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Wolfram Buchenberg structured his setting of the Veni creator Spiritus as an urgent and powerful invitation to the creative spirit. The frequent reprises of this line of text, like a motto, are contra...

Das 16-stimmige Tombeau de Josquin Desprez, dessen Text auf die Inschrift der Grabplatte in St. Gudula, Brüssel, zurückgeht, ist eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Polyphonie Josquins. In seinem Verlauf...

Dum medium silentium, which sets a text from the Book of Wisdom, celebrates stillness as a prerequisite for the birth of God's word both in the world and in the human soul. With its composed dissolvin...

Gloriosa dicta sunt is a sublime setting of the Communio for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8th. Composed for four-part mixed choir (SATB), this fest...

Immerse yourself in the deeply moving soundscape of the Passion season: "Tenebrae factae sunt" is a poignant responsory for the Matins of Good Friday. This masterpiece of sacred choral music captures...

Die reizvolle Motette für Chor a cappella beginnt mit einer ruhigen ostinaten Basslinie, zu welcher die anderen Stimmen nach und nach hinzutreten, bis das eingängige Thema erstmals im Alt, zusammen mi...

The 'Missa romana' is a mass setting in Latin. With a duration of c. 10 minutes, and a moderate level of difficulty, it is intended for performance in Catholic services. It combines jazzy chords and L...

Die Motette 'Bless the Lord, O My Soul' (2013) über Verse des 103. Psalms reizt die Möglichkeiten von Stimmkombinationen und daraus resultierenden Klangwirkungen in hohem Maße aus: Im Anruf 'O my soul...

Es mag vielleicht unbescheiden klingen, wenn man sagt, dass die schönsten Weihnachtslieder die polnischen seien. Wenngleich auch jede andere Nation dasselbe von ihren eigenen Weihnachtsliedern behaupt...

Die A-cappella-Motette 'Alleluja' (2018) ist ein 'Sehnsuchtsgesang', in dem existenzielle Not ebenso mitschwingt wie die Hoffnung auf eine innige Verbindung mit Gott. Bei dem klanglich zarten und moti...

The Japanese composer Ko Matsushita approaches choral music in numerous ways. He is busy as a conductor and artistic director of many choirs whose outstanding achievements have been consistently recog...

Manuel Grunden has created an impressive modern interpretation of the English Christmas carol Ding, dong merrily on high, which itself is based on a 16th century French dance tune. Piquant and well-co...

Over its long history, the Advent song Veni, veni, Emmanuel has been adapted time and again to create many different versions with their own unique melodies and textual variants. The melody from the G...

My composition came about at the suggestion of a choir very close to me and in response to the political crisis triggered by the war against Ukraine that began in 2022. The "Dona nobis pacem", with wh...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating choral world of Lithuania! "Ave Maria" incorporates the rich tradition of Lithuanian choral music into a contemporary composition and creates a unique soundscape. T...

Immerse yourself in the fascinating choral world of Lithuania! In her "Cantate Domino", composer Julija Ovseiciuk combines various compositional principles such as imitation and repetition. Individual...

Contemporary music that can be performed by any choir: discover the rich and fascinating choral world of Lithuania with this accessible work by Imantas Jonas Šimkus. The simple composition enchants wi...

Contemporary music that can be performed by any choir: discover the rich and fascinating choral world of Lithuania with this work by Donatas Zakaras. The short and almost entirely homophonic compositi...