Piano Excerpts

This powerful anthem was first performed at St Paul's Cathedral, and is dedicated to victims of torture and those working for their release. With expansive melodies which echo between the vocal lines...

From Psalm 33 (opening phrase to be played on trumpets or organ)

With "L'Étoile", Chabrier has composed a light-hearted masterpiece that has been brought back to life more and more frequently in recent times. The plot is introduced by King Ouf I, who offers his peo...

Orchestral material and the arrangement for women's voices are available on hire.

Music of Life is a vibrant setting of a poem by George Parsons Lathrop that describes how music underpins all earthly life. An active piano part provides an energetic undercurrent to compelling vocal...

Solo S, Coro SATB/SATB, 2 Orch: 2 Vl, Va, Bc, [Ob]

This engagingly written piece sets the Lamentations of Jeremiah. The overlapping passages of music passed between the soloists and the choir create a dramatic effect, whilst the harmonic language give...

A rumbustious setting of an anonymous medieval text, this carol celebrates Christ's birth in an indomitably joyful fashion and provides an ideal and uplifting finale for any carol concert.

This motet was first performed at the dedication of the Battle of Britain Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London, and has an accordingly sombre tone.

De profundis is the result of Christoph Schönherr's intensive study of the last years of Franz Schubert's life and is intended as a "homage" to the great Romantic composer in the subtitle. Musical quo...

This richly expressive cantata sets five discrete texts, each reflecting a different aspect of Christmastide. The first movement sets a poem by Tennyson to an instantly memorable, eager melody. 'Good...

Perfect for International Women's Month performances! Washington Women is a collection of musical settings of speeches, opinions, and interviews of sixteen remarkable women from all across the politic...

This a beautiful and meditative setting of a translated text from Carmina Gadelica, a collection of Gaelic hymns, prayers, and other texts. With gentle suspensions and exquisite harmonies, this anthem...

This piece is demanding for both the singers and the accompaniment with much ornamentation in the vocal part. The work is slow in tempo and the text is by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Dvorák's occasional composition for mixed choir and orchestra was commissioned by the Prague Hlahol Singers' Association in 1879. The piece went into print in 1888 in Berlin with the publisher Simrock...

Gaetanos Donizettis Concertino, entstanden während seiner Studienzeit in Bologna für einen Kommilitonen, gehört zu den nicht eben zahlreichen Standardwerken für Englischhorn und Orchester. Stefaan Ver...

When I began work on the Double Concerto 2014 I immediately thought of using antiphonal strings with one group with the trumpet (on the left side) and the other with the trombone (right side) and in t...

Trumpet, soprano and piano or trumpet, soprano voice, harp, percussion, violin and cello.

This suite for chorus and string orchestra was commissioned by the Addison Singers, London, and dedicated to their conductor David Wordsworth. It is a setting of texts by three American poets - E E Cu...

The Vocal Score for James Whitbourn’s Requiem, scored for SATB choir, solo soprano saxophone and orchestra. Commissioned by Westminster Choir College of Rider University. First performed on 13th April...