Choral Sheet Music

Combining a number of early lullaby texts in one setting, Adam and the Mother is a haunting carol recalling the fall of Adam. It combines irregular melodic lines with lilting ostinato passages and wil...

This unaccompanied carol is scored for four equal parts and comprises a sequence of three rounds. Rhythmic and engaging, this carol demonstrates the distinctive clarity of Skempton's musical language....

I saw three ships is a lively setting of the traditional English text for unaccompanied mixed voices. A simple melody, swapped between the outer voices and answered by altos and tenors, gradually buil...

This gentle carol sets a well-known text, 'Balulalow', that paints an image of Mary singing a lullaby to Jesus. Bullard's gentle sways and lilting rhythms reflect the story, while soft dynamics and wa...

This anthem is a tender setting of a prayer by St Richard of Chichester. It features on The King's Singers' albums High Flight (SIGCD262) and Christmas Presence (SIGCD801).

Displaying Chydenius's unique style, I am the great sun is a driven and focused setting of Charles Causley's poem. This is textured choral writing: you'll find imitative passages, melodic and rhythmic...

Setting a text by Walter de la Mare, this tuneful, rhythmic choral work is infused with Scandinavian style. The poem is accompanied by extensive use of scat, giving a modern twist to the forlorn senti...

Setting an original Latin text by the Venerable Bede intertwined with an English translation, this piece is homophonic and by turns ecstatic and calmly contemplative. It is particularly suitable for A...

SSAATTBB unaccompanied This is a truly beautiful addition to the Christmas repertory, setting a specially commissioned poem by Charles Bennett. The flexible metre creates a sense of movement, while th...

SATB & piano Don Michael Dicie has created a straightforward, unflashy but beautiful arrangement of Lowry's famous 'How can I keep from singing?'. Dicie departs from his typical harmonic style of majo...

SSATB unaccompanied This is an innovative yet accessible setting of the well-known Vespers hymn. A meditative rendering of the familiar plainchant is nestled within a lyrical setting of a verse from J...

This serene and reflective setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells. With expansive harmonies and...

For SATB and organ or string orchestra This peaceful arrangement of James R. Murray's melody explores a different choral texture in each of its verses, from optional solo to SATB a cappella. The final...

This sophisticated, jubilant setting of a macaronic text by Kevin Crossley-Holland begins with an emphatic opening refrain before setting off on a sprightly dance through fluctuating 2/2 and 7/8 time...

For SATB and organ or chamber orchestra This is a rich and expressive setting of William Chatterton Dix's famous words. Opening with an elegant melody line for sopranos or tenors, it flowers into full...

SATB unaccompanied Let nothing trouble you is a striking and atmospheric setting of a prayer by the Spanish mystic, St Teresa of Ávila. This work is both comforting and meditative, reflecting the mood...

O Gracious Light is a tender and reflective work setting an English translation of a Greek third-century text. With rich, four-part harmonies and flowing melodic lines, this intimate work will be enjo...

This expressive Wedding anthem sets an extract from William Blake's Auguries of Innocence. With chromatic inflections and gently arching vocal lines, the music perfectly reflects the text's emphasis o...

This edition of the Salve Regina by Portuguese composer Diogo Dias Melgás (1638-1700) is the first published version of the work, which has previously only been available in a library edition. Suitabl...

This is an innovative and moving setting of Robert Herrick's popular Christmas text. The carol opens with an uplifting unison melody, and each verse introduces new vocal textures and increasingly expr...

SATB unaccompanied This is a tender setting of the popular Christmas text by the Wedderburn brothers. Stirring climaxes are contrasted with interweaving melodic lines and expressive soprano solos to c...

For SATB accompanied and unaccompanied. Drawing together two composers long associated with contemporary vocal music, Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars presents eight original and exciting pieces by Bob Chilc...

This anthology of eleven carols celebrates the festive music of John Gardner (1917-2011). It contains some of his most well-known settings alongside new repertoire, including a previously unpublished...

Here is the ring I have made for My Lady Poverty This reflective setting of an evocative text by Charles Bennett uses pastoral and romantic imagery to depict the beauty of a life free from the desire...

This tender arrangement of the well-loved Irish folk melody Londonderry Air sets an uplifting poem by Howard Walter: a stirring combination of music and text that was also used at the funeral of Diana...