Geoffrey Burgon

Composed in 1974

The theme from the major television series, arranged by Michael Rich for trumpet and piano.

Composer's Notes: Heavenly Things is my fourteenth song-cycle, but the first with piano accompaniment. I mention this because, when I was asked to write this piece my first reaction was 'what can I ma...

This work was commissioned by Geoffrey Herdman for the 2006 Paxos Festival and first performed on August 31st 2006.

Work for Countertenor Solo composed in 1973.

Acquainted with Night', is a cycle of six songs, for alto and strings, harp and timpani. The texts are all concerned with different aspects of night. The first song, 'Lullaby' to a poem by Beaumont an...

Psychologists agree that dreaming is essential to our mental well-being. Artists have always been intuitively aware of this, and the above lines are one illustration of this awareness. Composers, as w...

This work was commissioned by the 1976 Three Choirs Festival and first performed in Hereford Cathedral on 26 August 1976.

Version for Voice and Organ with optional Trumpet.

Veni Spiritus' was commissioned by the Royal Choral Society in memory of Linda Shirley Neuse. Written for soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra, this arrangement is for all vocal parts a...

This was composed in 1979 and is scored for SATTB and Organ. This work is a setting of a sixteenth-century poem which is a plea for death to come and bring an end to suffering, thereby affording peace...

Composed in 1980

Burgon composed this in 1983.

Composed in 1970

A God And Yet A Man was written for the Chester Music Carol Book in 1984. It is a setting of a 15th century poem by an anonymous author, scored for SSAATTBB split voice choir. It includes a Pianoreduc...

Includes piano accompaniment for rehearsal only.

For SATB Chorus and Organ.

Written for SATB choir, organ and optional solo trumpet. Words by John Donne.