Sacred Music

This work is dedicated to the memory of the legendary choral director Paul Salamunovich and his favorite musical genre of Gregorian chant. The composer has written an original chant in the Gregorian s...

This haunting, introspective plea for relief begins as a near-whisper and rises to an intense clangor. Through the mantra-like repetition and gradual transformation of the words from this timeless Psa...

This is an a cappella setting of Psalm 23, set in Hebrew. Composer Judith Shatin wrote this piece in 1995 and dedicated it to the memory of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Augusta Read Thomas' Psalm 91: Verse 11 for Boys and Men's Chorus or SATB Chorus, a cappella.

Introducing Four Shape Note singing to your young singers, this arrangement from the Sacred Harp is full of energy. Young singers will relate to positive message and they will be surprised that 19th c...

Introducing Four Shape Note singing to your young singers, this arrangement from the Sacred Harp is full of energy. Young singers will relate to positive message and they will be surprised that 19th c...

Blending scholarship and practicality, this performing edition of a Palestrina masterpiece can be performed a cappella. Or, employing the optional instrumental parts for strings in C, Alto and bass cl...

Blending scholarship and practicality, this performing edition of a Palestrina masterpiece can be performed a cappella. Or, employing the optional instrumental parts for strings in C, Alto and bass cl...

Commissioned by a consortium of choruses including Chanticleer, The Dale Warland Singers, and The Phoenix Bach Choir, this beautiful a cappella setting of Psalm 86 is a delicate powerhouse. In the tex...

Commissioned by a consortium of choruses including Chanticleer, The Dale Warland Singers, and The Phoenix Bach Choir, this beautiful a cappella setting of Psalm 86 is a delicate powerhouse. In the tex...

Written as a companion piece to the 40 voice Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis Spem in Alium, this music is spatial and conceived with reverberant acoustics in mind. Each of the 3 choirs is made up o...

This important Requiem demonstrates Gabriel Jackson's gift for writing mesmerising choral music on a large scale. Combining sections of the traditional Requiem text with poems from other cultures and...

This anthem is a tender setting of a prayer by St Richard of Chichester. It features on The King's Singers' albums High Flight (SIGCD262) and Christmas Presence (SIGCD801).

Oxford Choral Classics: English Church Music assembles in two volumes around 100 of the finest examples of English sacred choral music. The second volume presents a wealth of service material suitable...

Displaying Chydenius's unique style, I am the great sun is a driven and focused setting of Charles Causley's poem. This is textured choral writing: you'll find imitative passages, melodic and rhythmic...

Setting an original Latin text by the Venerable Bede intertwined with an English translation, this piece is homophonic and by turns ecstatic and calmly contemplative. It is particularly suitable for A...

SATB & piano Don Michael Dicie has created a straightforward, unflashy but beautiful arrangement of Lowry's famous 'How can I keep from singing?'. Dicie departs from his typical harmonic style of majo...

SSATB unaccompanied This is an innovative yet accessible setting of the well-known Vespers hymn. A meditative rendering of the familiar plainchant is nestled within a lyrical setting of a verse from J...

As Joseph was a-walking is a beautifully serene and atmospheric setting of traditional words on the prophecy of Christ's birth as told to Joseph by an angel. With rich harmonies, striking chromatic mo...

This serene and reflective setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells. With expansive harmonies and...

This sophisticated, jubilant setting of a macaronic text by Kevin Crossley-Holland begins with an emphatic opening refrain before setting off on a sprightly dance through fluctuating 2/2 and 7/8 time...

SATB unaccompanied Let nothing trouble you is a striking and atmospheric setting of a prayer by the Spanish mystic, St Teresa of Ávila. This work is both comforting and meditative, reflecting the mood...

O Gracious Light is a tender and reflective work setting an English translation of a Greek third-century text. With rich, four-part harmonies and flowing melodic lines, this intimate work will be enjo...

This edition of the Salve Regina by Portuguese composer Diogo Dias Melgás (1638-1700) is the first published version of the work, which has previously only been available in a library edition. Suitabl...

This beautiful anthem was a winner of the London A Cappella Festival Composition Competition 2012. A sensitive setting of a text by Thomas Campion, it features word-painting, a rich use of harmony, fl...