Given the resurgence in youth choirs it is good to see new repertoire emerging that neither patronises nor overstretches young singers. Bob Chilcott's Like a Rainbow is a good example of such a piece; opening strikingly with the text set in octaves, and progressing through various vocal 'orchestrations', the piece is brought to a very effective close with a slower, broader and quieter section, The vocal parts are rhythmically alive and although written for SSA, they do venture into four parts occasionally, but would not prove of any great difficulty to a competent choir. The whole piece is underpinned by a steadily burbling piano part running in quavers.

Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.