A wonderful selection of motets from the 16th century which are suitable for SATB a capella.

This collection of 27 Russian sacred choral works was compiled and edited by Russian music scholar and choral director Nöelle Mann who was curator of the Prokofiev Archive at the Centre for Russian Music Goldsmiths College until her death in 2010.Presents the wonderful repertoire of Russian sacred choral music for unaccompanied mixed voicesCovers a wide-ranging repertoire spanning the eighteenth century to the early twentieth centurySuitable for performance in concert or during ChurchIntroduces composers who are central to musical developments yet little known outside RussiaIncludes a simple system oftransliteration/pronunciation to help non-Russian-speaking directors and singers plus an audio pronunciation guide on the webIncludes non-singing translationsAll pieces have been arranged for SATB unaccompanied.

Par WHITBOURN JAMES. This glorious collection of beautiful choral music by composer James Whitbourn includes fifteen short works drawn from his oeuvre from the first few years of the 21st century. Many of his greatest compositions are included in The Choral Collection, with many of the pieces working perfectly for seasonal performances, while also reflecting the many fruitful collaborations of Whitbourn's distinguished career. All works are arranged for SATB Choir. James Whitbourn has become renowned throughout the world for his acclaimed compositions and settings of numerous texts. He has been described as truly original and an innovator of contemporary British choral music, collaborating with people like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The former appears here, as A Prayer Of Desmond Tutu, a setting of one of the Archbishop's prayers. His arrangements and compositions for the King's College Choir have been universally critically acclaimed, with A Great And Mighty Wonder, Nunc Dimittis and Were You There? representing these hugely popular collaborations. Whitbourn has also had a very close relationship with the BBC since his beginnings as a composer, working with them on three pieces within The Choral Collection. Eternal Rest and Give Us The Wings Of Faith were both composed specifically for television broadcast, the former (in its orchestral form) was played for the funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002. His longest work, for which he is most famous, is a setting of text from'the Diary of Anne Frank'. There Is No Speech Or Language comes from this work, taking its text from other sources, but that still maintain the beauty and tragedy of the wider piece. The Choral Collection of fifteen compositions by James Whitbourn is full of beautiful, haunting, uplifting and inspiring melodies for SATB Choir and Organ Accompaniment from one of the most treasured British choral composers. The brilliant choice of texts throughout is matched only by the sheer compositional skill of Whitbourn in evoking the emotions of the words in the musical form. Also included are suggestions for seasonal song use, a list of recordings, and fascinating song notes written by Whitbourn himself. The joy of choral singing is nowhere more evident than in a work by James Whitbourn, and performances of any piece within this collection is sure to be remembered for a long time to come./ Recueil / Choeur Mixte (SATB) et Orgue

However often Bennett may have employed serial techniques or introduced jazz and modern elements into his work his Choral compositions are always tonal and melodic. In A Farewell To Arms he displays an exquisite sensitivity to the poetry of Ralph Knevet (17th century) and George Peele (16th century) and their mediations on the homely life after years spent soldiering. The Cello can be heard to serve as the ‘Voice’ of the old soldier. The music combines the jaggedly Romantic Cello line with Choral writing that suggests early music motifs and harmonies.Composer performer and arranger Richard Rodney Bennett was internationally respected for his serious music and manyaward-winning film scores (Murder on the Orient Express Nicholas and Alexandra) as well as his works for children and his religious pieces. In addition this markedly versatile musician frequently performed as a jazz pianist.

For SATB Divisi Chorus Unaccompanied-Drop Drop Slow Tears is a choral piece for unaccompanied SATB (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) chorus composed by Graham Ross in 2003. First performed by the Royal College of Music Junior Chamber Choir Drop Drop Slow Tears is an updated choral setting of a 17th century poem by Phineas Fletcher. Graham Ross is an acclaimed composer and director who takes great pleasure in reviving forgotten or lesser-known works for a contemporary audience. The sheet music for this piece provides the parts for Soprano Alto Tenor and Bass voices as well as a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes. Drop Drop SlowTears is a divine choral piece with beautifully poetic lyrics set to glorious harmonies. Your audiences will love the gorgeous melody of Graham Ross's expert composition.

