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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645367
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645019
for: 4 soloists [mixed choir] (SSAB), 2 violins, cello/double bass, 2 trumpets, timpani, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 635197
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608465
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043091
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043086
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779144
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 771581
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 673177
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673172
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673150
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671999
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 642814
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771656
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Viola
Item no.: 642797
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232711
for: Solo voice (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), alto saxophone, piano, bass, drums
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 1747321
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola da gamba 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234623
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234175
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 230187
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229721
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 226574
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226573
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235814
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235812
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235512
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234651
Offertory for the Easter Sunday
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764569
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670471
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Easter
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634130
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Easter
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634123
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236072
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421977
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421976
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237495
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 237219
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237762
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237761
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236703
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236686
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235419
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233595
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233594
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226578
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424971
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424968
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235426
for: Women's choir (SSAA) [male choir (ttbb)], orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235342
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