Joanna Forbes L'Estrange

This arrangement was commissioned by Rydes Hill Preparatory School, Guildford in 2005, in the year of its Diamond Jubilee. It would equally suit a wedding, a church service, any leaving celebration or...

Wade in the Water is a lively and infectious spiritual. Its features include a call-and-response texture, jazz 'scat' vocalization and finger clicks on beats 2 and 4 of the measure. This arrangement r...

The flute score to An Irish Blessing. This optional flute part adds a folk-like quality and, in addition to the wide dynamic range indicated, further textural variety can be achieved with opportunitie...

An Irish Blessing is a choral setting for upper voices and piano or organ of the traditional Gaelic prayer which begins 'May the road rise to meet you'. Its gentle melody unfolds slowly, beginning in...

The jazzy and joyous Rejoice, rejoice! and its reprise, which feature clapping and optional percussion, frame two charming carols Save the world and Come and see . With touching lyrics based on the Ch...

The melody of this accessible carol for choir and organ (setting the composer's own lyrics) flows with ease. The finely controlled texture builds from sopranos over wordless backing to a rich SATB har...

The melody of this accessible carol for choir and organ flows with ease. The finely controlled texture builds from sopranos over wordless backing to a rich SATB harmonization that subsides to a hushed...

A Season To Sing is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, The Four Seasons, first published in 1725. RSCM composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is rearranging the...

A Season To Sing is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, The Four Seasons, first published in 1725. RSCM composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is rearranging the...