The Call

Now The God Of Peace

Traditional Language

SATB compatible with A0288 (new edition)- A four-part arrangement of this of popular anthem. Alternatively known as Deep Peace the gentle nature of both the words and melody have made this piece a firm favourite at christenings weddings and funerals.

The Stable Carol (Carol of the Stable) by Malcolm Archer. A really beautiful Christmas Carol that will enhance any carol service or Christmas concert.

Music to accompany the Church of England liturgy book including 'A new commandment' 'My God my God' 'We glory in your cross' and the hugely popular 'Easter song of praise'.

The Reproaches by John Sanders. For SSAATTBB Choir and Organ accompaniment. One of the glories of music for Passiontide you'll hear the Sanders Reproaches sung in nearly every cathedral on Good Friday. The Sanders Reproaches is quite simply the most sublime piece of music.

Richard Shephard's Never Weather Beaten Sail for SATB.

Remember Bethlehem was conceived after a conversation on the works of the late story-telling songsmith Jake Thackray. Thackray's sometimes bawdy sometimes satirical and often hilarious lyrics are delivered in a lugubrious baritone and underpinned by a strong Yorkshire accent that led him to be dubbed the North Country Noel Coward. In his Remember Bethlehem heshows a more tender side and tells a story devoid of expletives and cutting social commentary of a shabby little country girl completely broken by the ardours of her journey arriving in Bethlehem as a distrusted foreigner to give birth to baby boy called Jesus. Whatstruck and moved me most about Thackray's telling of the Nativity Narrative is the way he normalizes Mary. Rather than retrospectively beatifying her - telling her story full in the knowledge of the extraordinary thing she did (as most nativity stories do) - Thackray's portrayal of her as young afraid and cold makes her achievement all the more astonishing. Indeed so out-of-the-ordinary is the gift given by this apparently ordinary girl that no one and no thing can ever forget it: Even the stony old hills […] your shaggy old trees […] the sulky old sun Remembers Bethlehem. My carol of the same name adapts a similar approach to telling Mary's story. Musically I have only thinly veiled my affection for Peter Warlock's miniature masterpiece Bethlehem Down and evidence of this can be seen not only in the choice of key triple metre and strophic setting but also in the resemblance of some of the cadential figures. A final strand of influence comes once more from Yorkshire and specifically Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre. My wife is a literature scholar and pointed out to me the parallels between Mary's plight in Thackray's story and a scene from the novel in which Jane is lost up on the moors. Through her distrust of man she feels outcast and

A setting for Gordon Stewart and the BBC Radio 4 Pilgrim Choir. Arranged for SATB and Organ.

The Voice for Life White Level Workbook is the first book in the series of workbooks for singers. It introduces the concepts of singing well musical knowledge understanding the music we sing and belonging to the choir. It provides beginners with a step by step approach which will provide a solid base for the following Voice for Life levels.

A Unison Communion

Ferial Versicles And Responses And Creed

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Psalm 121

Voice For Life Chorister's Companion

Charles Villiers Stanford's O For A Closer Walk With God is a setting of the words by William Cowper for SATB Choir with Organ accompaniment.

Patrick Hadley's I Sing Of A Maiden for SATB.

Another setting originally composed in the early 70s and still selling well this mostly congregational setting has moments where SATB choir can flex their muscles. This tuneful setting is easily picked up by congregations. The melody edition is covered by the CCLI Music licence so may be photocopied in church service sheets.

Written to commemorate not only the dead of two World wars and all other confliicts but also the victims of the September 11th atrocities. For unaccompanied SATB choir.

Colin Mawby's setting for Unison Soprano or Treble voices with Organ accompaniment of Psalm 23 'The Lord Is My Shepherd'.