Johann Jakob Forberger

A Wedding Bouquet was the idea of Lord Berners, who wanted Frederick Ashton to make a ballet pantomime out of one of Gertrude Stein's plays and who both wrote the music and designed the 'decor' and co...

Lord Berners' songs come from two periods. First, the years just after the First World War, when his music was in the vanguard of new developments, and secondly his later years, when he was more conce...

Written for voice and piano.

These three piano pieces, entitled respectively For a Statesman, For a Canary, For a Rich Aunt, are probably the best-known of all Berners' early works, though usually more through their reputation th...

For unaccompanied SSAA chorus with divisions; includes a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.

For unaccompanied SSAA chorus with divisions; includes a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.

For unaccompanied SSAA chorus with divisions; includes a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.

O Radix Jesse by Polish composer PaweÅ Åukaszewski, is arranged here for unaccompanied SSAA Chorus with divisions. PaweÅ Åukaszewski is part of a younger generation of Polish composers who specialise...

This title is taken from the compilation French Songs And Choruses For Mixed-Voice Choir (NOV165198) Debussy's Beau Soir is a setting of a poem by Paul Bourget and was written when he was a mere 15 ye...

This title is taken from the compilation French Songs And Choruses For Mixed-Voice Choir (NOV165198) Debussy's Nuit d'étoiles arranged for SATB. One of Debussy's first published works, Nuit d'étoiles...

This title is taken from the compilation French Songs And Choruses For Mixed-Voice Choir (NOV165198) While not as overtly demanding as Apres un reve, perhaps the most difficult of Faure's songs, this...

This uplifting ballad was originally from Mitch Leigh's 1965 musical Man From La Mancha. Alternatively known as The Quest it has become a popular hit as a stand alone song inspiring numerous cover ver...

This touching carol for choir and organ sets a tender text by G. K. Chesterton. Immaculately crafted, it has at its heart another winning melody from arguably the world's most famous living composer o...

(Something Inside) So Strong is a powerful song of hope and strength in adversity and is British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre's biggest hit to date. Written as an anti-apartheid anthem for South Afri...

The Burning Babe is a work for SATB Choir and Organ by Jonathan Wikeley. The song is a setting of a poem by Robert Southwell, and lasts around 2 minutes.

Comic opera in one act based on the play by Prosper Merimee, for baritone, 2 basses, mezzo-soprano, 3 tenors and orchestra

Lord Berners (1883-1950) was one of the most idiosyncratic and fascinating personalities in British music. He became a pioneer in the avant-garde when he wrote his first music whilst living in Rome a...