CHORAL
Go In Peace
Composed: 2011
SSA choir
Organ (or piano)
Duration 2 minutes
First performance: The Chapel Choir of the Royal Masonic School, dir. Julia Whitbread, Royal Masonic School Chapel, Hertfordshire, 11.11.12
SSA choir
Organ (or piano)
Duration 2 minutes
First performance: The Chapel Choir of the Royal Masonic School, dir. Julia Whitbread, Royal Masonic School Chapel, Hertfordshire, 11.11.12
Golden Slumbers
Composed: 2012
SSA choir
Piano
Text: Thomas Dekker
Duration 2½ minutes
First performance: Choro, dir. Julia Whitbread, Royal Masonic School, Hertfordshire, 1.5.13
SSA choir
Piano
Text: Thomas Dekker
Duration 2½ minutes
First performance: Choro, dir. Julia Whitbread, Royal Masonic School, Hertfordshire, 1.5.13
To Hear The Angels Sing
Composed: 2012
SATB choir, a capella
Text: It Came upon the Midnight Clear, Edmund Sears (1810-76), 1849
Duration 4½ minutes
First performance: Swansea Bach Choir, dir. Greg Hallam, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 7.12.13
SATB choir, a capella
Text: It Came upon the Midnight Clear, Edmund Sears (1810-76), 1849
Duration 4½ minutes
First performance: Swansea Bach Choir, dir. Greg Hallam, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 7.12.13
Silent Night
Composed: 2013
SSA choir (or SA)
Piano
Text: Joseph Mohr (1792-1848), 1816
Duration 3½ minutes
First performance: Choro, dir. Julia Whitbread, Royal Masonic School, Hertfordshire, 3.12.13
London Premiere: London Youth Choir, dir. Greg Hallam, St Saviour's Church, Pimlico, 16.12.13
SSA choir (or SA)
Piano
Text: Joseph Mohr (1792-1848), 1816
Duration 3½ minutes
First performance: Choro, dir. Julia Whitbread, Royal Masonic School, Hertfordshire, 3.12.13
London Premiere: London Youth Choir, dir. Greg Hallam, St Saviour's Church, Pimlico, 16.12.13
Two Folksongs From Ireland
Composed: 2013
SAB choir
Piano
1. Cockles and Mussels
2. Danny Boy
Texts: traditional
Duration 8 minutes
First performance: RMS Community Choir, dir. Julia Whitbread, All Saints Church, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, 12.10.13
SAB choir
Piano
1. Cockles and Mussels
2. Danny Boy
Texts: traditional
Duration 8 minutes
First performance: RMS Community Choir, dir. Julia Whitbread, All Saints Church, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, 12.10.13
Hope Will Find Its Way
Composed: 2014
Two-part choir
Piano
Text: Julia Whitbread
Duration 4 minutes
Commissioned by The Children's Trust
First performance: St John's, Smith Square, London, 9.3.14
Two-part choir
Piano
Text: Julia Whitbread
Duration 4 minutes
Commissioned by The Children's Trust
First performance: St John's, Smith Square, London, 9.3.14
As The Rain Hides The Stars
Composed: 2014
SATB choir, a capella
Text: Gaelic Prayer
Duration 3½ minutes
SATB choir, a capella
Text: Gaelic Prayer
Duration 3½ minutes
Away In A Manger
Composed: 2014
Two-part choir
Piano
Text: Anon.; third verse John T. McFarland (1851-1913)
Duration 3 minutes
First performance: Hertfordshire, 5.12.14
Two-part choir
Piano
Text: Anon.; third verse John T. McFarland (1851-1913)
Duration 3 minutes
First performance: Hertfordshire, 5.12.14
Two Folksongs From Britain
Composed: 2015
SAB choir
Piano
1. The Ash Grove
2. Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
Text: Traditional
Duration 7 minutes
First performance: RMS Community Choir, cond. Chris Brammeld, Rickmansworth Festival, Hertfordshire, 16.5.15
