Parish Choir Book

A setting of the Evening Canticles for Mixed Chorus and Organ.

This thoughtful and sensitive setting of the preces and responses for Evensong was written by composer John Gardner for Chorus SATB with solo parts for the priest. Gardner was a modern English compose...

Composer and Organist John Merbecke lived in interesting times. He was born soon after the beginning of the 16th century and spent his whole life in service of music at St George's Chapel at Windsor C...

In this setting, the Magnificat is sung by the Choir SATB with soaring Soprano lines, contrasting with the rendering of the Nunc Dimittis, for the most part, in either baritone solo or basses in uniso...

This setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis is large in scale and features compelling melodies and harmonies, moments of high drama and at the same time sensitive handling of the words. This is W...