Women's Choir with Organ

Selber kundiger Chordirigent, erzielte Hans Chemin-Petit mit Kompositionen für Vokalensemble seine größten Erfolge. Neben großformatigen ernsten Werken, vor allem auf biblische Texte, schuf er auch or...

Le tremblement permanent du moi- fantôme ... commissioned by the French vocal ensemble Musicatreize for the Beethoven Year 2020 program 12 Letters to Elise, raises the question of who we are today and...

Christmas setting for upper voices (three parts) of a traditional 15th-century English text with Latin refrain: 'Gabriel of high degree ...' / 'Ut nova: Ave fit ex Eva'. An explanation of the Latin pu...

Composed in 2009, this short, celebratory introit was the first of several unaccompanied works I composed for Matthew Owens and the Wells Cathedral Girl Choristers. The text (Let us all rejoice) exist...

This setting of the Ordinary of the Latin Mass (without Credo) was premiered in May 2016 by the choristers of Wells Cathedral Choir. Filling a gap in the repertoire, the work is written for unaccompan...

A setting of pastoral verses of Polonsky dating from the last two decades of the composer's life, after her withdrawal from musical life following the Russian Revolution. Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-19...

This work by Kim André Arnesen (one of Norway’s most performed contemporary composers) was commissioned by the Athens Master Chorale, Georgia, USA for the 50th anniversary of their founder and conduct...

Composer's note: 'On yesternight I saw a sight was set as a means of thanking Jo Tomlinson for promoting and recording my music with the excellent choristers of Farnham Youth Choir. Knowing that the g...

Composer's note: 'In the bleak midwinter is the setting of the famous poem by Christina Rossetti for four-part mixed choir. This poem came to mind as I walked the streets of Cornwall on a cold, bleak...

Composer's note:'The original version of Ring the bells for mixed choir, now available in a version for high choral voices, was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Choir, who also sang the premier...

In its original scoring for mixed voices MacMillan's The Gallant Weaver has become a favourite; this arrangement now extends the setting to upper voices. Paul Spicer comments, 'This ideal introduction...

This Christmas carol was written in 2009 for the senior choir of Dr Challoner’s High School in Buckinghamshire, England. The text, taken from the 17th-century clergyman Joseph Beaumont’s poem ‘Christm...

The fragmented nature of the poetry is reflected in the many small musical sections. (3:00)

This arrangement explores the Caribbean sty;e known as 'Afro-Cuban': independent melodic lines with strong rhythmic pulses are superimposed to build up textures that are both rich and translucent. Eve...

This fleet-footed setting of a medieval French folksong is packed with energy and self-assurance. Sure to please!

Adapted from a traditional African-American chant, this is – in the composer's words – a “soulful piledriver with a monster backbeat. ” Plentiful but manageable divisi writing...

This is a highly emotional and powerful piece for women's choir. Composer Boerger asks the chorus to produce the sound of bereavement when it first strikes. A total commitment to the emotions as maste...

Based on a text by Tennessee Reed, the 11 year-old daughter of author Ishmael Reed. Though originally scored for four female voices, Three Heavens and Hells was envisioned as a work for children's cho...

By choosing to set this text, which speaks of charity and the love of God, for treble voices, Douglas Pew seeks to create images of celestial bodies and celestial spheres where this type of sacred lov...

Munoera' (Sanctus) is part of the Shona Mass, an original work composed in the spirit of music heard at the Episcopal Cathedral in Harare, Zimbabwe. The text is a combination of Shona and liturgical L...