Hymns for Mixed Choir

John Rutter's much-loved setting of the Aaronic Blessing (Numbers 6: 24) is here included in the John Rutter Anniversary Edition, with an illuminating composer's note and useful performance hints.

This hymn arrangement is triumphant and rousing, with a strong melody and fanfare-like accompaniment. Wilberg expertly treats the music to a variety of textures and scorings, culminating in a rousing...

> BA 5038-90 replaces the previous vocal score but retains its longstanding article number. > The pagination has been adopted from the previous edition. This means that you can rehearse and perform th...

Kim André Arnesen’s Stabat Mater breathes new life into the 13th-century Latin hymn, which portrays the Virgin Mary’s suffering at the crucifixion of her son, Jesus Christ. Amongst the traditional sta...

This anthem was commissioned by Anna Lapwood for the Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, during her tenure as Director of Music, to mark the 40th anniversary of women being admitted to study at the...

The choral work "Nunc Dimittis" by Paul Smith is a subtle contemporary setting of the biblical Canticle of Simeon. Smith, known as co-founder of the world-renowned vocal ensemble VOCES8, uses his deep...

Orchestration: 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bsn, 2 hn, glock, hp, strings In this classic Rutter anthem the flowing choral melodies perfectly complement the positive message of the well-known thanksgiving text by...

This work had a long gestation as Britten had problems finding a suitable text. Auden was eventually asked and produced the poem in 1940. Britten's setting was immediately recognised as a major additi...

The "Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence" by Francis Poulenc are among the most impressive works of sacred choral music of the 20th century. In this cycle, composed between 1938 and 1939, Poulenc...

Uses: General, Youth Choir, Praise Team Scripture: Galatians 2:20; I John 4:13-16 Your congregation will love this praise anthem that revisits a modern hymn classic and presents it for a new generatio...

John Rutter's original setting of this popular Easter hymn is resplendent and celebratory, with frequent metre changes that give a fresh feel to these historic words.

Words from Psalm 100. Orchestral material is available on hire

In recent years Karl Jenkins has become one of the world's most sought-after living composers. He continues to conduct his epic 'Adiemus' live concerts with renowned orchestras such as the London Phil...

'This is the best of me', wrote Edward Elgar after the final measure of his Dream of Gerontius. Premiered in 1900, in Great Britain the work has long been a standard work in the repertoire of large or...

Stopford's Ave Verum is scored for SATB divisi a cappella, but is simple and effective. With sustained and powerfully intense harmony, this motet is beautifully crafted and measured. Duration: ca. 3:3...

These four motets were composed in the fall of 1921 while Copland was studying with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. The four motets have remained unpublished until now. Writing to Copland about them in 1924...

An a cappella setting for SATB of Gabriel Fauré's famous Pie Jesu, taken from his Requiem. In Barnaby Smith's arrangement the famous melody is framed at the start and end by atmospheric plainsong. As...

From the suite O, Mistress mine. Arrangement for mixed chorus a cappella.

The urgent joy of the driving 6/8 meter is reminiscent of a celtic folk dance and the idiomatic orchestration adds to the folk flavor in this unique Advent offering. Prepare the way for the Lord this...

Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Mixed choir-SATB, trumpet (2), clarino trumpet (2), timpani, strings, organ - piano reduction

It is regarded by many as his masterpiece in the non-operatic sphere: Britten's War Requiem, premiered in 1962 to celebrate the opening of the new cathedral at Coventry, built to replace the one destr...

Die Uraufführung von Anton Bruckners Te Deum fand zuerst in einer Bearbeitung mit zwei Klavieren anstatt des Orchesters statt, da es laut Joseph Hellmesberger zu lang war, aber der Erfolg dieses Konze...

Ēriks Ešenvalds' composition for mixed choir and water-tuned glasses. It was originally commissioned by the Salt Lake Vocal Artists / Salt Lake Choral Artists and Brady Allred in 2011. In English, set...

SATB or unison (with optional second part) voices with piano or orchestra The beautiful melody, popular words, and flowing accompaniment combine here to memorable effect. Vintage Rutter, and essential...

Latvian composer Ugis Praulins' striking setting of the Mass has attracted considerable attention following a recording by The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, under Stephen Layton. (Baltic Exchan...