Choral Music of Our Time

These Madrigals were written especially for the Hilliard Ensemble with who Gavin Bryars has worked for many years. The texts are by the poet and writer Blake Morrison.

Commissioned by the York Early Music Foundation for the Orlando Consort, Super Flumina focuses on a legend associated with St Mary's Abbey in York where in 1377 fisherman brought the lifeless body of...

My collection of laude has its origins in the world of early music, being based in spirit and feeling on the unaccompanied vocal 'laude' found in a collection from 13th century Cortona. The people who...

The works in these three volumes for eight-part male choir are settings of sonnets by late Scottish Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). An admirer of Morgan's virtuosic poetry, Bryars wrote Silva...

The works in these three volumes for eight-part male choir are settings of sonnets by late Scottish Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). An admirer of Morgan's virtuosic poetry, Bryars wrote Silva...

The works in these three volumes for eight-part male choir are settings of sonnets by late Scottish Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). An admirer of Morgan's virtuosic poetry, Bryars wrote Silva...

Chorpartitur

Chorpartitur

Like many Englishmen I had sung madrigals for pleasure - usually late at night with friends, after several glasses of wine. While these madrigals have their charm, and many are extremely beautiful, I...

Written to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, this short choral work is suitable for professional, amateur and church choruses. The use of biblical texts (Isaiah) gives this piece a...

'Broken Psalm' was commissioned by Cambridge University to celebrate their 800th anniversary and first performed by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College in 2009. Goehr, who was Professor of music at...

The choice of 16th century texts, by Bronzino and Battiferri, reflects the interests of the dedicatee of these sonnets - Craig Hugh Smyth, a fine art historian and former director of the Villa I Tatti...

This pair of English psalm settings for mixed choir is the newest addition to Watkins' growing collection of vocal music. Each under 5 minutes, they are fitting both for liturgical use and concert per...

This pair of English psalm settings for mixed choir is the newest addition to Watkins' growing collection of vocal music. Each under 5 minutes, they are fitting both for liturgical use and concert per...

This Easter anthem by British composer John Casken is an expert example of contemporary choral writing and would be ideal for amateur choirs looking for exciting new repertoire.

Chorpartitur mit untergelegtem Klavierauszug

This arrangement of Dido's Lament was written for the funeral of the composer's friend Frank Campbell. As Frank was such an accomplished pianist, no keyboard music was included in the service in defer...

1. Stampa ciel (ATTB) - 2. Avventurose genti (ATTBarB) - 3. Misera giovinetta (ATTBar) - 4. Su L'orride paludi (ATTBarB)

Skywalk - an astronaut describes his feelings as he walks in space and looks at his planet, Earth, in all its beauty. Steve Martland sets the text to music that is weightless, luminous, incantatory.