Rehearsal Aids

November 2025 : Dvorak Requiem + Orff Carmina Burana

Some suggested recordings to assist you with your practicing for these concerts are as follows:

Item	Link
Antonin Dvorak : Requiem
Antonin Dvorak : Requiem (Spotify)
Antonin Dvorak : Requiem (with rolling full score)
Carl Orff : Carmina Burana (Bach Choir pronunciation) 2025
Carl Orff : Carmina Burana (Bach Choir markings) 2025
Carl Orff : Carmina Burana (Bach Choir stands & sits) 2025
Carl Orff : Carmina Burana : Rehearsal Track Playlist (all)

Third Party Rehearsal Aids

There are several sources of rehearsal aids that are available free of charge or via subscription. Examples of these are:

Source	Website
John Fletcher
Choralia
Learn Choral Music
Cyberbass
ChoraLine

Library

Wimbledon Choral has sung all of the following pieces in recent years. The links below were provided as a means of assisting choir members with their learning of the music. They are left here for use by any visitor to the website.

Composer	Title		Link
	100 Carols for Choirs	Spotify playlist of all of the carols
J.S. Bach	St John Passion	Suggested performance (Neil Jenkins edition in English)
Richard Blackford	Mirror of Perfection	Suggested performance
Johannes Brahms	Geistliches Lied	Suggested performance
Peter Burton	Come & Sing the Christmas Story	Suggested performance
Aaron Copland	Ching-A-Ring-Chaw	Suggested performance
Rebecca Dale	Panis Angelicus	Suggested performance
Nathaniel Dett	O Holy Lord	Suggested performance
Maurice Duruflé	Notre Père	Suggested performance Pronunciation
Maurice Duruflé	Requiem	Suggested performance
Edward Elgar	The Spirit of the Lord	Suggested performance
Reena Esmail	The Unexpected Early Hour (A Winter Breviary)	Suggested performance
Gabriel Faure	Requiem	Suggested performance
Ola Gjeilo	Evening Prayer	Suggested performance
Ola Gjeilo	Northern Lights	Suggested performance
Ola Gjeilo	Ubi Caritas	Suggested performance
Howard Goodall	Love Divine	Suggested performance
Howard Goodall	Unconditional Love	Suggested performance (score)
Henryk Gorecki	Totus Tuus	Suggested performance
William Harris	Holy is the true light	Suggested performance
Russell Hepplewhite	Child Jesus, so dear	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	Bright Morning Stars	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	Christmas Fantasy	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	He's gone away	Rehearsal track
Michael Higgins	Little wheel a-turnin'	Rehearsal track
Michael Higgins (Elgar)	O Salutaris Hostia	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins	See, I am God	Suggested performance
Michael Higgins (arr.)	Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day	Suggested performance
Moses Hogan	Hold On	Suggested performance
Chris Hutchings	Adeste Fideles	Rehearsal tracks Suggested performance
Libby Larsen	Beneath these Alien Stars	Suggested performance
Morten Lauridsen	Sure on this Shining Night	Suggested performance
James MacMillan	A New Song	Suggested performance
James MacMillan	O Radiant Dawn	Suggested performance
Frank Martin	Notre Père	Suggested performance
James McCarthy	A Quoi Bon Dire	Suggested performance
Cecilia McDowall	Ave Maris Stella	Suggested performance
Cecilia McDowall	Da VInci Requiem	Recommended recording
Cecilia McDowall	Music of the Stars	Suggested performance
Claudio Monteverdi	Vespers (1610)	Chants for Mv.2 Dixit Dominus
Nico Muhly	Bright Star Carol	Suggested performance
Carl Orff	Carmina Burana	Pronunciation guide (2019) Pronunciation guide (2023) Rehearsal Tracks
Roxanna Panufnik	Glory be to the Word	Rehearsal audio file
Arvo Pärt	Bogoroditse Devo	Suggested performance
Arvo Pärt	The Beatitudes	Suggested performance
Roland Perrin (arr.)	Brazilian Songs of Nature	Rehearsal tracks
Francis Poulenc	Exultate Deo	Suggested performance
Sarah Quartel (arr.)	Silent Night	Suggested performance
Sergei Rachmaninov	All-Night Vigil	Pronunciation
Sergei Rachmaninov	Bògòroditse Devo	Virtual choir performance
Andrea Ramsey	Doors of Daring	Suggested performance
Jake Runestad	Let my love be heard	Suggested performance
John Rutter	Mass of the Children	Suggested performance
Jan Sandström	Det är en ros utsprungen	Suggested performance
Undine Smith Moore	We shall walk through the valley	Suggested performance
Dobrinka Tabakova	Centuries of Meditations	Suggested performance
Oliver Tarney	The Spirit of the Lord	Suggested performance
John Tavener	Svyati	Suggested performance
Will Todd	Locus Iste	Suggested performance
Will Todd	Passion Music	Rehearsal Tracks
Will Todd	The Lord is my shepherd	Suggested performance
Gareth Treseder	Jesu, Joy of our desiring	Suggested performance
Giuseppe Verdi	Requiem (arr. Blackford)	Rehearsal Tracks & Suggested Performance
Louis Vierne	Messe Solennelle	Suggested performance
Eric Whitacre	Lux Aurumque	Suggested performance
Eric Whitacre	Sleep	Suggested performance
Alison Willis	Salve Deus, Rex Judaeorum	Rehearsal tracks
Charles Wood	Hail, Gladdening Light	Suggested performance

