John Rutter: Lead, kindly Light (SATB)

With a text by John Henry Newman, Lead, kindly Light is a short, moving piece perfectly suited for our current times. Step-like movement in the melody reflects the speaker seeking light in the darkness, slow but steady in their way out of the ‘encircling gloom’

Scarborough Fair

Scarborough Fair for SSA and piano Higgins’s setting of this popular folk song is simple and wistful, particularly well-suited for children’s and youth

David Bednall: St Martin’s Mass

for SATB and organ, with optional congregation This congregational mass setting is short and accessible, with a congregational part that may be intuitively learnt. The congregational part, which may be photocopied, is available at the back of the vocal score

Mack Wilberg: Child of Light

This effervescent setting of two texts by David Warner – one for Christmas, one for general worship – was included on the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s recent release, ‘Tree of Life’. Over a shimmering, festive accompaniment for piano four-hands or chamber orchestra, the melody is passed between voice parts, and the dynamic […]