Oxford University Press Sheet Music

Unison and SATB choirs, and piano/organ. This is an accessible piece that is both rich and moving. The unison line, which can be sung by a junior choir, has some short sections needing simple divisi.

A light arrangement in a 6/8 time signature of a traditional English Christmas Carol. Orchestral scores and parts are also available. Offprinted from the collection Eight Christmas Carol Set 2.

This anthem sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John, moving from an unsettled tonality at the beginning, through anguished false relations and wistful expressivity, to find triumphant r...

Music of Life is a vibrant setting of a poem by George Parsons Lathrop that describes how music underpins all earthly life. An active piano part provides an energetic undercurrent to compelling vocal...

Commissioned for the 2002 World Choral Symposium, May Sky is based on haiku written by Japanese and Japanese-American detainees in camps in the American West.

These beautiful motets provide inspiring new repertoire for choirs. Locus iste is rhythmic and uplifting; Ave Virgo sanctissima is a gentle setting of a Spanish antiphon, full of sumptuous harmonies;...

LM-7: Aquarius was the seventh lunar module that NASA sent into space, on teh Apollo 13 mission. The piece is in eleven continuous sections, the proportions of which are derived from the ten letters a...

This folksong was originally arranged for unison choir and piano accompaniment, and is great to feature in a general concert setting. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 2.

For mixed choir, two flutes, and harp or piano. A gentle arrangement of the well-known Irish tune and Henry Baker text in which solo lines and expressive harmonies combine to create a delicate and ver...

This engagingly written piece sets the Lamentations of Jeremiah. The overlapping passages of music passed between the soloists and the choir create a dramatic effect, whilst the harmonic language give...

A rumbustious setting of an anonymous medieval text, this carol celebrates Christ's birth in an indomitably joyful fashion and provides an ideal and uplifting finale for any carol concert.

This motet was first performed at the dedication of the Battle of Britain Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London, and has an accordingly sombre tone.

This richly expressive cantata sets five discrete texts, each reflecting a different aspect of Christmastide. The first movement sets a poem by Tennyson to an instantly memorable, eager melody. 'Good...

Commissioned by Sonoro for the second instalment of their Choral Inspirations project, McDowall has composed Crucifixus Re-imagined as a response to Lotti's Crucifixus from Credo in F.

From the collection Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs, this prayer for the feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is in the style of plainsong and features a flexible time signature.

Setting a text by Elizabeth Barratt Browning, this thoughtful and evocative piece compares a dying relationship with the changing of the seasons from summer to winter. Also available in versions for s...

Not no faceless Angel is a beautifully reflective work. Originally commissioned by Joy Hill and the RCM Junior Department, the work is a sensitive setting of words by Tanya Lake. The themes of loss an...

This is Chilcott's first setting of the Evening Service, written for the Choir of Downing College, Cambridge. The Magnificat is a powerful setting of the Canticle of Mary, with homophonic textures and...

Commissioned by the choir of Merton College, Oxford, In the beginning was the Word provides a welcome musical setting of this iconic biblical text. Suitable for use throughout the church year. 32 page...

The four motets in this set are adapted from Bob Chilcott's large-scale choral work, Salisbury Vespers, which was premiered in Salisbury Cathedral in May 2009. The motets can be performed as a set or...

This Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setting was written for the choirs of two churches in Brighton. It was conceived to be performed by amateur choirs, and achieves this level of accessibility whilst st...

This impressive anthem is the second of two in which Michael Berkeley sets texts by Rowan Williams. First the sun, then the shadow uses words from his poem Emmaus, written in 2008. It was commissioned...

McDowall's Candlemas is a celebratory and powerful piece. Making use of choral divisions and suspensions and a dynamic organ part, this setting of Denise Levertov's text (on the Presentation of Jesus...

The hymn Come, Holy Ghost lies at the heart of Celestial Fire. Here, McDowall has woven the exquisite poetry of Denise Levertov into this expressive and uplifting piece. At times quietly meditative, C...