Hymns for Choir

Lasso, Orlando di (1532 - 1594)

Telling the Hanukkah story, this piece is written in a fun, rhythmic style typical of Jewish music; contrapuntal and harmonic sections contrast nicely. Four-part (equal), accompanied Grade 3, Mileston...

Optional Accompaniment - Parts for Brass Quartet and Timpani, plus Full Score.

Für 2-3glStimmen o. 3-4gemStimmen. EG 106

Für 2-3glStimmen o. 3-4gemStimmen. EG 83

Herausgeber: Wolters, Gottfried

'Antiphon for the Angels' was written in response to a commission from VOCES8 and Rachel Podger for their new concert programme, 'A Guardian Angel'. The work merges texts by Hildegard von Bingen (in L...

God be in my head is the prayer that composer James Gossler has set to music. The beseeching lyrics call for unpretentious vocal lines and soothing cadences and Gossler delivers beautifully. This mode...

The words of Justin Gung express God's love and power in assuring tenderness. Michael Graham's musical setting maintains the gentleness while enhancing a profound beauty as well. Soft expressions of p...

Here is a beautiful setting of the classic text from Richard Burchard. Opening with just the chant line the piece soon broadens like a stream into a river of sound. Richard's signature progressions, r...

Memley has set this thoughtful 19th century Barnes' poem in a contemporary madrigal style. Pensive moments cadence on stunning chords, gentle dissonances provoke the listener's ears, woven together in...

High school choral director, Jonathan Adams, has composed a number of beautiful a cappella pieces. This setting of Ecclesiastes 3:11 contains those yummy suspensions and cadences that choirs yearn for...

In only a few short years Richard Burchard has become recognized as one of the new, great choral composers in America. His sonorities are often thick but always rich and satisfying. His melodies are m...

Sing a new song is the translation of this song's Latin text and appropriate in this minimalistic setting. The short motives pulsate with energy, building in dynamic chord clusters and vibrancy. A gre...

This fabulous Christmas piece rings with energy and joy. Ripe with antiphonal qualities, the piece opens with a brief fanfare and proceeds to celebrate the season. A wonderful holiday concert opener f...

A setting from the Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon), Kumi Lach is a challenging piece from several perspectives. The piece is contrapuntal so the individual parts will offer your choir a unique chal...

Premiered at the NCCO conference in 2012, this beautiful meditative piece was commissioned by John Byun and is part of his new choral series. Rich in tone color with thick harmonic writing the text ca...

Jonathan Talberg's choral series has produced a library of excellence for the advanced a cappella choir, and this latest entry is a beauty. Richard Burchard tends to write in a density that is thick a...

This sacred text focuses on the crucifixion, but this is a concert work, displaying a treatment of ancient liturgy with beauty and emotion. Good high school and college male voice choirs.