We have a wide range of compendia and sheet music to hire as listed below. Please email etcetera@civilservicechoir.org.uk and we shall advise on the hire price and availability.
Compendia
| Title | Quantity | Genre | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Little Carol Book (arr. John Rutter) | 2 | Christmas | OUP |
| Carols for choirs 1 (Green book) | 47 | Christmas | OUP |
| Carols for choirs 2 (Orange book) | 44 | Christmas | OUP |
| Carols for choirs 3 (Blue book) | 25 | Christmas | OUP |
| Carols in Concert (composed/arr. Donald Cashmore) | 2 | Christmas | Novello |
| European Sacred Music | 61 | Sacred | OUP |
| Five English Folk Songs | 11 | English Folk | Stainer & Bell |
| Fly me to the Moon (Jazz compendium, arr. Gwyn Arch) | 15 | Faber Music | |
| Gilbert and Sullivan opera chorus (book 1) | 33 | Opera | Faber |
| Oxford book of English madrigals | 17 | OUP | |
| Sing Nowell | 29 | Christmas | Novello |
| The Chester book of carols | 23 | Christmas | Chester |
| The memory of all that | 14 | Light | Alan Simmons |
| Three hundred years of english partsongs 1600-1900 | 19 | Faber Music |
Individual works
| Title | Composer | Quantity | Voices | Genre | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Ceremony of Carols | Britten | 34 | SATB | Christmas | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| A Ceremony of Carols: Harp Part | Benjamin Britten | 1 | N/A | Christmas | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| A Ceremony of Carols: SSA edition | Benjamin Britten | 40 | SSA | Christmas | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| A German Requiem | Brahms | 78 | SATB | Peters | In English | |
| A Hymn to the Virgin | Britten | 4 | SATB double | Christmas | ||
| A Spotless Rose | Herbert Howells | 140 | SATB | Christmas | Stainer & Bell Ltd. | |
| All in the April Evening | Hugh Roberton | 33 | SATB | Curwen | ||
| Alleluia | R Boughton | 35 | SATB | Curwen | ||
| America | Leonard Bernstein arr. William Stickles | 32 | SATB | Contemporary | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| And So it Goes | Billy Joel arr. Bob Chilcott | 13 | SATB | Hal Leonard | ||
| As Torrents in Summer | E Elgar | 46 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Balulalow | Peter Warlock | 39 | SATB/Sop Solo | OUP | ||
| Beatus Vir | Claudio Monteverdi | 37 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Bless the Bride | A. P. Herbert | 40 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Blessed be that maid Mary | Charles Wood | 36 | SATB | Christmas | OUP | |
| Break Forth in Joy | J S Bach | 69 | SATB | Sacred | Novello | |
| Calamity Jane | Hanmer & Park (adapted by Webster & Fain) | 40 | SATB | Josef Weinberger Ltd. | ||
| Camelot | Lerner & Loewe | 41 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo | Michael Flanders and Joseph Horowitz | 34 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Carmina Burana | Carl Orff | 40 | SATB | B. Schott & Co. | ||
| Carol of the Birds | E Thiman | 22 | SATB | Christmas | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| Carol of the Drum | Katherine K Dawes | 33 | SATB | Christmas | BF Wood Music | |
| Carousel | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 39 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Carwash | tbc | 17 | SATB | Contemporary | Hal Leonard | |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Warren arr. Pete Shchmutte | 40 | SATB | Contemporary | Belwin | |
| Chichester Psalms | Bernstein | 1 | SATB | Sacred | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| Christmas is Coming | Walford Davies | 26 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| Christmas Oratorio | Bach | 42 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Christmas Song | Holst | 33 | SATB | Christmas | Curwen | |
