Sacred Music Sheet Music

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...

This work for SA and organ is suitable for performance in sacred or secular contexts. The voice parts are mostly very easy and always supported by an idiomatic organ part. There are five linked moveme...

As the name suggests, the 'Missa Popularis' has its musical roots in folk music. This becomes clear in the very first bars of the Kyrie, where the violin plays amelody in the style of a Swedish folk t...

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...

Rutters Musik fängt die vielfältigen Stimmungen von Shakespeares Worten mit ihrer Verzückung, Trauer, ihrem Humor und ihrer Vitalität auf eine Weise ein, die diese klassischen Madrigaltexte für das ze...

MzBar soli, SATB chorus, 3 trumpets, 2 violins, viola, cello, harp and organ, with double bass and timpani ad lib. This set includes parts for 3 trumpets, 2 violins, viola, cello, harp, double bass a...

Recorded by such diverse artists as Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi and Justin Timberlake, Hallelujah was also heard in the movie Shrek and most recently during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancou...

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...

Although Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the most frequently performed works by the Cantor of St. Thomas's, it is full of puzzles and problems. This applies not only to the question, still unanswered...