Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c.1560 1627) was an Italian composer teacher and Franciscan Friar. He is known for the important contribution he made to the development of Baroque music being one of the first people touse figured bass as a means of notating a basso continuo line. From 1594 onwards he was choirmaster at various Italian cathedrals when his O Sacrum Convivium was most probably written. It is an arrangement of theancient Christian prayer for TTBB Male Voice Chorus and is a perfect anthem for any Eucharist service.

Judith Weir's Madrigal for TTBB choir unaccompanied. This work was commissioned by the BBC Singers in celebration of the sixtieth birthday of Stephen Cleobury. The lyrics are from aSardinian folk tale.

Dwellers By The Sea?is the second movement of Czech composer?Antonin Dvorak?s cycle ?Five Choruses For Male Voice?.The cycle of five choruses is setto Lithuanian folk texts translated by Frantisek Ladislav Celakovsky and is written for unaccompanied male choir (TTBB Voices). The title page of the autograph score bears the note: ?Composed on the journey from Prague to Vienna 12th of December 1878?.?The individual parts of the cycle present a vibrant palette of moods from the balladic?Dwellers by the Sea?to the final light-hearted ?TheSparrow?s Feast?. The songs? melodies echo the spirit of folk songs and the composer used simple but colourful harmonies and chose a strophic form.

The Lost Lamb?is the fourth movement of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's cycle ?Five Choruses For Male Voice?.The cycle of five choruses is set toLithuanian folk texts translated by Frantisek Ladislav Celakovsky and is written for unaccompanied male choir (TTBB Voices). The title page of the autograph score bears the note: ?Composed on the journey from Prague to Vienna 12thof December 1878?.The individual parts of the cycle present a vibrant palette of moods from the balladic ?Dwellers by the Sea? to the final light-hearted ?The Sparrow?s Feast?. The songs? melodies echothe spirit of folk songs and the composer used simple but colourful harmonies and chose a strophic form.

The vocal score of Henze's 2010 setting of Franz Werfel's surrealist verse drama Opfergang ('Sacrifice')