Chorus

Sacred choral repertoire
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Ben Parry studied at
Cambridge University,
singing in King’s College
Choir. He has toured
as a member of The
Swingle Singers and
held several prominent
musical posts. He
is currently Artistic
Director of the National Youth Choirs of Great
Britain, co-Director of London Voices, Assistant
Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge
and Music Director of Aldeburgh Voices. He has
been commissioned by, among others, the BBC
Singers and VOCES8 and his music has been
heard at the BBC Proms and on radio and TV.
He is also a house composer for a commercial
library music company, and is credited on over
100 recordings, appearing as singer, conductor,
producer, chorus master, and composer.
Ben Parry
Ave verum corpus
This is a warm and contemplative
setting of the medieval Latin hymn,
suitable for communion services
or for Lent, Passiontide, or Corpus
Christi. Built around harmonic
sequences and an appealing
opening phrase, Parry’s setting offers
a charming alternative to more
familiar settings of these words.
SATB unaccompanied
2 mins, Easy
978-0-19-352815-4
Published January 2019
Ben Parry
O nata lux
A contemplative setting of the
Latin hymn at Lauds for The Feast
of Transfiguration, O nata lux
carries the listener through this
well known text by employing
effective melodic and harmonic
phrasing, creating a serene
environment for reflection.
SATB unaccompanied
1½ mins, Easy–Moderately
Difficult
978-0-19-352813-0
Published January 2019
Howard Helvey
Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise thee
Love divine, all loves excelling
This is a flexible hymn for general worship, with an original hymn tune
(‘Charleston’) by Howard Helvey. Either Francis Scott Key’s ‘Lord, with
glowing heart I’d praise thee’ or Charles Wesley’s ‘Love divine, all loves
excelling’ may be sung, and Helvey employs hymnody’s most popular
traits, including a majestic organ introduction, an emphatic unison first verse,
and a soaring soprano descant.
SATB with organ
4 mins, Easy
978-0-19-352835-2 | Published January 2019
Michael Higgins
May the road rise to meet you
Michael Higgins’s gentle setting of the traditional Gaelic Blessing has a
memorable melody, a flowing piano part, and a beautiful, soaring soprano
descant in the second verse. Written for the National Children’s Choir of
Great Britain, the piece is particularly suitable for children’s choirs.
SSA and piano
2½ mins, Easy–Very Easy
978-0-19-352904-5 | Publishing July 2019
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