Gabriel Jackson

This simple, charming two-part motet features long melismatic phrases that reflect the text (1 Corinthians 2: 9), such as the rising melodic line over three bars on the word 'ascended' (ascendit).

This rousing carol sets a text by Norval Clyne. It perfectly captures the contrast between light and darkness in the text, with simple vocal lines underscored by a busy piano part culminating in a pow...

A collaboration with poet Charles Bennett, this celebratory work explores all that we can learn from the natural world. The work may be accompanied by piano, playing from the vocal score, or a small e...

This tender carol sets an affecting text by Christina Rossetti that tells the story of Jesus's birth. In classic McDowall style, the setting explores a variety of choral textures and is interspersed w...

A highly expressive setting of the biblical text, this simple work is at once tender and profound. It was composed for a memorial service for Edward T. Chapman, the Director of Music at Highgate Schoo...

A setting of haunting lyrical simplicity. Also available in The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book and John Rutter Anthems. An SSA version is also available. The accompaniment for strings is available on hir...

Skempton sets this famous love poem by Yeats with characteristic directness and warmth and using rich and scrumptious sonorities. Magical shifts of harmony punctuate the otherwise simple tonal languag...

The initial marking 'Sparkling' is a good description of this piece's effervescent Toccata-like figurations and striking harmonies. The plainsong theme appears in longer note values either in the peda...

A traditional Canadian tune arranged for a mixed voice choir by John Rutter. Offprinted from the collection Joy to the World!

A joyful carol of celebration with the refrain 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'. Also available in versions for solo high voice, upper voices, and mixed voices.

Commissioned by the Nidaros Cathedral Girls' Choir, this jazzy setting of the Missa Brevis will be welcomed by all upper-voice choirs who enjoyed A Little Jazz Mass.

This is an upbeat setting of evocative words by Delphine Chalmers about unity and commonality. A syncopated, single-note piano motif roots the tonality and provides an ostinato around which the music...

An exquisite setting of a love song by Sir Philip Sydney. Also available in versions for solo low version, SSAA, and SATB (from Iirthday Madrigals).

Material for the orchestral and brass accompaniments is available on hire.

This choral octavo is drawn from Larsen's It I am. This is a lovely, hushed and meditative hymn that is simple and eloquent. The brevity and expressive beauty of this piece can be equally used in both...

The World's Desire was commissioned by the Choir of Truro Cathedral for their service of Nine Lessons and Carols in December 2008, to be performed after the eighth lesson. Setting a text by G. K. Ches...

Originally the second movement of Chilcott's choral work Five Days that Changed the World, this setting of words by Charles Bennett reflects on one of the most significant events of our time. The chor...

Garcia composed Ave maris stella for mixed choir with a small instrumental ensemble of flutes, horns, strings, and organ, presented here in an orchestral reduction by Alec Schumacker. This short hymn...

The Spacious Firmament 2: Yet we who neither burn nor shine is a sequel to The Spacious Firmament. Both pieces may be performed separately, but The Spacious Firmament should always come first if they...

This short, evocative piece is built of block chords, simple diatonic melodies, and pedal notes in the left hand. It is recorded by Thalia Myers on USK 1221CD.

For solo piano. Utilizing the standard 3 movement sonata outline, Jackson employs a variety of textures to great effect in this piece. In the first movement alone, the music employs homophonic, unison...

This striking Christmas piece sets a famous text by Ben Jonson. Jackson's attractive harmonies combine with vivid word-setting, deft manipulations of texture, and a colourful organ part to create a mo...

'Am Abend' is a setting of 'Grodek', which is thought to be the last work of the Austrian poet Georg Trakl. Written in 1913, the year before Trakl committed suicide at the age of 27, the poem is set i...

for SATB with cello and offstage flute (or oboe). "Not no faceless Angel" is a beautifully reflective work. The themes of loss and love are articulated through expressive melodic lines and touching im...