This work is for unaccompanied SATB choir, divided into the Responsories for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. The texts are short biblical passages, to be sung after the lessons of Tenebrae; see the Wikipedia article for more information. These settings are all quite short (about 1 minute on average), so may be suitable for contemporary use.
This short theme and variations on Was lebet, was schwebet was first performed at St Andrew’s Church, Chesterton at the Christmas Eve carol service 2024.
What will the future hold for the USA? Words cannot express my dismay, perhaps music can. Visit the Orchestral page and you will understand.
Just added to the Chamber Music page – a sonata for clarinet and piano, run time 14’21”.
Now available: a short piece (3’40”) for horn quartet!
An octet for three trumpets, two horns and three trombones (4’20”).