Christmas

With elegant simplicity, Deke Sharon's arrangement of the Irving Berlin classic gives each voice its moment to shine. The minimal homophony keeps the pleasurable chord changes coming, culminating with...

Set in the style of a buoyant English dance, this vibrant setting of Kenneth Grahame's verse from The Wind in the Willows expresses the joy and gladness in the air at Christmas. Your audience will be...

This a cappella gem for the holidays features rhythm instruments and polyphonic vocals creating a choral of texture and color. The lyrics are inspired by the words of Robert Herrick. It begins in unis...

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 unaccompanied & with organ The Ivy and the Holly is a superb collection of carols and motets for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany by contemporary composers. Scored for mixed voices - a cappella an...

Chilcott's arrangement of this well-loved carol is gentle and expressive. Extended harmonies and suspensions beautifully colour the unaccompanied second verse, while the third verse is paired with an...

John Rutter's sublime arrangement of the haunting Appalachian carol I wonder as I wander is lilting and evocative, setting the scene with an affecting opening verse for solo voice.

Following a collaboration with Katie Melua on her 2016 album 'In Winter', Bob Chilcott has made a choral arrangement of this traditional Ukrainian carol, first introduced to the English-speaking world...

This heartfelt setting of words by the composer begins with a pianissimo drone over which the sopranos introduce the expressive melody. With lush harmonies, moments of dynamic intensity, and an overri...

In this lively 6/8 setting, Assersohn explores a macaronic 15th-century text ('A Patre Unigenitus/Through a maiden is come'), with its exclamations of 'Eya!' reinforcing festive celebration. Featuring...

Setting a specially written text by Charles Bennett, this gentle lullaby compels us to follow the nativity's animals and angels, and like them create our own Christmas scene wherever we are. Chilcott'...

This festive arrangement of a traditional German carol features an English text, translated and adapted by John Rutter. The first two verses are sung by soloists (or alternatively by a semi-chorus) ov...

Setting two verses of the Irish traditional carol, Wilberg's version opens simply with unaccompanied unison men, before the piano creeps in gently. The carol melody's haunting, modal qualities are com...

This Christmas miniature captures the intimacy and atmosphere of the well-loved 16th-century text. Through homophonic textures, word-painting, the use of extended harmonies, and a lilting rhythm, the...

Pete Churchill's thrilling arrangement of this traditional Cornish carol has a gentle South African feel and features 'scat' singing and chromatic shifts in harmony. The traditional melody in 6/8 time...

This peaceful arrangement of James R. Murray's melody explores a different choral texture in each of its verses, from optional solo to SATB a cappella. The final verse includes a gentle descant, which...

This is an energetic setting of a text by Jennifer Thorp that celebrates and encourages festivities during Christmas time. With a fast tempo, Young's lively melodies are full of syncopated rhythms and...

McDowall's setting of Isaac Watts' Cradle Hymn is beautifully tender, coloured by its rich harmonies, suspensions, and chromatic notes. The melodies are complimented by sustained 'oo's and 'ah's and r...

This solemn yet dramatic work sets a traditional Latin prayer lauding the Virgin Mary, with intense melodic lines that are at once steadfast and arresting, reflecting the mystery of the immaculate con...

Kling no, klokka! is a traditional Norwegian carol, skilfully arranged here for mixed voices by Frank Havroy. The piece has a compelling folk feel, with glissando and chromatic passages contributing t...

In this gentle arrangement of Still, still, still, Remel Derrick underpins the melody of the traditional Austrian carol with contemporary harmonies, creating a warm and refreshing soundscape. A soarin...

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. This is a harmonically rich carol setting a late medieval English text, centred on the phrase verbum caro factum est. The piece opens with a solo soprano line...

This is a harmonically rich carol setting a late medieval English text centred on the phrase verbum caro factum est. The piece opens with a solo soprano line and gradually expands, culminating in the...

For tenor and soprano solo and SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. French's quasi-lullaby setting of Thomas Hardy's The Oxen opens by alternating between a tutti refrain and solo verses, with an atmo...

French's quasi-lullaby setting of Thomas Hardy's The Oxen opens by alternating between a tutti refrain and solo verses, with an atmospheric syllabic accompaniment, before building to a tutti final ver...