Sacred Music

Rachmaninoff himself considered his Vespers, also known by the title All-Night Vigil, to be one of his best compositions. The work is based on centuries-old Orthodox chants with their strict liturgic...

Composer’s note O sacrum convivium was written in 2007 - it is one of my earliest choral compositions. Olivier Messiaen’s setting had a profound impact on me as a young chorister. As John Cooper, the...

The ancient and familiar carol O come, O come Emmanuel expresses the longing of the people of God to be freed from darkness by the coming of the promised Messiah. In Becky McGlade’s setting, that year...

This little anthem for unaccompanied chorus was written as a tribute to Alexander Goehr on his 50th birthday. It sets a poem by Robert Bridges putting words into the mouth of the blind John Milton, pu...

Zwei kraftvolle Ostergesänge des Dessauer Romantikers. Das 'Christ ist erstanden' basiert textlich auf einem spätmittelalterlichen Osterlied; das 'Halleluja' ist entnommen aus 1. Kor 15.55,56. Keine S...