Chester Music

The Chester Books Of Madrigals offer an exciting collection of secular European madrigals, partsongs and rounds from the 16th and early 17th centuries, newly edited from early sources by Anthony G. Pe...

The Chester Books Of Madrigals offer an exciting collection of secular European madrigals, partsongs and rounds from the 16th and ear;y 17th centuries, newly edited from early sources by Anthony G. Pa...

The Chester Books Of Madrigals offer an exciting collection of secular European madrigals, partsongs and rounds from the 16th and early 17th centuries, newly edited from early sources by Anthony G. Pa...

This work for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra was commissioned by the National Confederation of Music Societies to celebrate its Jubilee in 1985, with funds made available b...

The Chester Books Of Madrigals offer an exciting collection of secular European madrigals, partsongs and rounds from the 16th and ear;y 17th centuries, newly edited from early sources by Anthony G. Pa...

Work for Solo Soprano with tape loop, Cantor, Narrator, Plainsong Chorus and SATB Chorus. Premiered by Jean Kinibbs and the Syrinx Ensemble, November 1983.

A setting of the text of Thomas Traherne. The work was commissioned for the 1989 Southern Cathedrals Festival by the Dean and Chapter of Chichester.

Christopher Brown has always felt a particular affinity for vocal music, and his choral works and operas form an essential part of his output. This work is a 'seasonal cycle' for SATB chorus and orche...

Vocal score for this ikon in music and dance. The solo parts are for soprano, contralto, bass-baritone and boys' chorus (minimum of 9). Duration c. 90mins. This is a special item which is made to orde...

Cyril Ornadel and Kelvin Reynolds. A new ecological musical in two acts set 30 years into the future. The rivers and land are polluted and the children of the village have never seen a flower, bee or...

Quoting Burgon: My first thought on receiving this commission was what sort of text would suit. Something on the general idea of growth - starting very small and blossoming was the obvious way to go,...

A work for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra, using a variety of texts, selected by Alistair Grant, who commissioned the work to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Jacobite rising (1745-6). I...

This work was commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The first performance was given on 3rd December 1998 at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, by Lisa Tyrrell (Sopran...

For Tenor solo, SATB choir, string orchestra and organ. Vocal score in a new edition prepared by Christopher Brown. Includes a keyboard reduction of the orchestral score. Chorus Part available: CH5537...

First performed on 17 October 2000 at the Pieve dell'Assunta, Cavalese, Trentino, Italy by the Mayfield Singers, this is an Italian translation of the text A Hoy Calendar from the poem sequence Fisher...

Vocal Score for Ikon Of Eros by John Tavener.

Commissioned for Tenebrae and their director, Nigel Short. John Tavener writes: Mother and Child celebrates the miracle of childbirth. It also celebrates Mary in her universal aspect as mother of all...

A continuous setting of six poems from George Mackay Brown's Fishermen with Plough, which concern the traditional ways of life and death in Radwick, the village on hoy, Orkney where the composer lived...

Composed in 2003, The Kestrel Road was jointly commissioned by forty-seven choirs, all of which are members of Music Making - a national society that links several thousand amateur choirs and orchestr...

The Beautiful Names was commissioned by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. First performances on 19th June 2007 at Westminster Cathedral, London, and on 22nd June 2007 in Aya Sofya, Istanbul, by...

Written for SATB chorus and brass ensemble, with a piano reduction. Text by Dylan Thomas.

The English versatile composer, arranger and performer, Harvey Brough, was trained at Coventry Cathedral Choir, the Royal Academy of Music and then at Clare College Cambridge. After leaving college he...

Earthlight was commissioned by Chester Music Festival 2008 and given its premiere at Chester Cathedral on July 25th 2008 by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chester Festival Chorus...

Vocal Score for John Tavener's Three Hymns Of George Herbert for SATB chorus, percussion and strings. Commissioned by the Legatum Institute as part of its 'British and American Notions of Liberty' pro...

John Tavener 's Pluies is a work for Solo Mezzo-Soprano, SATB Chorus and String Quartet. The piece was first performed on 31st January 2015 and lasts around 5 minutes. This is the vocal score. The wor...