| Come Again Sweet Days | John Dowland | 23 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Creation | Haydn | 40 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Creation | Haydn | 38 | SATB | Peters | In German and English | |
| Die Fledermaus | Johann Strauss | 34 | SATB | Josef Weinberger | ||
| Elijah | Mendelssohn | 41 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Emmanuel | M Praetorius | 39 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Fantasia on Christmas Carols | Vaughan Williams | 40 | SATB | Christmas | Stainer & Bell | |
| Flocks in Pastures Green Abiding | J S Bach | 20 | SATB | OUP | ||
| For the Beauty of the Earth | John Rutter | 18 | SATB | OUP | ||
| For this Mortal Must Put On Immortality | S S Wesley | 2 | SATB | Church Music Society | ||
| Gloria | Vivaldi | 36 | SATB | Ricordi | In English and Latin | |
| God is With Us | Tavener | 55 | SATB | Sacred | Chester | |
| Goldfinger | Arr. Alexander L’Estrange | 37 | SATB | Contemporary | Faber | |
| Great Mass in C Minor | Mozart | 72 | SSAATTBB | Sacred | Peters (Beyer ed.) | |
| Hail Holy Queen | Arr. Marc Shaiman, adapted by Roger Emerson | 34 | SATB | Contemporary | Hal Leonard | |
| Hallelujah | Cohen arr. Roger Emerson | 106 | SATB | Hal Leonard | ||
| Hear My Prayer | F. Mendelssohn Bartoldy | 37 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Heavenly Aeroplane | John Rutter | 32 | SATB | Contemporary | OUP | |
| HMS Pinafore | Gilbert & Sullivan | 40 | SATB | Cramer | ||
| Hodies Christus Natus Est (from Quatre Motets) | Poulenc | 22 | SATB | |||
| Horrotorio | Joseph Horowitz | 40 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Howard Goodall’s Great Big Tunes (Compendium) | Howard Goodall | 36 | SATB | Contemporary | Faber | |
| I was glad | Hubert H Parry | 22 | SATB | Sacred | Novello | |
| I Will Go Sailing No More | Randy Newman arr Philip Lawson | 15 | SATB | Hal Leonard | ||
| In a Monastery Garden | Albert W Ketelbey | 16 | SATB | Edwin Ashdown | ||
| In Flanders Fields | Caz Besterman | 97 | SATB | Shorter House | ||
| In the Bleak Midwinter | Darke | 15 | SATB | Christmas | Stainer & Bell | |
| Iolanthe | Gilbert & Sullivan | 41 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Irish Theme from County Derry (Londonderry Air) | Percy Grainger | 99 | SATB | British Folk Music Songs | ||
| Java Jive | Ben Oakland arr. Kirby Shaw | 26 | SATB | Contemporary | Belwin | |
| Jesu Priceless Treasure | J S Bach | 36 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Time Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber | 32 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Joseph’s Carol | Giles Swayne | 29 | S/A | Christmas | Novello | |
| Lamentations Parts I and II for Five Voices | Thomas Tallis | 40 | SATB | OUP | In English and Latin | |
| Lean On Me | Withers arr. Christopher Hussey | 12 | SSA | Contemporary | Novello | |
| Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened | Handel | 36 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Love Changes Everything | Lloyd-Webber arr. Ed Lojeski | 1 | SATB | Contemporary | Hal Leonard | |
| Lullay My Liking | G Holst | 22 | SATB | Christmas | Curwen | |
| Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child | Leighton | 16 | SATB + sop | Christmas | Novello | |
| Magnificat in D | Bach | 48 | SATB | Novello | In Latin and English | |
| Mass in B Minor | Bach | 39 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Mass in C | Franz Schubert ed. William Ramsey | 20 | SATB | G. Schirmer | In Latin | |
| Mass in C | Mozart | 42 | SATB | Novello | In Latin and English | |
| Mass in D | Beethoven | 42 | SATB | Novello | In Latin | |
| Mass in D | Dvorak | 42 | SATB | Novello | In Latin | |