McDowall : Da Vinci Requiem

The Da Vinci Requiem was commissioned by Wimbledon Choral to mark its centenary in 2015. It was named Da Vinci as its premiere performance in the Royal Festival Hall in May 2019 coincided with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci's death. Delays due to the pandemic in 2020 & 2021 pushed back the recording of the work but it is now available on Signum Classics,

Verdi : Requiem

Rehearsal tracks show rolling scores so you can follow your part. The link in the last column is for the recording made by The Bach Choir, commissioners of the Richard Blackford edition. Full copies of The Bach Choir's excellent recording can be obtained from Nimbus Records in CD format or by streaming/downloading. All items linked from the table below have been found in the public domain on YouTube.

Movement	Sop 1	Sop 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Bass 1	Bass 2	Recording
1 - Requiem & Kyrie Eleison
2 - Sequence - Dies Irae
2 - Sequence - Tuba Mirum
2 - Sequence - Liber Scriptus
2 - Sequence - Quid sum miser
2 - Sequence - Rex Tremendae
2 - Sequence - Recordare
2 - Sequence - Ingemisco
2 - Sequence - Confutatis
2 - Sequence - Lacrymosa
3 - Offertorio - Domine Jesu
4 - Sanctus
5 - Agnus Dei
6 - Lux Aeterna
7 - Libera Me

Richard Blackford : Mirror of Perfection

The tracks referenced below are available in the public domain on YouTube. The choir is Ikon, with the Britten Sinfonia, soprano soloist Elizabeth Watts and baritone Roderick Williams.

Movement	YouTube Link
1 - Canticle of the Creatures
2 - Canticle of Love I
3 - Canticle of the Furnace
4 - Canticle of Love II
5 - Canticle of the Birds
6 - Canticle of Love III
7 - Canticle of Peace

Will Todd : Passion Music

The following rehearsal tracks for all voice parts for the Passion Music have been produced by Will Todd and are made available courtesy of OUP. There is also a backing track for each item, which you might find useful. Please note that several tracks start a few bars into the associated movement rather than include the whole introduction. Item 7 has no backing track as it is sung a cappella.

Item	Sop 1	Sop 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Bass 1	Bass 2/3	Back
1 - Greater Love
2 - We Believe
3 - A New Commandment
4 - Love Unknown
5 - Stabat Mater
6 - The Seven Last Words From The Cross
7 - My Love Has Died For Me
8 - Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
9 - Were You There?

Carl Orff : Carmina Burana [these links are currently broken - see top of page]

There are many types of rehearsal aids for this work out on the internet. This is just one set available via YouTube. Each link takes you to the YouTube playlist for the voice part, containing all of the movements of Carmina Burana. This also shows rolling scores so you can follow your part.

Voice Part	PlayList Link
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto 1
Alto 2
Tenor 1
Tenor 2
Bass 1
Bass 2

Christmas 2016 : Adeste Fideles

The following sound files may be useful when learning Chris Hutchings' Adeste Fideles, commissioned by Wimbledon Choral. For each part there are two versions - the first has just that particular voice part playing, the other has it with the other voices playing quietly in the background. Just click on the relevant image to download the associated sound file. Each one is about 3.5MB in size so may take a few seconds to download. You may need to click on the downloaded file for it to play.

Voice Part	Alone	With
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto 1
Alto 2
Tenor
Bass 1
Bass 2
All Parts

Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Willis) : Rehearsal Tracks

The DropBox links below will take you to the rehearsal tracks of Alison's work, which have been kindly supplied to us by Luminosa, the choir that commissioned the piece. Wimbledon Choral was the second choir to perform the work, with the "very happy composer" in the audience at Cadogan Hall. Each of the links takes you to a folder that contains the tracks for all voices for that movement. You do not need to sign-up to DropBox to access these folders.

	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - I. PROLOGUE
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - II. GETHSEMANE
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - III. THE TRIAL (PILATE'S WIFE)
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - IV. THE JOURNEY TO THE CROSS
	SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM - V. EPILOGUE

Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil

In the table below there are links to items that will demonstrate how to pronouce the text in Church Slavonic. The recordings have been made for us by Irina Walters who came to help us in our language preparation. Good luck!

1, 2 & 3 :
4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 :
9 :
10 & 11 :
12 :
13, 14 & 15 :

If you want to buy a really good recording on CD for your collection then Neil recommends the one by the Latvian Radio Choir, which you can find here: . You can also obtain it through other online stores like Naxos Direct and Presto Classical.

Brazilian Songs of Nature

Roland Perrin, whose arrangements of these Brazilian Songs we performed in the Duke Ellington concert, kindly supplied rehearsal tracks as MP3 files. Clicking on the MP3 logo will download the relevant file directly to your device.

Song	MP3
Double Rainbow
My Country
Outono
Passarim
Waters of March