Intricate counterpoint and a continuo-style bassline bring a medieval flavour to Williams arrangement of this much-loved carol. The gentle vocal lines build in texture throughout, with optional support from the accompaniment....More info...
for SA or TB and optional piano/organ/melody instruments Intricate counterpoint and a continuo-style bassline bring a medieval flavour to Williams arrangement of this much-loved carol....More info...
Composed for unaccompanied SSATB with an English text from the Book of Common Prayer. This five-minute anthem was written for the UK’s Thomas Tallis Society, having in mind Tallis’s famous work for 5 voices with latin text,Salvator Mundi. The music m...More info...
Queen Elizabeth’s Winchester Carol, also known as ‘The Royal Carol’ uses a poem by King Henry VIII and equates the ever-green holly and ivy with the constancy of love. Composed for unaccompanied SATB divisi, and duration 3minutes....More info...
This beautiful 5-minute piece takes William Byrd’s famous motet and re-imagines it for 3 unaccompanied SATB choirs, with opportunity to space the choirs at a distance from each other....More info...
An energetic four-minute setting for SATB and piano of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, which begins I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Roderick Williams composed the piece in 2014 as the Financial Times Christmas Carol....More info...
Roderick Williamss Exultate is an exuberant piece taking its text from the first 4 verses of Psalm 81 for SATB choir, soprano saxophone and percussion (4 tom-tom drums, or similar)....More info...
A setting for unaccompanied SATB choir with divisi of George Herbert’s poem. The richly textured homophonic piece ends with a beautiful ostinato. Duration 4’30...More info...
A 5-minute uplifting piece for SATB and piano that uses the ancient latin hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary. The verses alternate between full choir and solo or duet passages, accompanied by lush, romantic harmonies. Composed forsenior school choir b...More info...
A gently flowing 3-minute arrangement by Roderick Williams for SATB (with divisi) with piano accompaniment that captures the beauty of this famous traditional Hebridean love song. The song text uses both old dialect and English,each verse ending with...More info...
