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 the Theatre Royal Covent Garden on April the 1st 1747 as part of his annual Lenten season of oratorios. By the time of Handel's death in 1759 Judas Maccabaeus had become the composer's second most popular oratorio having received 33 Londonperformances under the composer's supervision (Messiah had 36).For SATB soli SATB chorus and accompaniment. This version edited by Merlin Channon. Includes historical notes.

No. 4 - In Search of Hope-In Search Of Hope from Garden of Light (A Millennium Symphony) for soprano mezzo-soprano tenor baritone chorus and orchestra was commissioned for the Third Millennium Celebration by Walt Disney Pictures premiered in October 1999 by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur with the New York Choral Artists and The American Boychoir. Arranged for Soprano Mezzo Soprano Tenor Baritone SATB Choir and Piano accompaniment.Named one of 75 ‘American Masterpieces of Choral Music’ by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Mendelssohn’s Elijah is an oratorio for SATB soli SATB chorus orchestra and organ with the text derived from the Lutheran Bible by Julius Schubring. The English version of the text was translated by William Bartholemew.This New Novello Choral Edition of the vocal score contains comprehensive performance notes and detailed editorial markings and suggestions as edited by Michael Pilkington. The German text is also included in the vocal score and a German translation of the performance notes is also provided.

An original and exciting collection of anthems and other choral pieces written for the Orthodox Church and inspired by the Church in Russia selected by Ralph Allwood. Partly because of the re-emergence of the Church in the former Soviet Union interest in Christian musical sources alternative to the great body of the Anglican and other Western Christian traditions has grown sharply in recent years. Though the works presented here may be unfamiliar they are all masterly. Designed to appeal to choirs of various levels the collection includes a Kontakion and Ikos for the funeral service anthems by Great Russian Romantics: Tchaikovsky Rachmaninov Grechaninov; andcomposers from our age: Stravinsky Schnittke or Arvo Part speaking for a tradition outside the Orthodox Church as well as settings of the Lord's Prayer in both Russian and English by John Tavener.

Edited in a new bi-lingual edition by Neil Jenkins. Part of The New Novello Choral Edition series.

The New Novello Choral Edition of Mozart's masterpiece edited by Michael Pilkington.

Adapted from the chorales of J.S. Bach and previously found in the Novello Parish Chior Book PCB.1167. This short set of chorale movements is written for unaccompanied SATB choir. Text is provided in Latin with English translation.

G.F. Handel's masterful L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato have been expertly-edited by Donald Burrows to present this complete vocal score arranged for two Soprano Tenor and Bass Soli with an SATB Chorus and Orchestra. This complete edition of L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato features the 1740 1741 and 1743 scores reflecting Handel's personal changes involving alternative and additional movements. The 1740 score is a complete reconstruction requiring two Soprano  a Tenor and a Bass soloists. For the longer 1741 score Handel added extra movements toaccommodate additional soloists the complete version of which is included here. Finally the 1743 score boasts a radical change from the previous years with a removal of part three and a significant rearrangement of other movements.  L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato was first performed on the 27th of February 1740 at the Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre after just over a month of drafting. The work is a setting of a libretto by James Harris and Charles Jennens based on John Milton's two complementary yet contrasting poems about the relative virtues of happiness and melancholy.  This edition of L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato presents practical versions of the score which are based on the musical schemes of Handel's performances in 1741 and 1743. For a complete vocal score of this masterpiece by one of the all-time great composers this Novello Handel Edition is authoritative.

Für 4 Solostimmen gemischten Chor und Orgel-Anton?n Dvo ?k's Mass In D Op.86 for SATB and Piano.

Advent Calendar by the Master of the Queen's Music Peter Maxwell Davies sets the text of the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams .  The work for SATB and Organ was commissioned by The Choirbook Trust for inclusion in the Choirbook for the Queen published to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen in 2012.

An anthem composed in celebration of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle first performed in the Chapel Royal on the 25th of April 1749 during a service attended by the King and other members of the Royal Family. Written for SAA (or SAATB) soli SATB chorus and orchestra this vocal score contains a piano reduction of the orchestral score.Edited by Donald Burrows.

This verse anthem with organ was probably Handel's first contribution to English church music and possibly his first setting of an extended English language text. As pants the Hart is undated and there is no historical record of the anthem's first performance though evidence from the appearance of the autograph itself suggests it proceeded the Te Deum and an estimated composition date is from November-December 1712.Arranged for soprano alto tenor and bass soloists SATB chorus and organ. Words from Psalm 42 edited by Donald Burrows.

A new edition (2004) prepared by Bruce Wood of Elgar's setting of Psalm 29 for SATB Chorus and Organ or Orchestra.