Masses

The Missa "Rorate coeli desuper" Hob. XXiI:3 could be one of Joseph Haydn's earliest works, but its attribution to Haydn is disputed. The short mass is based on the complete Mass Ordinary. It was ther...

This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia's feast day, Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason, many ensembles have annual concerts dedica...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 is considered one of the most important works in music history and the composer's "opus ultimum". In this monumental setting of the complete Catholic Or...

Fauré completed the work in 1887 at the age of 42. Fauré's main focus was actually on composing chamber music. As a result, his music has become little known outside his home country. Fauré's Requiem...

The Nidaros Jazz Mass draws on a variety of jazz styles to present a fun and innovavtive setting of the Latin Missa brevis. With a gentle Kyrie, funky Gloria, ballad-like Sanctus, laid-back Benedictus...

A highly original and effective concert setting of the Latin Missa brevis in which the various movements embrace a variety of jazz styles. The characterful piano accompaniment can be played as written...

For centuries, the world's great composers have set the Ordinary of the Mass in a wide variety of styles. Ray has surrounded these texts with the joyous styles of contemporary African-American music....

The Holy Spirit Mass was commissioned for the National Lutheran Choir, Dr. David Cherwien, Artistic Director, through a gift from Gary Aamodt and Celia Ellingson to commemorate the 500th Anniversary o...

As featured on the best-selling CD, this is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into and terrible consequences of war. Commissioned for the millennium by the Royal Armouries and dedicated...

A piece for mixed chorus and soloists, accompanied by percussion, guitar, piano and/or harpsichord (with Spanish and English text).

The Strathclyde Motets are communion motets setting propers of the mass for various Sundays and feasts. They are suitable for intermediate standard choirs. This piece is an antiphon for 21st December,...

Gemischter Chor (4-st.), a cappella

In 1936, attempting to overcome his reputation for musical flippancy, Poulenc began studying the motets of Montverdi, with Nadia Boulanger. Around the same time, his close friend and contemporary, Pie...

Immer dann, wenn die Nacht sich dem Ende neigt, vom Boden frostige Kälte aufzieht und man den herannahenden Morgen eher träumt als sieht, erscheint der Himmel in einem tiefen Blau. Auch die Sterne sie...

The 'Gloria' RV 589 (BA 7674) is one of Vivaldi's best-known compositions today and one of the most frequently performed sacred vocal works from the Baroque period. Vivaldi wrote the 'Gloria' as an in...

Rooted in the grand, solemn settings of the Mass Ordinary in 19th- and 20th-century France, Kerensa Briggs's Messe Solennelle brings a contemporary perspective to the genre. Commissioned for The Cathe...

Composer's Notes In writing this work I wanted to compose something which was both timeless and contemporary, both sacred and secular. The title (Sacred Songs) is therefore slightly misleading as the...

Set of 25 choir voices (SATB) for Missa Katharina

Piano scores for 'Dona Nobis Pacem' from the mass in H-Minor.

As the name suggests, the 'Missa Popularis' has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk t...

"The Gospel Mass" by Dutch composer Jacob de Haan is an extraordinary work that combines the traditional texts of the Mass Ordinary with the lively rhythms and harmonies of gospel music. The compositi...

Choral score (lat.).

The "Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile", commonly known as the Cäcilienmesse, is one of Charles Gounod's most popular sacred works. First performed in 1855 in the church of St. Eustache in Paris, the...