These words of this carol, full of colours and rich in symbolism, are from the Cherry Tree Carol , a popular folk carol telling a legend which goes back at least as far as the Coventry Mystery Plays. The piece received its first two performances on the same day, by Robinson College Choir and Clare College Choir, in Cambridge, and was later recorded by Robinson College Choir, conducted by Timothy Brown. The main tune should have an easy-going lilt, which turns into light, sprightly dancing for the refrain. An inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers, the Novello New Choral Series offers pieces for all types of choirs, including sacred and secular works from simple, four-part settings to more expansive, yet accessible, repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. Jeremy Thurlow is a composer, writer and pianist. His music has been described as 'seductive, innovative, full of freshness' by Henri Dutilleux. It has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Rolf Hind, the BBC Singers, Endymion, Carmen Elektra, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Matthew Schellhorn and Sequitur (New York), among others. In 2007 he won the George Butterworth Award for new composition. As a musicologist he writes on French music in the twentieth century. His book on composer Henri Dutilleux is published in French by Millénaire III, and he has written and broadcast on the music of Messiaen and many other 20th-century composers, frequently appearing on Radio 3's CD Review. / Choeur SATB

For SATB Chorus.Jointly commissioned by the National Chamber Choir and the Cork International Choral Festival for the seminar 'from composition to performance the seminar on choral music'.This work was premièred at the Cork International Choral Festival on 2nd May 2008 by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland conducted by Bo Holten. Text: Acallam na Senórach (12th century)After the battles of Commar Gabair and Ollarba the F an was destroyed. The survivors scatteredacross Ireland and by the time our story begins only two of the nobles of this ancient F anwerestill alive: Ois n and Ca lte. Sixteen of the F an warriors travelled with them across the wooded andflower-covered slopes of the Fews. Patrick was reciting his office. Then his priests seeing Ca lte and his men approaching wereseized with fear and horror at the sight of these warriors of an earlier age. Then Patrick apostle tothe Irish arose and sprinkled holy water on these great men for a thousand legions of demons hadbeen above their heads. The great men then sat down.?Well my friend there is something I would ask you ? said Patrick to Ca lte. ?Find us a well of purewater close by so that we might baptize the peoples.? Ca lte took Patrick by the hand and togetherthey went over the ramparts of the fortress. Just nine steps from the portal they saw a lovely crystalclearspring. Then Ca lte recited these lines:A thoibur Trágha dhá bhan laind do bhilar barrhglan.ó ro tréigedh do chnuas ortn r? léiced fás dot fochlocht Is uait dochuadar in Fianndar? marbad Coinchend coimfial dar? cuiredh ár Feinde Find.isin mhadain ós Maolghlind.A(r) marbadh chon ocus ferar n-athchuma laoch

This glorious collection of beautiful choral music by composer James Whitbourn includes fifteen short works drawn from his oeuvre from the first few years of the 21st century. Many of his greatest compositions areincluded in The Choral Collection with many of the pieces working perfectly for seasonal performances while also reflecting the many fruitful collaborations of Whitbourn's distinguished career. Allworks are arranged for SATB Choir. James Whitbourn has become renowned throughout the world for his acclaimed compositions and settings of numerous texts. He has been described as truly originaland an innovator of contemporary British choral music collaborating with people like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Choir of King's College Cambridge. The former appears here as A Prayer Of Desmond Tutu a setting ofone of the Archbishop's prayers. His arrangements and compositions for the King's College Choir have been universally critically acclaimed with A Great And Mighty Wonder Nunc Dimittis and Were You There?representing these hugely popular collaborations. Whitbourn has also had a very close relationship with the BBC since his beginnings as a composer working with them on three pieceswithin The Choral Collection. Eternal Rest and Give Us The Wings Of Faith were both composed specifically for television broadcast the former (in its orchestral form) was played for thefuneral of the Queen Mother in 2002. His longest work for which he is most famous is a setting of text from'the Diary of Anne Frank'. There Is No Speech Or Language comes from this work taking its text from othersources but that still maintain the beauty and tragedy of the wider piece. The Choral Collection of fifteen compositions by James Whitbourn is full of beautiful haunting

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types and abilities, this collection has been edited by David Wordsworth so that all the pieces are fantastic both to sing and hear.The collection features some beautiful settings that have well and truly stood the test of time, such as Thomas Arne's Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind and Henry Leslie's How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps. More recent settings from 20th century and contemporary composers include Ernest Moeran's Sigh No More, Ladies, Gary Carpenter's Lo, Here, The Gentle Lark and John Tavener's Fear No More and Look In Thy Glass.Not only this, the Shakespeare Choral Collection boasts several works that were specially commissioned, including John Joubert's Be Not Afeard, Richard Sisson's Light Thickens and Pawel Lukaszewki's Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed. Some pieces have never appeared before in print, such as those by Kevin Olsen, Bernard Hughes and John Gardner. These songs truly are a joy to perform, with some relatively simple arrangements that are purely fun to sing, while some more complex settings that will be thoroughly rewarding for choirs and audiences alike.A total of 26 fantastic works comprise The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, which would work as a wonderful concert programme on its own, or could provide a wealth of options for choirs looking to expand their repertoire with a range of unique settings. Also included is a fascinating introduction by editor David Wordsworth, and notes describing each piece.Words written by indisputably the greatest writer in the English language can only be matched with music by composers of talent and renown such as these. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection is an essential anthology of stunning settings of beautiful words which will be performed and enjoyed for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Blow The Wind Southerly is a Northumbrian traditional early 19th century song possibly with words from a much older source a haunting tune that has been recorded over the decades by many singers among them famously Kathleen Ferrier in the middle of the 20th century as well as Nana Mouskouri Bryn Terfel Leslie Garrett Andreas Scholl and others. Cameron evokes the unending wind of the sea and the endless waiting of thesinger with programmatic ‘blow’ and ‘blow wind’ Vocal accompaniments to the melody line. He postpones full Choral statement of the melody until the final verse then lets the wind finish the work. Contemporary Englishcomposer and arranger John Cameron has earned an excellent reputation for his film television and theatre work including films Kes Driftwood The Ruling Class and theatrical productions Les Miserables Spend Spend Spend and for the Royal Shakespeare Company National Theatre and others.

