Sacred Christmas Choral Music

Straight off their Christmas album The Spirit of the Season, here is Voctave's exact arrangement of the hit Christmas song that has been recorded and covered by countless artists over the past 25 years.

Voctave's sparkling arrangement of two Handel favorites is available for mixed divisi a cappella groups as it appeared on their Christmas album, Snow. Extended ranges for your sopranos and basses as well as

This a cappella setting is a joyful and energetic treatment of the traditional 19th-century Austrian carol. Unique and island-flavored, this Christmas piece will be a wonderful addition to your concert.

This poignant 16th-century English carol is carefully set in an arrangement with modern harmonies and shifting tonalities. Designed to be sung a cappella or with the supportive piano part, the sweeping

This simple concert arrangement employs Franz Gruber's original melody as sung in Northern Europe as well as three of Joseph Mohr's original German stanzas. Composed in a charming Austrian style, this

Michael Cox has arranged his madrigal-like carol in SATB, SSAA, and TTBB settings. Lilting "Alleluia" refrains contrast with introspective verses that are a perfect vehicle for the thought-provoking imagery

The text is Sir Walter Raleigh's response to The Passionate Shepherd by Christopher Marlowe; the two poems are worlds apart in their philosophical viewpoints. While The Passionate Shepherd

This first movement of the larger work Vidimus Stellam is based on the Advent text, "enlighten those who dwell in darkness." Mostly unaccompanied and divisi, the organ intermittently plays a melody

Based on Angels We Have Heard on High, this new arrangement opens with shepherds, represented in the music by tenor and baritone soli, hearing angel voices "o'er the mountains, guided by a Holy

Born in Bethlehem is a cumulative counting song, similar to The Twelve Days of Christmas. Each group traveling to the Nativity, or associated with Jesus, is presented in ascending

Calling to mind compositions written for traditional men's singing societies in Germany, the harmonies and lyric character of this arrangement are as one might hear in a Christkindlmarkt in Northern Europe.

Phillips Brooks, a priest at Trinity Church, Boston, wrote this famous carol after a visit to Bethlehem in 1865; three years later, his organist Lewis Redner set it to music. This arrangement uses three of

This little Christmas motet, the responsory to the eighth Lesson of Second Vespers on Christmas, is a setting of John 1:14 in Latin, through-composed in the Renaissance manner, with each new phrase of text

Based on the original Michael W. Smith Christmas song, this celebratory setting is teeming with energy and joy. Arranger Lloyd Larson blends in Angels We Have Heard on High and offers an optional

All dressed up with a fresh, updated text, this energetic setting of the popular carol is delightfully infectious! Creative key changes and interplay between the flute, violin, and piano add sparkle to this

This festive Christmas work for chorus, soprano soloist, and optional orchestra and handbells includes three familiar carols arranged in Mark Hayes's signature, colorful style. Over the course of twelve

"Whence comes this rush of wings afar, following straight the Noel star? Birds from the woods in wondrous flight, Bethlehem seek this holy night." This distinguished setting of the traditional French carol

This beautiful arrangement partners Silent Night with an original melody, lending a delightful ambiance to this beloved classic. The flowing piano and cello accompaniments enhance the lyrical

Here is the beautiful Ralph Vaughn Williams adaptation of the FOREST GREEN tune delicately set for two-part choir. Suitable for young singers or beginning treble voices, this is a wonderful addition to the

The sound of carols changes depending on the country from which they originate, and this one is unquestionably American with a traditional and classical feel to it. Perfect as an opening work in a concert

This haunting, modal carol is based on one of the earliest forms of sacred music known - the chant or plainsong. This unique two-part arrangement contrasts the rich melody in part 1 with a rhythmic,

The tender strains of a cello and an opening solo set the tone in this exquisite arrangement of the traditional Irish carol. Canonic interplay between the vocal lines adds interest while the gorgeous Celtic

A gentle pairing of two beloved Christmas carols, the Polish carol Infant Holy, Infant Lowly and the English Coventry Carol. Together they create a lovely lullaby setting for the

African American poet Countee Cullen is the text source for this musical work which captures a flavor that respects the difficulties of the African American heritage. The title is used as a litany response