Bob Chilcott

SongStream 2: An American Journey is 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...

In The Three Kings Chilcott sets verses from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Christmas poem telling the story of the three kings' journey to Bethlehem. A sense of travel is created by the stately 6/8 tim...

In The Three Kings Chilcott sets verses from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Christmas poem telling the story of the three kings' journey to Bethlehem. A sense of travel is created by the stately 6/8 tim...

This lively setting of the medieval 'Hymn to the Virgin' text has a sparkling piano accompaniment, syncopated rhythms, and real flair. It's particularly suitable for Advent or Christmas but can be sun...

A joyous carillon celebrating the birth of Jesus and the new world he heralds. The piece builds quickly in volume and excitement from an expectant piano to a spirited fortissimo ending with divided vo...

The time draws near is instantly recognisable as Chilcott. The text, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, describes the feeling of anticipation before the birth of Christ. Chilcott has set these words using a pu...

29 carols for SSA accompanied and unaccompanied This upper-voice collection contains original pieces and arrangements from all over the world. In a huge array of styles, there's music here to suit all...

A moderately simple Christmas concert piece, gentle and serene

This stirring Christmas song, setting a text by Kevin Crossley-Holland, combines bouncing rhythms, expressive Chilcott harmonies, and vibrant word-painting to depict the gifts brought to Christ's stab...

For SATB (with soprano solo), trumpet in B flat (or soprano saxophone or clarinet in B flat), and piano or harp The shepherds sing is a sweet and tranquil setting of a Christmas text by George Herbert...

With a lively tempo, dance-like rhythms, and bright harmonies, Chilcott's music perfectly expresses the festive joy of this original Christmas text by Charles Bennett. The uplifting melody is interspe...

Adolphe Charles Adam's carol, based on Cappeau de Roquemaure's poem and then translated, is here arranged to enhance the appealing simplicity and dramatic swells of the original, drawing on Katie's gu...

This appealing setting of a poem by Christina Rossetti has a memorable tune and a gentle, flowing piano accompaniment. Joyful, vibrant, and accessible, this carol is a great option for church and conc...

This is a hauntingly beautiful, spiritual-style setting of a sixteenth-century text attributed to Thomas Ravenscroft. Also in the anthology Christmas Spirituals for Choirs.

The shepherds sing is a sweet and tranquil setting of a Christmas text by George Herbert. With an atmospheric accompaniment and a simple instrumental countermelody, it begins with a beautiful soprano...

Adolphe Adam's carol, based on Cappeau de Roquemaure's poem and then translated, is here arranged to enhance the appealing simplicity and dramatic swells of the original, drawing on Katie Melua's guit...

This is a gentle and lyrical setting of a text by Helen Dunmore. Uniting a simple, tuneful melody with luscious harmonies, this evocative carol retells the Christmas story beautifully. A wonderful add...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Carols 2, 'Jesus, Jesus, rest your head' is Chilcott's arrangement of the traditional American carol, scored for SATB and piano. Varied textures enrich this gentle Chr...

With a lively tempo, dance-like rhythms, and bright harmonies, Chilcott's music perfectly expresses the festive joy of this original Christmas text by Charles Bennett. The uplifting melody is interspe...

This sequence of six carols explores the role of Mary in the Christmas story, focussing on her human experience within a story of the divine. The writer Georgia Way places the sycamore tree as a centr...

Chilcott's convivial setting of Crashaw's Welcome, all wonders in one sight! opens with a bright and declamatory refrain that proclaims 'welcome!' over a grand, oscillating organ part that is grounded...

This tunefully lilting carol for choir and organ will prove popular with audiences and choirs alike, its six verses deftly marrying variety with diversity to create an attractive shape. Offprinted fro...

This simple and atmospheric arrangement of the traditional German song was originally written for the Washington-based choir Choralis. Suitable for Advent or Christmas, this leaflet presents both the...

This simple and atmospheric arrangement of the traditional German song was originally written for the Washington-based choir Choralis. Suitable for Advent or Christmas, this leaflet presents both the...

Chilcott's convivial setting of Crashaw's text invites us to lift up 'our loftier song, and wake the sun that lies too long'. Choral triplets gesture towards a swung rhythm, and jazz-like inflections...