Vocal
Music by Chris Brammeld
As You Like It
Composed: 2006
Voices and jazz ensemble
Texts: William Shakespeare
Duration 14 minutes
Commissioned by North Staffordshire Operatic Society
First performance: cond. Chris Brammeld, Trentham Estate, Staffordshire, 10.7.07
Voices and jazz ensemble
Texts: William Shakespeare
- Under the Greenwood Tree
- Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
- What Shall He Have That Killed The Deer
- It Was A Lover And His Lass
- Hymen's Song
Duration 14 minutes
Commissioned by North Staffordshire Operatic Society
First performance: cond. Chris Brammeld, Trentham Estate, Staffordshire, 10.7.07
Sweet Lovers Love The Swing
Composed: 2006
Tenor and piano
Texts: William Shakespeare
Duration 9 minutes
First performance: Greg Hallam (baritone) and Gemma Beeson (piano), Penkhull Festival, 18.9.21
Tenor and piano
Texts: William Shakespeare
- Under the Greenwood Tree
- Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
- It Was A Lover And His Lass
Duration 9 minutes
First performance: Greg Hallam (baritone) and Gemma Beeson (piano), Penkhull Festival, 18.9.21
Four British Folksongs
Composed: 2008
Medium voice and piano
Texts: Traditional
Duration 14 minutes
Medium voice and piano
Texts: Traditional
- Cockles and Mussels
- Danny Boy
- The Ash Grove
- Dashing Away With The Smoothing Iron
Duration 14 minutes
Sounds, And Sweet Airs (Four Songs)
Composed: 2009-11
Baritone, clarinet, horn, cello and piano
Texts: William Shakespeare
Duration 14 minutes
First performance: Matt Palmer (baritone), University of Sheffield New Music Ensemble, dir. George Nicholson, Firth Hall, Sheffield, 5.4.11
Baritone, clarinet, horn, cello and piano
Texts: William Shakespeare
- While You Here Do Snoring Lie
- That When I Waked...
- I Shall No More To Sea
- Full Fathom Five
Duration 14 minutes
First performance: Matt Palmer (baritone), University of Sheffield New Music Ensemble, dir. George Nicholson, Firth Hall, Sheffield, 5.4.11
Three Shakespeare Songs
Composed: 2009-12
Medium voice and piano
Texts: William Shakespeare
Duration 8½ minutes
First performance: Greg Hallam (baritone) and Robert Thompson (piano), Hertfordshire Chamber Music Series, Rickmansworth, Herts, 10.5.14
Medium voice and piano
Texts: William Shakespeare
- O Mistress Mine
- Come Away Death
- Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred
Duration 8½ minutes
First performance: Greg Hallam (baritone) and Robert Thompson (piano), Hertfordshire Chamber Music Series, Rickmansworth, Herts, 10.5.14
Performance credit: Greg Hallam, Robert Thompson
At Last He Sleeps
Composed: 2011-12
Baritone and piano
Texts: Edward Thomas
Duration 7 minutes
First performance: Greg Hallam (baritone) and Robert Thompson (piano), Hertfordshire Chamber Music Series, Rickmansworth, Herts, 10.5.14
Baritone and piano
Texts: Edward Thomas
- The Cherry Trees
- In Memoriam
- A Private
Duration 7 minutes
First performance: Greg Hallam (baritone) and Robert Thompson (piano), Hertfordshire Chamber Music Series, Rickmansworth, Herts, 10.5.14
Performance credit: Greg Hallam, Robert Thompson
Winter Pass
Composed: 2015; revised 2020
High voice and piano
Texts: Edward Thomas
Duration 13 minutes
High voice and piano
Texts: Edward Thomas
- Snow
- Rain
- Thaw
Duration 13 minutes
At Last He Sleeps
Composed: 2015
Version for voice and orchestra
Texts: Edward Thomas
Duration 8 minutes
Version for voice and orchestra
Texts: Edward Thomas
- The Cherry Trees
- In Memoriam
- A Private
Duration 8 minutes
Three Berry Poems
Composed: 2015
Speaker and piano
Texts: Arthur Berry
