Stages acc. for practice only
This is a keyboard reduction of the score of ‘Stages SATB’ STAGES_60
Category: Unaccompanied
A Song for Anna (anthem)
*** I wrote this originally as a song for the prophetess Anna (Luke 2.36-38), and expanded it into an SATB anthem (unaccompanied, ideally) in 2001. A Song for Anna (choral rvsd 14.6.16).midi
To worship is to submit all our nature to God
** These words are from William Temple’s Readings in St John’s Gospel (1939). I set them in the hope that, by being sung, they would imprint themselves on the memory of worshippers. The occasion of my setting the words was a meeting Read More …
Soif d’amour
It was a particular pleasure that the Conchord Singers of Southampton performed this for a choir from St Andre de l’Eure in Normandy, a town not far from Lisieux, where the convent that housed St Therese (‘the Little Flower of Read More …
O Lord Jesus Christ
This setting is really an introit for four-part choir. I have included it as a hymn because it can be easily learned by a congregation, and perhaps be sung as a post-Communion devotion. O Lord Jesus Christ, by thy tender Read More …
Hey the gift (anthem)
I made this SATB expansion of the song ‘Hey the gift’ for the Southampton Mayflower Singers. It is great fun to sing, accessible, but also challenging! The tune of the song is passed back and forth between the voices. Singers should note that Read More …
Under Advent
A friend, Nicola Slee, wrote this poem in 1993, and I set it for unaccompanied SATB in 1996. It is a challenging sing, the trick being, not only to get the chromatic intervals correctly, but to find an effective balance Read More …
Woodbourn Advent
This was composed for an Advent Service at Woodbrooke, the Society of Friends’ conference house in Selly Oak, Birmingham. Woodbourn Advent.midi In November 1995, on a poster outside the Friends’ Meeting House in Bournville, the following words were inscribed: Wait Read More …