Richard Allain

The Spirituals represent an extraordinary religious, social and musical legacy. They are among the most enduring examples of all vernacular art, and their appeal remains undiminished. These poignant e...

For Soprano solo and SATB chorus unaccompanied. Includes a Keyboard/Piano line for rehearsal purposes only. 'The Spirituals represent an extraordinary religious, social and musical legacy. They are am...

Richard Allain's Night for SATB and Cello. Night Was commissioned by Commotio, and recieved its premiere in Merton College, Oxford in June 2007, conducted by Matthew Berry, and is available on the Her...

Richard Allain's Night for SATB and Cello. Night Was commissioned by Commotio, and recieved its premiere in Merton College, Oxford in June 2007, conducted by Matthew Berry, and is available on the Her...

The Wells Service' for mixed voices and organ accompaniment was first performed at Choral Evensong during the new music wells 68-08 festival on Friday 13th June 2008, by the Girl Choristers of Wells C...

The Wells Reponses' for upper voices and organ accompaniment were first performed at Choral Evensong during the new music wells 68-08 festival on Friday 13th June 2008, by the Girl Choristers of Wells...

Written for SA choir and piano. First performed on 11th December 1997 at the Guildhall, London in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal.

A musical celebration of children's rights for narrator, choir and ensemble/backing tracks. It's easy to learn, once heard not easily forgotten, funny yet serious, lighthearted yet touching: a parable...

A collection of choral spirituals for SATB (with divisions), all set by Richard Allain.

A mixed choral arrangement of this classic spiritual, for SATB choir. Keyboard/Piano part included for rehearsal purposes only. 'The Spirituals represent an extraordinary religious, social and music...

A delightful Christmas cantata for children's voices (and ensemble/electronic backing tracks), with or without narrator: reggae, jazz, rock ballad and pop numbers to witty text by Richard and Thomas A...

A carol text made famous by Elizabeth Poston, here set for upper voices and piano accompaniment.

The 'Lord Reigns' is a movement taken from Allain's 'Vespers - Songs of the Sea' for choir, strings, percussion and organ here re-worked for SATB choir and organ. accompaniment. The text is from Psalm...

Commissioned by The Revd Dr Jonathan Holmes and Queens' College, Cambridge for Suzi Digby OBE. First performed on 21 November 2021 in Queens' College Chapel, conducted by Ralph Allwood.

Commissioned by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the New Chapel. An approachable setting of John Donne's A Litany for SATB choir and organ.

A setting of Francis Chesterton's poem for upper voices and piano or organ accompaniment.

This work was commissioned by Merton College, Oxford as part of the Merton Choirbook, a collection of music being assembled to celebrate Merton College's 750th anniversary in 2014. The Beloved was fir...

A setting after Psalm 21 for mixed voices and organ accompaniment. For non-Commonwealth choirs, the text can be changed to 'O Lord, may thy servant sovereign Lord'. The work was written for Matthew Ow...

This work, setting the text for the First Vespers of the Purification at Candlemas, was commissioned by ORA100 for Suzy Digby OBE and the singers of ORA.

A sequence of the eight Advent Antiphons running from December 16-23 written for Wells Cathedral Choir and first performed on Advent Sunday 2018.

Richard Allain's music captures the unruffled mystery of a perfect snow-scene, imagined in words by reclusive New England poet Emily Dickinson. Conveying stillness in its rippling chords and delicate...

Written for Jonathan Stamp and in memory of the composer's father, Illuminare is an exciting new work for organ full of syncopated rhythms and florid gestures, a real tour de force to light up a recit...

Cana's Guest was written for the wedding of Kate and Andrew Trewhella, and was first performed on 19 August 2005 in the chapel of St. Michael & St. George, Wellington School, Somerset.

An arrangement for upper voices of one of the songs from The Little Prince, a fabulous, moving and melodic opera by Rachel Portman with luxurious counter melodies and placid harmonies. This opera is b...

An arrangement of one of the songs from The Little Prince, a fabulous, moving and melodic opera by Rachel Portman with luxurious counter melodies and placid harmonies. This opera is based on French ph...