Arrangements
Choral
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, guitar, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Brahms, Johannes: A German Requiem - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano (7 players)
Brahms, Johannes: A German Requiem - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano (8 players)
Brahms, Johannes: Geistliches Lied - choir, violin, cello, piano
Dale, Caroline: The Cloths of Heaven - choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp, strings. Watch here
Elgar, Edward: The Dream of Gerontius - soloists, choir, flute (piccolo), oboe (cor anglais), clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, bass drum, tam tam, cymbal, glockenspiel, snare drum, triangle), harp, organ, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (minimum 4, 4, 3, 3, 2). Vocal parts are as the original
Fauré, Gabriel: Requiem - choir and organ
Gounod, Charles: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cecile - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1), percussion, organ
Gurney, Ivor: Five Elizabethan Songs - choir, piano
Holloway, Robin: The Spacious Firmament - choir, two pianos and percussion (published by Boosey & Hawkes)
Holst, Gustav: Ode to Death - choir and organ
Holst, Gustav: Short Festival Te Deum - choir and organ (Recorded on I vow to Thee, My Country album, listen here)
Holst, Gustav: Three Festival Choruses, Op. 36a (Let all mortal flesh keep silence, Turn back O Man, A Festival Chime) - choir and organ (Recorded on I vow to Thee, My Country album, listen here)
Howells, Herbert: Hymnus Paradisi - soloists, choir, harp, organ, timpani, strings (minimum 5,4,3,3,2)
Howells, Herbert: King David - choir and piano (published by Boosey & Hawkes). More information here
Howells, Herbert: Sine Nomine, Op. 37 - soloists, choir, violin, piano
Hymns: congregational arrangements with organ -
Amazing Grace (“New Britain”)
Let all mortal flesh (“Picardy”)
Once in royal David's city
O little town of Bethlehem
The First Nowell (published in the Novello Book of Hymns) Listen here
Leontovych, Mykola: Carol of the Bells (Shchedryk) - SATB choir, 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, celeste, timpani, 3 percussion (bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tam-tam, triangle), strings, organ solo
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 8, 1st movement - 8 part choir, 4 soloists, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 1 trombone, strings (c. 6, 6, 4, 4, 2), percussion, organ
Mahler, Gustav: Liebst du um Schonheit - 8 part choir, unaccompanied
Martin/Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - soprano soloist and choir
McCabe, John: Psalm-Cantata - choir and organ (published by Novello)
McCartney, Paul: Ecce Cor Meum - choral suite for choir and organ (organ part, published by Faber)
Mendelssohn, Felix: ‘Lobgesang’, Symphony No. 2 - soloists, choir, strings (c. 6,5,4,3,2), organ, timpani
Nordqvist, Gustav: Jul, jul, stralende jul - solo voice, SATB choir. Listen here
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings: Blest Pair of Sirens - choir and organ
Rachmaninoff, Sergei: The Bells - soloists, choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (1 doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, timpani, percussion, harp, celeste/piano, strings
Royal Opera House Songbook: arrangements of opera arias for school ensembles (2-4 parts) and piano - Mozart: Catalogue Aria (Don Giovanni); Mozart: Act 2 Finale (The Marriage of Figaro); Puccini: Three arias from La Boheme; Purcell: When I am laid in earth; Verdi: Libiamo (La Traviata); Wagner: O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser)
Schoenberg, Arnold: Israel Exists Again - choir and piano. Watch a performance here
Schoenberg, Arnold: Moderne Psalm, op. 50c - choir and organ. Watch a performance here
Schoenberg, Arnold: Prelude to Genesis op 44 - choir and piano. Watch a performance here
Stainer, John: The Crucifixion - soloists, choir, oboe, clarinet, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (7 players)
Traditional: Auld Lang Syne - SATB choir and piano (published in the Novello Book of British Folksongs)
Traditional: Scarborough Fair - SATB choir and piano (published in the Novello Book of British Folksongs). More information here
Traditional Chinese: In a faraway place - choir. Listen here
Various: On with the Show - SATB choir and symphony orchestra or piano. Based on songs by Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jule Styne, Harry Warren
Choral
