I thought I had put these up a few years back, but couldn't find the thread on the forum . . . hmm.

I've used the Victoria and Byrd choruses, but found them just a little long and a little too tricky for the time I had to rehearse them with my singers. I wrote the attached a few years back and they've worked well for our sung Passion on Good Friday.


My parameters when composing them:
--Brief
--Easily learned for semi-skilled singers (I work with college students with weird schedules; wanted to be able to prep these in 30 minutes or so)
--Moderate ranges (high part could be S or A, middle part could be A or T, low part could be T or B)
--Tied to tradition (few accidentals, running thread of that dominant cadence that characterizes the Renaissance composers’ settings)