Villanella for eight voices SSAATTBB. English words by W.G.Rothery composed by Orlando Di Lasso. Includes piano part for practice.

Two classic hymns are set with beautiful harmonizations that will cause both singer and listener to reflect on the powerful texts. Includes: I Surrender All and I Need Thee Every Hour.

Anne Boyd's A Vision: Jesus Reassures His Mother for 6 unaccompanied voices (SSATBB). Composed in 1999 published in 2001. Duration: 14 minutes. Commissioned by the Song Company andperformed by them in Australia Italy and the UK. Recorded and broadcast by the BBC and the ABC.

Uses: General Concert Revival Missions Evangelism Scripture: John 1:1-2 - II Timothy 3:16-17 Take a step back in time and experience the joy and nostalgia of a great hymn of the faith! Sweeping across the heartstrings this lilting arrangement is truly captivating! The accompaniment echoes the old-style revival piano playing that is our heritage of sacred song. A tour de force for the choir the writing offers each section a chance to shine and the ending Amen moment will give a satisfying conclusion to this winner! Score and Parts (fl 1-2 ob cl 1-2 bn tpt 1-3 hn 1-2 tbn 1-2 tba perc 1-2 timp hp pno vn 1-2 va vc db) available on CD-ROM and as a digitaldownload.

MacMillan's setting of Psalm 51: 3-21 a penitential text famously set in the 17th century by Gregorio Allegri. Composed in 2009 for The Sixteen and their conductor Harry Christophers MacMillan's work is scored for a single choir with divisi and soli in each voice-part and also chanted passages in close harmony for male and then female voices. Suitable for advanced standard choirs.

Uses: Easter vigil Easter SunriseScripture: John 10:13; Mark 12:10This unique composition is an Easter vigil masterpiece. The listener is taken to the garden along with Mary as she begins her searchfor the crucified Christ. The light of resurrection will soon replace the sadness of the three days of darkness and yet this final moment of reflection is an important prelude to the alleluias of Easter. Unaccompanied voices addto the drama.

Composed for the film Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam - The World is not Enough (Loyola Productions Inc.) marking the 450th anniversary of the death of St Ignatius Loyola. Ignatius who died on 31 July 1556 was the founder of the Society of Jesus which today is known as the Jesuit order. This simple attractive piece sets the composer's lyrics (Latin/English macaronic) based on Loyola's writings and scripture. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam is a versatile and sacred performance suitable for use as introit or communion antehm or as a reflective worship song.

Two hymns written for unaccompanied choir by Tavener. The first is for SAATBBSAATBB double choir and is a setting of a text from the Liturgy of St. Basil. The second is for SSATBBB choir and comes from the Vigil Service of theDormition (or falling asleep) of the Mother of God. She invites the apostles to gather together from the ends of the earth to bury her body in Gethsemane and asks her son to receive the spirit.Two hymns to the Mother ofGod were first performed in December 1985 by the Choir of Winchester Cathedral conducted by Martin Neary. Mother of God also features in the film Philomena starring Judi Dench andSteve Coogan and directed by Stephen Frears.

This masterful setting of God’s Grandeur by Kenneth Leighton composed quite early in his career has characteristic mid-century muscularity. One can discern the influences of Hindemith and Dallapiccola at moments though the Leighton sustains his diatonic grounding. There are frequent seconds and fourths in the harmonies and sly programmatic details like the sliding setting of the word ‘oozing’. Composer and pianist Kenneth Leighton is one of Britian’s most distinguished post-War composers whose works for Piano and Organ in particular manifest his intellectual rigour and Romanticism with virtuosic solo writing.

Owain Park's The Lord's Prayer is a reflection on the setting of this prayer by John Sheppard originally published in the 16th century. This piece is scored for Unaccompanied SSAATTBB Choir and was commissioned by Siglio de Oro and Patrick Allies as part of their 'John Sheppard at 500' celebrations.

The Gloria in Excelsis was written by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford for the coronation of HM King George V on 22 June 1911. It was an occasion of some note in the annals of British music for Elgar?s Coronation March and Parry?s grand festival Te Deum were also heard for the first time that day. In addition there was music by Thomas Tallis Orlando Gibbons and Sir John Stainer as well as by the Master of the King?s Music and organist of St George?s Chapel Windsor Sir Walter Parratt. It was published the following year as part of Stanford?s Opus 128 the Festal Communion Service for voices and orchestra which was also made available withthe accompaniment arranged by the composer for organ. However such was the popularity of the Gloria a magnificent and wholly representative example of Stanford?s genius for church music that it soon became popular as a separate piece either with organ or orchestral accompaniment and it was included in the orders of service for the coronations of HM King George VI on 12 May 1937 and HM Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953.

For the Chichester festival of 1965 Leonard Bernstein was commissioned to write these psalms. The world premiere took place on May 7th 1965 in the Philharmonic Hall New York. This Vocal Score format contains these settings scored for Mixed Choir Solo High Voice with an orchestral reduction for Piano accompaniment.

Benjamin Britten's Sacred and Profane consists of eight settings for unaccompanied mixed voices of lyrics from RT Davis’ collection of Medieval English lyrics composed early in 1975 for Peter Pears and the Wilbye Consort of Voices.