SKU: OU.9780193572263
ISBN 9780193572263. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSATB and piano Come Back Like the Sea sets a Sara Teasdale poem that uses the metaphor of the ocean's tide to symbolize life's ups and downs. The music captures the sea imagery and sense of yearning with a captivating opening soundscape, melodies that ebb and flow like the tide, and an evocative piano part that weaves throughout the work.
SKU: OU.9780193529571
ISBN 9780193529571. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSATB and piano An arrangement of a well-known hymn by John Adam Granade in which the arching vocal lines are accompanied by a rhythmic, undulating piano part evocative of the rivers the hymn-writer describes. There is also a version for men's voices.
SKU: OU.9780193415652
ISBN 9780193415652. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB unaccompanied This anthem sets lines from Psalm 139, 1 Thessalonians, and 1 John, moving from an unsettled tonality at the beginning, through anguished false relations and wistful expressivity, to find triumphant resolution in a blazing A major at the end. Like all of McDowall's music, it is well crafted and singable.
SKU: OU.9780193385856
ISBN 9780193385856. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB (with divisions) unaccompanied This work was awarded the British Composer Award for Liturgical Music in 2003, but is published for the first time in 2013. The Roman Catholic Liturgy includes an antiphon to the Magnificat at Vespers, O Doctor optime, which Jackson sets incorporating medieval influences such as plainsong.
SKU: OU.9780193378339
ISBN 9780193378339. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATBB unaccompanied A beautiful 6-part unaccompanied Marian motet written for the Marian Consort. The work combines reminiscences of Renaissance settings of this text with McDowall's distinctive contemporary voice.
SKU: OU.9780193408210
ISBN 9780193408210. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB and cello Night Flight was written to mark the centenary of Harriet Quimby's pioneering flight across the English channel and won the 2014 British Composer Award in the Choral category. McDowall uses vocal clusters and haunting solo cello lines to set texts by Sheila Bryer on the mysterious powers of the sea, earth, and air.
SKU: OU.9780193525627
ISBN 9780193525627. 10 x 7 inches.
For SSATB unaccompanied An atmospheric setting of Caliban's dream from The Tempest, this piece transports the listener to a dream-like place. McDowall's immersive harmonies and ornamentation perfectly characterise the reverie Shakespeare's protagonist describes.
SKU: OU.9780193356016
ISBN 9780193356016. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB choir or soloists, unaccompanied In this setting, which includes salient fragments for St Luke's gospel (in Greek), alongside the customary text from the Book of Common Prayer, Finnissy renders this excitement, joy, awe, and trepidation in music.
SKU: OU.9780193379725
ISBN 9780193379725. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB & piano or string orchestra The Shipping Forecast is in 3 movements: 'Donegal', 'They that go down to the sea in ships', and 'Naming'. The first and last movement are settings of poems by the poet, broadcaster, and academic, Sean Street.
SKU: OU.9780193407855
ISBN 9780193407855. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB unaccompanied Setting a well-known poem by Percy Shelley, Love's Philosophy is a sweet and tender choral song reflecting on the idea of love with reference to nature and the interdependent relationships evident in the world around us. Mellifluous choral writing and sighing interjections convey the theme of unrequited or lost love.
SKU: OU.9780193392472
ISBN 9780193392472. 12 x 8 inches.
For SSATB unaccompanied This stunning setting of Revelation 22:12-13, 17, describes Christ's generous offering of grace to 'whoever is willing'. The piece begins with a lively opening but quickly shifts into a gentler mood, giving way to Jackson's rich harmonic language and inventive choral textures.
SKU: OU.9780193502598
ISBN 9780193502598. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB choir, cor anglais (or clarinet, or viola) and organ This reflective setting of verses from Psalm 139 was composed in memory of George Guest and first performed by the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, on Ash Wednesday, 2007. The work makes a highly effective Lenten or contemplative anthem.
SKU: OU.9780193520493
ISBN 9780193520493. 10 x 7 inches.
For SATB and optional organ.
About Tudor Church Music
A series of superb anthems spanning one of the greatest periods of English music. The anthems reflect many styles ranging from simple four-part chordal anthems to elaborate motets. They cover all the main seasons and festivals of the Church's year together with many anthems for general use.
SKU: OU.9780193564886
ISBN 9780193564886. 11 x 9 inches.
For SSATB and orchestra This work is centred around a powerful poem by Indian-American author Neelanjana Banerjee exploring the relationship of an immigrant and her child to their country of origin. Esmail engages full orchestral forces to create a vibrant work that draws on the sound-worlds of Western European and Indian traditions.
