Choral Sheet Music

This second book of anthems by Bob Chilcott assembles pieces in a wonderful range of styles and moods. The anthems have been carefully selected to be both approachable to a wide range of choirs and ap...

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...

Originally published in Sun, Moon, Sea, and Stars, this piece sets a poem by Sara Teasdale that likens a heart seeking its love to a swallow's cry. Chydenius's rich harmonies, syncopated melodies, and...

These Amens were written to fill a liturgical and musical gap in services where the prevailing style of the music is romantic. This is the first publication of the Amens in F and A, and the musical st...

This joyous, dance-like setting of Edward Lear's famous nonsense poem 'The Owl and the Pussy-cat' is taken from Rutter's Five Childhood Lyrics, a collection of unaccompanied pieces inspired by rhymes...

Setting a text spoken by Nurse Edith Cavell on the eve of her execution in 1915 and re-fashioned by the poet Sean Street, McDowall has created a work of haunting beauty. It is equally suitable for fun...

Thou, my love, art fair' was written for The King's Singers and first performed by the group on St Valentine's Day 2015. Setting the William Baldwin poem, Christ to his spouse, this delightful song ma...

Setting a well-known poem by Percy Shelley, Love's Philosophy is a sweet and tender choral song reflecting on the idea of love with reference to nature and the interdependent relationships evident in...

This monumental cantata for massed forces was commissioned by David Hill and The Bach Choir and premiered as part of the 2012 BBC Proms. Setting a specially commissioned text by Charles Bennett, Chilc...

For SSAATB unaccompanied.

John Rutter's sublime arrangement of the haunting Appalachian carol I wonder as I wander is lilting and evocative, setting the scene with an affecting opening verse for solo voice.

Following a collaboration with Katie Melua on her 2016 album 'In Winter', Bob Chilcott has made a choral arrangement of this traditional Ukrainian carol, first introduced to the English-speaking world...

This simple, well-crafted motet is bright, optimistic, and compelling. Skempton employs artful homophony and sensitive word-setting, and the repetitions of the opening refrain build towards an effecti...

Skempton's setting of the Preces and Responses is simple, well-crafted, and harmonically rewarding, and is perfect for choirs seeking new material for the liturgy.

In this lively 6/8 setting, Assersohn explores a macaronic 15th-century text ('A Patre Unigenitus/Through a maiden is come'), with its exclamations of 'Eya!' reinforcing festive celebration. Featuring...

A mystical, atmospheric Epiphany carol, The Wise Men and the Star sets a text by Lucia Quinault depicting the journey of the wise men. Tarney's appealing musical language creates a sense of expectancy...

This is an energetic setting of a text by Jennifer Thorp that celebrates and encourages festivities during Christmas time. With a fast tempo, Young's lively melodies are full of syncopated rhythms and...

The Parting Glass is a traditional Scottish song, often sung as a farewell at the end of a get-together. Sarah Quartel's arrangement features close harmonies, idiomatic Scotch snap rhythms, and effect...

This gently flowing, contemplative sacred choral work sets words from Isaiah 26 and Psalm 73, expressing gratitude for God's protection and guidance. McGlade includes a short passage which may be sung...

This solemn yet dramatic work sets a traditional Latin prayer lauding the Virgin Mary, with intense melodic lines that are at once steadfast and arresting, reflecting the mystery of the immaculate con...

Make we joy now in this fest is a lively and vibrant setting of a 15th-century macaronic text. An eminently memorable and energetic chorus frames expressive verses that vividly illuminate the medieval...

Kling no, klokka! is a traditional Norwegian carol, skilfully arranged here for mixed voices by Frank Havroy. The piece has a compelling folk feel, with glissando and chromatic passages contributing t...

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. This is a harmonically rich carol setting a late medieval English text, centred on the phrase verbum caro factum est. The piece opens with a solo soprano line...

For tenor and soprano solo and SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. French's quasi-lullaby setting of Thomas Hardy's The Oxen opens by alternating between a tutti refrain and solo verses, with an atmo...