Chester Music

Il Rozzo Martello for unaccompanied choir SATB, by Peter Maxwell Davies, was commissioned by BBC Radio 3. It was first performed on 14th August 1997 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, by the BBC Sin...

This work for unaccompanied SATB/TTB choir was commissioned by Hurstpierpoint College on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. The first performance was given in May 1999 at Hurstpierpoint College by...

A prominent composer of the 20th Century, this work was written for large mixed choir a cappella. The composer notes that the chorus should consist of at least 120 singers. Miserere was first performe...

A Garland For Linda is an evocative and moving anthology of works for a cappella chorus to commemorate the life of Linda McCartney. Modelled on the precedent of A Garland For The Queen (1953), nine Br...

In Memory was written in memory of Glen Schaefer, and all the departed souls of America. The words come from the Orthodox Funeral Service and from a text by Mother Thekla. For SATB Choir A Cappella. J...

Commissioned by the Guildford Philharmonic for the Tallis Scholars. First performance by the Tallis Scholars on 10th March 2000, at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. Arranged for unaccompanied choir SAT...

For SATB Choir. Text: W. B Yeats

For solo Tenor, and unaccompanied mixed voice choir SATB. Text English and Greek. Duration 5 minutes.

Commissioned by George Watson's College, to mark the Millennium. The work was first performed in December 2000 at St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, as part of the College's Festival Of Nine Lessons And...

Composed for unaccompanied Double Mixed Chorus, these two songs were commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation for the 75th Anniversary Concert of the Swedish Radio Choir. Based on two poem...

English Words.

Unaccompanied (alto/tenor/bass)

Written for SATB choir. Essential Ingredients was originally written for Bobby Baker's performance piece Box Story, which opened in the London International Festival of Theatre 2001.

Anthem for SATB Choir written for the St. John's Wood Church, London.

For SATB Choir A Cappella.

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...

A setting of the Liber Usualis plainsong for unaccompanied SATB chorus, written for the Feast Of he Archangel St. Michael. The piece was first performed by the Chior Of Westminster Abbey in July 2004...

A setting, after Praetorius, for SATB Choir A Cappella.

A solemn prayer setting by Peter Maxwell Davies of a text from Liber Usualis, for unaccompanied SSATB chorus. The setting was first performed in May 2005 at the St. Magnus Cathedral, Orkney, conducted...

Work for unaccompanied SATB from Tavener's The Veil Of The Temple. The Veil of the Temple was commissioned by the Temple Music Trust. The world premiere took place on 27th June 2003 at the Temple Chu...

Commissioned for the Nine Lessons and Carols service at King's College, Cambridge, December 2005.

Written for unaccompanied SATB choir. The composer writes The Open Secret is a hadith, or traditional saying of the Prophet Mohammad, attributed to Ali Ibn Abi Talib. The profundity of this hadith mov...