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Orchestral Chamber Instrumental Vocal Choral Wind and Brass Stage Works Educational A Canterbury Mass
missa brevis
(2007) unaccompanied SATB
duration: 13' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Janet and Douglas Mackay in memory of Brian Wickham First performance 17 June 2007 City of Canterbury Chamber Choir Wingham Parish Church, Wingham, near Cantebury Annunciation
(2005) A carol for Advent
Text: John Donne unaccompanied SSATB choir duration: 4' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Janet Lince for Choros First performance 4 December 2005 Choros/Janet Lince Church of St Peter and St Paul, Deddington, Oxford Programme note available Ave Maria
(2004) Text: Marian
SSA Oxford University Press Commissioned by Janet and Douglas Mackay in memory of their parents for the City of Canterbury Chamber Choir First performance 4 April 2004 City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent Review available Programme note available Ave Maris Stella
(2001) Text: Ave Maris Stella, Psalm 26, Psalm 106
soprano solo, mixed chorus, string orchestra duration: 12' Gemini Publications Commissioned by The Portsmouth Grammar School First performance 11 November 2001 Portsmouth Chamber Choir, London Mozart Players/Nicolae Moldoveanu Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral CDLX7146  Review available Programme note available Ave Regina
(2004) Text: Marian
mixed chorus duration: 3' Oxford University Press Commissioned by Janet and Douglas Mackay in memory of their parents for the Canterbury Chamber Choir First performance 4 April 2004 City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent Review available Programme note available Cantate Astra
(2006) A Christmas carol
Text: Christie Dickason unaccompanied SATB choir duration: 3' Due for publication by Gonzaga Music First performance 3 December 2006 City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass St Mary's Church, Chartham, Kent Christ Child
(1994) A Christmas carol
Text: GK Chesterton mixed chorus, organ duration: 3' Gemini Publications First performance December 1996 Queen's Chapel of the Savoy Choir, conductor Philip Berg Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, London Programme note available Christmas Bells
(1993) Chrismas carol
Text: Longfellow SA, organ Gemini Publications Commissioned by Colet Court, St Paul's Preparatory School First performance December, 1993 Colet Court Chamber Choir, conductor, Ian Hunter St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London Christus Natus Est
Christmas Cantata
(2002 rev. 2003) Five carol arrangements in an original setting.
Soprano solo (optional), unison children's choir (optional), mixed chorus. There are three accompanying versions: Chamber orchestra [2/1.2.0.1 - 2.0.0.0 - hp - perc - strings] OR brass quintet, organ and percussion (1 player) OR organ. duration: 15' 1 Personent hodie; 2 Entre le boeuf; 3 Gaudete; 4 Infant Holy; 5 Angelus ad virginem Oxford University Press Score cat no X467 First performance December 2003 St Albans Choral Society, St Albans Young Singers, Orchestra Nova/George Vass Alban Arena, St Albans CHRISTUS NATUS EST Personent Hodie Entre le boeuf Gaudete Infant Holy Angelus (from CDLX7146) Recording: Dutton Epoch CDLX 7146 Review available Programme note available Cradle Song
(2005) A Christmas carol
Text: William Blake upper voices duration: 3' Oxford University Press First performance 2 December 2006 Trinity Juniors Equal Voice Choir/Simona Budd St John's, Waterloo, London Review available Deus, qui claro lumine
(2005) Motet
Text: Liturgia Horarum unaccompanied SSATB or SSSAA choir with soprano solo duration: 7' 20" Gemini Publications Commissioned by Yoxford Festival 2005 First performance 20 August 2005 Choir of New College Oxford/ Edward Higginbottom Yoxford Church, Yoxford, Suffolk Programme note available Every Winter Change to Spring
Christmas Cantata
(1991) soprano solo, three-part upper voice or lower voice chorus, orchestra [1.1.1.1 - 1.1.0.0. - perc - strings] or organ or piano
duration: 20' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Gillian Humphreys First performance 5 December 1991 Gillian Humphreys (s) London Musici/Mark Stephenson St Nicholas, Chiswick, London See also: Two Negro Spirituals A Fancy of Folksongs
(2003) English folksong settings
mixed chorus, harp duration: 12' 1 Green Bushes; 2 The rambling sailor; 3 The crystal spring; 4 O, no John! Gemini Publications First performance 13 July, 2003 Canterbury Chamber Choir, Sally Pryce (hp)/George Vass St Mary's Church, Sittingbourne, Kent A FANCY OF FOLKSONGS O, no John! (from CDLX7146) Review available Programme note available Five Seasons (2006) a cantata to celebrate the organic landscape
mixed chorus, oboe/cor, harp, string quartet, duration: 25' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, funded by Respect Organics and Arts and Business First performance 18 November, 2006 Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, musicians from Kokoro, contemporary ensemble of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Sherborne Abbey Further information available Programme note available I have done what was mine to do
(2006) Anthem
