This piece for Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon was premiered April 18th, 2012 in Istanbul by its commissioner, the Nis'tanbul Quartet, composed of Sibel Pensel, Aysegül Kirmanoglu, Patrick Peignier and Arthur Menrath. Armando Ghidoni's Swinging Counterpoint keeps all of its title's promises: flowing with the same naturalness, the same fluidity as Bach's, the counterpoint masterfully blends the …

Commissioned in honour of Philip Brunelle's 40th anniversary as Choirmaster-Organist of Plymouth Congregational Church Minneapolis and dedicated to David Buran faithful Plymouth Choir member for those 40 years.Bob Chilcott has been involved with choral music all his life first as a Chorister and then a Choral Scholar at King's College Cambridge. Later he sang and composed music for 12 years …

Three arrangements including Ave Verum Corpus and the Lacrimosa from the Requiem.During the year 1771 when Mozart was 15 years old he and his father Leopold were touring Italy which was at that time the most formidable citadel of the music world. In the following four years the young Mozart was received at the homes and villas of Italy's aristocracy. He met the most famous musicians of the time i…

Stefano Zanchetta 4 Pezzi per violino e pianoforte da «Le città invisibili» di Italo Calvino - Argia - Bauci - Isidora - Zirma

Uses: General Praise Team Youth Choir Scripture: II Samuel 1:2 - Psalm 45:11 - James 4:10 Exciting and vibrant music meets worshipful affirmations of praise in this brilliant contemporary anthem. Instantly appealing the repetitive syncopations infuse the piece with a retro-pop vibe easing the learning curve and inviting hands to clap right from the start. This one is sure to be a favorite of c…

All I Ask Of You is the love song that triggers the Phantom of The Opera?s jealous campaign of retribution in Andrew Lloyd Webber?s legendary musical; Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman took it for a spin in 1986 and had a hit single.Big Spender became even more popular than the 1966 musical from which it came ? ?Sweet Charity? ? and Shirley Bassey did much to popularise it later.Written specifica…

The Victorian Hall has its origins in the 17th century and evidence is found in the records of Samuel Pepys in which he describes a visit to a Musick House in Greenwich where he enjoyed the entertainment they had to offer. Admission to these Musick Houses was free. You paid for the food and drink and if the musicians impressed then you gave them a tip. Gradually these halls evolved and each musi…

This work presents two contrasting yet coherent motets: The joyful 'Confirma hoc Deus' with its jubilant melismatic motif; and the solemn 'Factus est' which features aleatoric sequences set against metred music to emphasise a reflective manner of worship.

A Spotless Rose is dedicated to Sarah Poole and was written for a charity concert on Sunday 7 December 2014. The simple arpeggio accompaniment creates an atmospheric web above which the female choir in three parts can weave their melodic lines and is set to a most evocative and beautiful text. The accompaniment can be played by piano or harp and the carol is a simple and understated setting whic…

Gabriel Fauré's Nocturnes nos. 1-8. Gabriel Fauré was born in Pamiers (Ariège) on 12 May 1845. Owing to his precocious musical gifts he was able at the age of nine to enter the celebrated Niedermeyer School founded in Paris to train organists and choirmasters. For about ten years he received instruction of great quality centred mainly on the study of sacred music and the great classic master…