Modern to Classical Choir Sheet Music

The material in Missa Brevis is drawn from the sixth of William Blitheman's varients on the plainsong Gloria Tibi Trinitas, which is to be found in the Mulliner Book. This piece appears in its origina...

The text of this work is by Bishop J Cosin, based on Veni Creator Spiritus. The music is based on a pentatonic chord throughout, and reflects the floating rhythms of plainchant.

Anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir from Britten's dramatic cantata The Company of Heaven.

These Imaginative arrangements for SATB choir by Daryl Runswick group five of the best-loved English folksongs. They are both fun to sing and to listen to, guaranteed to enliven a choral programme at...

The volume includes three partsongs to Elizabethan texts, Diaphenia, Corydin, Arise!, Shall we go Dance? and four partsongs to texts by Mary E. Coleridge, When Mary thro' the Garden Went, The Blue Bir...

The importance of Venice in the 16th and 17th centuries hardly needs emphasizing here, and in many ways this collection of eight motets represents some of the most well known composers in the renaissa...

Dvorák's Opus 29 choruses are infused with all the nationalistic style and spirit of his more famous orchestral and chamber works. Presented in the original Czech with a simple pronunciation guide plu...

A new edition of Mendelssohn's most outstanding unaccompanied choral repertoire, including Kyrie eleison, Heilig, Jauchzet dem Hern alle Welt and Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden.

Based on a melodic text, Swete Jesu was written for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge in 1992 for their annual carol service.

A perfect example of the young Britten's masterful vocal writing in a Christmas choral suite destined to become a major repertoire work. Includes Christ's Nativity, Sweet was the Song, Preparations, N...

This unaccompanied motet, written for the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, relates to the three Mary's in Harvey's church opera Passion and Resurrection.

A dramatic, characterful setting by one of Britain's most talented young composers. With a flawless feel for choral and vocal textures, Jonathan Dove fully exploits the drama and wit of the text to pr...

Seven of the most outstanding settings of Passiontide texts from the 16th-18th centuries, presented in clear, practical and authoritative editions. Ideal for both concert programmes and liturgical use...

Music set to words translated into English from a poem by Jalal Al-Din Rumi. This piece was commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain in Fiji on 23 July 1996.

'Lamentations 5' is an extraordinarily powerful setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Pitts' harmony is always striking and he is for ever creating captivating textures, Libera Me is a short, medit...

The Fayrfax Carol was commissioned by the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, 1997. Subtle and lyrical yet with pointed, bitter-sweet harmon...

In this ideal setting for Christmas, Grier recreates the jubilant scene using an array of crisp, electrically charged rhythms. The effect is vast and spacious.

A serene 'a capella' work by this highly individual and talented young composer. Ethereal, slow-moving harmonies flow into inspired chord clusters. An excellent choice for weddings, memorial services...

'Musicke's Praier' draws together ten classic English prayer settings from the 16th and 17th centuries: a Golden Age in the history of English church music. From Tallis to Tomkins and Ford to Farrant,...

A lilting a cappella setting of a text by Richard Crashaw (1612-1649), where the clear vocal lines are set against a dark and dense harmonic background. This short piece can be performed at any point...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...

'Missa O Rex gloriae', edited by David Trendell, is an exquisite and previously unpublished setting of the mass by the Spanish composer Alonso Lobo (1555-1617).

Matthew Martin's setting of 'Adam Lay Ybounden' was first performed by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral at St. George's, Hanover Sqaure, London on December 19th 2006. Matthew Martin was educated at...