Intermediate Sheet Music for Mixed Choir

A contemplative and affecting setting of the opening two verses of Psalm 91, which tells of God's protection for those who follow Him, by Cornish composer Becky McGlade, one of the fine emerging voice...

A reflective setting of the one of the Marian antiphons (‘Hail, Queen of Heaven') by emerging composer Kerensa Briggs. A continuous, largely homophonic choral texture underpins the work, with rich har...

A tender shoot is a new setting of a 15th century German poem, poetized by Otto Goldschmidt and translated into English by William Bartholomew in the 19th century. The setting was commissioned by the...

O magnum mysterium was written in 2013 and is dedicated to Dawn Herbert, the composer's ex-wife and the mother of his son, Reginald. It was written while staying at her family's farm in Cambridgeshire...

Composer’s note In Sancta Mater, the fifth movement of my Stabat Mater, we comfort not only Mother Mary but all parents who have lost their own child, and we cry and we pray with them. Musically, the...

Composer’s note This piece is an adaptation of the instrumental movement ‘Reflection’ in my large-scale work The Stranger. I was inspired by research showing the emotional effect of having eye contact...

Composer’s note Eja Mater is a prayer for comfort to all parents who have lost their own child but also expresses love from parents to their children. Originally written for choir and orchestra as par...

Of all the souls was written for and performed at the wedding of its composer and lyricist (Ed and Alice Newton-Rex) in 2016. The profound and vow-like text encapsulates the essence of a fulfilled sea...

Commissioned by the Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, for the first ever BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong broadcast from the college, this introit or short motet was written to commemorate the occasion...

Adapted from Velvet Shoes by Elinor Wylie, the text of this carol portrays the tranquil, almost eerie, atmosphere of walking alone in fresh snow. The musical setting reflects scenery, with a soaring s...

Initially a contour variation (in minor key) of a well-known hymn setting, this descriptive motet-like anthem offers a wide range of contrasts, from early phrasal points of imitation, climactic aggres...

This is in the southern Mexican style of the Huapango. In this fast and fun music, with the flash of reds, yellows and greens and the flash in the rhythm, it's as if the entire landscape becomes the d...

Combining the Andean folk song Ojos Azules with folk songs from Ecuador and Peru, this is the sort of music that Stephen Hatfield has excelled at for so long. Scored here for choir and percussion - sm...

The first word of Psalm 119 is both the first and last word of this music - 'Blessed.' Written to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Merton College, Oxford, This music cannot be rushed. It is relaxed...

This beautiful text by Canadian poet Bliss Carman speaks to themes of peace, thankfulness and humility. The texture is mostly homophonic with brief sections of divisi to illuminate colors and images i...

Here is a collection of three of the most popular spirituals in the repertoire. Down To The River To Pray, Deep River and In That Great Gettin'-up Morning are arranged for success. Numbers 1 & 3 are a...

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Taking as his theme the use of traditional birds' names as pet names for women, Vasks has created a very poetic piece of music based on a text in the Latvian language. German and English translations...

Written for church services, Bertold Hummel's motets were first performed by the choirs of the Würzburg Cathedral. This Dankhymnus enjoys remarkable popularity. The text from the first Christian centu...

A zippy song to be sung with extra motions: clapping and stomping.The big hit at the Open Singing events at the Europa Cantat Festival in Mainz!

This Ave Maria is an arrangement made by Bertold Hummel in December 1997 of his motet Gegrüßet seist du, Maria [Hail Maria] (C 53714) which he had composed on 20 May 1993 with a dedication in memory o...

Erst kurze Zeit vor seinem Tod schrieb Genzmer ein Werk für gemischten Chor a cappella über die berühmten Schlussverse aus Goethes 'Faust'. Er widerstand der naheliegenden Versuchung einer übertrieben...