Encore Publications

‘Overall, it is a diverse collection, well edited and clearly printed, providing choirs with a modestly priced way of bringing their Advent repertoire into the 21st century,’ @RSCMCentre planner, Sunday by Sunday (Issue 114).

On the heavenly birthday of Gill Rogers (1934-2019), we remember four musical settings of her words, including ‘Alleluias’, and the text suggesting a vast chorus of angels circling the earth. The BBC Singers gave the first performance in 2022. Listen: bit.ly/3SElXow

Lucy Walker: In the bleak mid-winter, a most beautiful new carol for mixed voices (SATB) and organ, first published in the anthology, Carols of our time.

Carols As We Wait, 18 introits, hymns and carols & Carols Of Our Time, 27 hymns and carols: descants by June Nixon and Sarah MacDonald, introits and carols by Charlotte Baskerville, Esther Bersweden, Eleanor Daley, Sasha Johnson Manning, Lucy Walker, Alison Willis and others.

Three Ukrainian Carols, each of which can be used to mark four years of conflict: the adaptation by Timothy Rogers includes poignant words, ‘Peace we may not understand in a weary strife-worn land... Hope, new-born on this glad day, God shall wipe our tears away … Emmanuel.’

The RSCM’s planner, Sunday by Sunday, suggests several choral editions from our catalogue for Christmas Day. As well as June Nixon’s arrangement of The Holly and the Ivy, there are pieces by Richard Elfyn Jones, Bryan Kelly, Sarah MacDonald, Timothy Rogers and Robert Quinney.

Celebrating Choral Evensong with music from our catalogue: hear the introit (bit.ly/4zin0yc), responses (bit.ly/4AREpzg), canticles (bit.ly/4rgGK2k), anthem (bit.ly/4i3oxT3), hymn (bit.ly/4rNM9yc) & voluntary (bit.ly/4754RIb).

We offer a range of responses and canticles, including settings by Sasha Johnson Manning, Sarah MacDonald, June Nixon and others. When you plan music for Evensong, do read and consider our newly published editions.

The RSCM’s planner, Sunday by Sunday (Issue 117), suggests several choral editions from our catalogue for Remembrance. As well as Bryan Kelly’s anthem, For the Fallen (SATB), there are pieces by Graham Dinnage, Sasha Johnson Manning, Philip Ledger, Colin Mawby & James Whitbourn.

Now on sale: Born in a Stable, a collection of 15 seasonal organ pieces by living composers. There are stimulating new commissions on familiar carol and hymn tunes. Preview the organ score: bit.ly/4bLtZEH

This week the @ChurchTimes has published an article, written by Pat Ashworth, based on a new study of the repertoire of cathedral music sung at Evensong. The research has been completed around the time of the centenary of @BBCRadio3 Choral Evensong on 7 October 2026.

The RSCM's guide, Sunday by Sunday (Issue 117), features many items from Encore Publications suitable for Advent. If you are planning ahead, do read and consider the music for your services this year. We also publish Carols As We Wait (18 carols, introits and hymn arrangements).

The Word Made Flesh by Timothy Rogers for organ, reviewed in the RSCM's Sunday by Sunday.

RIP Bryan Kelly (1934–2026). We are deeply saddened by the passing of Bryan Kelly and offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends. It has been a privilege to edit and publish Bryan’s choral, organ and orchestral works since 1992. Listen here, youtu.be/4AfAllcDr5c?si=xmcd…