Winter
Motets with Latin texts
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Vocalis Chamber Choir
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Vocalis Chamber Choir
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Vocalis Chamber Choir
Caroline Mallonee
composer
Music for Winter
a cappella music for the holiday season
The winter season is a wonderful time to celebrate with music! Mallonee has written many a cappella pieces suitable for winter concerts. Buy pdfs at the Choral Downloads page.
The Carolers At My Door (2’) (SATB) (Boosey) Buy
Words by the composer. Premiered by the Gregg Smith Singers on “A Prairie Home Companion” when Mallonee was 14 years old.
Hodie/Today on Earth (4.5’) (SATB) Buy
Commissioned by A Prairie Home Companion for the Di Giallonardo Sisters. Combines the 15th century antiphon with original words and music.
O Gift of Glorious Sunrise (4‘) (SATB) Buy
Words by the composer. Premiered by Vocális Chamber Choir.
Snow Globe Upon a Sill (3‘30”) (SATB) Buy
Words by the composer. Performed here by Harmonia Chamber Singers. Also available in versions for treble voices with piano and SATB chorus with strings.
Snow Globe Upon a Sill is a New Year’s piece that was premiered by the Fairfax Choral Society.
A Star for a Wish (The Great Conjunction) (4‘) (SATB)
Words by the composer. Premiered by Vocális Chamber Choir.
A Star for a Wish is a solstice piece, depicting two stargazers during the pandemic observing the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that occurred on December 21, 2020. It was premiered by Vocális Chamber Choir in 2021.