SAB choir
Piano
1. The Ash Grove
2. Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
Text: Traditional
Duration 7 minutes
First performance: RMS Community Choir, cond. Chris Brammeld, Rickmansworth Festival, Hertfordshire, 16.5.15
Four British Folksongs
Composed: 2015
Unison voices
Piano
1. Cockles and Mussels
2. Danny Boy
3. The Ash Grove
4. Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
Duration 15 minutes
Unison voices
Piano
1. Cockles and Mussels
2. Danny Boy
3. The Ash Grove
4. Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
Duration 15 minutes
Two Folksongs From Scotland
Composed: 2016
SAB choir
Piano
1. Skye Boat Song
2. Gradh geal o cridh ("Eriskay Love Lilt")
Text: Traditional
Duration 6 minutes
First performance: RMS Community Choir, cond. Julia Whitbread, Rickmansworth Festival, Hertfordshire, 21.5.16
SAB choir
Piano
1. Skye Boat Song
2. Gradh geal o cridh ("Eriskay Love Lilt")
Text: Traditional
Duration 6 minutes
First performance: RMS Community Choir, cond. Julia Whitbread, Rickmansworth Festival, Hertfordshire, 21.5.16
A Christmas Tale
Composed: 2016
Children's choir, youth choir and mixed adult choir
Piano
Cello
Percussion (1 player): glockenspiel, toms
Timpani
(Orchestral version, in preparation)
Texts
A Coventry Carol: trad.
In the Bleak Midwinter: Christina Rossetti ("A Christmas Carol")
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day: trad.
Duration 8 minutes
First performance: cond. Chris Brammeld, Royal Masonic School, Hertfordshire, 9.12.16
Children's choir, youth choir and mixed adult choir
Piano
Cello
Percussion (1 player): glockenspiel, toms
Timpani
(Orchestral version, in preparation)
Texts
A Coventry Carol: trad.
In the Bleak Midwinter: Christina Rossetti ("A Christmas Carol")
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day: trad.
Duration 8 minutes
First performance: cond. Chris Brammeld, Royal Masonic School, Hertfordshire, 9.12.16
Winter
Composed: 2017
SAB choir
Flute
Clarinet
Strings
Harp
Piano
Text: Walter de la Mare
Text reproduced by kind permission of The Literary Trustees of Walter de la Mare and The Society of Authors as their representative.
Duration 3 minutes
Commissioned by Bancroft's School
First performance: Bancroft's School, Essex, 6.12.17
SAB choir
Flute
Clarinet
Strings
Harp
Piano
Text: Walter de la Mare
Text reproduced by kind permission of The Literary Trustees of Walter de la Mare and The Society of Authors as their representative.
Duration 3 minutes
Commissioned by Bancroft's School
First performance: Bancroft's School, Essex, 6.12.17
To A Sky-Lark
Composed: 2019
SAB choir
Piano
Text: William Wordsworth
Duration 3 minutes
Commissioned by Bancroft's School for the 40th anniversary of the Bancroft's Singers
First performance: Bancroft's Singers, Bancroft's School, Essex, 11.5.19
SAB choir
Piano
Text: William Wordsworth
Duration 3 minutes
Commissioned by Bancroft's School for the 40th anniversary of the Bancroft's Singers
First performance: Bancroft's Singers, Bancroft's School, Essex, 11.5.19
My Love Is Come To Me
Composed: 2019
SATB choir, a capella
Text: Christina Rossetti (1830 - 94) (A Birthday, 1857)
Duration 3 minutes
Commissioned by VOCES8
First performance: VOCES8, Penkhull Festival, 21.9.19
SATB choir, a capella
Text: Christina Rossetti (1830 - 94) (A Birthday, 1857)
Duration 3 minutes
Commissioned by VOCES8
First performance: VOCES8, Penkhull Festival, 21.9.19