David Bednall

Rejoice in the Lord ist eine schnelle, festliche und freudige Vertonung von Psalm 33. Nach einem überschwänglichen Beginn führt eine lebhafte Orgelpassage zu einem schönen Moment der Stille im unbegle...

Diese Sammlung aus drei Chorliedern vertont Texte von Dichtern zu Zeiten des Ersten Weltkrieges und wurde 2014 von dem Chor Sospiri in Erinnerung an den Beginn des Krieges in Auftrag gegeben. Alle Lie...

Die Three Songs of Love wurden von den Exultate Singers in Auftrag gegeben und erstmals am 14. Februar 2015 in der Kirche St George in Bristol aufgeführt.Die drei Texte (Clare, Yeats und McCrae) reprä...

Ursprünglich als Teil von David Bednalls Three Songs of Love veröffentlicht, erscheint dieses kurze Stück mit einer Vertonung von W. B. Yeats' Gedicht The Cloths of Heaven nun auch in einer Einzelausg...

Bednall's beautiful setting of this much-loved prayer is warm, simple, and immediate. The vocal line is expertly lyrical and the accompaniment suitably supporting, with a serene line for solo violin t...

This mass setting, with texts in both Latin and English (Book of Common Prayer), is typical of the composer's style: musically sophisticated, with motivic solo lines and a great deal of chromaticism a...

Let all the world in every corner sing wurde von der Colston's Girls School in Bristol für ihren Kammerchor und den Director of Music, Matthew Redman, in Auftrag gegeben. Komponiert wurde es 2008 für...

Everyone Sang wurde anlässlich eines Hochzeitssegens in der Wells Cathedral am 26. Mai 2007 komponiert. Der Chor, der sich zu dieser Veranstaltung zusammengefunden hatte, wies gleich eine ganze Reihe...

This congregational mass setting is short and accessible, with a congregational part that may be intuitively learnt. The congregational part, which may be photocopied, is available at the back of the...

This mass setting, with texts in both Latin and English (Book of Common Prayer), is typical of the composer's style: musically sophisticated, with motivic solo lines and a great deal of chromaticism a...

This atmospheric piece sets a text by Christina Rossetti. The first stanza is for sopranos only, with expressive chromatic lines evoking the 'darkness' and 'chillness' of the text. The music flowers i...

David Bednall's Fanfare-Processional for Organ. Composed 2010. 'A work that reflects a constant revivific­ation of tradition - most notably, in the expected treatment of D major tonality(not full...

Bednall's creation, rooted in the tradition of French organ improvisation, tenderly evokes the mysterious beauty of Wells Cathedral's remarkable 'Jesse Window'. The radiant music ebbs and flows calmly...

Commissioned for the 40th birthday of the organist Paul Walton, Walton's Paean is a work of great verve, with compelling rhythms, exciting harmonies, and catchy melodies propelling the celebratory mus...

In this short introit Bednall sets the 'In manus tuas' responsary for the Compline service. A setting of a useful text for church or cathedral services, the anthem is appropriately serene and luminisc...

David Bednall's unaccompanied setting of this Compline hymn contrasts sections of chant, for tenor soloist, with rich responses for full SATB choir. The introit has a gentle sense of ebb and flow, com...

Like as the hart sets reflective yet fervent words from Psalm 42. The vocal writing is emotive and expressive, and the fluctuating metres perfectly complement the rhythm adopted by the psalmist when p...

A group of three miniatures for unaccompanied mixed voices, Some corner of a foreign field sets poems by three First World War soldiers: John William Streets, Goldfeld, and Rupert Brooke. Bednall's se...

This exquisite miniature combines old and new, with plainchant-like melodies and tonality set against expressively dissonant contemporary harmonies. It was recorded by The Epiphoni Consort on David Be...

This gentle, lilting anthem sets verses from the psalms that speak of devotion to and delight in the Lord. Bednall's sophisticated and appealing musical language gives colour and expression to the tex...

Aspire to God, my soul sets a macaronic text by Canon John Dilnot. This anthem is optimistic and uplifting, with frequently changing time-signatures that convey a rhythmic fluidity and the flexibility...

This tender setting is a partner antiphon to Bednall's Ave Regina caelorum. In turn, this pair compliments Howells's setting of the other Marian antiphons (Salve Regina and Regina Caeli). Triplet move...

This high-energy, majestic setting of well-known words from the psalms is a welcome addition to the service repertory. The changing metre brings the text to the fore, and the semiquaver movement that...

The Scholar is a sensitive setting of Robert Southey's poem that explores a man's kinship with the dead. With Bednall's characteristic metrical fluidity and effective word setting, this piece will pro...

The Scholar is a sensitive setting of Robert Southey's poem that explores a man's kinship with the dead. With Bednall's characteristic metrical fluidity and effective word setting, this piece will pro...