This collection, in two volumes, offers seven well-known carols in fresh and sophisticated a cappella settings. Volume 2 includes excellent arrangements at a mature high school level and beyond that can be selected individually or as a group by choirs in school and church alike: Away in a Manger- The Holly and the Ivy- Coventry Carol- The First Nowell. / Choeur Mixte (SSAATTBB) A Cappella

Winner of the 1st prize at the International Composition Competition Musica Sacra Nova 2012, the eight-part work presents itself in a powerful and majestic manner. Canonic sections alternate with full-voiced passages, presenting the chamber choir as a powerful organ. / Choeur SSAATTBB

Deux chansons partie par l'éminent chorale anglaise compositeur Herbert Howells, fixant les paroles de James Ballantine et Seumas O'Sullivan. / Choeur Mixte (SAATTBB) A Cappella

Domine, refugium factus es nobis. Par SCHANDERL HANS. Kurt Suttner, editor of the “carus novus” series, has written as follows in the foreword to the printed edition of Schanderl’s setting of Psalm 90: The seven verses of Psalm 90 contrast the eternity of God with the transitoriness of man. This contrast is symbolized in the composition by the majestic, slow-moving basic pulse of the music, and by rhythmically taut, concise, polyphonic melodic figures. This contrast exactly matches the words which speak either of the permanence of God [“Domine – Lord”] or the transitory nature of man [“convertimini filii hominum – return ye children of man” – “mane sicut herba – like the grass”]. / Psaumes / Répertoire / Choeur SSAATTBB

'for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain'for junior-upper voice SSSA Choir and Double SATB Choir a cappella (Score)Commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great BritainText is by Arthur W. E. O'Shaughnessy, adapted by Jessica Duchen.Composer's NoteWhen the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain requested a short piece for their gala concert at Birmingham's Symphony Hall, I was particularly excited about the prospect of writing for 300 singers. A recent research trip to Estonia resulted in somewhat of a revelation: having heard and seen their world-renowned choirs in action (literally!) has resulted in We are the Music-Makers having the less mainstream 'surround-sound' of upper voices/junior choir at the back and sides of the audience and a further stereophonic double-choir on stage.This poem was sent to me by Tim Williams (my ex Head of English at school), and immediately seemed to fit this occasion. This text has already been set magnificently by Elgar, so partly to avoid any kind of comparison and also to bring its timeless message up to date, I asked my poet friend Jessica Duchen to give it a sligtly more contemporary feel.A poem about global music-making (which ties in with the NYCGB's recent World-Music CD), it speaks about humankind, nation to nation, and the mention of Babel inspiring a 'speakng of tongues' effect by using as many different international words for 'music' as possible as an accompaniment (not an easy task, as many of them are similar to our own word!). These are: French (Musique), Romanian (Muzica), Swahili (Mahewa), Polish (Muzka), Estonian (Muusika), German (Muzik), Japanese (Ongaku), and Spanish (Música). / Choeur Mixte (SSAATTBB) A Cappella

Aus: Drei Kirchenmusiken. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. The chorale 'Mitten wir im Leben sind' is 'one of the best church pieces that I have written, and growls angrily, or whistles dark blue“, wrote Mendelssohn to his sister Fanny on 22 Nov 1830. / Date parution : 1977-04-01/ Répertoire / Choeur SSAATTBB

Commissioned by Soli Deo Gloria, this 9-minute setting of Psalm 104 is described by the composer as overflowing with the glories of creation, earth, and the heavens. Glorious Majesty is a work of contrasts, with sections performed by both large and small groups of singers, as well as shifting moods and harmonies, to highlight the distinction between passages in the text that praise God and those that praise God's creation. / Choeur Mixte (SSAATTBB) A Cappella

Le Kikapust qu'offre de série Choral choeurs un vaste choix de clôture-harmony un arrangements cappella. Tous nos arrangeurs / compositeurs - Jonathan Rathbone, Ben Parry and Mark Williams - étaient membres de longue date de Swingle Singers. / A Cappella