Classical Music

Vytautas Miškinis (b.1954) is a composer, choir conductor and educator. His output encompasses over 400 secular and around 150 sacred, works; in addition to over 100 folk song arrangements. His music...

Born in 1977 in Latvia, Ēriks Ešenvalds is an original and sought-after voice of the Baltic music tradition. These two new collections, following on from the first four anthologies of his choral music...

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.

Jonathan Dove's We Are One Fire, was commissioned as a birthday present for the 90th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Chorus. Dove turned to playwright Alasdair Middleton for a text that could serve as...

A setting for unaccompanied SATB choir with divisi of George Herbert's poem. The richly textured homophonic piece ends with a beautiful ostinato. Duration 4'30'

British composer Ken Burton uses the writing of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the black American son of emancipated slaves, in his 3-minute work A Prayer. The text of the three verses is bitter-sw...

Can you hear me? is written for eight-part a cappella choir and sets a new text by Peter Thomson that asks simple but fundamental questions about the need for human contact. First performed by the Nat...

Du var vinden (You were the wind) by Roderick Williams is a four-minute setting for unaccompanied SATB choir (with divisi) of a short, thought-provoking poem by Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge, using the...

Spring Memories by Roderick Williams is a four-minute adaptation for unaccompanied SATB voices with divisi of Edvard Grieg's well-known and beautiful piano work Til Våren (from the Lyric Pieces, Book...

Seven Short Prayers sets texts by Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson and can either be performed as one 14-5-minute work or as individual movements. The seven prayers are: A Prayer for a New Year (Samuel...

The poems in this cycle were chosen to celebrate the life and character of Hannah Shaw, who sang with the Bath Camerata until her very early death in 2019. Hannah was a talented musician and singing w...

When Dr Bernie Sherlock approached me to commission a setting of W B Yeats poem for New Dublin Voices, Iʼm ashamed to say that I wasnʼt familiar with his work But it gave me a fantastic opportunity to...

Exceeding Glad was commissioned explicitly to reflect my personal experience of the Coronation of King Charles III in May 2023. I was extremely fortunate in being asked to perform at the event as well...

Inviolata is an act of homage set on top of another act of homage. When the motet by Josquin des Pres (c. 1450 – 1521) first appeared in print around 1519, he set the bar high for all composers (and t...

Usually known for his thick textured a cappella arrangements, this new composition by Jamey Ray is a 3-part beautiful new setting of the Elizabeth Barret Browning Sonnet 43. It is a love poem easily a...

Usually known for his thick textured a cappella arrangements, this new composition by Jamey Ray is a 3-part beautiful new setting of the Elizabeth Barret Browning Sonnet 43. It is a love poem easily a...

This Renaissance "fun" piece by Pierre Passereau has always been a choral and audience highlight. Russell Robinson has now made it accessible for SAB voices. The French text is easy, and singers and a...

This Renaissance "fun" piece by Pierre Passereau has always been a choral and audience highlight. Russell Robinson has now made it accessible for SAB voices. The French text is easy, and singers and a...

With a hauntingly beautiful original text, The Sunrise Will Come is the perfect piece to showcase lyrical delivery and phrasing. The song's minor key paired with the hopeful lyric creates a sense of f...

With a hauntingly beautiful original text, The Sunrise Will Come is the perfect piece to showcase lyrical delivery and phrasing. The song's minor key paired with the hopeful lyric creates a sense of f...

Along the Way presents a message that we all need to hear in our world right now. The piece reminds us of the importance of friendships and encouragement throughout life's journey. Robust lyrical writ...

Along the Way presents a message that we all need to hear in our world right now. The piece reminds us of the importance of friendships and encouragement throughout life's journey. Robust lyrical writ...

This secular Latin piece brings with it a most timely message. In a nutshell, this original poem poses the question, “Where is peace?” The answer is it comes from inside. Become the peace. It begins w...