• “ Alexander L’Estrange is a many-sided composer of prodigious gifts and this is an album I will return to again and again … one gorgeous piece after another, in pristine, dew-fresh performances by the ever-wonderful Tenebrae. ”
    — Choral composer John Rutter (of “On Eagles’ Wings” disc)
  • “ It is unusual and deeply gratifying to find a ‘voice’ like Alexander L’Estrange’s… Approachable, highly popular but, at the same time, beautifully crafted and full of integrity … this is the music of someone steeped in a great tradition since childhood, bringing new life and creative vigour to what he so loves and understands. ”
    — Conductor Simon Halsey CBE (“On Eagles’ Wings”)
  • “ L’Estrange’s [sacred choral] works add a jazz-infused chordal depth and a roving harmonic eye to Howells’s declamatory muscularity and modal palette. It’s attractive, approachable music. This is sacred music written to be used. ”
    — Gramophone Magazine
  • “ As a serial commissioner of choral works over many years, it is a real pleasure and honour to engage in a collaboration of such quality with Alexander L’Estrange. ”
    — Suzi Digby OBE

Green Love! Songs to save the world

Punchy grooves, power ballads, three-part rounds and re-cycled Purcell, are a great way to motivate your choir to “spread the green love” and make eco-friendly choices.

Freedom! The Power of Song

A powerful and emotive work, celebrating the vital role communal singing has played throughout history, bringing people together in solidarity at times of upheaval, struggle and change.

Zimbe! Come, sing the songs of Africa!

A phenomenal fusion of traditional African song and jazz which took the choral world by storm. Ten years on, Zimbe! has been performed hundreds of times throughout the world.            

Ahoy! SIng for the Mary Rose

A nautical fusion of Tudor songs, sea shanties and original music, celebrating King Henry VIII’s famous warship.

Song Cycle: vive la vélorution!

A cycle of ten entertaining songs about the bicycle, from its inauspicious beginnings to the glorious Tour de France.

Wassail! Carols of comfort and joy

An award-winning sequence of choral arrangements of uplifting folk carols, both sacred and secular, plus an original folk-style song ‘Spring will come again’.

Zadok Rules - Hallelujah!

The ideal piece for 2023 to mark the
Coronation of King Charles!

Written for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 10 years ago, ZADOK RULES - Hallelujah! is perfect for choral concerts in 2023 to mark the King’s Coronation. Commissioned by the Hanover Band, the piece is inspired by Royal music through the ages and full of famous tunes by Handel with new words tracing the history of the monarchy.

Duration: 10 minutes
Scoring: SATB choir and/or Unison Children’s Choir + piano (band parts also available)
Difficulty: easy

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Church Anthems

Review of "On Eagles' Wings" CD - sacred music by Alexander L'Estrange, recorded by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short. SIGNUM CLASSICS

“Alexander L’Estrange is the added ninth of contemporary church music—his eminently practical music combining the utmost respect for the tradition with a gently subversive wit. Nigel Short and the expert singers of Tenebrae warmly embrace these exciting new works.”
— Hyperion Records Limited