Duration 10 minutes
Commissioned by Penkhull Festival
First performance: Peter Foggitt (piano) and Ray Johnson (reader), Penkhull Festival, Staffordshire, 17.9.15
"The dominant mood of the poems ... was enhanced by Brammeld's melodic modernism." - Dr Catherine Burgass, Arnold Bennett Society newsletter, Winter 2015-16
Speaker and piano
Texts: Arthur Berry
- The Blackbird
- Hill Farm
- Here
Duration 10 minutes
Commissioned by Penkhull Festival
First performance: Peter Foggitt (piano) and Ray Johnson (reader), Penkhull Festival, Staffordshire, 17.9.15
"The dominant mood of the poems ... was enhanced by Brammeld's melodic modernism." - Dr Catherine Burgass, Arnold Bennett Society newsletter, Winter 2015-16
Sounds, And Sweet Airs (Be Not Afeard)
Composed: 2016
Soprano and clarinet
Text: William Shakespeare (The Tempest)
Duration 4 minutes
First performance: Donna Lennard (soprano) and Benjamin Graves (clarinet), Clare Hall, Cambridge, 18.2.17
Soprano and clarinet
Text: William Shakespeare (The Tempest)
Duration 4 minutes
First performance: Donna Lennard (soprano) and Benjamin Graves (clarinet), Clare Hall, Cambridge, 18.2.17
Performance credit: Donna Lennard, Benjamin Graves
In Memoriam - five songs
Composed: 2018
Soprano, flute, clarinet in A, violin, cello
Texts (respectively): A. E. Housman, Edward Thomas, Leslie Coulson, Richard Aldington, Willoughby Weaving
Duration 14 minutes
First performance: Mimi Doulton (soprano) and Cambridge University New Music Ensemble: Catriona Bourne (flute), Ben Graves (clarinet), Leo Appel (violin), Dan Gilchrist (cello), cond. Patrick Bailey, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 22.11.18
Soprano, flute, clarinet in A, violin, cello
Texts (respectively): A. E. Housman, Edward Thomas, Leslie Coulson, Richard Aldington, Willoughby Weaving
- Here we lie dead
- In Memoriam
- War
- Sunsets
- Flanders
Duration 14 minutes
First performance: Mimi Doulton (soprano) and Cambridge University New Music Ensemble: Catriona Bourne (flute), Ben Graves (clarinet), Leo Appel (violin), Dan Gilchrist (cello), cond. Patrick Bailey, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 22.11.18
Performance credit: Mimi Doulton, Catriona Bourne, Ben Graves, Leo Appel, Dan Gilchrist, Patrick Bailey
Marvellous Sweet Music (Songs from The Tempest)
Composed: 2016-20
2 sopranos, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos
Texts: William Shakespeare
Duration 22 minutes
2 sopranos, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos
Texts: William Shakespeare
- Come unto these yellow sands
- Interlude: Be not afeard (part 1)
- Full fathom five
- Interlude: Be not afeard (part 2)
- While you here do snoring lie
- Interlude: Be not afeard (part 3)
- I shall no more to sea
- Epilogue: Be not afeard (part 4)
Duration 22 minutes
Three Folksongs
Composed: 2022
Medium voice and piano
Texts: Traditional
Duration 14 minutes
First performance: Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone) and Jocelyn Freeman (piano), Penkhull Festival, 16.9.22
Medium voice and piano
Texts: Traditional
- Scarborough Fair
- Cold Blows The Wind
- The Trees They Do Grow High
Duration 14 minutes
First performance: Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone) and Jocelyn Freeman (piano), Penkhull Festival, 16.9.22
Five Emily Dickinson Poems
Composed: 2022
Soprano and piano
Texts: Emily Dickinson
Duration 10 minutes
Soprano and piano
Texts: Emily Dickinson
- The Everlasting Clocks
- A Snowflake
- Trinkets
- The Bobolink
- Sunsets
Duration 10 minutes
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