Post-Romantic
George butterworth (1885 - 1916)
In the Highlands - SSA & Piano
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EDWARD ELGAR (1857 - 1934)

Four Part Songs Op. 53 (SATB up to SSAATTBB)

GERALD FINZI (1901 - 1956)
Fear No More the Heat of the Sun - arr. Kempster
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Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
  Australian Up-Country Song - SATBarB
  Brigg Fair - Solo T/SATBarB
The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes *
Morning Song in the Jungle - SSAATTBarBarBB
Shallow Brown - Women's & Men's voices plus instruments
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Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937)
  Black Stitchel (arr. Kempster) - SATBarB
  The Trumpet (ed. Kempster) - SSATB
MP3 piano renditionfrom First Impressions - UNH Concert Choir/Arlene Kies
Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

Three Festival Choruses Op. 36a

No. 1:  Let all mortal flesh keep silence - SATB & Piano/Organ
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No. 2:  Turn back, O man - SATB & Piano/Organ
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No. 3:  A Festival Chime - SATB & Piano/Organ
Live performance: UNH Concert Choir/Paul Merrill
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‍Live performance: UNH Concert Choir/Paul Merrill
In the Bleak Midwinter
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Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)

Three Motets Op. 55

Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)

Songs of Farewell


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  Jerusalem (arr. for SATB Choir and orchestra by WK)
Includes full parts set and a choir/organ reduced score.
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  Hear my words, ye people - SATB (plus soloiss) & Organ
King's College Cambridge/Cleobury
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Mass in G major

Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël

Roger quilter (1877 - 1953)

Five Lyrics of Robert Herrick Op. 7 (SATB)

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SerGei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)

All Night Vigil Op. 37

  1. Priidite, poklonimsya
2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda
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MAURICE RAVEL (1875 - 1937)
  Il est bon, l'enfant, il est sage - SATB
from L'Enfant et les Sortilèges arr. William Kempster
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KARol Szymanowsky (1882 - 1937)
  Six Kurpian Songs
  

This is a six-movement work in Polish (transliterated by William Kempster), scored for mixed voices unaccompanied. Voicings range up to SSAATTBB and the work is difficult (but hugely rewarding).
Recordings of each movement via the streaming links immediately to the right.
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 - 1958)
  Valiant for Truth - SATB
  Edition will be available in 2028 (recording legally published in Canada in 2020)
  
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  Bushes and Briars (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams for TTBB)
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  Bushes and Briars (arr. RVW and modified for SSAA by WK)
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Four Part Songs Op. 53 (SATB up to SSAATTBB)

1. There is Sweet Music
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2. Deep in My Soul
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3. O Wild West Wind!
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4. Owls (An Epitaph)
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