David Bednall

This radiant anthem explores the theme of light, with luminescent harmonies and a virtuosic organ part. The text is by Dr Marcus Tomalin, after Dante's Paradiso, and Bednall's word painting is highly...

This joyous introit sets words from Psalm 95 and features recitative-like melodies, striking harmonies, and fluctuating metre. The flexible scoring facilitates performance by SATB choir, unison voices...

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 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...

With a host of accessible, quality new settings, and with pieces based on all the major hymn tunes, these volumes are a must for every church organist's library.

George Herbert's popular poem, 'The Call', is set to music in this powerful and evocative anthem. Bednall uses subtle dynamic and rhythmic shifts to build towards a powerful climax in the third verse,...

George Herbert's popular poem, 'The Call', is set to music in this powerful and evocative anthem. Bednall uses subtle dynamic and rhythmic shifts to build towards a powerful climax in the third verse,...

A setting of the familiar psalm text with interpolations from nature writings by the American naturalist John Muir and by Patricia Hennings.

Also available from David Bednall: The Souls of the Righteous SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) Hail, Gladdening Light SATB Divisi (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) If Ye Love Me SATB (Mixed Voices)

Inspired by Geertgen's painting Nativity at Night, Candlelight Carol centres around the love of a mother on that first night in the stable. Presented here in German translation. The orchestral accompa...

Passion Music continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Todd's Mass in Blue. The structure highlights different points in the Passion story, including a new setting of '...

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...

This powerful piece, dating from 2010, shows off the full resources of any organ it is played on. Its driving rhythms and exhilarating, often bitonal, harmonies recall such French organist-composers a...

Also available from David Bednall: O Praise God in His Holiness SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) The Souls of the Righteous SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) If Ye Love Me SATB (Mixed Voices)

Also available from David Bednall: O Praise God in His Holiness (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) Hail Gladdening Light SATB Divisi (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) If Ye Love Me SATB (Mixed Voices)

Also available from David Bednall: O Praise God in His Holiness SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) The Souls of the Righteous SATB (Mixed Voices & Accompaniment) Hail, Gladdening Light SATB Divisi (M...

This warm and expressive carol sets a Christmas poem by English poet U. A. Fanthorpe that centres on the moment of Christ's birth. Fleeting unisons call the listener's attention to the focal point of...

Hail, heavenly beam is a powerful and joyful setting of a 9th-century advent prayer. Coloured by rich harmonies and tonal shifts, the piece opens briskly before propelling itself towards a rousing con...

Hail, heavenly beam is a powerful and joyful setting of a 9th-century advent prayer. Coloured by rich harmonies and tonal shifts, the piece opens briskly before propelling itself towards a rousing con...

This warm and expressive carol centres on the moment of Christ's birth. Fleeting unisons call the listener's attention to the focal point of the text, the 'moment', and the rich, luminous harmonies cr...

Finzis Magnificat war ein Auftragswerk des Chores am Smith College, Northampton (Massachusetts) im Jahr 1952. Da es für die Vesper am Weihnachtstag vorgesehen war, enthält es kein Gloria und endet dah...