No Cry So Soft - SATB

Sweet Thames Flow Softly is a tremendous unaccompanied part-song for SATB choir by Betty Roe with words by Ewan MacColl. A brisk flowing pace accentuates the meandering of the river through London to the sea. This piece from 1992 is the first of Two River Songs. A Piano reduction is included for rehearsal purposes.

Soft expressive and thought provoking phrasing shape this lovely setting for unaccompanied voices. With an interesting use of the 5/8 time signature the melody flows endlessly and effortlessly.

The famous love theme from The Godfather this soft samba setting offers plenty of options to showcase your ensemble skills: blend style rhythm and a full group scat interlude for a great vocal jazz change of pace!

Seven of Parry’s most appealing partsongs for unaccompanied SATB choir: My Soul there is a Country/ O Love they Wrong Thee Much/ You Gentle Nymphs/ Love is a Sickness/ Music when Soft Voices Die/ Since Thou O Fondest/ My Delight and Thy Delight.

With their iconic layered harmonies the music of The Beach Boys is ideal for choirs seeking vivid pop melodies and rich textures. This arrangement of In My Room for SATB chorus with piano accompaniment is a gentle lilting piece featuring an a cappella middle section that offers a key change and some pleasant dramatic contrast.A wonderful Choral Pop for choruses looking to add a tender calming new piece to their repertoire the soft piano backing and four vocal parts that move along in a parallel motion adds to the piece’s dreamy lullaby feel.

Novello New Choral Series- La Ballade de Jésus Christ is an arrangement of a French carol from the seventeeth century or earlier. The tune is well known as the hymn Let all mortal flesh keep silence from The English Hymnal and this arrangement was commissioned in 2007 by the Oxford choir Sospiri for their CD of Christmas music Videte Miraculum. The text a miniature morality tale has a simple almost childlike quality to it and this is reflected in the shimmering harmonies and soft fleeting dissonances presenting the story as a bitter-sweet fairy tale.The Novello New Choral Series is an inspiring selection of new works from a range ofcontemporary 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.Born in 1963 John Duggan was a chorister at Westminster Cathedral and studied music at Oxford. Whilst still a boy he dreamed of writing in the choral tradition of Victoria Tallis and Palestrina. His vocal music has delighted both singers and audiences across Europe and the USA. He has written for a number of choirs including Commotio Westminster Cathedral Choir the Hildegard Choir and Sospiri and has received commissions from the Edington Music Festival Crossover Intergenerational Dance Group Oxford Youth Dance and The Oxford-Grenoble Association. He composers regularly for film and dance and performs as a singerand choral director whilst working as a recording engineer and producer.

My Beloved Spake by Julian Anderson was first performed by members of the London Philharmonic Choir conducted by Neville Creed in Queen's College Chapel Oxford on 23 September 2006. Set to words from Song of Songs the music is soft and lilting. The Faber 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 rich diversity of contemporary composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

The music for this setting of Teasdale's poem highlights the tension in the text between the beauty of nature and the violence human beings inflict on themselves. In the closing measures of the piece, the composer restates the opening line of the text to reinforce the cyclical patterns in nature: despite humanity's penchant toward violence, the rain will come and spring will begin again. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliché' composer of his day Hahn's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. Rondels for SATB choir and Piano however shatter these prejudices held representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes Lavignac Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself writing works for all genres. For Hahn music was a magical art and his compositionsoften contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. Rondels is made up of twelve movements depicting different aspects of nature. Hahn's Rondels contains a variety of different features making for a pleasant and evocative work for advanced choirs.

Light warm and heavyas pure gold and the angelssing softly to thenewborn babe.A poem by Edward Esch (translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri) with tight shimmering harmonies. For SATB Choir (divisi) A Cappella.As performed by Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir