Christmas Angel (SATB)

My Guardian Angel is a carol which celebrates the increased incidence of public appearances by angels at Christmas time. It is a setting of short text by William Blake. The music of the carol is based around a short 'alleluia'which may be performed by the audience whilst the choir weaves some 4-part counterpart around it. Alternatively the piece may be performed in 6 parts by choir alone.

Return to the simple joys of the Christmas season with Vince Guaraldi's jazz renditions of traditional carols and original music written for this classic holiday favorite. Includes: Christmas Time Is Here Hark the Herald Angels Sing Linus and Lucy O Christmas Tree. Available: SATB SAB 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Approx. Time: 4:50.

For Mixed Chorus and Piano or Amplified Guitar-Beautiful poems by American poets Sara Teasdale and Phyllis McGinley each telling a very human Christmas story. Teasdale's Carol contrasts the magnificence of the songs of angels and kings with the baby Jesus who fellasleep before the song was done. McGinley's Ballad is a retelling of the ancient legend of Befana the Housewife always too busy to greet the new-born babe until it is too late.For SATB chorus with Piano oramplified Guitar.

Children's Chorus/Optional SATB Chorus/Piano- The sheet music of The Angel Gabriel by renowned composer John Duggan is arranged here for Children's Chorus with Piano Accompaniment. Also included is an optional Vocal part for SATB Chorus. The Angel Gabriel is a beautiful Christmas choral piece based on the folk carol 'The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came'. John Duggan's unique setting brings a subtle beauty to this piece through his arrangement for Children's Chorus. The innocence of the children's voices will inject new meaning into the words while the understated Piano Accompaniment will enhance the Vocalpart.  Duggan has also included an optional part for SATB Chorus so if you have access to an adult and children's choir the effect will be magical. What better way to celebrate the season at a Christmas concert than with the divine sound of a children's choir and a Piano singing this soaring arrangement of The Angel Gabriel?

A jolly Christmas carol-This lively carol was commissioned in 2005 by Lichfield Cathedral Special Choir (now called the Cathedral Chorus) to celebrate the birth of Hannah Scriven and Holly Mason the daughters of the two cathedral organists at that time. The words were specially written by Tony Barnard the then Canon Chancellor at Lichfield and a member of the choir. This carol whilst not entirely foreign to my normal style touches more ‘country and western’/popular buttons than I am in the habit of touching. But I wanted to write a tuneful piece which swayed and danced and reflected the colourful imagery of Tony Barnard’s text. Recommended recording: Comeout Lazar – The shorter choral works of Paul Spicer (Regent REGCD280) by The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge and Claire Innes-Hopkins (organ) directed by Sarah MacDonald. Text: This child of God who’s born on Christmas day whom shepherds view to whom kings homage pay is called to be a shepherd and a king. Sing alleluias praise this wondrous thing. This child of God is shepherd born to lead through pastures green by banks of golden reed; nor left nor right but ever on the way which leads to Calvary and endless day. This child of God this Son of David’s line is root of tree a shoot a fruitful vine it shelter gives to all who see the way which leads them to the cross and Easter day. This child of God this many spangled star is light’ning flash which dazzles near and far; bright light to guide our feet along the way that leads to Calvary and endless day. This child of God is called to save mankind to open eye and ear the heart and mind; to heal and make the lame man leap and play along the road that leads to Easter Day. This child of God let angel voices praise. Give God the glory live his loving ways. Let peace on earth o’er come our worldly strife through all who walk his road throughout their life. Tony Barnard

from Christmas Sequence op. 95-This carol was commissioned in 2002 by King’s College Cambridge for their famous service of Nine Lessons and Carols. It tells the start of the familiar Christmas story: Gabriel's Annunciation; praise to the Virgin before she too sings 'my soul doth magnify the Lord'; the shepherds a-watching their flocks by night; the angelic chorus in the sky; the fusion of celestial and earthy around the crib holding the baby who is also 'Lord of Time & Space'.   The text is from a variety of sources: anonymous carols of the 15th 16th & 17th centuries Edmund Bolton (1611 'Sweet music sweeter far...') the Gloria from the Mass and a couple of lines fromwell-loved Anglican hymns.   Selected for the Royal Philharmonic Society’s ‘Encore’ project this carol will offer some challenge to intermediate choirs but will add some originality to a carol service or Christmas concert.

Judith Clurman Choral Series-Here Broadway arranger and composer David Chase demonstrates his considerable musical talents with an exciting and wonderfully creative arrangement of the traditional French carol Angels We Have Heard OnHigh. This arrangement for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment was created for Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA recording Holiday Harmonies: Songs of Christmas on the Sono Luminous label.

A collection of 50 well-known Christmas carols arranged for any combination of voices. Edited and arranged by Janet Day. Ideal for Church School and Community. Carols include 'Angels We Have Heard On High' 'Deck The Hall' and 'The Holly And The Ivy'.

Let The Angels Sing - 17 Christmas Carols arranged for mixed voices a cappella and recorder solo (optional) by Michael Bojesen (2015).

A Simple Gloria by Libby Larsen for SATB unaccompanied.Offprinted from An American Christmas this is a serene setting of a macaronic text by M. K. Dean describing the song the angels sang for the birth of the Christ-child.

There is no rose may be considered as having three distinct but musically interlinked phases. The first is reflective in nature a set of musings on the mysteries of Mary as the Mother of God the nature of God Creation and the Trinity; the music lends a sense of the rising expectation appropriate to the season of Advent. This increasing tension breaks out into the angelic chorus Gloria in excelsis Deo a brief glimpse of something other which is then echoed by the fading repetitions of Gaudeamus (we rejoice). Finally the poem moves on joining the procession towards Christmas; a new key the expanding range and Transeamus (we go/proceed/cross over) fading intothe distance serve to provide a musical metaphor for the journey.The Novello New Choral Series is an inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers offering 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. This collection is perfect for choirs looking to broaden their repertoire and explore some of the best new music around.Andrew Cusworth (b.1984) read music at Magdalene College Cambridge where he was also an Organ Scholar. Recent compositions include Factum est silentium for double choir and organ which won the first New Music for St Paul’s Cathedral Composition Competition and Give ear O ye heavens which was shortlisted for the King James Bible Trust Composition Awards. 'This is a piece whose effect greatly exceeds its simple means and it would be welcome in any serious carol service.' - Jeremy Summerly Choir & Organ

This Beautiful setting of Sarah Teasdale’s Christmas Carol is the latest addition to the Faber New Choral Works Series. Originally the work was composed for the South Petherton combined Arts Society Choir and first performed under the direction of Roger Stacey on 14th December 2002.

Noel! is an exciting collection for mixed voice choirs, selected and edited by David Hill. The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: the polyphony of Victoria and Byrd, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages, and works by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, John Tavener and Judith Weir. Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. / Choeur SATB