Alasdair Middleton's charming poems provide the texts for this 13-minute work comprising four songs for children's voices with trumpet, violoncello, and piano. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the
With a text based on the eighth-century The Dream of the Rood, this contemporary choral work is a fantasy piece about the trickster gods of ancient cultures and their attempts to persuade the
Commissioned by the BBC for the 2000 Proms music festival, this work presents a vision for the future. No matter how technologically developed the world may become, the big questions will always remain the
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This 6-minute modern choral work for choir and organ depicts the Transfiguration text from Matthew 17:2, 5 (NIV). For advanced choirs, this work was commissioned by First Presbyterian Church, Davenport,
This traditional Yiddish folk song is a humorous dispute between a pair of lovers who complain bitterly about the interference of various relatives in their relationship. This arrangement sets the dialogue
Based on the melancholic lullaby Kleyner yosem (Little Orphan), this fresh interpretation of the Yiddish song uses a broad tonal language including aleatoric and scenic elements. The piece begins
Conceived as a pair of pieces, this work may either stand alone or be performed in tandem with Du var vinden, either simultaneously or one after the other. Based on Edvard Grieg's well-known and
A lighthearted response to what Friday afternoons are like in a school, this charming work for children's voices uses texts by Selma Dimitrijevic. These two short songs with piano accompaniment, the first
This lively, joyful Yiddish song is full of pride; a mother singing a hymn of gratitude for her child - her own child who is, of course, the best child of all! Arranged for SATB choir with soloist, it
This famous Yiddish lullaby is about a mother's longing for a better future for her child. Rozhinkes (raisins) and mandlen (almonds) are symbolic of well-being and prosperity. Arranged for
Todd Boss's poem We Tend to Sleep Better When the Clock Is Wound provides the text for this dreamy work that gently unfurls as a clock ticks through the night. Accompanied only by a solo horn in F,
Reflecting the pride of Jewish peasants who sing of a kolkhoz (collective farm) on the Crimean Peninsula, this arrangement of a traditional Yiddish song leaves the performers plenty of scope for their own
Propelled forward by repeated motives on the text I Shall Arise, this exciting concert work sets a poem from Dora Sigerson Shorter. Affirming and brimming with confidence, it builds to a thrilling
Commissioned by VOCES8 in 2020, this reflective piece is setting of a text from poet Jacqueline Goldfinger. Creating a period of calm during winter storms where we reflect on what we have lost but rise up
Conceived as a pair of pieces, Du var vinden (You Were the Wind) and Spring Memories may be performed one after the other, or simultaneously. This work may also stand alone as a setting of
This dramatic work for SATB choir and organ sets a biblical text that exhorts the reader to gather treasures in heaven rather than on earth, since where the treasure is, there too will be our hearts
Asking the simple but fundamental questions about the need for human contact, this eight-part a cappella concert work features a sustained texture of cluster harmonies with melody lines that call out "Can
Setting a text by the Christian medieval mystic St. Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1297), this atmospheric original anthem for divisi choir and organ evokes the ancient mystery of the text.
With words drawn from the order of service for Evening Prayer, Book of Common Prayer 1662, this short series of responses is for cantor and unaccompanied SATB choir.
With words taken from the Third Collect at Evening Prayer, Book of Common Prayer 1662, this unaccompanied original work is set for SATB mixed choir with soprano solo.
Commissioned as a contemporary response to Thomas Tallis' Latin anthem Loquebantur variis linguis, this a cappella anthem uses verses from the Psalms to pick up on the theme of many tongues
Using the traditional Latin text, this modern a cappella concert work for divisi treble choir expresses the thought "Look to the light and you will never see the shadows."
Composed during the pandemic, this original anthem sets George Herbert's Antiphon (I) "Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing" in two versions with a double choir texture, solos, and optional organ
Scored for double choir with organ, this anthem sets the beautiful George Herbert poem of the same title. The piece ends with an imploring request to the listener to persevere despite the hardships we have