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, guitar, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Brahms, Johannes: A German Requiem - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano (7 players)
Brahms, Johannes: A German Requiem - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano (8 players)
Brahms, Johannes: Geistliches Lied - choir, violin, cello, piano
Dale, Caroline: The Cloths of Heaven - choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp, strings. Watch here
Elgar, Edward: The Dream of Gerontius - soloists, choir, flute (piccolo), oboe (cor anglais), clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion (timpani, bass drum, tam tam, cymbal, glockenspiel, snare drum, triangle), harp, organ, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (minimum 4, 4, 3, 3, 2). Vocal parts are as the original
Fauré, Gabriel: Requiem - choir and organ
Gounod, Charles: Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cecile - soloists, choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, strings (c. 4, 4, 3, 2, 1), percussion, organ
Gurney, Ivor: Five Elizabethan Songs - choir, piano
Holloway, Robin: The Spacious Firmament - choir, two pianos and percussion (published by Boosey & Hawkes)
Holst, Gustav: Ode to Death - choir and organ
Holst, Gustav: Short Festival Te Deum - choir and organ (Recorded on I vow to Thee, My Country album, listen here)
Holst, Gustav: Three Festival Choruses, Op. 36a (Let all mortal flesh keep silence, Turn back O Man, A Festival Chime) - choir and organ (Recorded on I vow to Thee, My Country album, listen here)
Howells, Herbert: Hymnus Paradisi - soloists, choir, harp, organ, timpani, strings (minimum 5,4,3,3,2)
Howells, Herbert: King David - choir and piano (published by Boosey & Hawkes). More information here
Howells, Herbert: Sine Nomine, Op. 37 - soloists, choir, violin, piano
Hymns: congregational arrangements with organ -
Amazing Grace (“New Britain”)
Let all mortal flesh (“Picardy”)
Once in royal David's city
O little town of Bethlehem
The First Nowell (published in the Novello Book of Hymns) Listen here
Leontovych, Mykola: Carol of the Bells (Shchedryk) - SATB choir, 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, celeste, timpani, 3 percussion (bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tam-tam, triangle), strings, organ solo
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 8, 1st movement - 8 part choir, 4 soloists, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 1 trombone, strings (c. 6, 6, 4, 4, 2), percussion, organ
Mahler, Gustav: Liebst du um Schonheit - 8 part choir, unaccompanied
Martin/Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - soprano soloist and choir
McCabe, John: Psalm-Cantata - choir and organ (published by Novello)
McCartney, Paul: Ecce Cor Meum - choral suite for choir and organ (organ part, published by Faber)
Mendelssohn, Felix: ‘Lobgesang’, Symphony No. 2 - soloists, choir, strings (c. 6,5,4,3,2), organ, timpani
Nordqvist, Gustav: Jul, jul, stralende jul - solo voice, SATB choir. Listen here
Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings: Blest Pair of Sirens - choir and organ
Rachmaninoff, Sergei: The Bells - soloists, choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (1 doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, timpani, percussion, harp, celeste/piano, strings
Royal Opera House Songbook: arrangements of opera arias for school ensembles (2-4 parts) and piano - Mozart: Catalogue Aria (Don Giovanni); Mozart: Act 2 Finale (The Marriage of Figaro); Puccini: Three arias from La Boheme; Purcell: When I am laid in earth; Verdi: Libiamo (La Traviata); Wagner: O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser)
Schoenberg, Arnold: Israel Exists Again - choir and piano. Watch a performance here
Schoenberg, Arnold: Moderne Psalm, op. 50c - choir and organ. Watch a performance here
Schoenberg, Arnold: Prelude to Genesis op 44 - choir and piano. Watch a performance here
Stainer, John: The Crucifixion - soloists, choir, oboe, clarinet, violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, double bass (7 players)
Traditional: Auld Lang Syne - SATB choir and piano (published in the Novello Book of British Folksongs)
Traditional: Scarborough Fair - SATB choir and piano (published in the Novello Book of British Folksongs). More information here
Traditional Chinese: In a faraway place - choir. Listen here
Various: On with the Show - SATB choir and symphony orchestra or piano. Based on songs by Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jule Styne, Harry Warren