Oxford University Press Sheet Music

for upper voices and piano. This strong and well-crafted composition is built on Shaker texts. All sections of the text are set to melodies of contrasting character. These are then combined at the end...

For SSA and piano or orchestra (Piano Solo, Timps, Perc, Str). Spells is a song cycle setting four magical poems by Kathleen Raine. Each song is an exquisitely crafted miniature which captures the moo...

For SSAA and piano or orchestra. Also in Carols for Choirs 4 Orchestral material is available on hire and on sale (Picc. 1. 0. 1-2. 0. 0. 0-Hp(Opt)-Str).

Philip Moore's arrangement of What child is this? sets the original Greensleeves melody over a supportive and expressive organ accompaniment. Moore's rich harmonic language drives the piece towards it...

Setting a text by Emily Patterson, this piece celebrates growth and marvels at the power of small things. Lilting choral parts make use of vocal slides and imitative motifs over an energetic piano acc...

An attractive setting of traditional words to a melody ascribed to the American hymnwriter Robert Lowry. Scott employs his considerable arranging skills to stylish effect by contrasting unison verse s...

This gentle carol, set to a beautiful text by Elizabeth Jennings, reflects upon the birth of Christ and the coming New Year. In a simple setting, Chilcott perfectly captures the warmth of the season,...

Through a compilation of texts, this life-affirming work explores our fractured relationship with the natural world and nature's capacity for renewal. Dudley has crafted a compelling dialogue between...

Wanderlust reflects on friendships and the desire to explore, both literally and figuratively. Ideal for children's choir, it features a memorable melody and nostalgic harmonies against the backdrop o...

This simple, well-crafted motet is bright, optimistic, and compelling. Skempton employs artful homophony and sensitive word-setting, and the repetitions of the opening refrain build towards an effecti...

This gentle carol, set to a beautiful text by Elizabeth Jennings, reflects upon the birth of Christ and the coming New Year. In a simple setting, Chilcott perfectly captures the warmth of the season,...

Orchestration: fl, 3hn, hp, str This gentle arrangement of Will L. Thompson's words and melody (1880) is ideal for upper-voice choirs of all levels of experience. The melody is sympathetically treated...

This gentle arrangement of Will L. Thompson's words and melody (1880) is ideal for upper-voice choirs of all levels of experience. The melody is sympathetically treated, with simple vocal harmonizatio...

With plenty of excitement and anticipation, this exuberant carol sets a medieval macronic text, featuring changing metres and a driving piano part. Also available in a version for solo high voice.

Vieux Noël pour les Tout-petits is a traditional song from the Rouergue region of Southern France, where the language is Occitan. It was collected by Léon Froment, a collector of popular songs at the...

An attractive setting of the seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert, with a gently syncopated accompaniment. The simple melody is coloured by subtle harmonic gestures mirroring the sentiments of t...

Set to the text of a 12th-century Sequence in honour of the martyr St Olav and characterized by a mellifluous plainchant-style melody, this glorious motet pulses with understated intensity. The openin...

Setting a text by Sister Polly M. Rupe, Gentle Words is a comforting reflection on the power of kindly spoken words, both for the giver and receiver. Built on a supportive keyboard part, the choral pa...

This Day unites five very different texts, both sacred and secular, in an exploration of man's relationship with the world and with God. A wonderfully evocative concert piece for upper-voice choirs of...

An attractive setting of the seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert, with a gently syncopated accompaniment. The simple melody is coloured by subtle harmonic gestures mirroring the sentiments of t...

This is a lyrical and compelling upper-voice setting of Joseph Mary Plunkett's 'White waves on the water'. Chilcott expertly employs the double SSA forces, resulting in a colourful array of textures a...

Written for the California Junior High All-State Honor Choir, this piece sets a motivational text by the composer on the theme of embracing new opportunities and, using the metaphor of a river, encour...

piano. TaReKiTa is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly fuses the Hindustani (North Indian) and Western classical music styles. The composer's scats are combined with a fast triple metre, voca...

A gentle lilting lullaby with a rippling accompaniment of South American flavour. This setting has strong rich harmonies, and a real sense of joy.