of Dido's Lament was written for the funeral of the composer's friend Frank Campbell. As Frank was such an accomplished pianist, no keyboard music was included in the service in defer...

Chorpartitur mit untergelegtem Klavierauszug

The choice of 16th century texts, by Bronzino and Battiferri, reflects the interests of the dedicatee of these sonnets - Craig Hugh Smyth, a fine art historian and former director of the Villa I Tatti...

Skywalk - an astronaut describes his feelings as he walks in space and looks at his planet, Earth, in all its beauty. Steve Martland sets the text to music that is weightless, luminous, incantatory.

One of Martland's most popular works, often broadcast on BBC Radio 3, this brilliant and joyful piece culminates in a full-throttled version of the famous 'Sumer is i-cumen in'.

Chorpartitur

Angelus is an important addition to the choral ensemble repertoire - highly charged, dramatic and challenging for any good choir.

A fresh, lyrical choral work which will haunt your memory. The text was derived from various sources such as the Bible, poetry and lyrics from pop songs which are paraphrased or alluded to not only in...

Spielpartitur - mit Klavierauszug, nur zur Probe

Prayer of Thanksgiving was written to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot in November 1605, which occurred during the months when London was experiencing a further time of terror after th...

Written in memory of Erich Fried (1921-1988), a writer who wrote the libretto for Goehr's opera Arden Must Die and whose poems were set in Warngedichte (op. 22), Carol for St Steven is short and playf...

'Laude' were short mediaeval devotional songs to the Virgin Mary, and Gavin Bryars has kept to the pure, lyrical style of the originals. Following the successful publication of Bryars' volumes 1-3 of...

Hesketh's work for 3-part children's choir and piano sets two texts about the start of spring by William Blake and an anonymous source. Written for conductor Simon Emery and the Liverpool Philharmonic...