Jonathan Dove

The impressive song cycle "The Passing Of The Year" by British composer Jonathan Dove is a work for two mixed choirs and piano. In seven movements, Dove sets poems by renowned authors such as William...

Text by Dorothy L. Sayers. First sung at the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge in 2000

The Missa brevis by Jonathan Dove was premiered in 2009 and is one of the most successful contemporary settings of the Latin mass. The work impresses with its enormous rhythmic energy and a particular...

A Christmas carol by noted composer Jonathan Dove, using text from the legend of St Christopher and Revelation 22:16, 13

Text: adapted from Kamo No Chomei in the translation by Donald Keene

Two prayers of St. Edmund, beautifully set for 'a cappella' choir. Technically, this piece is well within the grasp of most choirs and would make a memorable concert work, anthem or introit.

A setting of a Navajo text (here translated by Jerome K. Rothenburg).

Words from the Song of Songs

Inspired by the awe-inspiring transformations described in the twenty-first chapter of Revelation, I Saw a New Heaven evokes visions of a new heaven and earth, the holy city descending from heaven, an...

Taken from Flight – Jonathan Dove and April de Angelis’s superb original modern-day operatic comedy – Dawn, Still Darkness is an aria for countertenor telling of a refugee's longing to be reunited wit...

The Immortal Ship sets poetry by Walt Whitman for tenor and guitar, and was inspired by guitarist James Boyd's voyage aboard Concord of Mersea in celebration of Benjamin Britten's centenary. The first...

Text by Phineas Fletcher Light, and the idea of light, has always been a source of inspiration to me, and the heavenly bodies often provoke a desire to create some kind of numinous music. I was struck...

Libretto: April de Angelis. German singing translation by Ralf Nürnberger.

Jonathan Dove Figures in the Garden For their 1991 Mozart bicentenary celebrations, Glyndebourne commissioned five composers to write wind serenades. Each serenade was to be musically connected in som...

For their 1991 Mozart bicentenary celebrations, Glyndebourne commissioned five composers to write wind serenades. Each serenade was to be musically connected in some way with one of Mozart’s ope...

The Monster in the Maze (El Monstre al Laberint), an opera for children, young people and adults by Jonathan Dove. (Taiwanese translation).

El Monstre al Laberint (The Monster in the Maze), an opera for children, young people and adults by Jonathan Dove.

Northern Lights by Jonathan Dove is a 23-minute concerto for accordion and chamber orchestra. Written for the soloist Owen Murray, the work showcases the classical side of the instrument, rather than...

Text:William Drummond of Hawthorndon

A dramatic, characterful setting by one of Britain's most talented young composers. With a flawless feel for choral and vocal textures, Jonathan Dove fully exploits the drama and wit of the text to pr...

A lilting a cappella setting of a text by Richard Crashaw (1612-1649), where the clear vocal lines are set against a dark and dense harmonic background. This short piece can be performed at any point...

Sopran (Chorst.) (2), Alt (Chorst.) (2), Tenor (Chorst.) (4), Bass (Chorst.) (4) Chorpartitur 9 Minuten Schwierigkeitsgrad: mittelschwer Text: William Shakespeare

Diese wunderschöne, 6 Minütige doppelchörige Vertonung des Gedichts 'Vertue' von George Herbert wurde 2019 gemeinsam von Wiltshire Creative und dem Lichfield Festival für Voces8 in Auftrag gegeben.