David Bednall Sheet Music for Mixed Choir

Aspire to God, my soul sets a macaronic text by Canon John Dilnot. This anthem is optimistic and uplifting, with frequently changing time-signatures that convey a rhythmic fluidity and the flexibility...

This tender setting is a partner antiphon to Bednall's Ave Regina caelorum. In turn, this pair compliments Howells's setting of the other Marian antiphons (Salve Regina and Regina Caeli). Triplet move...

This high-energy, majestic setting of well-known words from the psalms is a welcome addition to the service repertory. The changing metre brings the text to the fore, and the semiquaver movement that...

A group of three miniatures for unaccompanied mixed voices, Some corner of a foreign field sets poems by three First World War soldiers: John William Streets, Goldfeld, and Rupert Brooke. Bednall's se...

This exquisite miniature combines old and new, with plainchant-like melodies and tonality set against expressively dissonant contemporary harmonies. It was recorded by The Epiphoni Consort on David Be...

This gentle, lilting anthem sets verses from the psalms that speak of devotion to and delight in the Lord. Bednall's sophisticated and appealing musical language gives colour and expression to the tex...

This partner antiphon to Bednall's Alma Redemptoris Mater is fast and joyful. This pair of antiphons compliments Howells's setting of the other Marian antiphons (Salve Regina and Regina Caeli). The ce...

A reflection on the plainchant 'Assumpta est Maria' (originally for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary), this setting tenders a festal feel through its dance-like metre and expansi...

This gentle anthem, written for the Choir of St Chad's College, Durham, sets a text that is adapted from several prayers of St Chad. Warm dynamic swells and rich harmonies emphasize the meaning of the...

This joyous introit sets words from Psalm 95 and features recitative-like melodies, striking harmonies, and fluctuating metre. The flexible scoring facilitates performance by SATB choir, unison voices...

This radiant anthem explores the theme of light, with luminescent harmonies and a virtuosic organ part. The text is by Dr Marcus Tomalin, after Dante's Paradiso, and Bednall's word painting is highly...

This radiant anthem explores the theme of light, with luminescent harmonies and a virtuosic organ part. The text is by Dr Marcus Tomalin, after Dante's Paradiso, and Bednall's word painting is highly...

This joyous introit sets words from Psalm 95 and features recitative-like melodies, striking harmonies, and fluctuating metre. The flexible scoring facilitates performance by SATB choir, unison voices...

This congregational mass setting is short and accessible, with a congregational part that may be intuitively learnt. The congregational part, which may be photocopied, is available at the back of the...

This congregational mass setting is short and accessible, with a congregational part that may be intuitively learnt. The congregational part, which may be photocopied, is available at the back of the...

George Herbert's popular poem, 'The Call', is set to music in this powerful and evocative anthem. Bednall uses subtle dynamic and rhythmic shifts to build towards a powerful climax in the third verse,...

George Herbert's popular poem, 'The Call', is set to music in this powerful and evocative anthem. Bednall uses subtle dynamic and rhythmic shifts to build towards a powerful climax in the third verse,...

A setting of the familiar psalm text with interpolations from nature writings by the American naturalist John Muir and by Patricia Hennings.

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Inspired by Geertgen's painting Nativity at Night, Candlelight Carol centres around the love of a mother on that first night in the stable. Presented here in German translation. The orchestral accompa...

Passion Music continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Todd's Mass in Blue. The structure highlights different points in the Passion story, including a new setting of '...

This atmospheric piece sets a text by Christina Rossetti. The first stanza is for sopranos only, with expressive chromatic lines evoking the 'darkness' and 'chillness' of the text. The music flowers i...

Also available from David Bednall: O Praise God in His Holiness SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) The Souls of the Righteous SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) If Ye Love Me SATB (Mixed Voices)

Also available from David Bednall: O Praise God in His Holiness (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) Hail Gladdening Light SATB Divisi (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) If Ye Love Me SATB (Mixed Voices)