Sacred Music

A powerful concert work featuring a strong piano accompaniment and driving, repetitive rhythms. Features an 'echo' section, and a closing soprano/tenor descant. Uncomplicated voice-writing with much r...

Considered to be one of the most important choral works of our time, each of five individual movements is beautifully set with strength and dignity. The Latin texts from the Mass Ordinary provide a ve...

Cantata for the Feast of the Visitation, after the Urtext of the New Bach Edition. Soprano solo, Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir, Oboe (2), Oboe d'amore, Oboe-dacc (2), Bassoon, Trumpet,...

George Frideric Handel's anthem "As Pants The Hart / So wie der Hirsch nach Wasser schreit" (HWV 251e) is a deeply moving sacred masterpiece of Baroque choral music, set to the comforting text of Psal...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 is widely regarded as one of the most sublime masterpieces in the entire history of music. This high-quality vocal score from the renowned Bärenreiter V...

The edition of the Mass in B minor as part of the New Bach Edition was and is the standard for generations of musicians. The first volume of the revised new edition now presented by Uwe Wolf offers mu...

Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Op. 48 is among the most moving and beloved choral masterpieces in music history. With its uniquely gentle and comforting musical language, it offers a vision of eternity fill...

Benjamin Britten’s captivating cantata 'Saint Nicolas, Op. 42' stands as one of the most powerful and moving choral-orchestral masterpieces of the 20th century. With dramatic brilliance and deeply tou...

Written for the 2025 BBC Radio 3 Epiphany Carol Service, broadcast from Pembroke College, Cambridge, Arise, shine sets the first three verses of Isaiah 60: 'Arise, shine, for your light has come, and...

A setting of one of the seven O Antiphons, O Adonai, is built upon an ostinato figure on a single note which starts and ends the composition, initially using the words of the title. Acting as a drone...

Will Todd's setting of the Christmas Latin text, O magnum mysterium (O great mystery), was commissioned in 2023 for Unionville High School Chorale and Brandywine Valley Chorale and their conductor Jas...

1945 komponiert, entstand die Missa Brevis zu einer Zeit, als Europa in Schutt und Asche lag. So ist diese Messe auch ein einziger Ruf nach Frieden. Musikalisch bezieht sich das Werk auf die Geschicht...

With the evocative 'Cantata Misericordium op. 69', choirs and ensembles will discover a profoundly moving masterpiece filled with emotional depth and spiritual expressiveness. The work combines compel...

Joseph Haydn's "Missa Brevis in B-flat major" (Hob. XXII:7), widely known and cherished as the "Little Organ Solo Mass" (Missa Sancti Johannis de Deo), is among the most charming and popular mass sett...

Nearly thirty works – including motets, masses, cantatas, and other sacred compositions – attest to the central role of religiously inspired music in Nino Rota’s (1911–1979) vocal, choral, and symphon...

Veni, Sancte Spiritus, published by BriLee Music, is an expressive and beautifully evocative choral work that touches both singers and audiences alike. Scored for three-part mixed choir (SAB) and pian...

With "Eternal Rest", Chester Music presents a deeply moving choral work for mixed choir (SATB) and organ that captivates with its sublime simplicity and emotional resonance. The piece was composed for...

The choice of the Psalms was determined by the traditional liturgical use in the synagogue. Thanks to their German language texts, these easily singable settings can also be performed by all church ch...

Seit dem Erscheinen des überaus erfolgreichen ersten Freiburger Chorbuchs im Jahr 1994 hat sich die Chorszene verändert. Sie ist musikalisch internationaler, sozusagen vielfarbiger geworden. Tradition...

The story of the Requiem's creation is shrouded in anecdotes and legends. Overwork from composing and performing La Clemenza di Tito and The Magic Flute as well as an acute infection led to the compos...

Experience the uplifting and deeply moving sacred masterpiece "Missa Katharina", a work that truly inspires both choirs and audiences alike. Published by De Haske Publications, this practical choral s...

Experience the radiant splendor and profound spiritual depth of Johann Sebastian Bach's festive cantata for Reformation Day: "Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild" (BWV 79). This masterpiece of Baroque...

Experience the timeless brilliance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred choral music with the cantata “Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält” BWV 178. Composed for the 8th Sunday after Trinity, this powe...

Experience Baroque splendor and exhilarating festivity: Johann Sebastian Bach's secular cantata "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!" (BWV 214) is one of the most radiant works in Baroque choral...

Immerse yourself in the luminous sound world of Franz Schubert's famous Mass in G major (D 167) – one of the most beloved and moving masterpieces of sacred choral music. This new edition from the reno...