Beatus vir, a joyous motet and a favourite amongst Monteverdi’s sacred pieces, was included in his collection Selva morale et spiriituale of 1641.
Orchestral material is available to hire at the OUP link below.
Orchestration: 3 tbn* (opt), cont (org or hpcd), str (bass opt) *alternatively 2 vla and vc (opt)
Taken from Rutter’s edition of Fauré’s Requiem, this famous movement features both the original French words and an optional English text, translated and adapted for singing by John Rutter himself.
John Rutter’s complete edition of Fauré’s Requiem (1893 version) is available from Oxford University Press, with scores and parts available on sale and on hire at the OUP link below.
Orchestration: vln solo, 2 bn (opt), 2 hn (opt), hp, org, vla I/II, vc I/II, db
This is Stanford’s extended Latin setting of this text, written in 1918 and acknowledged as its composer’s finest a cappella choral work.
A short, but eloquent setting of the eighth stanza of the hymn Pange lingua, and thus an effective Holy Week motet. An English singing translation is included.
This chorus from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin is popularly performed at wedding as the bride processes up the aisle. The chorus also appears in the Opera Choruses anthology. An English singing translation is included.
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Orchestration: 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 3 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, tri, hp, str
Motet by César Franck. An English singing translation is included.
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Offprinted from the anthology Opera Choruses, this is a short, beguiling piece from Madama Butterfly.
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Orchestration: 3 fl, 2 cl, bass cl, hn, hp, str, solo viola d’amore (opt)
Opera Choruses is a collection of 35 classic opera choruses, skilfully arranged as separate concert works, all with excellent English singing translations and practical keyboard reductions.
The accompanying orchestral material for all titles in the collection is available to hire.
Some items from this volume are available separately as leaflets in the Oxford Choral Classics Octavo series.
A Christmas motet by Jan Sweelinck. An English singing translation is included.
Conductor’s score and parts are available to hire from the OUP link below.
Orchestration: Inst. 1 in C or Bb, Inst. 2 in C or Bb, Inst. 3 shown in alto and tenor clef, and for Horn in F, Inst. 4 shown in tenor and bass clef), Inst. 5 in bass clef, cont bass (for cello and optional double bass), org cont.
A setting, for 16 voices, of the Crucifixus text from the Credo of the Mass.
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