Choral Music of Our Time

Commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, this a cappella choral showpiece sets poems about the sea by Katrina Porteous.Voices gently rock and then tumble violently, mimicking the re...

Text by George Mackay Brown and from The St Magnus Prayer.

Setting texts by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, this is Zoë Martlew's first vocal work published by Schott. Beauty, space and control feature strongly in this work for 6 female voices that would be...

The text of Karakia is a traditional Maori prayer, a homage to the elements and rhythms of nature. Every pitch in the piece is derived from the name of the composer's mother, who was born in New Zeala...

Gerald Barry's The coming of winter is a setting of an Irish poem dating from the 9th or 10th century, and was commissioned for the 34th Seminar on Contemporary Choral Music at University College, Cor...

Charm me Asleep is a gentle, lilting piece with a beautiful melody and homophonic texture. This is one of a pair of works, along with Slow, Slow, Fresh Fount, written by Watkins for the Cardiff Polyph...

A beautiful work of contemporary polyphony in which shifting textures create momentary dissonance. An alluring melody passes between the voice parts.This work can be performed alone or as a pair with...

A setting of a text by William Blake from his collection of poems Songs of Innocence and Experience for SATB choir, harp and strings. The poem is a lullaby in which a mother hopes her sleeping baby's...

One of Gavin Bryars' early major choral works, On Photography uses texts by Pope Leo XIII combining a modern subject matter (photography) and archaic language (Latin) with music of timeless beauty. Th...

Bryars' Two Love Songs are stunning works for vocal trio or three-part female choir. Setting two of Petrarca's lyric poems of profound and idealised love, the words and music complement each other in...

Set to words by Sara Teasdale, this gentle Christmas carol follows kings, shepherds, wise men, and angels as they bring gifts to the newborn child. Dominique Le Gendre’s warm harmonies and lyrical wri...

Set to words by Sara Teasdale, this gentle Christmas carol follows kings, shepherds, wise men, and angels as they bring gifts to the newborn child. Dominique Le Gendre’s warm harmonies and lyrical wri...

Settings of medieval texts that feature singable and accessible straight-lined vocal movements suitable for both smaller and larger SATB choirs.

Settings of medieval texts that feature singable and accessible straight-lined vocal movements suitable for both smaller and larger SATB choirs.

John Casken, who celebrates his 60th birthday in 2009, set Christina Rossetti's In the bleak mid-winter - a poem popularised by Gustav Holts' setting of the same name - for Alwinton and Holystone Chur...

John Casken, who celebrates his 60th birthday in 2009, set Christina Rossetti's In the bleak mid-winter - a poem popularised by Gustav Holts' setting of the same name - for Alwinton and Holystone Chur...

Lust am Singen – Das Buch für alle, die ihre Stimme entdecken, entfalten und genießen wollen Warum gibt es eine Fülle an Ratgebern für Chorleiter – aber so wenig für die eigentlichen Klangschaffenden...

Text from the well-known Christmas song is merged with a tune from Barry's own 4th String Quartet in this unconventional carol. With Barry's characteristic rich and unexpected harmonies, O Tannenbaum...

Text from the well-known Christmas song is merged with a tune from Barry's own 4th String Quartet in this unconventional carol. With Barry's characteristic rich and unexpected harmonies, O Tannenbaum...