Jonathan Harvey

Written for the choir of Westminster Abbey, Harvey's Missa Brevis is an inspiring piece for any cathedral choir or ambitious mixed-voice ensemble.

Transcendental sequence Sobre un éxtasis de alta contemplación (Verses written after an ecstasy of high exultation), is a setting of the poem by St John of the Cross. Commissioned by Richard Marlow, f...

This anthem was written in 1976 for Martin Neary and the Winchester Cathedral Choir. A G major chord sounding through most of the anthem depicts the joyful love and irrepressible faith of a soul that...

ff is a dazzling 3-minute work of a piano solo from one of British music’s most innovative voices, where brilliant shards of sound spectra collide with highly accented and rhythmic material in the bas...

Jonathan Harvey’s Vers was written in 2000 for the 75th birthday of Pierre Boulez. Following the double meaning of the word 'vers', this 4-minute work is a verse which leads 'towards' both a brief quo...

Haiku, composed by Jonathan Harvey. Arranged for piano solo in digital sheet music format.

The playing score for Climbing Frame, composed by Jonathan Harvey for c. 12-15 instruments in digital sheet music format. This score includes a licence to produce a maximum of 15 copies for the indivi...

Instrumentation: 2 players/2 or 3 technicians:Electronic requirements: 1 sampler+keyboard(AkaiS1000) with 11 diskettes/1 harmoniser and reverb for vlc/2 DAT players with 2 DAT tapes/mixer and stereo a...

. . . luminously scored and graced by a good deal of glorious vocal writing... Paul Griffiths, The Musical Times, January 1981, Instrumentation: 0000 – 1110 – perc(1): claves/2 susp.cym/vib/2 wdbl/2 s...

The vocal writing. . . is economical and pithy, and it is complemented by brilliantly imagined instrumental colours. This is music of great energy and sensuality. . .Arnold Whittall, Gramophone, Octob...