Soon may the Wellerman come: SATB arrangement by Sheena Phillips of this suddenly popular sea shanty from New Zealand. Very manageable for groups working under lockdown restrictions.
The well-known “Irish blessing” — May the road rise to meet you — an appealing simple two-part arrangement by Jennifer Bell to join two settings by Sheena Phillips.
Psalms set by Andrew Wilson-Dickson for congregational singing: Ps1The Lord will bless us, if we walk in the way of peacePs62With God there is rest for my soulPs121I lift my eyes to the mountains
A strong message about the environment and global warming: The place called Planet Earth, words and arrangement by Sheena Phillips using the well-known House of the rising sun tune. SATB voices and piano, with optional band. About 4 minutes.
Another romantic Russian song: My maple, SATB with piano, Russian lyrics by Sergei Yesenin, music by Vasily Lipatov arr. Irina Walters. English translation and lyrics for singing supplied.
Sheena Phillips' Songs of Sorrow – an extended lament for the people of Aleppo, with some aleatoric sections. SATB a cappella. This has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. (5m 00s). There's also an SSAA version.
We bring you an English-language version of Ludwig Senfl's 16th-century Bell-ringing at Speyer. Two minutes of grand six-part (SSATBB) clanging and bonging with a witty text. The "ringers" toil and heave at their ropes, exhorting one another to keep the peal going and grumbling about the preacher. The notes are easy and the polyphony is not challenging.
The widely-known American hymn How can I keep from singing in two new a cappella arrangements
Three cowboy songs - TBarB, piano. Three for the guys from Sheena Phillips. An up-tempo opener about life on the U-S-U range, the chilling but true story of Billy the Kid, and a nostalgic ballad about the era of cattle ranching in the American West. Premiered by the changed voices section of the National Boys Choir of Scotland.
Take a look too at our new SSAB voicing (suitable for changing voices) of Bound for South Australia and new SAA versions of traditional Gaelic mouth music songs Tha bean agam (I have a wife) and 'S ann an Ile (On Islay).
