Choral Works (accompanied)

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Christopher Brown

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“One of Britain’s most accomplished composers of the post
Leighton-Howells-Britten generation” (Musical Opinion)

accompanied choral works

Instrumentations are defined as follows:

1+1 = 2 players - one on the standard instrument, the second on the subsidiary instrument

(e.g. Flute + Piccolo)

1/1 = One player doubling a second instrument (e.g. Flute doubling Piccolo)

(1) = An optional instrument

Thus:

2+1.2/1.2.2: 4.2.3.(1): Tmp. 2 Pc. Pno/Cel. Hp: Str - indicates an orchestra of:

2 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns,

2 trumpets, 3 trombones, optional tuba, timpani, 2 percussion players, piano doubling celesta,

harp, strings

“...an extraordinarily skilful and mature work, dramatic in style and particularly impressive for the the security and inventiveness of the choral writing.”
(Martin Cooper on “A Hymn to the Holy Innocents” in The Daily Telegraph.)

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A Five-Gated Well op. 97 A Cantata for Soloists, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra

First performance:

Choirs of Clare and Trinity College, Cambridge Collegium Musicum, cond. Timothy Brown

SATB soli, Chorus: 2.2/1.0.1: 0.2.0.0: Tmp. Org: Str

Publisher: Musography

13.11.09: Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge

31 mins.

Rowan Williams

Text:

A Hymn to the Holy Innocents op. 3 Cantata for Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Robert Tear, Cambridge University|Musical Society, cond. David Willcocks

T solo, Chorus: 0.0.0.0: 0.0.0.0: Tmp. Pno: Str

Publisher: Anglo-American

24.11.65: Guildhall, Cambridge

31 mins.

The Bible, Prudentius

Text:

A New Year's Carol op. 72a for Chorus and Orchestra (or piano)

First performance:

British Federation of Young Choirs, Young Persons Concert Foundation Orchestra, cond. Brian Kay

2+1.2.2.2:4.3.3.1: Tmp 3P: Str (or Piano)

Publisher: Chester Music

11.3.90: Wembley Conference Centre, London

31 mins.

Anon

Text:

A Song for Oriana op. 93 Cantata for Chidren's Voices, Chorus and Ensemble

First performance:

Choir 2000, cond. Grayston Burgess

Children's Voices, Chorus: 2 Tpts: 1P. Org

Publisher: Musography

21.6.02: Histon, Cambridgeshire

31 mins.

George Peele, Anon

Text:

A-courting we will go Folk Songs for Equal Voices and Piano

First performance:

Hamburger Alsterspatzen, cond. Jürgen Luhn

Equal Voices, Pno

Publisher: Roberton Publications

1985: Hamburg

31 mins.

Traditional English

Text:

A-courting we will go Folk Songs for Choir and Piano

First performance:

New Cambridge Singers, Maurice Hodges, cond. Christopher Brown

SSAATTBB with soli, Piano

Publisher: Musography

16.6.02: Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire

31 mins.

Traditional English

Text:

Chauntecleer op. 50 Dramatic cantata for Soloists, Ladies (or Children's) Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Janet Scott-Evans, Harold Sharples, Christopher Keyte, Enfield Schools Music Association Choir, Enfield Young Symphony Orchestra, cond. Peter Broadbent

STB soli, SA Chorus: 2(+1).2(/1).2.2(/):2.3.3.(1): Tmp. 3P. Pno: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

8.5.80: Royal Albert Hall, London

31 mins.

Brian Binding (after Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale), Anon

Text:

Christmas Cantata op. 78 A Meditation at the Crib for Soprano, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra

First performance:

Julie Kennard, Dorking Choral Society, cond. Philip White

S solo, Chorus: 1/1.1/1.1/1.1: 1.1.0.0: Str

Publisher: Musography

21.11.92: Dorking Parish Church

31 mins.

Stabat Mater Speciosa (Anon), William Ballet, Robert Southwell, James, John & Robert Wedderburn, Anon English, Italian & French

Text:

Crucifixus Pro Vobis op. 12 A Meditation on the Passion for Tenor, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra

First performance:

Ian Partridge, Tilford Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra, cond. Denys Darlow

T solo, Chorus: 1.1d'am.0.0: Str

Publisher: Musography

19.3.67: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

31 mins.

John Skelton

Text:

David op. 21 A Cantata for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Pamela Bowden, John Carol Case, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Richard Lloyd

Mezzo-soprano and Baritone Soli, Chorus: 2.2/1.2.2: 2.2.(2).(1):

Publisher: Chester Music

25.8.70: Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral

31 mins.

