Classical Sheet Music for Mixed Ensemble

Franz Schubert composed the Mass in G major (D 167) in March 1815. He had only made his first public appearance as a composer six months earlier with his first Mass in F major (D 105). Even though no...

Franz Schubert composed the Mass in G major (D 167) in March 1815. He had only made his first public appearance as a composer six months earlier with his first Mass in F major (D 105). Even though no...

> Urtext edition based on 'Georg Philipp Telemann, Musical Works' > Cantata for the first day of Whitsun > Ideal for church services and concerts > An attractive addition to the repertoire with a view...

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

The cantata 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' BWV 154 was first performed on 9 January 1724, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. The structure and extent of the work are unusual: it comprises eight, inste...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat BWV 243 was composed in its first form in E flat, right at the beginning of Bach’s period in Leipzig, possibly for the Visitation of Mary on July 2, 1723. Its perfor...

The office as a priest and the long years as musical director of the Ospedale della Pietà (a large orphonage in Venice) both occasioned and inspired him to compose church music in large variety. The M...

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, among other things in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this Vespers Psalm has some peculiarities: the...

The "Petite Messe solennelle" from 1863 is Rossini's second extensive sacred composition alongside the "Stabat Mater". The mass is an occasional work, written for the inauguration of the private chape...

The composer Joseph Martin Kraus was born in the same year as Mozart, and like Salzburg's famous son, he was highly gifted and died too young. But in recent years he has received more attention. And r...

This single edition for practical use is based on the scholarly complete edition, founded by Holger Eichhorn. While the scholarly edition uses the original clefs, the practical edition is edited in mo...

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) was the reputed father of the instrumental concerto; what is not widely known is that he also composed sacred vocal music. Discovered in 2001, when the Berlin Sing-Akademi...

The ten motets (Concerti sacri) for solo voice, violins and continuo making up his Op. 3 (1703) are among his most attractive compositions, standing on the borderline between seventeenth-century bel c...

Die „Passio per il Venerdi Santo“, eine Passionsvertonung zum Karfreitag auf den Text des Evangelisten Johannes, von Gaetano Veneziano (1656–1716) aus dem Jahr 1702 darf als ein zentrales Werk dieses...

Slightly kinked

Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcol...

Ireland's best-selling vocalist has been enchanting listeners with her distinctive blend of new age and Celtic sounds since her 1988 Watermark album. This eagerly anticipated album Amarantine, her fir...