SKU: GH.GE-11905

ISBN 979-0-070-11905-4. 185 x 262 mm inches. Text: Goran Sonnevi.

In Goran Sonnevi's poem all the universe is seen collected in a piece of bread. A playful setting for SATB a cappella. Swedish and English lyrics.

SKU: GI.G-10139

English. Text Source: Sight, Archibal Lampman, 1861–1899, alt. Text by Archibald Lampman.

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of spring 2020 has affected people’s lives drastically. Gatherings have been stopped, people have been confined to their homes, and physical distancing has become the norm. Composers have responded to these changes in a multitude of ways, for me, it has resulted in the creation of music that uplifts and reconnects people. “The World” sets Archibald Lampman’s powerful poem “Sight,” the words seeming particularly poignant for our times. Working in collaboration with my vocal quartet Anchorae, we invited people from across the world to submit recordings of themselves singing a part of the piece. The resulting recording by the Anchorae Isolation Choir features submissions from three countries, bringing people together through music. —Peter Relph Watch this performance on YouTube  .

SKU: C4.9790-902250573

ISBN 9790902250573. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

This exciting work was written for the installation of Peter Hancock as Bishop of Bath and Wells and was premiered on 7 June 2014. It provides a welcome alternative to Durufle's setting of the same text.

SKU: C4.9790902257169

ISBN 9790902257169. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

Coventry Carol was arranged for the Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne as part of their 2015 carols services on December 4, 5 and 6. It has since been recorded for CD (Beneath the Incense Tree, APL17427) as part of the College's centenary celebrations for the consecration of the Horsfall Chapel in 2017, with current Director of Music Chris Watson conducting.

The well-known text is sourced from mystery plays celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi, for which the traditional melody and harmonisation can be found in a 1591 edition published by Thomas Mawdycke. Here, the source material becomes increasingly unstable as the Massacre of the Innocents approaches, resulting in an apocalyptic climax. A barren and desolate epilogue follows, as foretold by Jeremiah 31:15. (She refuses to be comforted, for they are no more.).

SKU: CA.966800

ISBN 9790007172190. Language: Latin.

The text of the Responsorium O magnum mysterium, to be sung liturgically in the midnight darkness, describes the mystery of Christ's incarnation, from darkness into light. In three sections, the music increases from a piano sound to the concluding Halleluja. In ever-new harmonies, the lyrical-Gregorian motifs emerge in sequences of sixths within the dense, four-part writing. The musical language is modal-harmonic with constantly surprising turns. This highly atmospheric piece is good to sing, but requires a reasonably-sized choir because the work doesn't give the voices any opportunity to rest.