Mixed Choir a capella

The setting of Padre Pio's Prayer is after Communion. It was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation and first performed by The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers, in June 2008 at Westminster Cat...

A serene setting of Luke 4: 18-19 (English text), suitable for Pentecost and general use.

A setting of verses from Psalm 112 (Latin text). The prize-winning work in the composers' competition held in conjunction with the 2nd Norwich Festival of Contemporary Church Music, 1983. Suitable for...

This is a festive setting and will make a welcome alternative to John Rutter’s ubiquitous setting for similar forces (brass and organ). MacMillan has, as always, been very practical in making a settin...

This mass was commissioned for the glory of God in the Millennium Year of Jubilee, and was first performed on the Feast of Corpus Christi by the Choir of Westminster Cathedral, London, with Andrew Rei...

O Lux Beata' ('O Blessed Light') was commissioned by The Fotheringhay Singers (Marius Carney, conductor). The work, a setting of a 4th-century hymn text ascribed to St Ambrose of Milan, contrasts a pl...

A setting of the Latin text from the Roman Missal, Requiem is the opening movement of a larger work entitled Songs of Peace, which was written in 2012 in memory of the composer's mother. Todd's gently...

This 17-minute choral sequence is scored for mixed chorus and organ, with optional percussion, and presents five of the Latin 'motets' which occur at the end of movements in MacMillan's St John Passio...

Scored for chorus, children's choir, organ and chamber orchestra, St Luke Passion adopts a pared-back focus on choral voices over its 75-minute span. Seeking a more spiritual, inward approach to match...

A setting of Psalm 45 (46) in Latin commissioned by the Leeds Festival Chorus and first performed by them in Leeds Town Hall in March 2014, conducted by Simon Wright. The work features a variety of ch...

New settings of the two evening canticles which incorporate jazz elements, including harmony in voice parts and organ and many 'blue' notes. Despite these jazz elements, the music is very approachable...

Stay with me, Lord was originally commissioned by the Genesis Foundation as one of three commissioned settings of Padre Pio's Prayer after Communion, and first performed in June 2008 at Westminster Ca...

Kyrie is the only movement completed from a planned Mass and was left unperformed at the time of the composer's death. The edition was prepared for publication from the original manuscript by his son...

This setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins's poem Pied Beauty was commissioned by the Rev Jim Bates, Vicar of Kingston, for the service in Kingston Parish Church celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Eli...

This work was commissioned by the Friends of Cathedral Music to mark their Diamond Jubilee in 2016, with the intention of performance by as many of the affiliated choirs as possible.Naturally a celebr...

This anthem was commissioned in 2012 by Simon Winters to celebrate 25 years of the chamber choir Felicitas. Thinking about the unaccompanied vocal texture brought Will Todd back to his 1995 setting of...

Composed in 2011 for Katherine Dienes-Williams and the choir of Guildford Cathedral, Guildford Mass comprises the ordinary of the mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei) in English (Co...

Written on the occasion of a wedding in 2006, Love is beautiful indeed is a setting of a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61), which is part of the tenth sonnet of her Sonnets from the Portugu...

This setting of the famous hymn words by Reginald Heber, a particularly suitable text for Epiphany, was written in memory of Benjamin Hutto, Director of Music at St John's, LaFayette Square, Washingto...

This contemplative and serene piece was commissioned as a retirement gift for Canadian organist and choir director, Paul Merrit, and first performed in 2016. The setting of the well-known biblical wor...

Commissioned by William Saunders for the Royal Hospital School, Ipswich, in 2013, Exalt us in Your love is loosely based on the words of that school's prayer. Choirs and listeners familiar with Will T...

Composed in 2015, Stabat Mater was commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Scored for mixed chorus and string orchestra it is a long-awaited sequel to the early...

These three jazz arrangements of well-known hymns were composed for Andrew Earis and the choirs of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on the occasion of various services and a BBC broadcast from that ch...

This energetic and danceable setting of Psalm 33, verses 1 - 4 (in modern English), 5 minutes in length, was commissioned by Worth School and Abbey in the UK in 2018. A highly attractive musical inter...

Adapted from a movement of Arnesen's Stabat Mater for upper voices and orchestra, Eja Mater is arranged for mixed voices with frequent divisi, obligato cello and harp (or piano). This part of the Stab...