Sacred Music

In these canticles written for the 1978 Southern Cathedrals Festival, Harvey follows in the tradition of Britten and Tippett in fusing ancient ritual with thoroughly modern means of expression. Choral...

Resurrection is based on simple vocal triads that perfectly suit a resonant building. It is ceremonial and repetitive in character, in short, sacred music rather than secular.

Commissioned by the University of Sussex to celebrate their Silver Jubilee in 1986, God is Our Refuge sets Psalm 46 and is one of Harvey's easier choral works offering all choirs an ideal introduction...

This celebratory anthem is a vivid setting of Psalm 148, full of rhythmic drive and exuberant choral writing. It well demonstrates Harvey's skill in using a contemporary idiom that nevertheless appeal...

This outstanding volume presents the finest of Bruckner's small-scale sacred choral works with instrumental accompaniment. All can be performed with organ (or piano) alone but are greatly enhanced by...

This collection draws together six of the great accompanied motets by W.A. Mozart, expertly edited by scholar Denis McCaldin. Originally written for choir and orchestra, these motets are here made ava...

A joyful, uplifting setting of Psalm 139. The organ part, with its sparkling use of high registers, subtly evokes the stars. This exquisitely complements the careful sculpted vocal lines.

The popular seasonal music of the English Georgian parish church - often caled gallery music - yielded a wonderfully rich harvest of hymns, carols and anthems. Drawn from a repertoire only recently re...

The Choral Programme Series is a well-established programming tool for many choirs as it offers a wealth of fresh material from many eras and in many styles. Also offering great value for money as eac...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...

Regina Coeli taken from Vladmir Godar's choral cycle Mater and arranged for accompanied SATB chorus. Godar's large and varied output includes an oratorio, works for orchestra, chorus, numerous chamber...

Andrew Keeling was the winner of the 2002 Temple Church Prize for his Composition, Ave verum corpus for SATB choir and organ. It is a 14th-century Eucharistic hymn given 21st-century treatment, creati...

Howard Goodall is one of British TV's finest musical assets. This is an arrangement of Psalm 23 (the theme-tune from the award-winning BBC TV series 'The Vicar of Dibley') and 'Theme-Academy' - a show...

The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...

This collection of Music for Special Occasions brings together ten sacred choral works to enhance any occasion whether joyful, reflective or commemorative. Some best-loved pieces as well as new compos...

Composer's note: John Henry Newman's moving and profound sacred poem Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom has cast a spell on me ever since I was a boy chorister in Oxford (UK) in the 1960s,...

Commissioned for the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, this superb festive choral work brings together the traditional French melody of Veni, veni Emmanuel with the Advent Antiphon O Oriens . The relative...

It is a particularly effective anthem for Remembrance and Advent, but also for more general use throughout the liturgical year.

Anderson's Bell Mass , for double SATB choir, was written for performance at Westminster Abbey and commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey, as part of the 450th anniversary of the Ab...

St John's College Service (SATB) with organ accompaniment was commissioned by St John's College, Cambridge and was first performed by the Choir of St John's College in May 2012. This is energetic, exc...

Anthony Pitts' XL is a setting of Psalm 40 for 40 singers.(8 x SATBarB), which he describes as a companion piece for Tallis's masterpiece Spem in alium. This piece is from the Faber New Choral Works...

All the good you can is Howard Goodall's uplifting anthem, setting words by Charles Wesley. The music is both celebratory and reflective, ideal for church services and concerts alike. Written for SATB...

The Spring of the Water of Life is Howard Goodall's jubilant anthem for SATB voices and organ. The music sets the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and George Herbert (God's Grandeur and The Flower resp...

Commissioned by King's School, Bruton, to mark the school's 500th anniversary, King of glory, King of peace is Alexander L'Estrange's triumphant setting of the George Herbert poem (for SATB and organ)...

Composed for Wheaton College, Morten Lauridsen’s Ave Verum Corpus is written for choir and string orchestra (or organ) with finger cymbals. The traditional Latin text is expressed with intricate melod...