John Rutter's Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? for SATB unaccompanied. This secular work is set to the text of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet No. 18. Throughout the work Rutter skilfully weaves the figurative language of the sonnet within the lyrical melodic lines of the music. Shakespeare's expressive text is passed between the voices with the warm verdant harmonies enveloping the sonnet'…
For SATB unaccompaniedIn this short strophic and effective introit Helvey has taken a children's folk melody and arranged and adapted it to fit the text of Mary Louise Bringle's poem. The result is a beautiful and eloquent little anthem worthy of performance in any church service throughout the year.
For unaccompanied SATB Choir to the words by Sir Walter Ralegh this is 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.
David Bednall's Aspire To God My Soul for SATB unaccompanied. Aspire to God my soul sets a macaronic text by Canon John Dilnot with the titular words recurring throughout the setting as an emphatic refrain. This short anthem is optimistic and uplifting in tone with frequently changing time-signatures that convey a rhythmic fluidity and the flexibility to follow the declamation of the words.
POD-Pawe ukaszewski's Like As The Waves for SSATBB choir unaccompanied. This vocal work is a setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet LX. Like as the waves make towards the pebbledshore So do our minutes hasten to their end;Each changing place with that which goes before In sequent toil all forwards do contend.Nativity once in the main oflight Crawls to maturity wherewith being crown'd Crooked eclipses…
Introit: Lord In The Strength Of Grace is a work by John Joubert for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. The work was composed in 1981 and revised in 2011 for George Vass the Canterbury Chamber Choir and the 2012 Presteigne Festival.
For SATB unaccompanied chorus edited by Patrick Russill.'This seventeen-bar miniature was according to the owner of the autograph ‘written by Dr Howells in some spare minutes before the end of a theory lesson at the Royal College of Music in June 1966’. We shall never know whether the composer himself would have wanted to see it in print but now that it is many choirs will surely rejoice …
Latvian composer U is Prauli Å¡' striking setting of the Mass has attracted considerable attention following a recording by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge under Stephen Layton. (Baltic Exchange Hyperion CDA67747) Scored for SATB unaccompanied and soloists and well within the reach of most choirs it is by turn devotional bold intimate intense and ultimately thrilling from a choral…
For SATB unaccompanied.This is a vibrant and rhythmic Christmas carol based on an anonymous 15th-century text. The modal feel and lively rhythms lend this carol a medieval character which will delight singers and audiences alike. An enjoyable option for any SATB choir at Christmas.
John Rutter's Silent Night for unaccompanied SATB Choir.This tender and expressive arrangement is presented here in both English and German. In a fascinating note John Rutter outlines the history of the celebrated carol and this edition also includes performance hints from the composer.
Today is Salvation-Dnes' Spaseniye (Today Is Salvation) is a work by Sergei Rachmaninoff for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. From the 'All-Night Vigil ' this is the Vocal Score featuring a pronunciation guide and an explanation of the transliteration and translation. The lyrics are in the original and a phonetic transliteration.
This is a really lively arrangement of the traditonal spiritual This Train for SATB Chorus a cappella. A Piano accompaniment is included for rehearsal puropses.
Itself Is All The Like It Has by Tarik O'Regan has been adapted from 'Love Reckons by Itself Alone' which was originally commissioned by ASHINAGA for the 'At Home in the World' concerts. Scored for Unaccompanied SATB Choir the work is a setting of a poem by Emily Dickinson and lasts around 7 minutes.
Traditional Irish melody with words by Sir Samuel Ferguson. Arranged for unaccompanied SATB choir by Donald Cashmore.Includes piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.
