A perfect example of the young Britten's masterful vocal writing in a Christmas choral suite destined to become a major repertoire work. Christ's Nativity is a superb Christmas Suite for a cappella chorus (SATB Divisi) written in 1931 by composer Benjamin Britten.

Choral Dances-Choral Dances from Act II of Benjamin Britten's opera Gloriana op. 53. Queen Elizabeth I is on a state visit to the city of Norwich. After a formal address of welcome she is entertained by a Masque. To these unaccompanied Choral Dances dancers representing time and concord country girls and young rustics and fishermen all pay homage and tribute to the Queen. Six movements are featured for mixed choir with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only.

These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but despite encouragement from Ireland Vaughan Williams and Howells werenever performed during the composer's life. Scored for chorus and orchestra the contrasting movements show many of the traits so loved in Britten's later music. After being unearthed again from archives the premiere ofTwo Psalms was given on 1 December 2012 by the Oxford Bach Choir and English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Cleobury.Out Of The Deep and Praise Ye The Lord for SATB chorus andorchestra.Vocal Score.

In preparing for publication the 1935 orchestral version of Britten's Te Deum in C it became clear that there were a number of discrepancies between the manuscript and the original 193 vocal score. Some of these were minor:different articulation and dynamic markings something Britten was later very fussy about but perhaps left unchanged on proof because of his relative inexperience at this stage of his career with the processes of musicpublishing. Others were more important: wrong pedal notes for example which Britten failed to notice on proof and which have been perpetuated in performances and recordings for nearly seventy years. These have been corrected inthe new edition of the vocal score and in the orchestral score (Britten clearly used the published vocal score to prepare his orchestral version). The two versions have been made consistent in other details - rehearsal cues andbar numbers for example - since Britten intended choristers to use the vocal score to perform the orchestral version. This would have been an easy task for these is little discrepancy in essential details between versions (arare departure occurs in bars 53 to 56 where the works 'Lord God of Sabaoth' are unaccompanied in the orchestral version but doubled by Organ in the original). Sustained Organ chords are often filled out with arpeggiated stringwriting while the spacing of chords is frequently much wider in the string version with melodies transposed into different octaves. Although harmony in both versions is identical voice leading is sometimes altered in the latterto make it better suited to the idioms of the instruments concerned.So although in essence the two versions are the same the soundworld explored in each is quite distinct. Britten's orchestral version should neither beviewed as an occasional piece nor considered solely a liturgical work like many of his choral pieces from the 1930s and 1940s it is equally at home in church and concert hall.

God Save The Queen-The national anthem of the United Kingdom arranged by Benjamin Britten for Chorus and Orchestra.

Benjamin Britten's Sacred and Profane consists of eight settings for unaccompanied mixed voices of lyrics from RT Davis’ collection of Medieval English lyrics composed early in 1975 for Peter Pears and the Wilbye Consort of Voices.

A re-issue of the most familiar opening number from Britten's majesterial early choral sequence of Christmas settings from ancient English carols. Within the grasp of all choirs of moderate accomplishment

piano accompaniment for rehearsal only-Britten's wonderful flower songs arranged here for mixed chorus (SATB) with Piano accompaniment provided for rehearsal purposes.

Old Joe has gone fishing-The famous round from Britten’s opera Peter Grimes Old Joe Has Gone Fishing is an exciting piece for SATB Choir with Piano Accompaniment. The text is written in both German and English.

A Shepherd’s Carol was written for a BBC feature programme Poet’s Christmas produced by Edward Sackville-West. It was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1944 by the BBC Home Service sung by the BBC Singers and conducted by Leslie Woodgate. The chorus is one of the two portions set by Britten of W.H.Auden’s A Christmas Oratorio the complete text of which was later published as For the Time Being. It was withdrawn by the composer after the first performance not to be heard again until 1961.

Britten's The World of the Spirit was written for BBC Radio in 1938 his second collaboration with R. Ellis Roberts. The wide-ranging texts from religious books poetry and newspaper articles about the FirstWorld War and Irish 'Troubles' are complemented by a rich variety of musical styles from the prodigious composer.The first performance of this concert version was given on 27th June 1998 in the Snape Maltings Concert Hallas part of the Aldeburgh Festival by Janice Watson (Soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzo-Soprano) Timothy Robinson (Tenor) Neal Davies (Baritone) and David Evans (Speaker) with the Joyful Company of Singers and the City ofLondon Sinfonia conducted by Steuart Bedford.

Britten’s last completed work written for young people’s Chorus and Orchestra is in five short sections: March Roundel and Canon for Orchestra and Choir and Jig and Modulation for Orchestra alone. This Vocal Score edition features a Piano reduction of the original Orchestral score.