Oxford University Press Sheet Music

Originally published in John Gardner Carols, this is an atmospheric setting of the well-known text, with gentle, rocking melodies, and beautifully ethereal harmonies. Also available as the second piec...

Anthem for SATB (with baritone soloist or semi-chorus) and organ or orchestra. Also in Anthems for Choirs 1.

Spirited and full of colour, this celebratory anthem is filled with clever interplay between the SATB soloists and the choir, with the weaving textures creating rich, powerful harmonies. Originally pu...

This joyful carol of celebration, with its uplifting 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' refrain, is presented here in German translation. The orchestral accompaniment is available on sale and on hire/rental.

Jackson makes use of chromatic moments and extended chords in his lilting arrangement of Love came down at Christmas. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6.

William Walton's vibrant cantata Belshazzar's Feast is arranged here by organist David Briggs and percussionist David Bending for voices, organ, and percussion. This version is compatible with the voc...

This energetic setting of a 14th-century Christmas gradual recalls the lively rhythms and open harmonies of medieval song. It can be sung in the original Latin or in English. A wonderful carol to be e...

Setting words by Chief Dan George, this optimistic work reminds us that there is still beauty to be found in times of trouble and that difficult days will not last forever. The balanced vocal lines wi...

SATB, flute, handbells, and organ

For SATB choir, brass, organ, and percussion or SATB choir, brass fanfare, and orchestra (with or without organ). The orchestral version may be combined with the brass version.

Light Eternal brings together the liturgical text for Remembrance, Lux Aeterna, and the evocative poetry of Denise Levertov. Commissioned as part of a trilogy, Light Eternal has a haunting and exotic...

Adapted from the edition in A Purcell Anthology, this anthem for The Ascension of the Lord bears all the hallmarks of Purcell's style. Features optional organ accompaniment and a contrasting middle se...

SATB, and organ, and any C instrument. Mack Wilberg's arrangement, with its warm accompaniment and beautiful counter-melody, offers comfort, assurance, and hope. It is suitable for performance at any...

This arrangement of Scarlatti's Sonata in E (K. 215), which was originally composed for keyboard, is restrained and melodic, as well as being stylish and approachable.

Setting a secular text by the sixteenth-century poet John Fletcher, this rich, sonorous piece bursts with invention and word-painting like a large-scale madrigal. The piece works equally well with or...

This concerto is an 18-minute single span of music, although it is broken down into three sections - fast, slow, faster. The musical language explores folk-derived materials and performing practices.

An easy rock and roll style setting for SATB or two-part upper voices and either piano, drums (optional) and double bass/bass guitar, or orchestra (2. 2. 2. 2-2. 2. 3. 1. 2Perc-Hp-Strings). Orchestral...

For SATB, flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano. One of the great American folksongs of loss and loneliness, in an arrangement of great richness, technically accessible to school and amateur choirs. The ins...

This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem...

This piece is demanding for both the singers and the accompaniment with much ornamentation in the vocal part. The work is slow in tempo and the text is by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

The piece consists of nine fully notated sections which surround eight sections of improvised music. Each of the improvised sections includes the reading of a poem which refers to the moon.

This brief piece for wind band was composed in 1939 to open a pageant at the Royal Albert Hall. Rousing fanfares enclose a stirring central passage in this simple yet highly effective piece.

For symphonic winds (Picc. 2. 2. 3. Bcl. Contra Bcl. 2-5Sax-4. 3. 3. 1-Euphonium-String Bass-Timps-3Perc), tuned water glasses, and amplified voice. The piece consists of nine fully notated sections w...