Vaughan Williams made many settings of texts from Shakespeare throughout his life. This one the Dirge for Fidele was written for two Voices with Piano Accompaniment in 1922 as a stand-alone song. Its text is one ofShakespeare’s many celebrated songs ‘Fear no more the heat o’ the sun’ including the lines ‘Golden lads and girls all must as chimney-sweepers come to dust’ from Cymbe…

Paul Mealor's setting of the Latin hymn Ubi Caritas was composed for the Marriage of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales K.G. to Miss Catherine Middleton and first performed by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal St James's Palace conducted by James O'Donnell at the wedding service at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April 2011.For SATB choir (with divisi).…

Paul Mealor's setting of the Latin hymn, Ubi Caritas , was composed for the Marriage of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, K.G. to Miss Catherine Middleton and first performed by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, conducted by James O'Donnell, at the wedding service at Westminster Abbey on Friday, 29th April 2011. For SATB choir (with divisi…

The first performance was on 19th November 2010 in Westminster Abbey at the Commemoration service as part of Westminster School’s 450th anniversary celebrations. The performers were Westminster School Choir.

Cheryl Frances-Hoad's Psalm No. 6 for SATB.Commissioned by Help Musicians UK for the 2014 Festival of Saint Cecilia with funds provided by the RVW Trust and first performed by the combined choirs of Westminster Cathedral Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral directed by Martin Baker Director of Music Westminster Cathedral on 19th November 2014.

Edward C Bairstow’s compositional output was somewhat hampered by a busy and useful life and the bulk of his compositions were created for the Anglican church. His setting of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence is widely performed. This setting for The Office for Holy Communion in D is one of three settings he created for the mass. It is an effective and sensitive setting and in particular th…

The Beatitudes was composed by Paul Mealor in 2013 for SATB Choir. St Machar's Cathedral Aberdeen commissioned The Beatitudes for Remembrance Sunday 2013. Mealor was catapulted to international attention when 2.5 billion people heard his motet Ubi caritas performed at the Royal Wedding Ceremony of His Royal Highness Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey 29th April 2011.

The SSA arrangement of a motet setting of Psalm 34:8. The original SATB version was composed for the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in June 1953. This arrangement is for unaccompanied voices but has a four-bar introduction for Organ.

These service preludes are well-written accessible melodious and very practical and provide excellent additional literature for church organists.Don Michael Dicie (b.1941)Don Michael Dicie has been fond of spirituals folk songs and plainsong since he began music lessons in elementary school in Birmingham Alabama. During his formal music training he developed his main musical interests of m…

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) held numerous appointments at the Royal Court and Westminster Abbey and is considered by many to be the greatest ever English-born composer. His prolific work covered all fields: orchestral ecclesiastical operatic theatrical incidental and chamber music were all enriched by his output. The evocative anthem Thou Knowest Lord (Z 58) was written in 1687 and later incl…

Jonathan Battishill's Behold How Good And Joyful for SSATB Choir and Organ accompaniment. Arranged for the ceremonial of the Re-inauguration of King Henry VII's Chapel Westminster Abbey as the chapel of the most honourable order of the Bath July 22 1913 by Sir Frederik Bridge C.V.O M.A. Mus. Doc. Organist of Westminster Abbey.

Commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund in the name of Sir Thomas Armstrong.Voce mea was first performed at the Festival of Saint Cecilia Service in Westminster Cathedral on 19th November 2008 by the combined choirs of Westminster Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey under the direction of Martin Baker.

Love’s As Warm As Tears was expertly composed by Paul Mealor. The piece was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and first performed on the 22nd November 2013 at a service dedicated to C. S Lewis by the Special Service Choir of Westminster Abbey conducted by James O’Donnell.Paul Mealor is a Welsh composer recognised for his contribution to choral music. Mealor came to the pu…

Commissioned by the Plymouth Music Series and Philip Brunelle for the Westminster Abbey Choir's 1992 U.S. tour. The moving prayer-like text is by Dag Hammarskjold former Secretary General of the United Nations. Appropriate for any season of the year.