John McCabe

Two pieces from the score of the full-length ballet Edward II. The ballet iteslf was commissioned by the Stuttgart Ballet, and completed in 1995. The first performance took place in Stuttgart in April...

This work was commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Ltd. with theaid of funds provided by the John S. Cohen Foundation and the PRS Foundation. The firstperformance was given by...

Written for six voices. Commissioned by The King's Singers. Text from a book by Reyner Banham.

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Sam’s Tune is a title theme for a 1970s television series Sam, here arranged for treble instrument and piano.

Originally written in 1967 for the Aeolian Singers, who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in that year, this Cantata was revised in 1969. The text is taken from the chapt...

John McCabe, one of Britain's best known contemporary composers, was specially commissioned in 1976 to compose this work by the Northampton Philharmonic Choir to celebrate its 80th Season.

Written for SATB soloists, with SATB chorus, Brass Quintet and Organ, this setting was inspired by the illustrations of 18th Century Japanese artist Utamaro. McCabe has selected a group of texts that...

First performed at the Festival of Saint Cecilia Service on 19th November 2003 in St. Paul's Cathedral.

Work for Mixed Voice Choir and Organ setting the text of Robert Southwell. The work was composed in 1975 for the 250th anniversary of Trinity Parish Church, Southport, Connecticut.

Christ's Nativity is a work composed by the late, great John McCabe, arranged for SATB double choir and Organ Accompaniment. This is the vocal score for this glorious work, commissioned by the Hallé C...

The first performance of Two Scenes from Edward II arranged for piano-duet took place on 19th March 2013 at Bishopsgate Hall, London, for the City Music Society, played by Joe Tong and Waka Hasegawa.

Upon entering a painting was written in 2008/09, and it was commissioned, with funding from the Britten-Pears Foundation and the RVW Trust, by Piano 4 Hands (Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa), to whom it...

Hawk in Winter Light was inspired by the sight of a hawk circling obsessively on a bright November day, hence the constantly circular nature of the music and, especially, its melodic material. Though...

Hawk in Winter Light was inspired by the sight of a hawk circling obsessively on a bright November day, hence the constantly circular nature of the music and, especially, its melodic material. Though...

Epithalamium was commissioned by John Sell as a birthday present for his wife Jane, and is dedicated to her and to Malcolm Binns. It was written during summer 2006 and derived from the two great chord...