Par RODGERS SARAH. Choral settings of ‘Lift up your heads, O ye gates’ from Psalm 24 are numerous, from that of the sixteenth-century Geneva Psalter of Claude Goudimel to the present day. Unsurprisingly so, as the text has many appropriate liturgical applications. In this jubilant setting, The King of Glory, Sarah Rodgers has provided church choirs of all abilities with a truly celebratory anthem that in its writing for SATB displays many elements of choral craft, from unison and two-part textures to a satisfyingly contrapuntal full harmony. The driving, rhythmic figure in the organ accompaniment underpins and uplifts the voices, and occasional harmonic juxtapositions add delightfully unexpected moments of colour. Importantly, with a proficient organist, the anthem can be prepared with just one or two rehearsals. It is certain to be of great appeal both to choirs and to congregations. / Date parution : 1905-07-10/ Feuillet / SATB et Orgue

Dyson's sumptuous choral epic of 1938 subtitled ‘A Cycle of Poems’ charts man's journey through life and the afterlife using a collage of English poems. Quo Vadis is a work that in its aim design and achievement reaches for visionary heights. Right from the start Dyson's harmonic language and skilful orchestration are completely at the service of his beautiful and carefully crafted libretto. The composer fervently believed in the English choral movement's need for practical tuneful and lively music. Quo Vadis with its colourful orchestration and fine melodies demonstrates the effectiveness of this aestheticapproach. Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra this major yet often overlooked piece lasts about 90 minutes in 9 movements.Sir George Dyson was a well-known English musician and composer of the 20th century. His compositions include a symphony in G major a violin concerto and a number of other works many of them for choir. Apart from his musical career Dyson was involved with the military during WWI his handbook on grenade-fighting techniques became the standard Army text for many years.

Choral Suite Instrument : mixed choir (SATB) and piano (organ) Type : vocal/piano score Nombre de Pages : 40 As featured on the best-selling CD, this is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into and terrible consequences of war. Commissioned for the millennium by the Royal Armouries and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French song L’Homme Armé (The Armed Man). The complete work sets sacred and secular texts including Tennyson, Kipling, The Koran and the Hindu Mahàbharàta within the framework of the Christian mass. Championed by Classic FM it has captured the imagination of music lovers everywhere to become not only a chart-topping CD but also one of the most currently performed and poignant choral works of the moment. This suite of five mass movements and the Hymn Before Action arranged for SATB chorus and piano/organ is suitable as a concert item or within a liturgical setting and will make a stunning contemporary mass alternative. Content : Kyrie - Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei - Hymn Before Action

The Novello Book of Classic Anthems brings together some of the finest sacred choruses ever written. The collection includes miniature gems including Edward Elgar’s Ave verum corpus Henry Purcell’s Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts and Thomas Attwood’s Come Holy Ghost and established choral favourites such as Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn and Samuel Sebastian Wesley’s Blessed be the God and Father. It also covers a number of dramatic extended anthems suitable for both church choirs and choral societies such as Edward Naylor’s Vox dicentis: clama John Stainer’s I saw the Lord and Wesley’s Ascribe unto the Lord and twentieth-century classics such as William Harris’s Bring us O Lord God Patrick Hadley’s My beloved spake and Edgar Bainton’s And I saw a new heaven. All the pieces have been re-engraved and some such as Haydn’s The heavens are telling and Brahms’s How lovely are thy dwellings have newly arranged accompaniments specifically designed for the Organ. This collection of nineteen anthems covers a wide range of moods and festivals and offers a delightful concert programme in itself as well as an essential addition to any choir’s library.

The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers. for SATB accompanied (piano or organ) and unaccompanied The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers is a landmark collection of non-idiomatic compositions from the sixteenth century to the present day, providing a comprehensive introduction to an area of choral music that has been historically under-represented.