Commissioned by Sospiri for their CD A Multitude of Voices this evocative setting of Edward Thomas’s 1916 poem showcases Alexander L’Estrange’s unique choral voice at its best. Combining classic choral textures flavours of jazz harmony and moments of rhythmic suspense Alexander has crafted a beautiful bitter-sweet work that perfectly complements the wistful nature of this moving text. An ideal choice for services and concerts of remembrance.Features a baritone (or tenor) solo. Faber Music's exciting Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a richdiversity of living composers offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

Drop drop slow tears was written for The Arcadian Singers of Oxford University for a recording in 2002. The work is set in a simple three-verse format beginning with upper voices whose melting harmonies are intended to convey dropping tears. The second verse sung by lower voices is more urgent but subsiding to a serene final verse. Here all eight voice parts sing in rich almost claustrophobic harmonies ending on a blurred final chord that fades gently avoiding a firm conclusion.The Novello New Choral Series is an inspiring selection of new works from a range of contemporary composers offering pieces for all types of choirs including sacred and secular works from simple four-part settings to more expansive yet accessible repertoire in an exciting variety of styles. This collection is perfect for choirs looking to broaden their repertoire and explore some of the best new music around.James Davy (b.1980) has worked with many choirs in churches and cathedrals around the UK most recently as Assistant Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral. He is a composer with a real affinity for the voice and has developed a keen ear for effective timbres harmony and word-setting. He has had several works broadcast on radio and television and has written for choirs around the UK and USA. In 2010 he won the Choir & Organ Composition Competition.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.

Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series-Craig Hella Johnson's Song Of Gratitude for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment. Written to be sung in unison or in hymn-style harmony this heartfelt work can be sung on any number ofoccasions in which the gathered community wishes to sing an expression of gratitude.Song Of Gratitude would make an excellent choice for a tribute to a significant individual or could beperformed to celebrate personal achievements or life events.

A medley of seven stirring songs from Les Miserables one of the most popular and successful West End Musicals of all time. Arranged here for SATB (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) Choir and Piano by Ed Lojeski. The rousing chord changes and soaring melodies featured in the songs from Les Miserables are arranged here in one continuous crowd-pleasing medley. The piece will take the audience on a journey through all the biggest and best tunes from the musical including I Dreamed A Dream On My Own and Do You Hear The People Sing?. The brilliantly composed songs from the internationally-acclaimed show are timelessclassics enjoyed by people of all ages and all tastes. Your choir will love singing these songs with their delightfully uplifting spirit while your audience will fall in love with the inspirational harmonies and lyrics. The arrangement is not too difficult for most amateur choirs and it allows for a good mix of solo opportunities for those shiver-down-your-spine moments. To bring the spirit of the French Revolution to your SATB choir this innovative Les Miserables Medley is the perfect combination of awesome melody and enjoyable harmony. An excellent performance piece you and your audience will love this.

POD-In The Bleak Midwinter is a work by Paul Mealor for Unaccompanied SATB Choir taken from 'To Seek Where Shadows Are'. Commissioned by John Armitage Memorial and Pro Coro Canada the work sets words from the poem by Christina Rossetti and a full performance lasts around 4 minutes. Paul Mealor’s lovely setting of In the Bleak Midwinter demands excellent tuning. To create such rich harmony each section of the choir divides – the bass line into three in addition to a baritone solo. The range of each voice part is substantial from a top B for sopranos to a low E (and optional B) below the stave for basses.Despite the demands of range and intonation choirs who master this piece will be rewarded. This is a beautiful addition to the Christmas repertoire. - Sunday by Sunday

Herbert Howells's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis for the Gloucester service is one of his most popular choral settings. This sheet music is arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.   Herbert Howells  was a renowned English composer of church music in the Anglican evensong tradition best known for his 'Hymnus Paradisi' and as a teacher at the Royal College of Music. His lesser-known evening canticles include this piece: with its famoustreble duet opening the work it calmly progresses to an affirmation of the glory of heaven through distinctive Lydian harmony and soaring highs. Each individual voice has its own part to play in this piece with melodies that rise to uplifting highs and fall to booming lows the combination of voices blends and binds to create a gliding and soaring unity of harmony.    This Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis sheet music is the most accurate transcription available of an awe-inspiring piece that is acclaimed by fans of choral music for its beautiful composition and wondrous voicing.     

Selected for the Jo-Michael Scheibe Sacred Choral Series Kevin Memley brings new life to a classic Christmas text. The textures the harmony the word coloration these are the elements that lift this setting to compete with theestablished settings in the choral canon. College choirs and high school choirs will love it and many church choirs will as well.

For 11 voices in 3 choirs instruments and continuo.The Scala Aretina is Valls' best-known work taking its name from the Guidonian hexachord upon which it is constructed. The mass gave rise to one of the most contested controversies in the history of music: in the Qui Tollis of the Gloria the entry of the 2nd choir soprano forms an unprepared ninths - certainly an infringement of the rules of harmony. This sparked off an unprecedented battle among Spanish musicians as to the value of rules in musical composition and the value of pleasing the ear as an aesthetic principle as opposed to artistic freedom.

The Blues Service-New settings of the two evening canticles which incorporate jazz elements including harmony in voice parts and organ and many ‘blue’ notes. Despite these jazz elements the music is very approachable with natural syncopation and mostly homophonic writing. It is also available for upper or lower unison voices with occasional optional divisi (ISMN 979-0-060-13012-0). Either version would be enjoyable and rewarding additions to a church choir’s modern liturgical repertoire or indeed concert repertoire of all choirs.

MacMillan's setting of Psalm 51: 3-21 a penitential text famously set in the 17th century by Gregorio Allegri. Composed in 2009 for The Sixteen and their conductor Harry Christophers MacMillan's work is scored for a single choir with divisi and soli in each voice-part and also chanted passages in close harmony for male and then female voices. Suitable for advanced standard choirs.