Chester Music

The Phoenix Mass was conceived in 1965, although the Sanctus and Angus Dei were not written down until 1969. As its name implies, it marks a resurgence of creative activity after a fallow period. In t...

The vocal score of Henze's 2010 setting of Franz Werfel's surrealist verse drama Opfergang ('Sacrifice')

This setting of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis was written by the composer with support from the 2021 Visiting Research Fellowship in the Creative Arts at Merton College, Oxford. Duration: 5 ½ minut...

Marienhymne is a piece on a smaller scale than Tavener's dramatic cantatas, and is written for unaccompanied choir and semiChorus. Tavener was drawn to writer and philosopher Frithjof Schuon's vision...

For SATB Chorus and Trombone. Commissioned to celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the Unversity of Cambridge, and first performed on St Cecilia's Day 2009 by The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, with...

Optional Piccolo (or Fife) part for James Whitbourn's Missa Carolae.

A work dating from 2003 by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Following on from her hugely popular Heyr þú oss himnum á, this work also sets text from an old Icelandic psalm by Olafur á Söndum (...

Talbot's works have been praised for their innovative approach and emotional depth. His unique blend of tradition and experimentation has helped to push the boundaries of the choral genre. Wells Cathe...

A three-minute anthem commissioned for Gonville and Caius Chapel Choir by The Peter Tranchell Foundation to mark the centenary of his birth (in 1922).

The Leopold Serenata is taken from the Secular Cantata written in commemoration of the birthday of Leopold, Duke of Anhalt-Côthen. This serenata is one of the most charming pieces of chamber music wr...

This overture is the opening of the 146th Church Cantata. It is scored for full string orchestra with organ obbligato and is the original form of the first movement of the later and better known Piano...

Extracted from the Final Chorus of Bach's Cantata No. 22. The Chorale is a folk-tune of the 15th Century. The words are by Elizabeth Creutziger (1524). 'Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig ist des mensc...

Adapted by Walter Rummel from J. S. Bach's original. 'Liebster Jesu wir sind hier.'

Adapted by Walter Rummel from J. S. Bach's original. 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan.'

Adapted by Walter Rummel from J. S. Bach's original. 'Stürze zu boden.'

Adapted by Walter Rummel from J. S. Bach's original. 'Dich hab' ich je und je geliebt.'