Thea Musgrave

Thea Musgrave’s Two Songs were written for baritone and piano on texts by Ezra Pound.

In Homage to Couperin

This was commissioned by the Department of Music, University College, Cardiff, in association with the Welsh Arts Council. It was written in the summer of 1970 in Santa Barbara where the composer had...

Thea Musgrave’s Three Scottish Songs are all based on tunes and words by Robert Burns. The songs may be performed as a cycle, individually, or as a collection in a different order.

Rorate Coeli for unaccompanied chorus, was written in 1973 in response to a commission from the National Federation of Music Societies in Great Britain. It was first performed by the Thomas Tallis cho...

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Proms. First performed by the BBC singers, conducted by David Hill on 4th September 2010 at Cadogan Hall, London. For SATB a cappella.

The six poems set here are all to be found in '100 Poems on the Underground'. For SATB (divisi) A Cappella.

On The Underground (or 'A Medieval Summer') is based upon texts from Poems On The Underground, and was commissioned by the Ionian Singers with funds from The Holst Foundation. Written by Thea Musgrave...

This short choral work was written to celebrate the twenty-fifth season (2012/2013) of The New York Virtuoso Singers.

Midnight by Thea Musgrave was commissioned by Laura Lane & the Nova Singers for the American Choral Directors National Convention in San Antonio, Texas, March 4th 1993. Set to text by John Keats. Scor...

Part-song for SATB Choir A Cappella by the award-winning Scottish composer.

This was commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival in 1964. It was first performed by the Festival Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras.

Two Christmas Carols in Traditional Style were composed in 1966. It sets two poems by the British poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987): the Carol for the Watchers and the WiseMan'sCarol. They are scored...

Nurse's Songs was originally written as part of a volume entitled Innocence and Experience, which takes its texts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an illustrated collection of poems by Willi...

Innocence and Experience takes its texts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake, which was first published in two volumes in 1789 and 1794. Each...

Thea Musgrave's arrangement of the Anonymous 15th century text 'Adam Lay Ybounden' is scored for Children's Voices and Piano, a performance of which lasts around 2 minutes.

Going North was commissioned by the Young People's Chorus of New York for 'Transient Glory, the Voices of Children', Francisco J. Nunez, artistic director. First performed at the Transient Glory Conce...

Thea Musgrave's Missa Brevis for SATB and Organ. Thea Musgrave's Missa Brevis was given its first performance by Wells Cathedral Choir, on the Feast of John the Baptist, Sunday 24th June, 2018, by We...

A work for SATB choir and organ setting an excerpt from Ode for Music on Saint Cecilia's Day by Alexander Pope. It was first performed as part of the Festival of St Cecilia 2018 at St Paul's Cathedral...

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the Postcards from Composers series in 2020. Written during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, the solo viola reacts to the journey through life during the pandemic with de...

Scored for Clarinet in B Flat and Piano. Commissioned by Victoria Soames in memory of Roger Fallows. First performed June 1997. Duration: c. 8 minutes.

A very short take on the popular tune for Nicholas Daniel's sixtieth birthday. Premiered alongside miniatures composed for occasion by other composers at the Wigmore Hall, London on 20 April 2022.

Thea Musgrave's Postcards From Spain is a fascinating travelogue of Spain without being overly Spanish, from the tranquility of sunlight reflecting off still pools to the dramatic song of the Cantaor...