'S ann an Ile
SATB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Trad. Anon
'I was born and brought up on the beautiful Isle of Islay'. Traditional port-a-beul (mouth music)....
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A boy was born
SATB
Music: Douglas Cook
Words: Anon. (trans. Dearmer)
Douglas Cook's vigorous version of this ancient and joyful carol has a modal flavour...
Read More »A carol for the wanderer
SATB, optional piano
Music: Trad. arr. Andrew Adams
Words: Andrew Adams
A rousing pagan carol for a mid-winter concert, welcoming Odin (the Wanderer, or All-Father) to the feast...
Read More »A man's a man for a' that
SAB
Music: Trad. arr. Frances Cockburn
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
This stirring song by Robert Burns, written in 1795, extols the worth of the poor yet honest man...
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A Manx lullaby
SATB
Music: Frances Cockburn
Words: Trad. Anon
A warmly harmonised setting of traditional Manx words, featuring separate female and male voice verses and full SATB refrains....
Read More »A parting glass
SATB
Music: Trad. arr. Peter Hill
Words: Trad. Anon
An ideal concert finisher or encore, featuring the classic Irish mix of tears and beers...
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Prayer for peace
SAB & organ
Music: David Barton
Words: Scottish Psalter of 1650
A simple and beautifully structured prayer for peace, based on words from the Scottish Psalter of 1650....
Read More »A sequence of carols
SATB
Music: Douglas Cook
Words: Anon
Four contrasting settings of medieval English texts, mixing old and new idioms...
Read More »A Shepherd's tale
SATB chorus with descant, treble solo, children’s choir,
Music: Richard Nye
Words: Mandy Anson
A charming narrative anthem for the adventurous church or school choir, told from the point of view of a shepherd...
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Aalo Aamar Aalo
SATB, piano
Music: Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Rabindranath Tagore
An ecstatic paean to light — “heart-sweetening, eye-kissing light” — by the major Bengali poet, composer, playwright, artist and author...
Read More »Ae fond kiss SATB
SATB
Music: Trad. arr. Frances Cockburn
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
A richly harmonised setting of Robert Burns' famous song about the pain of parting with 'no regrets'...
Read More »Along the river
SSATB
Music: trad. Russian arr. Irina Walters
Words: trad. Russian and Sheena Phillips
A youth is absorbed in thoughts of his love-life. Delightful Russian folk song with a catchy tune....
Read More »Amazing grace
SATB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: John Newton
A jazz setting that builds up from quiet 5-part harmony in verse 1 to a rollicking finale...
Read More »Amo ergo sum
solo voice or choir, equal or mixed voices
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Kathleen Raine
Free-flowing setting of Kathleen Raine's ecstatic paean to the natural world. For solo voice or choir, equal or mixed voices....
Read More »An Irish Blessing
two-part voices, keyboard
Music: Jennifer Bell
Words: anon. (adapted by the composer)
A blessing for partings, set simply and very teachably, for any combination of voices or instruments....
Read More »An Irish blessing
SATB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: anon.
A new take on traditional Irish blessings, with mixed meter (3/4, 4/4) and a calm, expansive feel. Perfect for weddings...
Read More »An tàillear mhór
SATB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Trad. Anon
He'd love to go off with the tall tailoress, but unfortunately he has an extremely unpleasant wife to dispose of...
Read More »Auld Lang Syne
SATB
Music: Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Burns' famous song of enduring friendship, traditional for Hogmanay (New Year) but suitable year round...
Read More »Aurora Rutilat
SATB divisi
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: From the Inchcolm Antiphoner
'Aurora rutilat lucis prenuncia...' ('Dawn glows red, heralding daylight'). Atmospheric and soaring setting of a 6th century text...
Read More »Ay Waukin, O
SATB
Music: 17th c. anon. arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
'Sleep I can get nane, for thinkin on my dearie...' A simple setting of Burns' plaintive song of sorrow...
Read More »Ballad
SATB
Music: Ernest Buck (1908-1975), arr. Michael Buck
Words: William Soutar (1898-1943)
'O! Shairly ye hae seen my love doun whaur the waters wind?' A short, stark ballad...
Read More »Ballad of lost ladye
SATB
Music: Michael Buck
Words: Helen B. Cruickshank (1886-1975)
A mysterious and chilling story, allegedly based on a true incident...
Read More »Balulalow
SATB with S and T soli
Music: 16th C. anon. arr. Douglas Cook
Words: Anon. (16th century)
'I come from hevin heich to tell the best nowells that e'er befell.' A plangent and flowing 16th century lullaby...
Read More »Barb'ra Allen
SATB
Music: Trad. arr. Richard John
Words: Trad. Anon
A beautiful and flowing arrangement of the well known traditional song....
Read More »Bat
voicing flexible
Music: Emily Doolittle
Words: Emily Doolittle, Neil Banas and Sheena Phillips
One of Five Forest Rounds for children or adults...
Read More »Bear's lullaby
voicing flexible
Music: Emily Doolittle
Words: Emily Doolittle, Neil Banas and Sheena Phillips
One of Five Forest Rounds for children or adults...
Read More »Beavers
voicing flexible
Music: Emily Doolittle
Words: Emily Doolittle, Neil Banas and Sheena Phillips
One of Five Forest Rounds for children or adults...
Read More »Bedfordshire May carol
SATB, optional soprano recorder & violin
Music: Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Trad. English
“I've been a-rambling all the night ...” A foot-stomping folk-style arrangement, with optional soprano recorder and violin parts to spice...
Read More »Bell-ringing at Speyer
SSATBB
Music: Ludwig Senfl (c.1486 — 1543)
Words: Sheena Phillips
An English language version of Senfl's lively depiction of bell-ringing in a Rhineland town, including onomatopeoic bell sounds and conversation...
Read More »Bird rounds
equal or mixed voices
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words:
Four varied rounds about birds - from the humble sparrow to the majestic eagle, chattering linnet to soaring skylark. Texts...
Read More »Bodachan a-ri-a-ro
SATB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Trad. Anon
The old shepherd enjoys a drink and has to be put to bed. Traditional port-a-beul (mouth music)....
Read More »Both sides the Tweed
SATB
Music: Dick Gaughan, arr. Frances Cockburn
Words: Dick Gaughan (based on tradition)
“Think them poorest who can be a slave, them richest who dare to be free.” This is a stirring song...
Read More »Bound for South Australia
SSAB
Music: Trad. arr. Frances Cockburn
Words: Trad.
A hearty shanty from the days of emigration to Australia....
Read More »Carol
treble voices (unison) and piano
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Jean Kenward (1920–)
“Will the tree be dressed and lit?” “Will the star be in the sky?” Images of candles and quietly sung...
Read More »Cauld Blaws The Wind
SATB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Robert Burns (1759-1796)
'Up in the morning early's no for me' - especially when it's a cold, cold wind that blows. A brisk...
Read More »Chinese crane song
SATB, optional flute & violin
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Edwina Towson
Rural China from the perspective of the crane bird in flight, taking in all the life below. Spare harmonies and...
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