Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types …

Des 4 survivant des paramètres du Te Deum charpentier, celui-ci composée dans la ' joyeux et très guerrier' clé de ré majeur, est sans doute son oeuvre la plus célèbre, grâce à des producteurs de télévision qui a choisi son prélude d'ouverture à la signature de l'Eurovision tune dans les années 1950. Bien que la carrière parisienne de Charpentier est assez bien documenté, sait peu sur la Genèse et…

Written for SSA chorus and Piano. This is the original arrangement as sung by the Military Wives Choir. Commissioned by Gareth Malone for Series Four of BBC TV's 'The Choir' and first performed by Malone and the Military Wives' choir as part of The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th November 2011 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. A favourite for…

Arranged for TTBB chorus and Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Gareth Malone for Series Four of BBC TV's 'The Choir' and first performed by Malone and the Military Wives' choir as part of The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th November 2011 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. A favourite for the 2011 Christmas Number One, with support from radi…

The third of a set of four madrigals on rose texts, 'Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal', for SATB (with divisi). Commissioned by John Armitage Memorial and first performed by the joint choirs of the University of St Andrews Chapel Choir, University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir and the Edinburgh University Chamber Choir, conducted by Michael Bawtree on October 28th, 29th and amp - 31st 2010. / SATB

ING. / All. partition vocale. Pour son Oratorio de Mendelssohn fait une sélection discret de la vie mouvementée de Saint-Paul, comme il est relaté dans les actes des apôtres. L'histoire commence avec la lapidation de Steven St. par les Juifs et continue par le biais de sa conversion miraculeuse de la scène en Lystre, où Paul lui-même est presque martyrisé par lapidation, et ses adieux à Milet. Pra…

Love's As Warm As Tears was expertly composed by Paul Mealor. The piece was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and first performed on the 22nd November 2013, at a service dedicated to C. S Lewis, by the Special Service Choir of Westminster Abbey, conducted by James O'Donnell.Paul Mealor is a Welsh composer, recognised for his contribution to choral music. Mealor came to the public…

These well-known words seem endlessly fruitful for the composer and conjure up such lovely images which strike each of us in our own way. For me it was the beauty of the language with its flower imagery which made me want to set the words with richly warm harmony and to temper that with gently imitative refrains. The important element in approaching the performance of this carol is the blend and b…

Beata Es, Virgo Maria was composed in 2008 by Paul Mealor for SATB divided chorus unaccompanied. / Choeur (SATB)