World Carols for Choirs (SATB)

31 carols for SATB accompanied and unaccompanied A ground-breaking collection including new pieces and arrangements from some of the world's finest carol composers as well as from writers whose work may be new to many. The editors have searched the globe for vibrant, exciting music representing a range of choral traditions and styles. Each piece may be sung in its original language or English, and pronunciation guides are provided for those who wish to sing the original texts. This collection will help to refresh the repertoire of choirs the world over, with most pieces suitable for choirs of all sizes and abilities. Accompaniments for some of the carols are available on hire.

Eduardo Fal'u: Villancico de la Falta de Fe (For a World Without Faith) - Argentina; Movses Khorenatsi, arr. Vahram Sargsyan: Khorurd Metz (Great Mystery) - Armenia; Stephen Leek: Southern Cross - Australia; Javier Busto: Kuttun Kantak (Night Songs) - Basque Country (Spain); arr. Vic Nees: Nu is die roe van Jesse (The Rod of Jesse) - Belgium; Ernani Aguiar: Acalanto para o Menino Jesus (Carol for the Baby Jesus) - Brazil; arr. Eleanor Daley: The Huron Carol - Canada; arr. Gilbert Patenaude: Notre divin Ma?tre (Our master, Lord Jesus) - Canada (Quebec); Ram?n D?az, arr. Juan Tony Guzm'an: Llega la Navidad! (Christmas is Coming) - Dominican Republic; arr. Mart Siimer: N??d ole, Jeesus, kiidetud (Now blessed be thou, Christ Jesu) - Estonia; Pekka Juhani Hannikainen, arr. Pekka Kostiainen: Tuikkikaa, oi joulun t?ht?set (Twinkle bright, you stars of Christmastide) - Finland; Bruno Gousset: Ainsi que parmi la pr?e (On a hillside in the cold) - France; arr. Karsten Gundermann: S??er die Glocken nie klingen (Sweetly the Bells are Ringing) - Germany; Robert M. Kwami: Krismas _dodzi v_o (Christmas Time is Here) - Ghana; Mikl?s Kocs?r: Nagykar?csony ?jszak?j?n (On Great Christmas Night) - Hungary; Thorkell Sigurbj?rnsson: Imman?el oss ? n?tt (Emmanuel, to us this night) - Iceland; S?amas de Barra: Car?l F?ilte (A Carol of Welcome) - Ireland; Rikuya Terashima: Infant Joy - Japan; Hyun Chul Lee: Jajang, jajang, Ahgi Yesu (Lullay, lullay, Baby Jesu) - Korea; arr. Selga Mence: Dedziet skalu, putiet guni (Bring us fire, bring us light) - Latvia; David Hamilton: Lullaby Carol - New Zealand; Christian Onyeji: Amuworo ayi otu nwa (For unto us a child is born) - Nigeria; Ola Gjeilo: Det hev ei rose sprunge (A spotless rose) - Norway; arr. Stanislaw Szczyci'nski: Hej, hej, lelija! (Hey, hey, lily!) - Poland; arr. Maksimiljan Fegu: Ena noc polna veselja (On a starlit night) - Slovenia; Peter Louis van Dijk: Susa ninna - South Africa; Robert Sund: Ett Nyf?tt Barn (A Newborn Child) - Sweden; Carl R"utti: Im Silbernen Wassergrund (In silvery darkness) - Switzerland; Bob Chilcott: My Dancing Day - UK; Rosephanye Powell: Who is the baby - USA; Alberto Grau: Ni?o lindo (Lovely baby) - Venezuela

Susan Knight is Founder and Artistic Director of the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir and Festival 500. She is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, lecturer, keynote speaker, and advocate, and has served in executive positions within provincial and national music and educational organizations. 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.