COMPOSITIONS ::: Choral

ANTHEMS CHRISTMAS MUSIC
A Prayer for Lent
An Ode to Mothers
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Behold now praise the Lord
 The Virgin's Cradle Hymn
Exile
Sussex Mummer's Carol
Make we Joy now in this Fest
10 Carol Arrangements
A Prayer for Lent A Prayer for Lent   [SATB Choir unacc.]
A short chordal meditation suitable for Lent, Passiontide or Easter.

DOWNLOAD A Prayer for Lent   [PDF file 124 KB]

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An Ode to Mothers   [Children's Choir & Piano]
This was written because I could not find anything suitable for my Children's Choir to sing in Church on Mothering Sunday. The (slightly tongue-in-cheek) text was written by my father.

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 An Ode to Mothers
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing Let All the World in Every Corner Sing   [SATB Choir & Organ]
This anthem was commissioned by the Anglican Singers for their 25th Anniversary concert.
It has now been revised and extended and the original version withdrawn.

DOWNLOAD Let All the World in Every Corner Sing   [PDF file 138 KB]

DOWNLOAD the practice files for each voice:

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Behold now praise the Lord (Psalm 134)   [SATB Choir & Organ]
This anthem was written for Martin van Bleek and the Choir of St. Mary and St. Anna, Haarlem for the installation of their chaplain the Revd. Brian Richards on 9th September 2002.

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 Behold now praise the Lord
The Virgin's Cradle Hymn The Virgin's Cradle Hymn   [SATB Choir unacc.]
This is a setting of a latin carol and its paraphrase by Coleridge.

DOWNLOAD The Virgin's Cradle Hymn   [PDF file 153 KB]

Listen to a MIDI file of verse 1 of The Virgin's Cradle Hymn

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Exile   [SATB Choir unacc.]
This text for this carol comes from the second Sonnet from China by W.H. Auden. It was commissioned by Edward Seymour from Luxembourg.

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Sussex Mummer's Carol Sussex Mummers Carol   [SATB Choir unacc.]
This text comes from a medieval miracle play and was commissioned for the choir of St. John & St. Philip, The Hague, where I am Assistant Organist.

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Make we Joy now in this Fest   [SATB Choir & Organ]
This carol was written for Chris Farr and the Choir of St. John & St. Philip, The Hague in 2002.

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 Make we Joy now in this fest
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 10 Carol Arrangements   [SATB Choir & Organ]
These ten arrangements of popular Christmas carols give the choir something to do during the last verse or as an alternative arrangement.
The arrangements vary from SATB harmonies for the last verse to (double) descants and one tune with the melody in the Tenor.

DOWNLOAD the various arrangements: