Sheet Music by Female Composers: A Rich and Diverse Selection

Kaija Saariaho’s 2015 opera Only The Sound Remains was commissioned by Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opera de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid and Canadian Opera Company. The work combines tw...

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Bosun's Cheer, composed in 2014. Included here are the score and parts for the Modern Instrument Version, arranged for a speaker, Flute, Cello and Double Bass. Born...

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Bosun's Cheer, composed in 2014. Included here are the score and parts for the Period Instrument Version, arranged for a speaker, Violin, Cello and Double Bass. Born...

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...

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...

A setting of four poems by Wallace Stevens, Kathleen Jamie, Norman MacCaig and Emily Dickinson for soprano, cello and piano. commissioned by Kings Place, and first performed there on 24th October 2019...

A work for soprano, flute, guitar and pre-recorded electronics. The first performance was given on 5 August 2010 at the Skálholt Summer Concerts, Iceland, by Tiffany DuMouchelle (soprano), Berglind Ma...

Changing Light was written for Edna Michell's Compassion project. In the composition the composer follows the idea of a dialogue, suggested by the text from Rabbi Jules Harlow. The intimate nature and...

This arrangement of Prospero's Vision, for tenor and string quartet, was first performed in August 2019 during the Creative Dialogue Workshop at the SIbelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. The text is fr...

This work for soprano and string quartet was premiered at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on the 18th November 2019 by Carola Darwin and the Gildas Quartet. Commissioned by Carola Darw...

This work for soprano and string quartet was premiered at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on the 18th November 2019 by Carola Darwin and the Gildas Quartet. Commissioned by Carola Darw...

Commissioned by Fenella Humphreys with funding from The Marchus Trust First performed by Fenella Humphreys (violin), Ben Griffiths (double bass), Murray Grainger (accordion) and George Barton (percuss...

For mezzo-soprano voice and bass clarinet. How to Win an Election was commissioned by Ian Mitchell and premiered by Alison Wells and Ian Mitchell at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford on 22 January 2018...

Scenes from Autistic Bedtimes (2012-13) is a ten minute work scored for treble, soprano, vibraphone, cello and piano, setting text by Stuart Murray

This piece for wordless voice and small ensemble was composed as part of Ellen Reid’s Soundwalk, a site-specific work created for urban parks around the world. The title comes from Christian Cooper, a...

Scored for cello, vibraphone and cymbals, this work by Ellen Reid was commissioned in 2014 by Wild Up. Duration: c.8 minutes.

Tiresias, the Blind Prophet of Thebes, is on a walk, and along comes Orlando, the title character from Virginia Woolf's novel. Orlando, who is of noble birth, has only recently been changed - inexplic...

Tiresias, the Blind Prophet of Thebes, is on a walk, and along comes Orlando, the title character from Virginia Woolf's novel. Orlando, who is of noble birth, has only recently been changed - inexplic...

Changing Light was written for Edna Michell’s Compassion project. The composition follows the idea of a dialogue, suggested by the chosen text. The intimate nature and fragile sound world of the duo m...