Kenneth Leighton

Veni Creator Spiritus-Prelude was commissioned by the Dunfermline Abbey Festival and first performed on 21 June 1987. Veni Redemptor-A Celebration was commissioned by the North Wales Music Festival an...

The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristli...

Commissioned by Bryan Hesford. Duration: c. 20 minutes

Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, an anthem for unaccompanied SATB chorus from Crucifixus Pro Nobis on Phineas Fletcher's words.

1st performance at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, December 15, 1969 by Nicholas Cleobury (at the memorial service for Maurice de Sausmarez). Duration c. 5 minutes.

The composer wrote of this work, 'Although purely abstract in design, the work attempts to give musical expression to the individual's struggle fo belief in the miracle of the resurrection…The form of...

The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristli...

Kenneth Leighton's Concerto For String Orchestra. Full score.

This masterful setting of God's Grandeur by Kenneth Leighton composed quite early in his career has characteristic mid-century muscularity. One can discern the influences of Hindemith and Dallapiccola...

Wassail All Over The Town is a work for Unaccompanied SATB Choir by Kenneth Leighton. A setting of a traditional Gloucestershire Wassail, a full performance lasts around 3 minutes.

For soprano solo and SATB chorus (unaccompanied). Words from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, Coventry, 15th Century.

Anthem for SATB (unaccompanied), commissioned by Christ's Hospital, Horsham, for a service of thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey on October 7, 1966.

Kenneth Leighton's setting of the Preces And Responses for unaccompanied SATB chorus, as composed in 1964.

Arranged for solo soprano and unaccompanied SATB chorus (with divisions). Words by Sir Thomas Browne. First performed by Chichester Cathedral Choir on 17 July 1979. Duration: c. 8 minutes.

A Hymn Of The Nativity, a Carol for Soprano Solo and unaccompanied SATB chorus. Words by Richard Crashaw.

Arranged for SATB (unaccompanied).

Mass for Double Choir A Cappella. Credo with Organ Accompaniment.

For Male Chorus or 5 Solo Voices.

Arranged for SATB, soprano solo (or semichorus of boys and/or girls) and organ.

An anthology of Carols and Anthems by Kenneth Leighton, one of the most distinguished of the British post-war composers, chiefly regarded today for his choral output. This anthology includes many piec...

Work for Triple SATB Choir composed for Norwich Triennial Festival and performed by the choirs of Ely, Peterborough and Norwich Cathedrals. Text from Psalm 112.

For SATB and organ. The Church Music Society affirms the importance of music in worship and of the effective use of music appropriate to its proper liturgical use. It strives always to sustain the Chu...

Missa De Gloria (Dublin Festival Mass) was written for the Dublin International Festival in 1980.