The Maccabaean Revolt in the second century B.C. provided the background to the story that unfolds in Judas Maccabaeus. It is part of the history of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. This oratorio follows the story from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. up until Judas' march on Jerusalem in 164 B.C. With a libretto supplied by Thomas Morell Handel's great work was first performed at …

Arranged for SATB chorus and Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Gareth Malone for Series Four of BBC TV's 'The Choir' and first performed by Malone and the Military Wives' choir as part of The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th November 2011 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. A favourite for the 2011 Christmas Number One, with support from radi…

Francis Jackson's arrangement to the text Gaudeamus for SATB and Organ. Dr Francis Jackson CBE is a British organist and composer. He was born in Malton Yorkshire and received his early education as a Chorister at York Minster under his precursor the legendary Sir Edward Bairstow. Jackson succeeded Bairstow as Organist of York Minster in 1946 a post he held until his official retirement in 1982…

The vocal score for Archibald Davidson Arnott's Blessed Are The Pure In Heart arranged for SATB chorus and Organ Accompaniment. Born in Glasgow in 1870 Arnott moved to London when he was 10 and did not start seriously studying music until he was around 20. After graduating Arnott became organist at a number of churches in London then Glasgow all the while composing anthems such as the beaut…

TVWV 4:17-Georg Philippp Telemann's Du Aber Daniel Gehe Hin for SATB and Piano.With the final verse of the Book of Daniel from the Old Testament and a related cantata text Telemann mourns the death of a prominent but until now unknown dignitary in a cantata marked by great intimacy and with exquisite instrumentation. Jakob Ditmar the Kantor of the Nikolaikirche in Berlin to whom we owe the s…

The Phoenix Mass was conceived in 1965 although the Sanctus and Angus Dei were not written down until 1969. As its name implies it marks a resurgence of creative activity after a fallow period. In the wordsof the composer 'It is a record of spiritual rather than denominationally religious experience'.This work (for SATB chorus trumpets and trombones) was first performed by the BBC Chorus and t…

This anthem was commissioned by Sam Wanamaker of the Globe Theatre Trust and first performed at Southwark Cathedral by the Exultate Singers under Garrett O'Brien on 23rd April 1972.In spite of Berkeley's adherence to RomanCatholic traditions the hymn is close to Anglican patterns and shows Berkeley's return to diatonic materials after a more exploratory approach in the 1960s. There is even a melod…

Jon Washburn Choral Series-This beautiful Sara Teasdale poem presents initially a comforting vision of the natural beauty of a world returning to equilibrium until we realize that it can only happen after humans are removed from the ?natural?equation.?Written a century ago this timely text is set by Rob Teehan in a lush colorful style which will allow your choir to focus on the poignant text.

Motetto on words from the Book of Job was one of Barber's earliest choral works and until this publication edited by Harold Rosenbaum existed only as a manuscript in the Library of Congress. Richly harmonic this work for doublechorus is a window into the composer's imagination and craft.

This anthem The Peace That Surpasseth Understanding by John Tavener was commissioned jointly by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and the Ministry of Defence. It was first performed at a Service in Honourof the Passing of the World War One Generation in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 11th November 2009 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh by…

Par MATHIAS WILLIAM. Written for the choirs of Chichester, Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals, An Admonition to Rulers Op. 43 was composed shortly before Mathias's choral masterpiece, This Worlde's Joie, but has remained unpublished until now. Its powerful text from Wisdom 6 and 7, clothed in the composer's colouful, dramatic music, make it an ideal choice of anthem for Remembrance Sunday, or any…

Thomas Campion's Never weather-beaten sail is a sprightly text that powerfully evokes the sailor's plea for God's calming presence upon the sea's unrelenting rushing waves. At the opening of this work for unaccompanied mixed voices, the jaunty alto/tenor movement in thirds symbolises the curling waves of the undulating sea, the mellifluous soprano melody represents the boat's sails, and the bass s…

Francis Jackson's Evening Service In G arranged for SATB and Organ. Dr Francis Jackson CBE is a British organist and composer. He was born in Malton Yorkshire and received his early education as a Chorister at York Minster under his precursor the legendary Sir Edward Bairstow. Jackson succeeded Bairstow as Organist of York Minster in 1946 a post he held until his official retirement in 1982. Hi…

Paperback-Sarah Quartel's God Will Give Orders/Sweet Child for SATB Piano Djembe and Cello. This evocative anthem from the larger work Snow Angel is a piece of two halves. Opening with a haunting Cello line the first section ('God Will Give Orders') is mystical and ethereal until a vibrant figure from the Djembe lifts the music into the second section ('Sweet Child') which is uplifting and …