Christopher Smart, the Psalms, Song of Solomon

Text:

Easter Night Easter Anthem for Female Voices and Organ

First performance:

New Bedford Singers, cond. Christopher Brown

S solo, S(S)A , Organ

Publisher: Musography

10.2.94: St. Paul's Church, Bedford

31 mins.

Alice Meynell

Text:

Fair and Feast op. 66 Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Peter Taylor, Saffron Walden Festival Choir and Orchestra, cond. Hugh Keelan

(Soprano solo), Baritone Solo, Chorus, (Children's Choir):

Publisher: Musography

28.9.86: Saffron Walden Parish Church

31 mins.

Traditional selected by George Barker

Text:

Festival Te Deum op. 41b for Choir, Organ and Brass

First performance:

Chichester Cathedral Choir, Gabrieli Brass, cond. John Birch

SATB: optional Brass (0.3.3.0): Org

Publisher: Musography

25.10.74: Chichester Cathedral

31 mins.

Book of Common Prayer

Text:

Festival Venite op. 41a for Choir, Organ and Brass

First performance:

Uppingham School Chapel Choir and Brass Ensemble

SATB: optional Brass (0.3.3.1: Tmp. 3P). Org

Publisher: Musography

12.6.77: Uppingham School Chapel, Rutland

31 mins.

Book of Common Prayer

Text:

Four Motets op. 27 for Choir and Organ

First performance:

Edington Festival Choir, cond. Simon Preston

SSAATTBB and Organ

Publisher: Musography

22.8.70: Edington Festival

31 mins.

1: Veni redemptor gentium 2: O Sacrum convivium 3: Duo Seraphim 4: Ave verum corpus

Text:

Gloria op. 16a for Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

ATB soli, Chorus: 2.2.2.2: 2.2.0.0: Pno OR 0.2+1.0.1: Org: Str

Publisher: Anglo-American

31 mins.

Gloria (from the Mass)

Text:

Hexham Mass op. 39 Mass for Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Bob Chilcott, Huntingdonshire Phiharmonic, cond. Christopher Brown

T solo, Chorus: 2.2.2.2 [or 1.1.2.1]: 2.2.3.0 [or 1.1.1.0]: Tmp, 1P.

Publisher: Roberton Publications

12.3.77: Free Church Centre, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire

31 mins.

Communion Service (Series 3)

Text:

Invocation op. 90 Reflections at a new Millennium bfor Double Choir and Organ

First performance:

New Cambridge Singers, cond. Christopher Brown

SSAATTBB with soli, Organ

Publisher: Musography

8.1.00: Catholic Church of our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge

31 mins.

Thomas Traherne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Alice Meynell, D H Lawrence, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Edith Sitwell, The Buddha, Sri

Text:

Landscapes op. 67 A Cantata for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Melanie Armitstead, Huntingdonshire Philharmonic, cond. Christopher Brown

S solo, Chorus:2+1.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: Tmp. 2P: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

4.4.87: Free Church Centre, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire

31 mins.

Bob Devereux

Text:

Lauds op. 30 for Choir and Brass

First performance:

Purcell Consort of Voices, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, cond. Christopher Brown

Choir: Brass Quintet (1.2.1.1)

Publisher: Musography

25.8.71: Three Choirs Festival, Tewkesbury Abbey

31 mins.

Mary, Countess of Pembroke (after Psalm 150)

Text:

Magnificat (version 1) op. 52 for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Margaret Field, Timothy Penrose, Michael Goldthorpe, Stephen Roberts, St. Albans Chamber Choir, London Bach Orchestra, cond. Richard Stangroom

SATB Soli, Chorus: 2.2/d'am.0.1: 0.3.0.0: Tmp/P. Org: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

7.3.81: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

31 mins.

Latin Magnificat, Walt Whitman, Anon, Christina Rossetti, Richard Chevenix Trench

Text:

Magnificat (version 2) op. 52a for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Janice Carpenter, Lancaster Singers, Lakeland Sinfonia, cond. Ian Hare

S solo, Chorus: 2.2/d'am.0.1: 0.3.0.0: Tmp/P. Org: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

14.11.87: Lancaster

31 mins.

Latin Magnificat

Text:

Missa Brevis op. 16 for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Helen Watts, Ian Partridge, Christopher Keyte, London Bach Society, English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Paul Steinitz

ATB soli, Chorus: 0.2+1.0.1: Org: Str

Publisher: Anglo-American

23.3.68: Camden Festival, St. Pancras Parish Church, London

31 mins.

