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For SATB and organ or brass ensembleThis Easter anthem is a triumphant setting of words by Edmund Spenser and St John Damascene for mixed choir and organ. Featuring joyful choral parts and an optional soprano solo Most glorious Lord of life ends with a new harmonization of the Easter hymn tune 'Ellacombe' with an optional congregational part. Material for an accompaniment for brass timpani and organ is available on hire/rental. Featured on the CD A Song in Season on the Collegium label.

Debra Scroggins' setting of a poem by William Blake is both stunning and gentle. The tight harmonies offer a lush and flowing soundscape that conveys warmth and tenderness perfectly suited to the text 'Little lamb dost thou know who made thee?'. The choral lines are accessible yet sophisticated and the work is suitable for performance in churches and schools.

Paperback-Bob Chilcott's Two Singing Songs for 2-Part Upper Voices (SA) with Piano accompaniment.

Settings of the Preces and Responses by Byrd Morley and Tomkins have been reconstructed edited and arranged by Watkins Shaw. Also includes the Preces and Responses by William Smith which have been adapted for SATB by Richard Marlow.

A set of three seasonal favourites arranged by John Rutter for Treble Voices. Taken from the Carols For Choirs collection and suitable for amateur and younger choral groups.

Written as a surprise present for the Schubert Ensemble in celebration of their 30th anniversary this playful piece for violin viola cello bass and piano has light-hearted references to Stravinsky and Schumann and can be enjoyed by both amateurs and professionals.

This second book of anthems by Bob Chilcott assembles pieces in a wonderful range of styles and moods. The anthems have been carefully selected to be both approachable to a wide range of choirs and appropriate to the needs of today's liturgy. An indispensable addition to any choir's library.

This is a setting of a text by Guyanese-British poet John Agard which describes how 18th-century slave-trader John Newton became an abolitionist. Featured on Orphei Drangar's CD De Profundis: Sacred Repertoire for Male Choir.

Deliver us grant us life everlasting-John Sheppard's Libera Nos Salva Nos (Deliver Us Grant Us Life Everlasting) for SSAATTB choir unaccompanied.

Gabriel Jackson's setting of this anonymous 16th century text was commissioned by the BBC and first performed by the BBC Singers at Canturbury Cathedral in October 2000. The music is written for a large triple chorus (SSSAAATTTBBB) with divisions.

This classic bedtime lullaby is set with a catchy new tune and exciting piano part. The result is a playful fun and accessible song perfect for school concert programmes.

A second collection of ten songs for youth choirs largely scored for SAB with some divisi and optional parts. These exciting accessible and stylistically varied pieces take you on a journey from Canada through North to Central and South America. They include original pieces and arrangements with a strong regional flavour among them folk-songs a spiritual and new arrangements of popular tunes. Arrangements by editors Peter Hunt and Bob Chilcott appear alongside those by native composers in a collection that will communicate directly with young singers and freshen any concert programme.

Gloria by Gary Hallquist for SATB and Piano.With a text by the composer this declamatory Christmas piece provides a fresh take on the nativity story. The cacophony of choral sound in the polyphonic middle section is akin perhaps to the angelic announcement of Jesus's birth leading to an emphatic closing proclamation 'Gloria! in excelsis Deo!'.

Voiceworks at Christmas is a great collection of seasonal songs for all choirs. Building on the superb resources of Voiceworks 1 and 2 Peter Hunt here presents an inspired new collection of pieces for Christmas ranging from plainsong to jazz carols gospel songs and folk pieces to well-known carols in sparkling new arrangements and brand new carols by living composers. With excellent practical rehearsal notes and an accompanying CD Voiceworks At Christmas meets the needs of all choral groups and overflows with festive cheer.30 fabulous carols and songs from unison to four-part harmony and beyondpieces for all occasions sacred and secular: schoolconcerts Advent and Christmas services carol-singingideal for youth and community choirs school groups (key stage 3 upwards) choral societies church and choral groups of all ages and experiencesvast range of repertoire: plainsong and early music spirituals folk pieces carols in jazz styleintroduces carols from the West Gallery and Sacred Harp traditionswell-known carols in fresh arrangements and new songs by living composerstips and hints for warming up and preparing to rehearsea complete lesson or rehearsal plan for each songphotocopiable pagesCD with performances of all the songs

Paperback-John Rutter's All Things Bright And Beautiful for SATB and Piano or small Orchestra. Full score for this classic Rutter anthem which is also available in John Rutter Anthems and in a version for upper voices. Orchestration: 2fl 2ob 2cl bsn 2hn hp str.