Sprecher, Jugendchor (Kinderchor) und Klavier (mit Akkordsymbolen für Gitarre)
Klavierauszug und Libretto - Soli, Jugendchor (Kinderchor) und Klavier (Schlaginstrumente ad lib.)
Commissioned by the Havant Chamber Orchestra, and first performed on 16 June 1979 with Geoffrey Bridge, oboe and Peter Craddock, Conductor. Duration c. 13 minutes. Full score and parts are available o...
Jugendchor (Kinderchor) und Klavier (mit Akkordsymbolen für Gitarre)
Adam-In-Eden is a popular style cantata telling the story of Adam and Eve. The scoring is for unison voices (with divisions) with a small part for narrator. The accompaniment for Piano, with Guitar Ch...
A free-and-easy style of performance is appropriate for this extremely popular cantata-musical about Jonah and the whale. The score is for unison voices, narrator and piano (with chord symbols). There...
Michael Hurd. An enormously fun pop cantata for narrator, unison voices (with divisions) and easy piano with guitar chord symbols. The work is divided into six sections opening with a lively descripti...
Written for narrator, unison voices and piano, this enjoyable 18th-century pop cantata can be performed as a concert piece or staged production. Celebrating the good deeds of Captain Coram, the work i...
Michael Hurd. The ill-fated friendship between Henry Plantagenet and Thomas Beckett forms the basis of this ballad cantata on one of the momentous clashes between church and state in English history....
For Upper voices (SA chorus) and Piano, using words by Christina Rossetti.
Three Saints In One was commissioned to celebrate the centenary of St Swithun's School, Winchester, and first performed on 4 May 1984, conducted by Michael Strand. Scored for upper voices and Piano. T...
Michael Hurd. Mock oratorio about the story of Viscount Nelson, hero of the Nile and Victor of Trafalgar. Scored for narrator (preferably tenor though can be spoken), chorus (high and low voices) and...
The 15th century text, Adam Lay Ybounden, has here been set for SSA choir with Piano accompaniment by Michael Hurd. Originally published in Merrily on High (NOV032121).
Setting for Unison Voices and Piano of text by Walter de la Mare.
Four songs for SSA and piano, all of which are from 15th century carols edited by the composer, commissioned for the 1965 Farnham Festival. Vocal score with piano accompaniment.
For SSA Choir and Piano.
A Music-Hall guide to Victorian living for narrator, SSA and piano. The narrator's part and every detail of good advice, is to be found in the first edition (1861) of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Ma...
A Song Of Saint Francis is an anthem for unaccompanied SSA. A piano part is provided for rehearsal purpose only
A Chime Of Carols was commissioned by, and dedicated to the West Kent Federation of Women's Institutes who gave the first performance in celebration of their 75th anniversary. Scored for SSA and Piano...
Hurd's setting of the Miss Brevis for upper voices with Piano accompaniment.
A choral symphony for baritone solo, SATB chorus and orchestra. Commissioned by the Southampton Choral Society and first performed in 1975 at the Guildhall, Southampton. Words by John Clare.
Three rondels for SATB unaccompanied, set to Chaucer's original text. Includes a modern paraphrase for those unable to pronouce Chaucer's English by the composer.
Arranged for SATB unaccompanied. Commissioned by the Beccles Music Festival for performance in 1987. Words anon. (17th century).
Arranged for SATB unaccompanied. Words from poems of Edward Thomas. Commissioned by Norman Morris and The Reading Phoenix Choir.
This is a revised and substantially rewritten version of work for chorus and orchestra. Text: George Herbert and Andrew Marvell
Michael Hurd's The Phoenix And The Turtle is a setting of text by William Shakespeare for SATB choir with a Mezzo-Soprano soloist, String Instruments and Percussion.
A setting of four poems by Geoffrey Hill. For SATB Choir A Cappella.
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ, written for Trinity Sunday. Text: F. Pratt Green
Five short settings for SATB Choir A Cappella of the texts of George Herbert.
Sprecher, Jugendchor (Kinderchor) und Klavier (mit Akkordsymbolen für Gitarre).
Michael Hurd. This seasonal cantata for narrator (reading Biblical texts telling the Nativity story), unison voices with divisions and simple piano, includes some of Hurd's most attractive melodies. S...
Michael Hurd's melodic skill and jazz-feel piano style are evident in this musical morality-tale, based on and incorporating text from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. It is scored for narrator, unis...
A lively new interpretation of the story of the Prodigal Son, who leaves his family to enjoy the wild lifestyle of the city, spending all his money on drinking and gambling until he becomes a down-and...
In its original form the Suite was written in answer to a commission from the Farnham Festival and was first performed on 11 May 1971. I was, however, not entirely satisfied with it and did not pass i...
Michael Hurd's Three Songs Of Robert Graves for Baritone and Piano. Duration: 5 mins
Michael Hurd's A Day's Alarm - 5 songs for Baritone and Piano. Contents include: Minute-hand and moon and mind Look to my lover, my lonely one Swing low, sweet sun By night I coin the shilling star I...
Michael Hurd's Carmina Amoris for Tenor and Piano. Originally designed for Baritone, these songs were rewritten for Tenor in 1998 and first performed in Melbourne by Michael Smallwood and Len Vorster...
Aspects of time and change are explored in these songs and topic ideas. Ideal for classroom use, school choirs or as an assembly item. The exciting Topical Ideas with each song provide fascinating bac...
Hurd 'Music's Praise' arranged for mixed voice choir SATB and strings.
Mit Akkordsymbolen für Gitarre.
Prelude and Fugue for Wind Band. Duration: 4 mins.
The Double Bass part for Michael Hurd's Swingin' Samson, an enormously fun pop cantata. Divided into six sections this lively and toe-tapping show is fabulous for schools or amateur performance. High...
The Drum and percussion part for Michael Hurd's Swingin' Samson, an enormously fun pop cantata. Divided into six sections this lively and toe-tapping show is fabulous for schools or amateur performanc...
