Church Music for Mixed Ensemble

James Whitbourn 's Agnus Dei From Missa Carolae. Missa Carolae was commissioned by Rochester Cathedral, the second oldest cathedral in England, to mark the 1400th anniversary of its foundation. It was...

Pawel Lukaszewski's Missa Brevis, composed for the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Warsaw on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Commissioned by the Pennsbury High School Concert Choir, James D. Moyer, director in celebration of the tenth annual Big Sing concert in Princeton University Chapel, April 25, 2018 and to mark the fif...

Commissioned by the Pennsbury High School Concert Choir, James D. Moyer, director in celebration of the tenth annual Big Sing concert in Princeton University Chapel, April 25, 2018 and to mark the fif...

Composed during the coronavirus lockdown of 2020 and scored for mezzo-soprano and pierrot ensemble, Prayer is a setting of Carol Ann Duffy's poem describing the unexpected resonance that can be sparke...

Experience a captivating musical interplay of brilliance and depth: "Fanfare, Aria and Choral" for melody instrument and organ blends festive grandeur with heartfelt expressiveness. The work creates a...

With the impressive "Missa pro patria", choirs discover a sublime and sonorous masterpiece of sacred music. The work stands out for its exceptional performance flexibility: it unfolds its radiant, fes...

In his Missa sacra, Op. 147, the Protestant Robert Schumann included the solo offertory hymn “Tota pulchra es, Maria”, entirely in the Romantic Catholic tradition of devotion to Mary. This wonderfully...

In the period around 1700, numerous settings of the Magnificat were performed in the main Leipzig churches. Works by composers such as J. Kuhnau and G. P. Telemann survive; however, the best-known exa...

Danish composer John Høybye enjoys great acclaim at home and abroad, not just for his music but also for his work as a (choral) conductor and arranger. Presenting a medium level of difficulty, Hope. E...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's best-known sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrumenta...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's best-known sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrumenta...

In his roles as Kapellmeister at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and in the royal chapel of Louis XV, André Campra composed numerous grand motets, which often show stylistic influences from contemporary...

Ultimately, he is a pupil for whom I need not feel embarrassed,' wrote J. S. Bach, summarizing the qualities of his son-in-law to be, J. C. Altnickol. Altnickol's two settings of the Sanctus, based on...

What does the early Bruckner sound like? The Magnificat in B flat major sheds an unexpected light on the young composer on the threshold of his great church works. The approximately 5-minute work in t...

The best-known requiem mass before Mozart's unfinished Requiem was written by the opera composer Niccolò Jommelli, who was celebrated in his day. The Missa pro defunctis was composed in 1756 during hi...

Tango Argentino meets Classic! The Argentine composer Martín Palmeri, whose Misatango is beloved by many choirs, has set Psalm 127 Nisi Dominus for solo soprano and mixed choir, accompanied by bandone...

Experience a magnificent masterpiece of the early Italian Baroque: Claudio Monteverdi's "Dixit Dominus Primo" SV 263 from the celebrated collection Selva morale et spirituale captivates with its power...

The impressive collection Selva morale et spirituale, first published in 1641, is a milestone in Monteverdi's oeuvre and reflects his almost 30 years of activity as a church musician in Venice. As in...

Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live' is one of the central biblical texts dealing with the transitoriness of human existence. Leopold Hofmann, Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathed...