Sheet Music Downloads by Bob Chilcott

A beautifully simple setting of familiar words by Langston Hughes, Bring me all your dreams showcases Harris's effective homophonic writing and rich harmonic palette. It is incredibly atmospheric, wit...

Originally published in Bob Chilcott Anthems 1, this setting of the well-known text is uplifting in spirit, with flowing melodies and a supportive organ accompaniment. It is also available in a versio...

From the collection Bob Chilcott Songbook, 'The Runner' is a fast rhythmic piece setting a text by Walt Whitman. With chromatic inflections, close harmonies, and vocalizations to imitate the athlete's...

handbells. This compelling a cappella setting of Henry Van Dyke's poem has a continual sense of motion, created by the 7/8 metre and scat singing style that is passed around the parts. A powerful and...

This is a powerful arrangement that uses the full range of the upper voices. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Setting an uplifting hymn by Timothy Dudley-Smith, I lift my eyes is a rousing anthem that will appeal to all upper-voice choirs. Unison sections are contrasted with imitative writing, and the soaring...

This expressive celebration of friendship sets a text by Delphine Chalmers inspired by words from French Renaissance essayist Michel de Montaigne. Eminently accessible, this piece is perfect for conce...

Scored for low voice and piano or organ, this is a moving, traditional Irish blessing set to music of great simplicity and beauty. Chilcott perfectly captures the warmth and sincerity of the text, and...

A setting of texts from Genesis, sung simultaneously in English and Hebrew. The soprano saxophone/clarinet part is printed in the vocal score. Orchestral material is available on hire.

This carol for a cappella choir juxtaposes Latin text with a jubilee spiritual celebrating the Magi who saw the star to lead them to the newborn child. Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 6. Versions fo...

This expressive Wedding anthem sets an extract from William Blake's Auguries of Innocence. With chromatic inflections and gently arching vocal lines, the music perfectly reflects the text's emphasis o...

This powerful setting has a strong, memorable tune and rich harmonies. Robert Louis Stevenson's text presents a highly relevant message, sure to strike a chord with choirs and audiences alike: no matt...

God be merciful is a predominantly homophonic setting of verses from Psalm 67 in the King James translation. This reverential prayer emphasizes 'God' with multiple sustained pitches, and the anthem's...

Warm sounds of love her, love her, create a rich underlay for the solo and duet features in this stunning King's Singers arrangement of the Beatles' hit from 1964 in an exceptional arrangement by Bob...

The 100th Psalm is in modified ternary form and captures the joy and excitement of the familiar psalm. The organ part features a fanfare-like motif that effectively complements the text, and the chora...

Setting a Native American text, The Song of the Stars is a bright and rhythmic piece scored for double upper-voice choir. Featuring rhythmic ostinatos, imitative effects, and rich harmonies, this is a...

A bright and breezy piece with a charming text by Charles Bennett, A Tree of Song begins with a jaunty 7/8 figure which recurs throughout the piece, with the melody floating above. Alternation between...

This piece was composed in honour of the centenary of Marconi's first trans-oceanic wireless signal. The theme of the work, sound waves, is evoked through overlapping phrases sung ad lib., and the mus...

Setting a beautiful text by Charles Bennett, this is a gentle, optimistic piece that remembers those lost to conflict and looks encouragingly towards peace. The tenor solo is supported by vocal accomp...

This sophisticated, jubilant setting of a macaronic text by Kevin Crossley-Holland begins with an emphatic opening refrain before setting off on a sprightly dance through fluctuating 2/2 and 7/8 time...

Using two texts by Henry Vaughan and John Gillespie Magee, the unusual forces and more complex nature of this work charts a journey from a free tempo reflective beginning to a rousing ending, celebrat...

A peaceful and uplifting meditation on death and the afterlife, with softly overlapping upper voices that weave a hypnotic texture over a gentle melody in the tenors and basses, to magical effect.

When spring comes walking is a warm and optimistic setting of an evocative poem by Charles Bennett that explores themes of rebirth, nature, and celebration. Chilcott embraces the return of spring with...

William Blake's poem, 'A Cradle Song', is brought to life in this elegant setting by Chilcott. The gentle, recurring melody is passed from sopranos to altos, supported by 'oo's and 'ah's in the lower...

This expressive piece is based on The Seven Sacred Virtues of the Lakota: the title describes a commitment to live by these values, the metaphorical 'red road', being a spiritual way of life. The unhu...