Bob Chilcott

5 arrangements of Japanese songs-Furusato presents five evocative arrangements of Japanese songs. Each poem depicts the beauty of the Japanese landscape and familiar melodies and Chilcott's original style combine to create an enchanting fusion of East and West. Suitable for performance as a suite or as stand-alone pieces these charming and emotive songs will be a welcome addition to the repertoire of any choir.For SATB choir with Piano accompaniment and unaccompanied.Dual-language publication suitable for Japanese or English speaking choirs.Japanese texts included in the score and separately as an appendixEnglish singing translations by theprize-winning poet Charles Bennett.Bob ChilcottBob Chilcott has been involved with choral music all his life first as a Chorister and then a Choral Scholar at King's College Cambridge. Later he sang and composed music for 12 years with the King's Singers. His experiences with that group his passionate commitment to young and amateur choirs and his profound belief that music can unite people have inspired him both to compose full-time and through proactive workshopping to promote choral music worldwide.

Oculi Omnium was composed by Bob Chilcott for The King's Singers in 2010. The Observer explained Bob Chilcott as ?a contemporary hero of British choral music.?Bob Chilcott has been working as a choral composer and conductor since leaving The King's Singers in 1997. While in The King's Singers he was a prolific arranger also writing original works.

Bob Chilcott's Aesop's Fables for SATB and Piano accompaniment. This fabulous new choral work by Bob Chilcott sets five of Aesop's famous fables for SATB including: The Hare and the Tortoise The Mountain in Labour The Fox and the Grapes The North Wind and the Sun and The Goose and the Swan. This wonderful addition to the choral repertory and is an ideal concert work for all mixed choirs.

Bob Chilcott's The Twelve Days Of Christmas for SATB Choir with one Piano (with or without 1 or 2 Percussion players) or two Pianos (with or without 1 or 2 Percussion players) or Orchestra. This work is classic Chilcott - vibrant fresh and great fun. It is an exuberant setting of the well-known carol in which the 'five gold rings' refrain is re-written to appear in an array of guises: gentle soprano solo swinging barbershop quartet hard funk and rock gospel style. This version is for an SATB Choir but retains the flexibility to include 'guest' performers. Even the audience can join in.

Bob Chilcott's O Sing Unto The Lord for SATB and Organ. Chilcott's setting of Psalm 96 is bright optimistic and celebratory. The sparkling Organ part and fluctuation between 7/8 and 4/4 metres give the opening and closing sections a dance-like feel while the central section is still soft and reflective.

Bob Chilcott's mighty setting of words from the Gospel of St John is a dramatic yet optimistic retelling of the Passiontide story. As with Bach's great Passion settings the role of the Evangelist is taken by the tenor soloist who provides a melodious narrative throughout the work in arioso style. The words of Jesus and Pilate are performed by solo baritones. Within the narrative the SATB chorus becomes a crowd or a group of soldiers commenting on the story in short outbursts although the larger role of the choir is to perform the four meditations and five hymns that support the story. For the meditations-two of whichinclude soprano solos-Chilcott has selected English poems from the 13th to the early 17th centuries.The five well-known hymn texts are set to new original melodies which are also intended for performance by an audience or congregation.

Bob Chilcott's We Are for SATB. We are is a dynamic and vibrant setting of 'The human family' a powerful poem by American poet Maya Angelou. The poet's message that 'we are more alike than we are unalike' is carried through the piece by a compelling rhythmic figure and the a cappella textures and interplay between voices creates an infectious energy. The rich texture of the double choir scoring allows the two groups of singers to work together to create the sense of unity and common purpose the poem speaks to. We are was commissioned by The King's Singers for their 50th anniversary celebrations and features ontheir album 'GOLD' (Signum SIGCD500). The piece was originally presented with the first choir scoring as AATBarBarB but has since been rescored for SATTBB with the option for the second choir to be SA or SATB remaining unchanged.

Pilgrim Jesus by Bob Chilcott for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied.This sophisticated jubilant setting of a macaronic text by Kevin Crossley-Holland begins with an emphatic opening refrain before setting off on a sprightly dance through fluctuating 2/2 and 7/8 time signatures.Pilgrim Jesus was originally published in Carols for Choirs 5.

Bob Chilcott's Silver Swan for SATB double choir unaccompanied. This setting of Orlando Gibbons and Catullus is a re-working of Gibbons's celebrated 17th-century madrigal (of the same title) for five voices. It retains the lilting depiction of the swan and the original composer's love of antiphonal effects and rich texture providing an ideal platform for established choirs to explore tone blend and musical imagery.

9 carols for mixed voices-A collection of 9 pieces is representative of almost all of the mixed voice carols written by Bob Chilcott over the last ten years. Arranged for SATB and Piano accompaniment.

An a cappella arrangement of this popular spiritual for SATB voices by Bob Chilcott.

A collection of ten of Bob Chilcott's finest and most popular pieces to date. Arranged for mixed voices and selected to be both approachable to a wide range of choirs and appropriate to the needs of today's liturgy. This will make a treasured addition to any choir library.

This second book of anthems by Bob Chilcott assembles pieces in a wonderful range of styles and moods. The anthems have been carefully selected to be both approachable to a wide range of choirs and appropriate to the needs of today's liturgy. An indispensable addition to any choir's library.

This charming carol tells of the joy and wonder of the star of Bethlehem and features Chilcott's hallmark tuneful melodies and carefully chosen harmonic colours. Epiphany takes for its text a translation of two verses by French hymn-writer Charles Coffin augmented by a newly written verse by Chilcott's long-time collaborator Charles Bennett. The result is a carol which is both narrative and reflective with a perfect mix of traditional and modern.

for SATB and organ This setting of Psalm 139 by Chilcott is warm and mesmerizing. The chant-like texture and shifting tonalities impart the sensation of being entranced in prayer. The words offer respite as one is safe in the omnipresence of God. Tranquil yet powerful this work captures a sense of the total stillness after a storm.