POD-Richard Allain's The Beloved for SATB choir and Organ. This work was commissioned by Merton College Oxford as part of the Merton Choirbook a collection of music being assembled to celebrate Merton College's 750th anniversary in 2014. The Beloved was first performed on the 18th January 2015 in Merton College Chapel by the choir of Merton College conducted by Benjamin Nicholas. This work is a…

with God So Loved the World and The Love of God-Uses: Communion General Lent Scripture: John 3:16 - Romans 8:3 This anthem joins two beloved traditional pieces into a pleasant amalgamation of hopeful praise. Perhaps the most recognized new testament scripture forms the opening gesture which is discreetly joined by the soaring sweetness of the hymn. A reserved piano accompaniment showcases the v…

For SATB Choir A Cappella.

This new Christmas song beautifully weaves the heart of John 3:16 into the text creating a powerful anthem. Beginning quietly it builds to a triumphant celebration of Christ's coming. Moving and deeply emotive illustrating Christ's coming and sacrifice.

For centuries composers have been inspired by the beautiful O Magnum Mysterium text depicting the birth of the new-born King among the lowly animals and shepherds. This setting for unaccompanied SATB divisi by Morten Lauridsen one of America’s most loved and most performed living choral composers is rich in colour deeply spiritual and intensely moving. It is rated as 'reasonably straight…

These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but despite encouragement from Ireland Vaughan Williams and Howells werenever performed during the composer's life. Scored for chorus and orchestra the contrasting movements show many of the traits so loved in Britten's later music. After being unearthed agai…

Faure was not drawn to compose a Requiem because of the death of a loved one even though his mother had died during the early stages of composition and his father had passed away two years before. Faure’s composition does not set his Requiem to the standard liturgical text instead adding a lyrical Pie Jesu and transcendent Paradisum and omitting the Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum - which for most …

Composed in 1997 Morten Lauridsen's Ave Maria is a texturally rich eight-part setting of the most loved of Marian antiphons. This treatment recalls the sumptious polychoral music of Gabrieli as well as the rich textures of Brahms' music for unaccompanied SATB choir. Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. …

A Song of the New Jerusalem (And I saw a New Heaven) was commissioned by the Sanders Society in 2011 and first performed by the choir of Gloucester Cathedral in July that year. It is dedicated to the late Dr John Sanders OBE who was organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1967-1994.The piece serves as an alternative to the well-known and much loved classic by Edgar Bainton and is designed to be of …