Judith Weir Sheet Music for Ensemble

I Broke Off A Golden Branch was commissioned and first performed by the Schubert Ensemble in 1992. The words 'I broke off a golden branch' come from a Croatian folksong, which is very obliquely referr...

Distance and Enchantment is a musical essay considering the strikingly common occurrence of people who disappear from home never to return. It takes the form of two meditations on traditional songs wh...

This work was commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble, and first performed by them on 5th July 1992 as part of the Cheltenham International Festival. The words 'I broke off a golden branch' come from a...

This work was written for Jane Manning and Roger Montgomery, who gave the first performance at the Glasgow Musica Nova Festival on 16th September 1990. It is a free transcription of the Aria Wer Bist...

Judith Weir's Storm, scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). This work is based on the composer's 35 word version ofWilliamShakespeare's...

Score and Parts. Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre. First performance 19 May 1998, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City. Quoting Weir: 'In my previous work, I have often enjoye...

Scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble. (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). A five movement piece based on the composer's 35 word version of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempe...

Judith Weir: My Piano Quartet (2000) is part of an extended series of works for piano and strings which I have written over the last twenty years - although I didn't know it was going to be a series w...

Work for Soprano, Clarinet, Viola and Harp. Premiered at the 2002 Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Work for Soprano, Clarinet, Viola and Harp. Premiered at the 2002 Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Th...

With a title that refers to the energetic and rumbling Bass beneath the music, Weir's work for Chamber Ensemble boasts an intriguing structure. Trios and Quartets appear for fleeting moments as the mu...

The Piano score for Judith Weir's second Piano Trio. The String parts are available: CH68244

The Piano Trio Two is inspired by three Zen koans which have lent their titles to the movements, 'How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened, ' 'Your Light May Go Out, ' and 'Open Your Own Treasure House....

Written for violin, viola, cello and piano.

Written for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello.

For bassoon, with cello. Wake your wild voice was commissioned by the International Double Reed Society for the 2009 IDRS Conference in Birmingham, England. The first performance was given by Meyrick...

Blue-Green Hill by Judith Weir was commissioned by Boston Musica Viva (Richard Pittman, Music Director), with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music and members of the Boston Musica V...

Blue-Green Hill by Judith Weir was commissioned by Boston Musica Viva (Richard Pittman, Music Director), with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music and members of the Boston Musica V...

The score and parts for Judith Weir 's O Viridissima, scored for Violin, Cello and Piano. The work lasts around 4 minutes, and was written as a gift for the Late Music Concert Series, being first perf...

This is the score for Judith Weir 's Praise Him With Trumpets, a work for 2 Trumpets, SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces in collaboration with The Choral Foundation, the piec...

Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the support of Andre Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. First performance on 29th March 2016 at the Wigmore Hall, Londo...

Commissioned by Wigmore Hall, with the support of Andre Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. First performance on 29th March 2016 at the Wigmore Hall, Londo...

The Sweet Primroses is a work by Judith Weir for Mezzo-Soprano Voice and Viola. Commissioned by the University of Birmingham for the CrossCurrents Festival 2016, the first performance was in February...

A Few Words Of Thanks is a work by Judith Weir for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Viola and Cello. This is the Score/Parts, and a full performance lasts around 1. 5 minutes.

Composed for the Schubert Ensemble's farewell tour and modelled on 'Abschied' from Schubert's Schwanengesang, this four-minute piece gives each player a brief solo before the work's close. A light-hea...