Classical Music

A mystical, atmospheric Epiphany carol, The Wise Men and the Star sets a text by Lucia Quinault depicting the journey of the wise men. Tarney's appealing musical language creates a sense of expectancy...

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darknes...

Jean Sibelius composed Drömmarna (The Dreams) in 1917. It is a short but intensive and sonorous work for mixed choir to a text by Jonathan Reuter. This edition(is based on the complete critical editio...

In this unique a cappella original, a single theme blossoms into a kaleidoscope of musical textures. Sung entirely on neutral syllables, the piece opens in unison, explores canon, body percussion, and...

In this unique a cappella original, a single theme blossoms into a kaleidoscope of musical textures. Sung entirely on neutral syllables, the piece opens in unison, explores canon, body percussion, and...

Bird Raptures, a set of three pieces which draw inspiration stylistically from twentieth-century partsong, was composed for St Martin’s Voices in spring 2025, especially for Lucy Walker’s debut album...

As young as he was, aged only 16, Britten produced in this carol a tiny masterpiece. This is one of the most well-known and best-loved of his choral pieces. Understandably so, too. It has all the ingr...

Repertoire of romantic choral music worth discovering: In his unaccompanied choral songs the expressive melodies of the song composer Schumann combine with a harmonically rich, sometimes even experime...

The Mendelssohn family cultivated a very special form of house music in their garden cottage on the family estate: the so-called Sonntagsmusiken (Sunday musicales). Perhaps this inspired Fanny Hensel...

Bring a sense of peace and warmth to your concert program with "All Through the Night." This touching choral piece is based on the beloved traditional Welsh folk song and lullaby set to the tune "Ar H...

Immerse yourself in the rich and resonant world of traditional choral music! With the choral score "Weltliche Gesänge 1 – Deutsche Volkslieder Nr. 1–14", published by the prestigious Edition Peters, y...

Der Name Lorenz Maierhofer steht für ansprechende und gut singbare Chormusik. Viele seiner Werke wurden zu Klassikern, zu Standards für Konzerte, Feste und Feierlichkeiten, für Chorbegegnungen und Cho...

Der Name Lorenz Maierhofer steht für ansprechende und gut singbare Chormusik. Viele seiner Werke wurden zu Klassikern, zu Standards für Konzerte, Feste und Feierlichkeiten, für Chorbegegnungen und Cho...

Entdecken Sie die spirituelle Tiefe und emotionale Kraft von Knut Nystedts "Peace I leave with you". Der berühmte norwegische Komponist hat mit diesem Werk für gemischten Chor ein berührendes Stück ze...

Inspired by his visit to Fátima, scene of a famous Marian Apparition in 1917, Arvo Pärt wrote a small choral piece based on a passage from Psalm 8. 3 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast...

This, the first of Handel's four Coronation Anthems, has been a cherished part of crowning British royalty from George II in 1727 to the current sovereign, Charles III. Commemorate the grand occasion...

Dvorák composed the 'Mass in D major' in 1887 at the suggestion of his patron Josef Hlávka for the inauguration of the Lužany castle chapel. It is written for choir and organ with sporadic passages fo...

It is hard to imagine today that the music of J. S. Bach fell into oblivion for about half a century after the composer’s death. His successors at the Thomaskirche preferred simpler homophonic composi...

Messiah' occupies a unique position in Handel's work. Its strongly universal character and directness of expression, which appeal to men of all creeds, make it the most renowned work in the whole of t...

Unlike Bach's other oratorio compositions, there is no definitive version of the St. John Passion. The first version of 1724 which is today's standard version represents a mixture of different reading...

Faure's Requiem, op. 48, is his only large-scale sacred composition and certainly his most important essay in the genre. Already popular with audiences during his lifetime, its success continues to th...

For this work carus music the choir app, is available. In addition to the vocal score and a recording, the app offers a coach which helps to learn the choral parts. Please find more information at www...

Of the 11 surviving settings of the Mass by Charpentier, the present work, the Messe de minuit, is without doubt one of the most popular. Although Charpentier's Parisian career is quite well documente...

Of the 4 surviving settings of the Te Deum by Charpentier, the present one composed in the 'joyeux et très guerrier' key of D major, is undoubtedly his most famous work, thanks to television producers...

The chorale Jesus bleibet meine Freude from the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben is one of Bach's most sung and performed works. It became popular primarily through countless arrangements, ofte...