Thomas Hyde

Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sang is a touching choral piece that captures the intimate atmosphere and wonder of the Christmas season in an incomparable way. Based on the traditional Virgin's lullaby...

Orpheus With His Lute is a work by Thomas Hyde for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Dedicated to the memory of the late John McCabe, this work is a setting of lines from Shakespeare's Henry VIII. A full perf...

Sweet was the song was composed in 2003 as a commission from the Hampstead Chamber Choir and their then director, Eamonn Dougan. It is a short and simple SATB setting of a familiar Christmas text. Th...

As a lily among thorns was composed as a wedding present for Katie Johnston and John Hillier in March 2004. It was performed at their marriage in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and later performed pu...