| Title |
Composer |
Description |
Notes |
| Cloudsong |
Bill
Whelan |
From Riverdance |
|
| Locus Iste |
Anton
Bruckner |
A most beautiful
SATB anthem |
|
| The Heavenly
Aeroplane |
Words:
Anon
Music: John Rutter |
Choral song in
early rock 'n roll style |
|
| May it be |
Eithne Ni
Bhraonain
Nicky Ryan
Roma Ryan |
From The Lord of
the Tings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
|
| Cantique de Jean
Racine |
Gabriel Fauré |
|
|
| The Best Of Bond |
Arr Ned Ginsburg |
A compilation of
the famous James Bond music including:
You only live twice, Diamonds are forever,
Live and let die, For your eyes only |
|
| Were you there? |
Peter Skellern |
A lighter but no
less effective carol |
|
| The little road
to Bethlehem |
Michael Head |
Words Margaret
Rose
Delightful carol with soft moving humming parts in the alto
and first bass. |
|
| People, look
east |
|
Traditional
Besancon melody Arr. Martin Shaw |
|
| The First Noel |
Pachelbel |
Sung to Pachelbel's Cannon |
|
| Lo! star-let
chiefs |
Crotch |
Classic four
part choral harmony work |
|
| Who would
imagine a King |
Mervyn Warren
& Hallerin Hilton Hill |
|
|
| Song
for Athene |
John Tavener |
This
is classic Tavener; the droning bass line sets
the tone for this and the harmonies which
sometimes move opposite to one another are
interesting - just like Tavener's The Lamb. |
Immortalised
at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997. |
| Softly
Now |
Words
J Wild; melody anon |
A
round to get things going! |
|
| Ain't
misbehavin' |
Thomas
"Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks |
The
Title Song from the show "stompy but
laid-back - always relaxed"
in an arrangement by Peter Gritton. |
I
thought this was impossible to sing at first, but
it's coming OK; the final result will be
astounding! |
| When
the Saints go marching in |
American
Traditional |
|
Brilliant
arrangement by John Rutter - lots going on - very
exciting... |
| Zadok
the Priest |
Handel |
Standard
stuff for any ceremonial, not many choirs about
these days that can do these anthems well
though... |
|
| Carols for Choirs |
Various |
2007
Longfellow's
Carol
O little town of Bethlehem
Personent Hodie
Child in a manger
What Cheer?
2006
Birthday Carol
A maiden most gentle
A spotless Rose
The shepherd's farewell
2005
In the bleak
mid-winter
Sir Christèmas
Coventry Carol
Joys Seven
The crown of roses
Deck the hall
Unto us is born a son
Still, still, still
I saw three ships |
Allen
Pervical
Walford
Davies
Arr Gustav Holst
John Rutter
William Walton
David
Wilcocks
Andrew Carter
Herbert Howells
Hector Berlioz
Harold Darke
William Mathias
arr. Martin Shaw
Trad. arr. Sephen Cleobury
P I Tchaikovsky
Trad. arr. David Willcocks
Trad. Meg peacocke
John Rutter |
|
A collection of the best from the
"Carols for Choirs" series. |
| O holy night |
Adolphe Adam |
One of the most beautiful carols
that there is with soprano (can be tenor) soloist
leading with brilliant four-part accompaniment
from the choir. Organ or piano accompaniment. |
|
| Christmas is coming |
Walford Davies |
Part traditional - entertaining
piece best for an encore. |
|
| The Lamb |
John Tavener |
An incredibly beautiful piece to be
sung with great tenderness and, of course,
unaccompanied. It will need to be very well-known
by the choir to be successful - difficult
non-melodic sequences. |
Words by William Blake |
| Notre Père |
Maurice Duruflé |
The Lord's Prayer written in French
with an English translation alongside; best in
its native language which we do. Exquisite. |
|
| O! Deued Pob Cristion |
Hen Garol Gymreig |
Beautiful harmonies |
Almost impossible to sing from the
phonetic version of the words which try
unsuccessfully to explain the actual
pronunciation! |
| Donna Nobis Pacem |
|
A round with just these three title
words but exciting in a fast 3:4 time. |
Rounds make a good introduction to
harmony singing |
| Medley from Les Misérables |
Claude Michel Schönberg |
One of the very best musicals in
recent years - probably not entirely suitable for
amateurs on account of the prefered method of
singing the female solo items using the chest
voice (pop-style), but actually sung by a soprano
and contralto chorus.
Based on
the novel by Victor Hugo.
|
The semi-staged concert version from
the Albert Hall with several international Valjeans
from casts around the world was excellent.
|
| Medley from Fiddler on the Roof |
Jerry Bock |
First performed in the 1960s with
various attempts by local operatic societies to
reproduce its pathos - some more successfully
than others. |
Fiddler was brilliant in
the 1960s and remains popular today; this
compendium suffers, as do so many, when the
compiler sets out to have solo items sung by a
chorus. |
| Zum Sanctus Schlussgesang
|
F Schubert
(1797-1828) |
From the German Mass |
|
| Rhythm of life |
Dorothy Fields
Cy Coleman |
|
|
| Night of Miracles |
John W Peterson |
As I began work on the Christmas
cantata, "Night of Miracles", the
project presented a dual challenge. It was to be
an original work and with a new and different
theme. What then would that theme be? God's
all-surpassing Love had been a perfect subject
for "Love Transcending". What could I
use this time to portray the miraculous truth of
the Incarnation in an original way?
"Miraculous!" Perhaps that was it. The
night of our Saviour's birth was miraculous
indeed for many reasons. I started to list them,
using passages from Matthew and Luke, and soon
the thread of an idea started to weave itself
into the story of an unforgettable night . . . a
night when centuries old prophecy came
miraculously true, a night when shepherds were
awe-stricken by a gloriously brilliant heavenly
host that told of the birth of the Prince or
Peace; a night when God sent His only begotten
Son to be born of a virgin for the redemption of
a world of sinners. This last fact was the most
miraculous of all! Here, too, then was a story of
Love, but not love as natural man knows it. This
Love knows no bounds. It is limitless and
absolute, and it was first manifested on that
wonderful night so long ago . . . a NIGHT OF
MIRACLES. John W
Peterson - 1958
|
The
Singers performed
this work just a few years ago. A mixed bag
of the good and not so good, the work carries a
strong 50s & 60s label. Some of the music
seems to be closely derived from Handel's
Messiah. Some is highly repetitive; the title
phrase is sung at least 18 times!
Hackneyed!
|
| Christ-child in the Manger |
Kenneth Rothery |
Lively SATB "carol"
written in 1991 |
Rather in the style of the Black
& White Minstrel show (if that's still
allowed!) |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert |
Arranged by Ed Lojeski |
Includes: Jesus Christ Superstar
(Theme), Everything's alright, Don't cry for me
Argentina, Unexpected Song, Mr. Mistofelees,
Memory, Light at the end of the Tunnel, Phantom
of the Opera (Theme), Think of Me (Phantom), Love
changes everything. |
A delightful if demanding selection. |
| Selections from G&S for choirs |
Arranged by Peter Gritton |
I have a song to sing, O! - Yeomen
of the Guard
Buon' giorno, signorine! - The Gondoliers |
Love it or hate it, G&S remains
as popular as ever, even with embellishment! |
Lionel
Bart
Selections from Oliver! |
Arranged
by Norman Leyden |
Consider
yourself, Where is love?, OOM-PAH-PAH!, As long
as he needs me, I'd do anything, Who will buy? |
Popular
and tuneful with clever contrapuntal singing.
Let's have some more! |
