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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

. . . for Choirs Collections

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 ...

'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

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

Spirituals for Choirs

Vocal score

Edited by Bob Chilcott

. . . for Choirs Collections

Reviews and Awards

"Eight favourites come up sparkling in new arrangements by Ken Burton and Bob Chilcott . . . In short, this is a splendid collection for adventurous choirs prepared to let their hair down and forget their traditional British reserve." - Christopher Field, Music Teacher, Feb 2004

"Oxford University Press has issued another of its excellent anthologies of choral music, always well chosen, well edited, and extremely well bound, a consideration not to be taken lightly in this age of all too often shoddy workmanship in the world's binderies. In the hands of experienced cathedral or collegiate choirs or choral societies, these settings are virtually guaranteed to restore the jaded Christian, and bring to the unconvinced a new message of hope and joy. I congratulate Bob Chilcott and his excellent team of nine for adding to the Christian ministry in such a positive way." - Henry Howell, Australian Music Teacher Jun 2003

"Chilcott contributes five arrangements to this collection, which is one of the many strengths of the publication. The other arrangers represent stellar choral arrangers, making this one of the best collections of its kind . . . With the roster of arrangers in this publication comes a wide range of styles, from the spirited to the introspective . . . There is something for every choir in this collection. They make strong demands on any choir, but will give strong rewards as well." - Choral Journal (US) Vol. 43, No. 8

"'Deep river' (Paul Hart) has some wonderfully surprising harmonies in spite of the number of times the tune must have been re-worked by different arrangers over the years. The same arranger's extrovert version of 'Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel' is superb. The harmonies are chromatic but always right for the style and make this the sort of music which choirs would really enjoy working at, every voice having moments of interest . . . The whole book is strongly recommended and I would suggest that choral directors should obtain a copy to see for themselves the superb standard of the arrangements." - Ensemble (MMA) Jan 02

"These specially commissioned choral arrangements are wonderfully passionate and evocative as well as superbly crafted; they often throw a completely new light upon familiar melodies (rather as Tippett does in his five spirituals from A Child of our time) . . . It seems invidious to single out any particular arrangement - they are all extremely effective - but I particularly enjoyed Chilcott's arrangements of 'All my trials', 'Evr'y time I feel the Spirit' and 'Nobody knows the trouble' . . . If you have the vocal resources, this book is a must." - Church Music Quarterly December 2001

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