De Algunos Canciones de Juan de la Cruz. This work was commissioned by the BBC for the 10th anniversary of the BBC Northern Singers in 1975. 'Dos Coros is a setting for voices of two poems by the 16th centurySpanish mystic St John of the Cross. St John is widely considered to be the greatest of the Spanish mystic poets because he comes closest to expressing what is usually considered to be inexpr…

Ivor Novello Award winner and double Grammy Award winner Paul Phoenix teams up with a cappella ensemble Apollo5 and orchestra to share tracks on the latest recording from Edition Peters Sounds.Paul Phoenix, famous as a choirboy, former member of The King's Singers and founder of Purple Vocals presents some of his favourite tracks, including Nunc Dimittis the theme-tune from BBC TV's Tinker, Tailor…

This a cappella collection of pieces for mixed choir by Eric Whitacre is the first available printed music compilation of its kind for the composer. The book includes pieces of varying difficulty wide-rangingin theme from the iconic Sleep and Water Night to the quietly angelic Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold) and the recent Nox Aurumque (Night and Gold). A Boy and a Girl and ThisMarriage are both w…

The Wishing Tree was composed by prominent composer Joby Talbot in 2002 and was first performed in that year by the BBC and King's Singers. With text by Kathleen Jamie this particular arrangement forMixed Choir was made by the composer at the request of Hilary Summers. Joby Talbot has composed prolifically in a great variety of styles with perhaps his most famous works being for Film andTelevi…

For actor/actress Singers Flute and Cello.Published 1976Libretto: extracts from the letters of Van Gogh.First performance: Freda Dowie Alan Dobie Susan Milan Olga Hegedus Anne Collis London Voices conductedby Malcolm Hicks BBC 30th January 1977

Five great songs are given the gospel treatment and the result is a guaranteed showstopper - fun funky slick and stylish.The arrangements are by vocal coach and choral director Mark De-Lisser and were performed by his choir ACM Gospel Choir on BBC's Last Choir Standing - they are all uplifting modern and a joy to sing.Arranged for SAT choir with downloadable backing tracks using the accompa…

An Environment Cantata-This monumental cantata for massed forces was commissioned by David Hill and The Bach Choir and premiered as part of the 2012 BBC Proms. Setting a specially commissioned text by Charles Bennett Chilcott skilfully uses both metred and unmetered sung and spoken lines to highlight the text's environmental message.While the musically interlinked choirs sing of humanity's neglig…

The ballad of Barbara Allen a story of a heartless beauty who scorned the love of a local lad and the tragic outcome for both has been around since at least the mid-1600’s and has never fallen out of the national songbook. Manyplace its origins in Scotland or the North of England but it entered national ownership centuries ago.Reginald Redman was an extremely prolific composer and the founde…

Carl Rütti's choral music is 'sensuous and exuberant by turns combining dazzling rhythms and soaring melodies with distinctively lush harmonies' (Choir and Organ Magazine).The composer writes: 'The Three Carols were initiated in 1996 by my friend Stephen Jackson (conductor of the BBC Symphony Chorus) for a Carol concert by the Wooburn Singers to whom they are also dedicated. They were originally…

A Gaelic Blessing is a simple and catchy piece by Craig McLeish. This piece will be particularly useful for school, junior and community choirs, and a tuneful introduction to singing simple contrapuntal lines. The second soprano part repeats the tune at bar 33 and should dominate here - the first sopranos and altos should support appropriately. Ease and beauty of tone should be of paramount import…

Text: Wordsworth Conrad et al. First performance: BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and Singers Leeds Festival Chorus conducted by Bryden Thomson Huddersfield Town Hall 14th April 1973.