Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233607
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232970
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 231279
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 680655
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235461
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235072
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235031
for: 2 soloists (SB) [mixed choir (SB)], strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin
Item no.: 234404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 230246
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230102
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424391
Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part(n)
Item no.: 424215
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371839
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423162
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423068
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 377130
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 333926
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 237357
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 133054
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB); trombone, strings, basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1106007
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; trombone, strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1105868
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105763
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423312
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423309
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236185
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 194606
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1340539
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105708
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105660
for: 2 favorit choirs (SSATB, SATB); 5 viole da gamba, double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232082
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232042
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 232035
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1160942
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 691936
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 688766
for: Children's choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 632298
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 341580
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 231977
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231891
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231818
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231491
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 231278
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230928
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230897
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230881
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1043829
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 642761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 673241
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