Choir, Vocals

for SATB unaccompanied

for SATB unaccompanied The graceful and playful melody begins with a soprano solo followed by mixed voices. Mostly unaccompanied, the organ may enter on the third verse if needed.

Experience the profound emotional depth of Thomas A. Dorsey's beloved hymn in a stunning a cappella setting. Arnold Sevier's arrangement elevates the traditional melody with a rich harmonic palette an...

Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SATB)

Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SATB)

Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SATB)

Chorpartitur - gemischter Chor (SATB)

Rejoice! is a Christmas carol full of pure and unbounded joy. Here the bells ring out with the help of sharply accented reverberating chords, and richly crafted contrapuntal passages recall Johann Seb...

O the depth is a devotional work, suitable as an introit or short anthem, which couples together a passage from the New Testament (Romans 11) and a single verse from the Old Testament (Isaiah 55) whic...

This short, rhythmical work is inspired by an area of McGlade's native Cornwall and uses the text of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem of the same name. The area, where a common meets the sea, is home to ma...

Composer’s note Tantum Ergo should have a chant-like feel especially on the repeated pitches. Keep the tempo flexible to enable effective contrast in dynamics and a sustained sound throughout. The acc...

Composer’s note O sacrum convivium was written in 2007 - it is one of my earliest choral compositions. Olivier Messiaen’s setting had a profound impact on me as a young chorister. As John Cooper, the...

This little anthem for unaccompanied chorus was written as a tribute to Alexander Goehr on his 50th birthday. It sets a poem by Robert Bridges putting words into the mouth of the blind John Milton, pu...

Based on a traditional Alentejo carol from southern Portugal, this music of the Magnificat is gentle, soothing, and almost hypnotic. Each verse is treated differently, giving the solo voice and all th...

SATB (divisi) a cappella

Carol of the Ladder is a limpid andante whose transparent texture and tone of sweet melancholy creates a meditative calm. Although technically unsophisticated on the surface, this arrangement offers m...

Set to a beautiful old hymn tune from an 1855 collection, this piece offers much scope for phrasing and word painting as the singers recreate the setting from outside the tomb, and explore the psychol...

The path of love is not always sunlit. In Shades of Love, the music expresses a variety of emotions brought on by diverse stages of love: ecstasy, tenderness, bitterness, wistfulness, eternal devotion...