Choral Sheet Music

Written in 1978 for the choir of Clare College, Cambridge, this gentle, dreamy lullaby has gone on to become one of John Rutter's most popular carols. Full scores and instrumental parts (flute, oboe,...

For SATB and organ or piano. Shepherds, guarding your flocks is an expressive setting of a carol by Canon Matthew Woodward. Bullard skilfully conveys the text's wondrous and exultant narrative in a se...

For SATB with keyboard. Setting a 15th century text, this popular carol on the birth of Jesus is flowing and expressive. It has been recorded by the Cambridge Singers (directed by John Rutter) on the...

This collection features thirteen Christmas hymns and sacred carols in appealing arrangements by John Rutter. It may be performed as sequence (with or without readings and prayers), or the pieces may...

For SATB (with divisions) and piano. This charming French carol (with E.C. Nunn's English translation) tells of the milkmaids Jeanette and Isabella, who run to tell the shepherds to come and see the b...

For SATB (with divisions) and organ, with optional congregation. Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams' precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusale...

For SATB and piano or orchestra. With a simple, appealing melody and a flowing accompaniment, The Colors of Christmas evokes a touching sense of longing for the joys of Christmas. Also available in a...

For SATB and piano/orchestra.

This joyful setting of the much-loved Christmas hymn is extracted from the Christmas collection Joy to the World. Leaving the first five verses in their familiar form, Rutter adds a spectacular descan...

In keeping with its title, this Christmas carol is bursting with joyous energy. Scores and parts for the accompaniment are available on sale or on hire/rental from Oxford University Press. This carol...

We wish you a merry Christmas presents five secular carols and Christmas songs in distinctive mixed voice arrangements by John Rutter. Each of the pieces from this collection is available as an indivi...

'My Perfect Stranger' is a captivating setting of Kevin Crossley-Holland's retelling of the Christmas story. Soloists take on the roles of key players in the narrative in the central movement, with th...

In this highly original arrangement of the popular Christmas carol, dark and mysterious verses contrast with warm, joyful choruses. This setting can also be found in Rutter's Christmas collection Joy...

Adolphe Charles Adam's carol, based on Cappeau de Roquemaure's poem and then translated, is here arranged to enhance the appealing simplicity and dramatic swells of the original, drawing on Katie's gu...

Adolphe Charles Adam's carol, based on Cappeau de Roquemaure's poem and then translated, is here arranged to enhance the appealing simplicity and dramatic swells of the original, drawing on Katie's gu...

This gentle and lyrical setting complements the well-known 15th-century text: 'A babe is born all of a may, to bring salvation unto us'. The harp and percussion parts are published separately, and the...

This simple and attractive carol sets a little-known text by the Rev. Canon John Gray (1866-1934). With an accompaniment for either organ and piano and optional soprano solos, this piece is accessible...

Benjamin Harlan's spirited arrangement of the French carol Angels we have heard on high has an energetic drive, a sparkling piano part, and a joyful refrain. Its sprightly 7/8 metre brings a fresh tak...

Sarah Quartel brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text in this enchanting carol. The dialogue between Mary and the infant Jesus is woven to a beguiling folk-like melody, in 6/8 metre,...

On this Silent Night perfectly conveys the magic and excitement of winter, conjuring images of warmth by the fireside while the weather outside closes in and giving a subtle nod to Franz Gruber's Sile...

In this beautiful setting, Latvian composer Laura Jekabsone presents a modern, popular take on the familiar carol text by Henry John Gauntlett. The piece is led by two soloists (one upper voice, one l...

This gentle arrangement for a cappella choir of the well-known fifteenth-century carol conjures a restful but evocatively melancholy atmosphere. The texture is varied by the use of a soprano or barito...

This strikingly effective carol for alto solo and a cappella choir combines verse by Robert Louis Stevenson with an ancient Latin antiphon text in music of great spaciousness and lyricism. Offprinted...

For SATB and piano, with optional bass. In Little Jazz Carols Chilcott brings his choral jazz style to the Christmas season. The hymn-like opening movement, 'Blessed be that Mary', is followed by the...

In this macaronic carol, Arakelyan combines Latin and English texts and employs effective textural contrasts through unison, imitative, and polyphonic passages. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6. Fu...