The choir is still operating but as a virtual choir for the time being. There are rehearsals on-line and virtual recording projects
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. However, we do not currently have access to our stock and so for the time being are unable to supply any scores.
Compendia
Title | Quantity | Genre | Publisher |
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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 |
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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 |