Text: 13th cent. attrib. St Francis of Assisi (d.1226) SATB a cappella duration: 2 minutes First performance 4 October, 2006 Choir of Ely Cathedral; conductor, Paul Trepte Ely Cathedral composed for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the ordination of The Reverend Canon Dr Peter Sills, Vice-Dean of Ely on St Francis Day. Programme note available Three Latin Motets
(2004) Text: Marian texts
SATB (with divisions) a cappella duration: 9' 1 Ave Regina; 2 Ave Maria; 3 Regina Caeli Oxford University Press Commissioned by Janet and Douglas Mackay in memory of their parents for the City of Canterbury Chamber Choir First performance 4 April 2004 Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent Programme note available Lonely Hearts
(2005) Three songs
Text: Christie Dickason SSAA with harp or piano accompaniment duration: 8' 1 Autumn Migration; 2 Night Garden; 3 Would like to meet Gemini Publications First performance 19 June 2005 City of Canterbury Chamber Choir/Ruth Potter (harp)/George Vass St Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent Programme note available Magnificat
(2003) A setting of the Magnificat in six movements
soprano solo, mezzo soprano solo, mixed chorus, orchestra [0.2/1.0.1 - 0.0.0.0 - strings] duration: 28' 1 Magnificat; 2 Ecce enim; 3 Quia fecit; 4 Et misericordia; 5 Fecit potentiam; 6 Deposuit potentes Gemini Publications Commissioned by Finchley Choral Society First performance 15 November, 2003 Rachel Nicholls (s), Ruth Peel (m-s), Finchley Choral Society, Orchestra Nova/George Vass Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Central Square, London NW11 MAGNIFICAT Magnificat Ecce enim Quia fecit (from CDLX7146) Review available Programme note available The Mice will Play
a mini-mouse drama
(1996) Song
Text: Christie Dickason three-part upper voice chorus, piano duration: 3' Gemini Publications First performance June 1996 St Michael's Church Children's Choir/Phoebe Woollam St Michael and All Angels, Chiswick, London Two Negro Spirituals
(1991) soprano solo, three-part upper voice or lower voice choir, piano
duration: 6' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Gillian Humphreys First performance 5 December 1991 Gillian Humphreys (s), London Musici/Mark Stephenson St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, London See also: Every Winter Change to Spring Now may we singen
(2007) Christmas carol
SATB OUP Commissioned by Concord Singers First performance December 2007 Concord Singers, conductor Mary Lock Corn Exchange, Bedfod Programme note available Of a Rose
(1993) A Christmas carol
Text: Anon mixed chorus duration: 3' Gemini Publications First performance 11 December 1993 Goodworth Singers/Alan Lloyd Davies Royal Chelsea Hospital, London On Angel's Wing
(1998 rev. 2002) Text: John Clare
soprano solo, baritone solo, mixed chorus, unison children's choir, 2 pianos, timpani and 3 percussion duration: 13' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir First performance 28 June, 1998 Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, directed by Janet Lince Royal Leamington Spa revised version for soprano, baritone solo, mixed chorus, unison children's choir, piano and percussion (1 player) Regina Caeli
Text: Marian
SATB (divisi) Oxford University Press Commissioned by Janet and Doug Mackay in memory of their parents for the Canterbury Chamber Choir First performance First performance 4 April 2004 Canterbury Chamber Choir/George Vass St Mary of Charity, Faversham, Kent Review available Programme note available St Martin's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
(2003) Canticles
mixed chorus, organ duration: 10' Gemini Publications Commissioned by Joyce and Leonard Wright First performance 2 February, 2003 Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields, David Hurst (org)/ Nicholas Danks St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Recording: tbc Stabat Mater
(2004) baritone solo, two-part children's chorus, mixed chorus, orchestra [1.0.1.1 - 2.0.0.0 - hp - 3.0.4.3.2]
duration: 30' 1 Stabat Mater dolorosa; 2 Quis est homo qui non fleret; 3 Pro peccatis suae gentis; 4 Eia mater, fons amoris; 5 Sancta Mater; 6 Virgo virginum praeclara; 7 Inflammatus et accensus Gemini Publications Commissioned by Commissioned by St Albans Choral Society to celebrate their Diamond Jubilee with financial support from the Williams School of Church Music First performance 23 October 2004 Michael Bundy (bar), Parimter's Senior Singers, St Albans Choral Society, Orchestra Nova/George Vass St Paul's Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire The Angels for the Nativity
(2005) A Christmas carol
Text: William Drummond SATB and organ duration: 3' Gemini Publications First performance 10 December 2005 The Addison Singers/David Wordsworth St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, London W4 Tongues of Fire
Missa Brevis
(2000) mixed chorus, organ, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
duration: 25' 1 Kyrie; 2 Gloria; 3 Linguae Ignis; 4 Sanctus; 5 Benedictus; 6 Agnus Dei Gemini Publications Commissioned by Thames Philharmonic Choir and Kingston Brass Ensemble First performance 6 May 2000 Thames Philharmonic Choir, Kingston Brass Ensemble Kingston Parish Church, Surrey
Works catalogue updated 7 August 2008 Orchestral Chamber Instrumental Vocal Choral Wind and Brass Stage Works Educational | |||||||||||||