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'A splendid collection for adventurous choirs prepared to let their hair down and forget their traditional British reserve.' Music Teacher

Spirituals for Choirs

Vocal score

Forces or Category: SATB accompanied & unaccompanied

A collection of 20 fresh new spiritual arrangements for SATB choirs. Many of the songs are well-known to most singers, and some are entirely new. There are a range of styles, with a mixture of large- and small-scale pieces, both unaccompanied and accompanied. The collection provides singers with inspirational, moving, and above all, enjoyable repertoire.

'A splendid collection for adventurous choirs prepared to let their hair down and forget their traditional British reserve.' Music Teacher

Spirituals for Choirs

Vocal score

Edited by Bob Chilcott

. . . for Choirs Collections

Description

A collection of 20 fresh new spiritual arrangements for SATB choirs. Many of the songs are well-known to most singers, and some are entirely new. There are a range of styles, with a mixture of large- and small-scale pieces, both unaccompanied and accompanied. The collection provides singers with inspirational, moving, and above all, enjoyable repertoire.

'A splendid collection for adventurous choirs prepared to let their hair down and forget their traditional British reserve.' Music Teacher

Spirituals for Choirs

Vocal score

Edited by Bob Chilcott

. . . for Choirs Collections

All my trials, Bob Chilcott
Balm in Gilead, Jon Washburn
By and by, Bob Chilcott
Deep river, Paul Hart
Didn't it rain, Bob Chilcott
Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel, Paul Hart
Ev'ry time I feel the Spirit, Bob Chilcott
Goin' home to God, Steve Barnett
Go tell it on the mountains, Peter Louis van Dijk
I got a robe, Roderick Williams
I want Jesus to walk with me, Roderick Williams
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Steve Barnett
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, Bob Chilcott
Peter, go ring them bells, Roderick Williams
Steal away, David Blackwell
Surely He died on Calvary, Joseph Jennings
Swing low sweet chariot, Andrew Pryce Jackman
Wade in the water, Lydia Adams
Way over in Beulah-lan', Joseph Jennings
Were you there, Paul Hart

'A splendid collection for adventurous choirs prepared to let their hair down and forget their traditional British reserve.' Music Teacher

Spirituals for Choirs

Vocal score

Edited by Bob Chilcott

. . . for Choirs Collections

Composer Information

Edited by Bob Chilcott (b.1955)

Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.

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'A splendid collection for adventurous choirs prepared to let their hair down and forget their traditional British reserve.' Music Teacher