Jonathan Dove

Words from the Song of Songs

Text: 18th-century poems

Text: Jane Austen

Text: William Shakespeare from The Tempest

'Bless the Lord, O my Soul was commissioned by a group of people whose early lives were dedicated to choral singing. I wanted their Millennium Anthem to be a celebration of song, and Psalm 104 provide...

Jonathan Dove's A Brief History of Creation for Children's Voices and Orchestra. Children's chorus score.

A 3.5-minute song which perfectly expresses the joy of Christmas. With words by writer and broadcaster Zeb Soanes, and music by Jonathan Dove, this piece, for unison voices (or solo voice) and piano,...

A joyful, uplifting setting of Psalm 139. The organ part, with its sparkling use of high registers, subtly evokes the stars. This exquisitely complements the careful sculpted vocal lines.

Commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and first performed at a service on 10th July 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Air Force by the Choir of Westminster Abbey with Peter...

His face shone like the sun by Jonathan Dove is a 6-minute contemporary choral work for choir and organ with text from Matthew 17:2, 5 (NIV). Commissioned by First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, Iowa...

Praise Him with the Sound of the Trumpet a été commandé par Alan et Victoria Young pour célébrer le dix-huitième anniversaire de leur fille Kate, à qui l'hymne est dédié. La première représentation a...

« The Rising of the Sun » pour chœur SATB (divisi) et orgue (durée 4 minutes) a été commandé par l’école Repton, à la mémoire de Richard Bradburn, et est une mise en musique d’une partie du Psaume 113...

'What happens to the magic flute at the end of Mozart's opera? Does Tamino give it back to the three ladies? Does it lie in a box, forgotten, at the back of a cupboard? Or does it, perhaps, when no-on...

Celebrating the life of Robert Van Allan (20th October 1979 - 21st June 1999). Commissioned by Rosemary Pickering, the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Firs...

Jonathan Dove's Treasures in Heaven is a 6.5 minute work for organ and SATB choir which sets Matthew 6:19-21 from the Bible, a text that exhorts the reader to gather treasures in heaven rather than on...

Jonathan Dove's A Brief History of Creation for Children's Voices and Orchestra. Vocal Score Only.

Libretto by Arthur Japin based on his novel The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi.