Behold that Star
Betty Jackson King (1928–1994)
Reflects on Matthew 2:1-12
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: solo
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
Epiphany
Epiphany
21 recommended works by women composers for Epiphany.
Year A
Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light
Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (b. 1992)
Reflects on Matthew 2:1-12
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SAB · Solos: A
Accompaniment: a cappella
Language: English
Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932)
Anthem · Young Trebles
Voicing: SSAA
Accompaniment: piano
Language: English
Light, Revealing
Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
ModerateStainer and Bell
From Gregoriana, compiled and edited by Anna Lapwood
Star Fantasy
Kristina Arakelyan (b. 1994)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
ModerateStainer and Bell
From Gregoriana, compiled and edited by Anna Lapwood
Year B
A Prayer of St. Columba
Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Words by St. Columba, from Carmina Gadelica
Reflects on Collect/Matthew
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SAB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 3:20
Language: English
Gold and Spices
Alison Willis (b. 1971)
Words by Christina Rossetti
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 1:01
Language: English
first of "Words from Two Women"
Illuminare, Jerusalem
Judith Weir (b. 1954)
Text source: 15th-century English; Isaiah 60:1
Reflects on the day’s overall theme.
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 2:45
Language: Medieval Scots
Jerusalem Luminosa
Abbie Betinis (b. 1980)
Words by Thomas à Kempis, from attributed; 15th c.
Reflects on Isaiah 60
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SA
Accompaniment: a cappella
Duration: 2:58
Language: Latin
Light in darkness
Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991)
Reflects on Epiphany
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
Duration: 5:22
Now the Magi arrive
Words and music by Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Reflects on Matthew 2
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Duration: 3:00
Language: Language
DifficultScore: Peters EditionMultitude of Voyces C.I.C.
The Desert
Emma Mundella (1858–1896)
Words by Shapcott Wensley
Reflects on Flight into Egypt
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB; S descant (optional)
Accompaniment: organ or piano (optional)
Duration: 3:00
Language: English
A lightly-arranged edition by Olivia Sparkhall making this Soloist song suitable for liturgical use
The Three Wise Women
Words and music by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange (b. 1971)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSA
Accompaniment: piano
Duration: 3:30
Language: English
Year C
Christ, You Are the Fullness (An Asian Organ Collection)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
EasyAugsburg Fortress
Epiphany
Words and music by Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB
Accompaniment: organ
Language: English
Text: Deep midwinter, the dark centre of the year, Wake, O earth, awake, Out on the hills a star appears, Here lies the way for pilgrim kings, Three magi on an ancient path, Black hours begin their journeyings. Their star has risen in our hearts, Empty thrones, abandoned fears, Out on the hills their journey starts, In dazzling darkness God appears.
Fantasy for Solo Organ
An-Ming Wang (b. 1926)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
Duration: 7:00
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-Ming_Wang
Lo! The Star
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SSAATTBB
Accompaniment: organ
ModerateMultitude of Voyces C.I.C.
Maestoso
Elizabeth Stirling (1819–1895)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
Duration: 5:20
in "Romantic pieces for organ"
The Magi
Anthem · Choir
Voicing: SATB · Solos: optional semichorus
Accompaniment: organ or 4 violins
Duration: 4:00
ModerateLiz Lane
Tu es Petrus (Twelve Chorale Preludes on Gregorian Themes)
Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
Duration: 1:30
From Twelve Choral Preludes
Variations on 'Nettleton'
Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
Voluntary - Organ · Organ
Duration: 3:00
From vol. 2 African American Anthology