Judith Weir

In 1994, for the 500th anniversary of the University of Aberdeen, Judith Weir wrote two settings of 17th century English verse and choir, entitles Two Human Hymns. In 1997, Weir arranged the first of...

Judith Weir's 'Ave Regina Caelorum' for unaccompanied choir SSATBB. This piece was commissioned by Merton College, Oxford as part of the Merton Choirbook, a collection of music being assembled to cel...

For SATB Chorus and Trombone. Commissioned to celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the Unversity of Cambridge, and first performed on St Cecilia's Day 2009 by The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, with...

Judith Weir's The Tree of Peace was composed in 2016 for organ. Commissioned in loving memory of Richard Axtell (1952-2015), talented and much-loved organist at the Parish of St. Andrew, West Tarring.

This setting of Christina Rossetti's poem Then Shall Ye Shout for unaccompanied double choir was commissioned by Help Musicians UK for its annual St Cecilia's Festival service and first performed by t...

This work was commissioned by William Howard with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain, and was first performed in the Wigmore Hall, 31 May 1983. Duration: c. 10 minutes.

Commissioned for Malcom Munro and the Choir of St. Mary the Virign, Dover, in loving memory of John Yarrow.

Commissioned by the Plymouth Congregational Church of Minneapolis and first performed by the Plymouth Church Choir in March 2004. The work is a capella, with a prominant Soprano solo alongside two Alt...

This work was commissioned by the Master and Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge, to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the College. The Magnificat was first performed by Andrew Nethsin...

The Song Sung True was expertly composed by Judith Weir. The piece was commissioned by Lawyers' Music, in memory of Helen M. Sibthorp, singer and promenader. The first performance of The Song Sung Tru...

Commissioned in memory of Edmund Bridges for the choir of Eton College, and in Oxford for the choirs of Magdalen College, and Christ Church Cathedral. First performed by an ad hoc choir conducted by A...

A short, simple setting of a poem by Julia Darling which builds to a climax to the words "we all matter". Originally composed for youth singers and first performed at BBC Proms concert from Sage Gates...

Judith Weir 's National Anthem With Leicester Fanfare is a work commissioned by Leicester Cathedral and first performed there at the Service of Reinterment of the Remains of King Richard III on 26th M...

Judith Weir's National Anthem With Leicester Fanfare is a work commissioned by Leicester Cathedral and first performed there at the Service of Reinterment of the Remains of King Richard III on 26th Ma...

Judith Weir's In The Land Of Uz for SATB chorus, solo tenor and instrumental ensemble. This work was commissioned by BBC Radio 3. It was first performed on 12th August 2017 at the BBCPromsin Southwar...

Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir, has been commissioned by St Paul's Cathedral in London to write a piece for SATB choir and organ in celebration of HM The Queen's 90th birthday in 2016. The p...

Songs from the Exotic were commissioned by Josephine Nendick, who gave the first performance with Michael Finnissy on 7th October 1987 in Cambridge. These four songs were inspired by folk traditions o...

A Spanish Liederbooklet is a short song cycle (of about eight minutes' duration) for high soprano and piano written for Eileen Hulse in 1988. Eileen gave the first performance, accompanied by Graham J...

Work for Solo Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, commissioned by Carnegie Hall. Text: Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Clarissa Pinkola Estés. The piece was first performed by Jessye Norman and the Orchest...

This was originally written for soprano, counter tenor and baritone soloists and chamber orchestra. This version scored for soprano, counter tenor and piano, was composed in 1997 for a concert given b...

All the songs in The Voice of Desire are conversations between humans and birds. In each case, the birds seem to have a more sophisticated viewpoint that their human hearers. One of the highlights is...

With a libretto written by Weir herself, based on the cryptic supernatural short story Der Blonde Eckbert by Ludwig Tieck. This one act pocket version of the opera makes use of a Chamber group ra...

Words adapted from an English folk song, and written for the NMC Songbook.

Miss Fortune, by British composer Judith Weir, is a contemporary re-telling of a Sicilian folk story. Tina's wealthy family lose all their possessions overnight and she is thrown into a life of povert...