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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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....
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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 »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...
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Christmas canon a 6 voci
6 equal or mixed voices
Music: David Johnson
Words: Late mediaeval English anon
“There is no rose of such virtue, as is the rose that bare Jesu”. A late-medieval English text set as...
Read More »Christmas round a 4 voci
4 equal or mixed voices
Music: David Johnson
Words: Martin Luther, trans. the brothers Wedderburn
Adoration of the Christ child is expressed here in a lovely canon. The text is based on Martin Luther's famous...
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Come buy my cherries
3 or 4 part equal or mixed voices
Music: Dr. Stevenson, ed. Sheena Phillips
Words: Anon
Each line of this cheerful and raucous round forms a competing set of street market cries: “fine parsnips”, “fruit in...
Read More »Come hither boy
3 or 4 part equal or mixed voices
Music: Sheena Phillips (ed.)
Words: Anon
This mischievous round is a lesson for apprentices in business: often borrow, seldom lend, and never, never, never pay....
Read More »Duan Nollaig
SAB
Music: Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Trad. Gaelic
A rhythmic and alliterative Gaelic carol with a rousing chorus about the bannock (oatcakes traditionally baked on Christmas Eve to...
Read More »Eagle
equal or mixed, 3 parts
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
One of four Bird Rounds...
Read More »I saw three ships
3 or 4 equal or mixed voices/instruments
Music: Trad. arr. Paul Ayres
Words: Trad. English
A flexibly scored Christmas rollick, shanty style, with a peal of bells to finish...
Read More »Linnet
equal or mixed, 4 parts
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
One of four Bird Rounds...
Read More »Minnie O'Shirva's cradle song
SAB
Music: Trad. arr. Frances Cockburn
Words: Trad. Anon
A charming lullaby, nuanced by the Shetland dialect, in SAB format suitable for changing voices....
Read More »Mother Ann's song
SAB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words:
Shaker song with a driving energy, dating from the New Lebanon community of 1844....
Read More »Jane Chattock rounds
3 or 4 part equal or mixed voices
Music: Sheena Phillips (ed.)
Words: Anon
From Jane Chattock's hand-written book of rounds for social singing, dated 1832...
Read More »Simple gifts
SAB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Anon
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free. One of the most famous Shaker songs...
Read More »Skylark
equal or mixed, 4 parts
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1832)
One of four Bird Rounds...
Read More »Sounds of the singing school
5 mixed/equal voices
Music: P P Bliss
Words: P P Bliss
A round about singing from the 19th century American singing school tradition...
Read More »Sparrow
equal or mixed, 3 parts
Music: Antonio Caldara (1670–1736) arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
One of four Bird Rounds...
Read More »Star of purity
SAB
Music: Sheena Phillips
Words: Anon
“O brighter than the morning star is the heart that's pure and free”. A wonderful soaring Shaker hymn from Ohio....
Read More »Tàladh Chrìosda
SAB
Music: Trad. arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Trad. Gaelic
A beautiful and simple Hebridean carol, which addresses the Christ child with the most gorgeous and endearing words...
Read More »The sweet delights of love
3 or 4 part equal or mixed voices
Music: Sheena Phillips (ed.)
Words: Anon
This round sets out in praise of love, but foresees a lamentable end: six squalling brats and a scolding partner...
Read More »Turning shuffle tune
SAB
Music: Anon. arr. Sheena Phillips
Words: Sheena Phillips
A strong dance tune from the Shaker community in Connecticut, sung to vocables....
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