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Looking for carol accompaniments? Click here for details of two CDs of excellent organ accompaniments.

Adolphe Adam

  • O Holy Night - Sop/Tenor Solo, SATB, organ. Arranged by John E. West as an anthem for Soprano (or Tenor) Solo and Chorus with Organ accompaniment.

Richard Rodney Bennett

  • Lullay Mine Liking  - though better known for his jazz collaborations, RRB wrote some superb choir pieces, including this unaccompanied SATB carol

Lennox Berkeley

  • I Sing of a Maiden - For SATB Choir A Cappella. Version also provided for Unison Voices and Organ.

Benjamin Britten

  • A Boy was Born  - For SATB unaccompanied choir. This is the theme from the Britten's larger choral work A Boy was Born.
  • Corpus Christi Carol  - Taken from A Boy Was Born: Choral Variations For Mixed Voices, this gentle and quiet carol is written for Unison Voices and Organ
  • Shepherd's Carol  - A setting of the text of W.H. Auden for SATB Choir A Cappella

Alan Bullard

  • Hill-side Carol - For SATB and piano or organ, with optional flute or treble recorder

Andrew Carter

Bob Chilcott

  • Carols Collection - Nine carols from the Rutter's rival: Christmas-tide, For Him All Stars, Lullay Lulla, Mid-winter, Nova! Nova!, Remember O Thou Man, Shepherd's Carol, Time of Snow and Where Riches
     
  • The Angel Gabriel - A charming and straightforward setting for Upper Voices and Piano of the well-known text by Sabine Baring-Gould, this delightful carol is characterized by a simple and effective melody. The voices are in unison for much of the piece, dividing in the latter part to proclaim the marvel of Christ's birth. Bob Chilcott's The Angel Gabriel is for upper voices (SS) with piano accompaniment.
  • And Every Stone Shall Cry - This poignant and reflective carol is set to a poetic text by Richard Wilbur, inspired by verses from St. Luke's Gospel. The poem fortells not only of Christ's birth, but also his death. The contrasting, bittersweet emotions it portrays are captured perfectly by the wistful melody which prevails throughout. For SATB a cappella.
  • The Child - A lyrical and gentle carol, arranged for unison voices with a smooth and sonorous Piano accompaniment.
  • Christmas-tide - SATB and piano, flowing carol from the ex-King's Singer and main contender for Rutter's crown
  • For Him all the Stars have Shone - A carol scored for Upper Voice Choir, SATB and Piano
  • Put Memory Away - This gentle and enchanting carol for SATB and Piano, set to a poem by Elizabeth Jennings, began life as the forth movement of Chilcott's Christmas cantata And Peace On Earth.
  • The Shepherd's Carol
  • This Joy - This is the second in a set of three Christmas songs, and is arranged for Upper Voices (SS) with Keyboard accompaniment. A bright and rousing carol.

Ronald Corp

  • There is No Rose - Setting of the medieval text for SATB Choir (divis) and Organ (or Piano)

John Gardner

  • Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day - a traditional Christmas carol, composed by John Gardner, for SATB or Unison Voices with Piano Accompaniment and optional Percussion.

Mark Goddard

  • Medieval Carol - A Medieval Carol is for unaccompanied SATB and is a setting of a text transferred from medieval English. Originally written for the Headington Singers, the carol has been performed widely by choral societies and school choirs since 1989. Duration: approx 3 minutes

R. Graves

Jack Hawes

Kenneth Hesketh

Gustav Holst

  • Bring us Good Ale - Holst may be best known for inflicting the Zither Carol on us, but here's something more sophisticated in this SATB a capella setting.

Herbert Howells

John Joubert

Dan Kallman

  • Rocking Carol - This traditional Czech carol is here arranged for a capella SATB choir

Philip Lawson

  • Noel Nouvelet- arranged by Lawson for the King's Singers and re-arranged here for SATTBB
  • Stille Nacht- (Silent Night) arranged by Lawson for the King's Singers and re-arranged here for SSAA

Kenneth Leighton

Stuart MacRae

  • Adam Lay Y-Bounden - A setting of this often-adopted text for SATB Choir and Organ. This work was commissioned by the Royal School of Church Music Scottish Committee and first performed at Paisley Abbey on 20th September 2003.

Lowell Mason

William Mathias

Vaughan Meakins

Boris Ord

  • Adam Lay Y Bounden - Accept no substitutes, you can't beat one-hit-wonder Ord's exquisite setting of this carol - simple yet sophisticated, it's one of the best ever.

Harrison Oxley

C. Hubert Parry

  • Welcome Yule! - Ancient 15th Century Carol set by C. Hubert H Parry. SATB

Jocelyn Pook

  • The Snow Carol  - A setting of a poem by Andrew Motion for Upper Voices A Cappella. The work was first performed in November 2002

Desmond Ratcliffe

Gregory Rose

  • The Sussex Carol - SATB arrangement of well-known carol that the composer says will show of your choir's talents to the full

Edmund Rubbra

Christopher Ruck

  • Sussex Carol - the traditional carol 'On Christmas Night' arranged for piano, vocal and guitar. Digital download sheet music (and you can see a preview).

John Rutter

Malcolm Sargent

  • Cowboy Carol - For unison or two-part voices and piano. Yee-hah!

Geoffrey Shaw

Robert Shaw & Alice Parker

G. Smith

  • Coventry Carol - one of the medieval greats, arranged for Soprano Solo and SATB Choir A Cappella

Giles Swayne

  • Joseph's Carol - Short strophic carol for unison voice(s) (with optional second part) and piano accompaniment
  • Midwinter - A setting of Christina Rossetti's poem for Soli SATB Quartet and SATB (divisi) chorus. Although this work would tax the most accomplished chamber choirs, the composer remains true to rhythmic style and harmonic colour of previous works.

John Tavener

  • Christmas Collection includes: A Christmas Round, A Nativity, Apolytikion of the Creation, God is With Us, Ikon of the Navity, O Do Not Move, The Lamb and Today the Virgin
     
  • God is With Us A Christmas proclamation for tenor (or baritone) solo, SATB choir and organ.
  • The Lamb one of Tavener's most approachable pieces, originally came to fame through being used in the Orange TV advert
  • Today the Virgin A carol for unaccompanied SATB choir by John Tavener, with words by Mother Thelka

Trad

  • Coventry Carol (Lully, Lulla)arranged as a piano solo in the style of Purcell (the mind slightly boggles). Digital sheet music for immediate download (and you can see a preview)
  • Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) arranged for piano and vocal. Digital sheet music for immediate download (and you can see a preview)

Robert Walker

  • Adam Lay y Bounden - A modern a cappella SATB setting of the popular medieval words
  • In the Bleak Midwinter - A modern a cappella SATB setting of Christina Rosetti's words as used in the ever-popular carol. Written for the choir of Grimsby Parish Church for the Christmas of 1972.

Peter Warlock

  • Bethlehem Down - One of the most gorgeous choir carols (unaccompanied SATB) ever written. Sophisticated, but within the reach of most choirs.

Arthur Warrell

  • A Merry Christmas - A colourfully vamped up version of We Wish You A Merry Christmas for SATB choir unaccompanied

James Whitbourn

  • A Great and Mighty Wonder - A cappella SATB arrangement of Praetorius' carol written for King's College, Cambridge's famous carol service.
     

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