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The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristli...

An arrangement of the expressive 'Sweet was the song', a movement from the large-scale work 'On Christmas Night', for solo voice and piano. An optional second voice may join with a counter-melody (the...

A setting of the Archbishop Rowan Williams' text 'Advent Calendar' for choir and organ.

This joyful and vibrant carol will delight youth and adult choirs alike. The strong unison opening, with a pealing bell-like accompaniment, builds to a climactic two-part canon, brilliantly capturing...

Setting text recorded in an early fourteenth-century Cambridge manuscript, this work presents evocative solo passages above sustained notes, and rich multi-layered canon-like passages in the upper voi...

O Be Joyful is a jubilant setting of Psalm 100 from the Book of Common Prayer. Suitable for performances throughout the church year, it features fluctuating time signatures, a lively tempo, and bright...

Let your choir shine with radiant brilliance with "Sing Joyfully", published by the renowned Oxford University Press. This exhilarating choral piece for mixed choir (SSAATB) with optional organ accomp...

More sweet than my refrain is a tender miniature for three-part choir set to the text of a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The motet features on the new Ars Nova Copenhagen recording, 'First Drop' (Cante...

Beach is taken from the song cycle 'Songs for Seven Storeys', which Bob Chilcott wrote to celebrate the opening of the New Evelina Children's Hospital. Combining a nostalgic melody with a haunting vio...

A rousing setting of the classic American song. Two pianos, piano and organ, piano and synthesiser or two synthesisers may be used for the two keyboard accompaniment. The orchestral/concert band accom...

Setting a stanza of Tennyson's monumental and profound poem In Memoriam A.H.H., Jackson's work deals with reflections on loss and grief.

This short light-hearted piece celebrates NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore on his 100th birthday. With a march-like feel and a bouncy swing, this is perfect for beginners craving a jazzy beat.

Processional bustles with cheerful positivity throughout, its rondo-like structure clarified by the memorability of its abundant melodies. The harmony is modal to begin with, but moves from this delib...

James Whitbourn's Apollo tells the story of the first manned flight to the Moon (the year before the first lunar landing). A wealth of imaginative textures depicts such dramatic events as countdown, i...

Bednall's creation, rooted in the tradition of French organ improvisation, tenderly evokes the mysterious beauty of Wells Cathedral's remarkable 'Jesse Window'. The radiant music ebbs and flows calmly...

Commissioned for the 40th birthday of the organist Paul Walton, Walton's Paean is a work of great verve, with compelling rhythms, exciting harmonies, and catchy melodies propelling the celebratory mus...

This powerful piece, dating from 2010, shows off the full resources of any organ it is played on. Its driving rhythms and exhilarating, often bitonal, harmonies recall such French organist-composers a...

Howard Skempton is admired for the concision of his musical language, and Nature's Fire is illustrative of his style, deploying its base material with great deftness to achieve a musically effective s...

St Asaph Toccata was commissioned by Symphony Hall, Birmingham, as part of the Bach to the Future Series. The composer writes: 'The original title for the piece was Toccata Machine as I had an image o...

A piano transcription, made by the composer himself, of Rutter's much-loved setting of these words of blessing from Numbers 6: 24. Suitable for pianists at early intermediate level, and clearly presen...

From the collection As you sing, 'Charm' is a secular concert work by Kerry Andrew which combines folk-influenced motifs with a distinct rhythmic style and some semi-improvised elements (composer's no...

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Book 2, this reflective Allegretto by Janet Bullard is in 5/4 time and features changing time signatures, providing ideal material for the developing pianist.

Immerse yourself in the distinctive flair of the 1920s: With "Blue Cheese", Oxford University Press presents a charming solo piano piece by Alan Bullard, celebrated as a perennial favourite from the a...

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: Book 2, this easy yet effective arrangement of the popular 'New World' melody captures all the majesty of Dvořák's original. Arranged by Janet & Alan Bullard.

A perennial favourite from Pianoworks: A Night at the Theatre, this easy yet attractive arrangement captures the essence of the bird-catcher's celebrated aria. Arranged by Janet & Alan Bullard.