Latin Mass (without Credo)

Text:

O clap your hands op. 94 for Choir and Organ

First performance:

Clare College Choir, cond. Timothy Brown

SSAATTBB, Organ

Publisher: Musography

May 2004: Clare College Chapel, Cambridge

31 mins.

Psalms of David

Text:

Ode to St. Cecilia op. 18 Cantata for Soprano, Ladies Chorus and Chamber Ensemble

First performance:

Caroline Churchill, Girton College Musical Society, cond. Christopher Brown

Publisher: Musography

3.3.69: Girton College, Cambridge

31 mins.

John Dryden

Text:

Oundle Jubilate op. 38 for Choir, Organ and Brass

First performance:

Oundle School Chapel Choir and Brass Ensemble, cond. Timothy Brown

SATB: optional Brass (2.2.2.1): (Tmp). (2P). Org

Publisher: Musography

25.11.73: Oundle School Chapel, Northamptonshire

31 mins.

Book of Common Prayer

Text:

School Creed for equal voices and piano

First performance:

Great Gidding Church of School Choir, cond. Daphne Durrant

S(S) or T(B), Pno

Publisher: Musography

1990: Great Gidding Church of School, Cambridgeshire

31 mins.

Anon

Text:

Seascape op. 53 ". . . consider a wave. . ." for Soloists, Chorus and Brass

First performance:

Wendy Eathorne, John Barrow, Bob Devereux, Penzance Orpeheus Ladies Choir, Marazion Apollo Singers, Brio Brass, cond. Christopher Brown

SB soli, Reciter, Chorus and Brass Quintet (1.2.1.1)

Publisher: Chester Music

17.9.81: The Guildhall, St. Ives, Cornwall

31 mins.

Bob Devereux

Text:

Six Songs for an Elizabethan Lady op. 57 for Baritone, Equal Voices and Ensemble

First performance:

Peter Savidge

Equal Voices, High & Low Melody Instruments, 6P, Piano Duet,

Publisher: Musography

1983: Bishop's Stortford

31 mins.

1: London (William Dunbar) 2: A New Year's Carol (Anon) 3: My mistress is as fair as fine (Anon) 4: Ring ye the bells (Edmund

Text:

The Circling Year op. 72 A sesonal cycle for Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

British Federation of Young Choirs, Young Persons Concert Foundation Orchestra, cond. Brian Kay

Chorus: 2+1.2.2.2: 4.3.3.1: Tmp. 3P: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

11.3.90: Wembley Conference Centre, London

31 mins.

Anon, Traditional Navajo, Allan Curnow, William Blake, Alfred, Lord Tennyson,

Text:

The Vision of Saul op. 59 Cantata for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Elizabeth Lane, Paul Esswood, Kenneth Bowen, Peter Savidge, London Bach Society, Steinitz Bach Players, cond. Paul Steinitz

SATB soli, Chorus: 0.2/2.0.2: 0.1.0.0: Tmp/P. Org: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

11.2.84: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

31 mins.

The Bible, Richard Crashaw, William Blake, John Donne

Text:

Three Medieval Lyrics op. 37 Cantata for Soloists, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra

First performance:

Sandra Wilkes, Neil Jenkins, London Bach Society, Steinitz Bach Players, cond. Paul Steinitz

ST soli, Chorus: 1.2+1.0.1: 2.3.0.0: Tmp. 1P: Str

Publisher: Chester Music

13.10.73: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

31 mins.

Anon, William Dunbar

Text:

To the Hills op. 91 Millennium Fanfares and Anthem for Chorus and Orchestra

First performance:

Huntingdonshire Philharmonic, cond. Mark Robinson

Chorus: 3/1.2.2.2(+1): 4.3.3.1: Tmp. 2/3P.(Org): Str

Publisher: Musography

22.7.00: Ely Cathedral

31 mins.

Psalms 36 and 121, the Book of Isaiah

Text:

Tres Cantus Sacri op. 60 for Chorus and Wind Orchestra

First performance:

Bristol Bach Choir, Fine Arts Brass, cond. Glyn Jenkins

2.2.2.2: 4.2.3.1: Tmp. 1P: (no strings)

Publisher: Chester Music

16.6.84: Clifton Cathedral, Bristol

31 mins.

Psalms 47, 23 and 150 (in Latin)

Text: