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Christmas repertoire Malcolm Archer As I sat on a sunny bank Archer’s innovative setting of this traditional text swings energetically between 7/8 and 6/8, presenting a fresh take on the original tune. This piece offers a dash of cheerful festivity in any Christmas concert or service. SATB and organ 2½ mins, Easy 978-0-19-352804-8 Published April 2019 David Blackwell A Carol for our Times This thought-provoking carol takes up the topical theme of the plight of refugees, drawing parallels with the stories and reception of Christ’s birth. The text, by the composer, alludes to familiar lines from the Coventry Carol, rooting the piece in tradition while encouraging us to consider our present. SATB (with S. solo) unaccompanied 4 mins, Easy 978-0-19-353034-8 Publishing July 2019 Gary Hallquist Gloria With a text by the composer, this declamatory Christmas piece provides a fresh take on the nativity story. The cacophony of choral sound in the polyphonic middle section is akin perhaps to the angelic announcement of Jesus’s birth, leading to an emphatic closing proclamation ‘Gloria! in excelsis Deo!’ SATB and piano 3 mins, Easy 978-0-19-352385-2 Published April 2019 Ian Assersohn Make we joy now in this fest In this lively 6/8 setting, Assersohn explores a macaronic 15th-century text (‘A Patre Unigenitus/Through a maiden is come’), with its exclamations of ‘Eya!’ reinforcing festive celebration. Featuring modal harmonies and energetic rhythms, this carol promises to be a fresh, uplifting, and accessible addition to any Christmas programme. SATB unaccompanied 2½ mins, Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-352901-4 Published April 2019 Bob Chilcott Pilgrim Jesus This sophisticated, jubilant setting of a macaronic text by Kevin Crossley-Holland begins with an emphatic opening refrain before setting off on a sprightly dance through fluctuating 2/2 and 7/8 time signatures. Pilgrim Jesus was originally published in Carols for Choirs 5. SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied 2 mins, Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-338197-1 Published April 2019 Gabriel Jackson Hush! my dear Offprinted from Carols for Choirs 5, this exquisite setting of a familiar text by Isaac Watts has flexible scoring, with choirs encouraged to explore different options for each of the four verses. The music is gentle, flowing, and peaceful, perfectly reflecting the nativity scene the poet so vividly depicts. SATB accompanied or unaccompanied 3 mins, Easy 978-0-19-338205-3 Published April 2019 David Bednall Sweet was the song This movement from Make We Merry sets the words of the seventeenth-century Christmas text ‘Sweet was the song’ to a straightforward and lyrical solo line in the first soprano part, with an imitative second soprano part joining towards the end. The organ accompaniment gently underpins the tender vocal lines throughout. SS and organ 3 mins, Easy 978-0-19-353099-7 Published June 2019 Pete Churchill In the bleak mid-winter This is a funk, gospel-tinged, harmonically innovative arrangement of the popular Christina Rossetti carol In the bleak mid-winter for mixed voices, with piano, shaker, and tambourine accompaniment and solo opportunities. SATB, piano, and percussion 4 mins, Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-352834-5 Publishing July 2019 Cecilia McDowall A Prayer to St John the Baptist Written for the 2018 BBC Advent broadcast sung by the choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, A Prayer to St John the Baptist sets an artfully crafted text that combines Guido d’Arezzo’s Ut queant laxis (itself a Hymn to John the Baptist, as well as a medieval musicteaching mnemonic) with Thomas Merton’s poem on the same subject. SATB and organ 4 mins, Easy–Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-352783-6 Published April 2019 4 To listen to recordings, visit www.oup.com/sheetmusic or search on Spotify
Christmas repertoire Michael Higgins The Angel Gabriel In this haunting arrangement of the wellknown carol, Higgins creates a mystical soundscape by layering a single motif in a fourpart soprano canon. SSSSAATBB unaccompanied 3 mins, Moderately Difficult 978-0-19-352991-5 Published April 2019 Sarah Quartel This endris night Sarah Quartel brings a fresh take on a familiar fifteenth-century text in this carol for upper voices. The carol may be sung unaccompanied, though for added sparkle there is an optional part for handbells (or percussion or organ). SSAA unaccompanied or with optional handbells (or percussion, or organ) 3 mins, Easy 978-0-19-352914-4 Published April 2019 John Rutter The Jolly Shepherd This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting textures, and a memorable refrain. SATB (with divisions) and piano or organ or orchestra 5 mins, Easy Vocal score with organ: 978-0-19-353003-4 Vocal score with piano: 978-0-19-353004-1 Full score: 978-0-19-353005-8 Set of parts: 978-0-19-353006-5 All published May / June 2019 Libby Larsen A Simple Gloria Originally published in the anthology, An American Christmas, this is a serene setting of a macaronic text by M. K. Dean describing the song the angels sang for the birth of the Christ-child. SATB unaccompanied 4 mins, Easy 978-0-19-339629-6 Published April 2019 John Rutter arr. Kenneth Pont Jesus Child An arrangement for upper voices, with a simplified piano part, of John Rutter’s popular Jesus Child, an upbeat carol with a clear Caribbean influence. SS or SA with a simplified piano accompaniment 3½ mins, Very Easy 978-0-19-352911-3 Published April 2019 Gordon Thornett Star of the East Thornett’s setting of this Epiphany text, also known as ‘Brightest and best’, makes effective use of arching melodies and a variety of choral textures. The accompaniment features bell effects and quotations of Gruber’s famous ‘Silent night’ melody. For choirs who are low on male numbers, there are options for omitting tenor and bass divisi parts. SATB and piano or organ or orchestra 4 mins, Easy 978-0-19-352800-0 Published April 2019 Ben Parry Adam lay ybounden Parry presents a fresh take on this popular 15th-century macaronic carol through appealing imitation, strong rhythmic interest, and imaginative harmonic language, leading to a satisfying Tierce de Picardie. SATB unaccompanied 1½ mins, Easy 978-0-19-352814-7 Published April 2019 John Rutter Past three a clock Originally published in Carols for Choirs 2, Rutter’s arrangement of this well-known carol is energetic and joyful. The memorable and buoyant melody is supported and driven by lively piano accompaniment, making it wellsuited for Christmas concerts and services. SATB (with divisions) and piano or small orchestra 2½ mins, Easy 978-0-19-353002-7 Published April 2019 Roderick Williams The star has come The star has come is an illustrative and imaginative setting of a poem by Robert Seatter. In response to the evocative text, Williams uses portamenti techniques to create musical imagery, and explores cross-rhythms, chromatic harmony, and energetic dynamics in an ever-changing texture. SATB unaccompanied 2½ mins; Moderately Difficult–Difficult 978-0-19-352909-0 Published April 2019 To listen to recordings, visit www.oup.com/sheetmusic or search on Spotify 5
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