| Mass in G | Schubert | 38 | SATB | Novello | In Latin | |
| Matona, Lovely Maiden (Matona, Mia Cara) | O Lassus | 23 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Messiah | Handel | 15 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Missa Brevis | Mozart | 3 | SATB | Sacred | G Schirmer | |
| Missa O Magnum Mysterium (Mass for Four Voices) | Tomás Luis De Victoria | 20 | SATB | Chester Music | ||
| Moon River | Henry Mancini arr. Steve Zegree | 38 | SATB | Contemporary | Hal Leonard | |
| My Fair Lady | Lerner & Loewe | 39 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| My Heart is Inditing | Handel | 45 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Nazareth | Charles Gounod | 34 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Nelson-Messe | Haydn | 41 | SATB | Peters | In Latin | |
| Nine Hundred Miles | arr. Christi Cary Miller | 30 | SATB | Contemporary | Shawnee Press | |
| Northern Lights | Ola Gjeilo | 145 | SATB | Sacred | Walton | |
| Nunc Dimittis | Burgon | 48 | Solos S, SATB | Sacred | Chester | |
| O Clap Your Hands | Maurice Greene | 39 | SATB | Sacred | Concordia | |
| O Happy Day | arr. Teena Chinn | 12 | SATB | Spiritual | Belwin | |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Morten Lauridsen | 51 | SATB | Sacred | Faber | In Latin |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Victoria ed. Henry Washington | 19 | SATB | J & W Chester/Wilhelm Hansen | ||
| O Magnum Mysterium (from Quatre motets) | Poulenc | 25 | SATB | Christmas | ||
| O Praise the Lord For All His Mercies | Bach | 40 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| O Radiant Dawn | MacMillan | 50 | SATB | Christmas | Boosey & Hawkes | |
| Of the Father’s Love Begotten | Eric Thiman | 28 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| Passing By | E Purcell | 13 | SATB | Edwin Ashdown | ||
| Patience | Gilbert & Sullivan | 39 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Pirates of Penzance | Gilbert & Sullivan | 39 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Quatre Motets Pour Noel (motets available separately) | Poulenc | 0 | SATB | Christmas | editions salabert | |
| Quem vidistis pastores dicite (from Quatre motets) | Poulenc | 25 | SATB | Christmas | Salabert | |
| Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head | Bacharach arr. Clay Warnick | 39 | SATB | Contemporary | Blue Seas Music | |
| Rejoice in the Lamb | Benjamin Britten | 38 | SATB | Boosey and Hawkes | ||
| Rejoice in the Lord Always | Henry Purcell | 25 | SATB | Sacred | Novello | |
| Requiem | Brahms | 80 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Requiem | Gabriel Faure | 9 | SATB | United Music | ||
| Requiem | Gabriel Faure | 29 | SATB | Hamelle | ||
| Requiem | Herbert Howells | 40 | SATB | Novells | In English | |
| Requiem | John Rutter | 3 | SATB | Sacred | OUP | |
| Requiem | Mozart | 39 | SATB | Peters | In Latin | |
| Requiem | Verdi | 35 | SATB | Ricordi | In Latin and English | |
| Requiem (SSA version) | Gabriel Faure | 3 | SSA | Novello | ||
| Ruddigore | Gilbert & Sullivan | 39 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| Sailing | Gavin Sutherland | 11 | Unison | Contemporary | Island Music | |
| Shenandoah | James Erb | 17 | SSSAATTBB | Alfred | ||
| Silent Night | F Gruber arr. H A Chamber | 10 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| Silent Night | F Gruber arr. John E West | 25 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| Skye Boat Song | arr. Jay Althouse | 54 | SATB | Alfred Archive | ||
| Sleep | Eric Whitacre | 27 | SATB | Walton Music | ||
| South Pacific | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 39 | SATB | Williamson Music Ltd. | ||
