Ola Gjeilo

The young Norwegian composer and musician Ola Gjeilo (*1978) is now one of the world's leading choral composers. His unmistakable style is characterized by catchiness and deep spirituality. Ubi Carita...

This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical Latin text. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth, from the echo of The Spheres (Kyrie) to Identity & The Gr...

Ubi Caritas

The epic music and medieval, mystical text blend in this 14-minute one-movement major work, shifting between shadows and light. With a prominent piano presence and a string quartet background, this is...

Set to the Latin Pulchra es amica mea text from Song of Solomon, this easy-to-prepare composition is a great selection for high school, church and community choirs. With music inspired by the aurora b...

Based on a chorale from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass, the composer has developed the beautiful melody into a free-standing anthem, with piano and optional string quartet. An accessible SATB s...

This refreshing work from Ola Gjeilo employs a folk-like sound to capture Yeats' wonderfully descriptive words about the Lake Isle of Innisfree. The movement in the piano, the strumming of the guitar,...

Sacred Heart ( Ubi Caritas III ) is a setting of the second stanza from the three-stanza Ubi Caritas text. I set the first in 1999 ( Ubi Caritas ) and the third in 2012 ( Ubi Caritas II: Through Infin...

Ola Gjeilo's three-work set of Ubi Caritas settings is now complete with Sacred Heart. Musically independent from his other two Ubi Caritas settings, Sacred Heart can stand alone or be performed with...

The Road is a new multi-movement work for choir, piano, harp, and strings with beautiful new lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri and music by Ola Gjeilo. Featuring beautiful nature imagery and Gjeilo'...

An absolutely stunning work from Ola Gjeilo featuring improvised piano and tenor saxophone. The composer has set the text with care through a melody and accompaniment that paints a soundscape of emoti...

A flowing piano accompaniment and melody that capture the mystery of this beautiful Rossetti text. From Ola Gjeilo's album Winter Songs. Can be performed with piano only or with piano and string quart...

Ola Gjeilo's three-work set of Ubi Caritas settings is now complete with Sacred Heart. Musically independent from his other two Ubi Caritas settings, Sacred Heart can stand alone or be performed with...

This work is atmospheric and intense, featuring contrasts of ethereal melody lines supported by stately, rich harmonies. Unified by a repeated, modulated motif in the 'Hosanna' section, this sensual y...

Autumn is the choral version of Ola Gjeilo's solo piano track of the same name. Inspired by the tranquility of Norwegian nature, the work is a peaceful meditation on the wonder of the earth's changing...

This stunning work requires a mature SSAATTBB choir and a string soloist to fulfill the composer's intentions. Looking to write an a cappella work with a symphonic, abundant feel, the Latin text was s...

This moving, lush and symphonic work with piano and string quartet has a contrasting brighter, lighter feel than Dark Night of the Soul. Added contemporary text describes the divine spirit of all art....

Using the Latin Pulchra es amica mea text from Song of Solomon, this composition is a great selection for high school women's choruses and above. With music inspired by the aurora borealis atmospheric...

Based on a chorale motif from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass, the composer has developed the beautiful melody into a free-standing anthem. Optional String Quartet or Ensemble available. Duratio...

Lux Beata Trinitas and Iam Sol Recedit were written as a pair, but can be performed separately as individual works. Along with the musical flow between the two and the instrumentation, they are linked...

The sweeping melody line of this work blends smoothly with a sense of symphonic chorale. The Silvestri text begins with the last words in Gjeilo's 2011 Tundra, here painting a world of light. An excel...

As featured on the album Northern Lights (Chandos, 2012), a luminous work using the evocative sounds of voice, saxophone and piano.

Full Score and Instrumental Parts for The Rose.

Using the Latin Pulchra es amica mea text from Song of Solomon, this composition is a great selection for high school TTBB choruses and above. With music inspired by the aurora borealis atmospheric li...