Intermediate Sheet Music for Mixed Choir

Gothic horror in music: This chamber choir miniature in 3/4 time, as entertaining as it is creepy, pays homage to Alban Berg's Wozzeck, which is directly quoted with the line 'Ein schöner Mord, ein gu...

In Silvestrovs kurzem Chorsatz erklingt nur ein Teil der von Beethoven verwendeten Zeilen aus Schillers 'Ode an die Freude' - die Strophe 'Freude schöner Götterfunken' und 'Seid umschlungen, Millionen...

'Veni, creator spiritus', 'Lacrimosa', 'Alleluja' - diese drei geistlichen Lieder von Valentin Silvestrov bergen zumindest sprachlich keine Probleme, dennoch stellen sie höchste Ansprüche an den bis z...

The Four Psalms (2024) – commissioned by the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco – are dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover. This cycle expresses Silvestrov's very personal, spir...

A powerful setting for 8-part choir of three of the Good Friday responses at matins: 'Tenebrae factae sunt', 'Tradiderunt me' and 'Iesum tradidit impius'. Commissioned by Cappella Nova (director: Alan...

Latin setting commissioned by St Patrick's Church, Soho, London, to commemorate its major refurbishment and reopening on the Feast of the Visitation in May 2011. Elaborate, predominantly homophonic, c...

A significant addition to the composer's repertory of Latin motets, this is a setting of an antiphon on the Feast of the Seven Dolours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was commissioned in 2012 by Sacred...

Commissioned by the Vasari Singers to celebrate their 25th anniversary, this anthem sets a text by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, a translation of an 18th-century Welsh poem by Ann Gr...

Written for the wedding of a friend of the composer, this atmospheric work breathes new life into the text from 1 Corinthians 13, often read at weddings and civic ceremonies, describing the many facet...

A collection of three choral songs setting the words of three First World War poets, commissioned in 2014 by the choir Sospiri to mark the centenary of the start of the war. The songs are charged with...

This piece for unaccompanied mixed choir (with frequent voice divisions) was commissioned by Ralph Allwood for the 1987 broadcast of the Eton Choral Course on Radio 3. The inimitable poem by Phineas F...

Predating the well-known Bethlehem Down by just a few years, As dew in Aprylle is one of several choral works by Warlock to draw on texts from the 15th century Sloane Manuscript, yet musically this wo...

A powerful setting for 8-part choir of three of the Good Friday responses at matins: 'Tenebrae factae sunt', 'Tradiderunt me' and 'Iesum tradidit impius'. Commissioned by Cappella Nova (director: Alan...

The Spanish composer Rafael Sánchez Mombiedro set the well-established text 'O Magnum Mysterium' on the Coming of God to music in a new and inspiring way. He plays with dynamics and strange harmonies,...

A modern interpretation and setting of the Christmas text about the Immaculate Conception by the award winning American composer Matthew Brown, who has had his choral works premiered all over the US.

A demanding large-scale work for 16-part mixed a-cappella choir. Spherical sounds and changing harmonies are in contrast to expressive interjections. First prize at the International Composition Compe...

A work that will move both the performer and the listeners, the text explores the extreme conditions of the Holocaust and the impact on its victims, for advanced choirs.

A sonnet that contemplates a solitary figure standing between darkness and light. The poem’s imagery—marble stillness, Cleopatra’s defiant resolve, and a beacon shining through storm—suggests a quiet...

'Unter dem Mond' - der Text von A. E. Stallings beschreibt, was alles im silbernen Mondlicht passieren kann. Silberne Höhenflüge des Soprans beleuchten den schattigen, dunklen Gesamteindruck. Eine ang...

A Latvian folksong proclaiming 'Sing, daughters!' is arranged with excitement and rhythm by Latvian composer Laura Jekabsone. Originally performed by SSSAAA singers, but scored here for SSAATB voices.

Rob Dietz's setting of this traditional hymn alternates a festive and serious tone, meant to evoke both the joy and the urgency of the text that invites peace. Choirs should approach the performance o...

Jubilate Deo is set with a rhythmically vibrant and harmonically rich musical language. It features shifting meters, syncopated rhythmic figures, and bright choral textures. A vibrant and exuberant af...

Jazzy, groovy arrangement of the Christmas classic from Austria for five mixed voices a cappella (S.S.A.T.B) with German and English lyrics. You can download the sheet music here.