| St. John Passion | Bach | 80 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| St. Matthew Passion | Bach (Elgar/Atkins edition) | 39 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Stabat Mater | Pergolesi | 38 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Sunrise Mass | Ola Gjeilo | 144 | SATB | Walton Music | ||
| Swansea Town | G Holst | 14 | SATB | Curwen | ||
| Sweet and Low | J Barnby | 1 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Te Deum | Haydn | 48 | SATB | Sacred | OUP | |
| The Boyfriend | Sandy Wilson | 40 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| The Chelsea Carol | Whitacre | 101 | SATB | Christmas | Chester | |
| The Citizens of Chartres | A E Foster & J Wilson | 62 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| The Crucifixion | John Stainer | 40 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| The Dream of Gerontius | Elgar | 40 | SATB | Novello | ||
| The Goslings | Frederick Bridge | 26 | SATB | Novello | ||
| The Gypsy Baron | Johann Strauss arr. Hanmer | 40 | SATB | Weinberger | ||
| The Holly and the Ivy | Rutland Boughton | 101 | SATB | Christmas | ||
| The Hundredth Psalm | Vaughan Williams | 19 | SATB | Stainer & Bell | ||
| The Journey | D Twigg / E Story | 37 | SATB | Self | ||
| The King & I | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 35 | SATB | Williamson Music Ltd. | ||
| The King Shall Rejoice | Handel | 2 | SATB | Novello | ||
| The Long and Winding Road | Lennon & McCartney | 54 | SATB | Music Sales | ||
| The Lord is My Shepherd | Will Todd | 141 | SATTBB | Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| The Lover’s Ghost | R. Vaughn Williams | 95 | SATB | Stainer & Bell Ltd. | ||
| The Mikado | Gilbert & Sullivan | 38 | SATB | Chappell | ||
| The National Anthem | Britten | 57 | SATB | Boosey & Hawkes | ||
| The Seal Lullaby | Eric Whitacre | 21 | SATB | Chester Music | ||
| The Silver Swan | O Gibbons | 10 | SATB | Novello | ||
| The Sussex Carol | Ian Crawford | 140 | SATB | Christmas | OUP | |
| The Three Kings | P Cornelius arr. Ivor Atkins | 17 | SATB | Christmas | OUP | |
| The Turtle Dove | R. Vaughan Williams | 74 | SATB | R. Curwen & Sons Ltd. | ||
| The Twelve Days of Christmas | Chilcott | 61 | SATB | Christmas | OUP | |
| The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn | Edmund Rubbra | 30 | SATB | OUP | ||
| The Wassail Song | arr. Stainer / Brambley | 31 | SATB | Christmas | Novello | |
| The Wind in the Willows | John Rutter | 8 | SATB | OUP | ||
| There Is No Rose (from A Ceremony of Carols) | Britten | 40 | Trebles | Christmas | ||
| This Is the Record of John | O Gibbons | 41 | SATB | Novello | ||
| This Little Light of Mine | Arr. Johnson | 114 | SATB | Spiritual | Hal Leonard | |
| This Marriage | Eric Whitacre | 36 | SATB | Chester | ||
| Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling | H Berlioz | 25 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Ticket to Ride (medley) | Lennon & McCartney arr. Audrey Snyder | 47 | SATB | Hal Leonard | ||
| Unchained Melody | North arr. Mark Brymer | 37 | SATB | Hal Leonard | ||
| Vespers | Claudio Monteverdi | 37 | SATB | Novello | ||
| Videntes Stellam (from Quatre motets) | Poulenc | 23 | SATB | Christmas | Editions Salabert | |
| War Requiem | Benjamin Britten | 38 | SATB | Boosey & Hawkes | In Latin | |
| Wassail Song | arr. Vaughan Williams | 36 | SATB | Christmas | Stainer & Bell | |
| Wayfaring Stranger | Arr. Shelley Cooper | 33 | S/A | Hal Leonard | ||
| White Christmas | Irving Berlin arr. Kirby-Shaw | 128 | SATB | Christmas | Irving Berlin Music Co. | |
| Yellow Submarine | Lennon & McCartney arr. Mark Brymer | 46 | SATB | Hal Leonard | ||
| Zadok the Priest | Handel | 40 | SATB | Novello | In English | |
| Zadok the Priest | Handel | 39 | SSAATTBB | Novello |