Richard Rodney Bennett

Alba is one of Bennett's serialism-tinged works that also touches on medieval rhythmic modes. He based the work on the Tema Seriale from Cantata Academica by Benjamin Britten, to whom Alba is dedicate...

A collection of songs arranged for medium voice and piano. First performance was given 5 May 1994. Duration c. 17 minutes.

Accessible and beautifully written, this is an original setting for SATB a cappella; a perfect addition for a carol service.

This short anthem with words by M. R. Peacocke was commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund and was first performed at the 2006 festival of Saint Cecilia service in St. Paul's Cathedral, London,...

For SATB choir, includes a part for Piano (rehearsal purposes only).

For SATB chorus unaccompanied. Commissioned by the Friends of All Saints' Music, Northampton, for Lee Dunleavy and the Choirs of All Saints' Church, Northampton, in memory of Miss Valerie Travis (1918...

For unaccompanied SATB chorus. Commissioned by the Friends of All Saints' Music, Northampton, for Lee Dunleavy and the Choirs of All Saints' Church, Northampton, in memory of Miss Valerie Travis (1918...

For SATB chorus unaccompanied. Text by Christina Rosetti.

Work for SATB Choir A Cappella. Written for Philip Brunelle for the 35th anniversary of Vocalessence. Text: Jone Donne (from Sermon LXXIII).

Spell Of Sleep forms the fourth movement of Spells for soprano solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra. This work may be sung separately. Scored for SATB unaccompanied. Words by Kathleen Raine. Duration 4 m...

A remarkable and imaginative setting of Edward Lear nonsense poems for unaccompanied chorus, written for the William Byrd Singers.

Carol For Unaccompanied Voices was written in 2000. It was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Singers, and is scored for SATB chorus. The words are taken from a poem by W. R. Rodgers. Richard Rodney...

Richard Rodney Bennett 's Lullaby Baby is dedicated to the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. This work for SATB choir unaccompanied is a setting of text by John Phillip. Duration: 3 minutes.

Richard Rodney Bennett's setting of the eighteenth-century poem, The Apple Tree, for SATB chorus unaccompanied.

This is a beautiful setting of Lullay Mine Liking by Richard Rodney Bennett. It is arranged here for SATB choir a cappella and includes a Keyboard reduction for rehearsal purposes.

For four male voices, unaccompanied. Piano part is included on the score for rehearsal purposes only.

Richard Rodney Bennett 's Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True sets a 15th century carol that tells of the Angel Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary. This work is for SATB choir unaccompanied.

Written for unaccompanied SAATTB choir, with a piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. First performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, directed by James O'Donnell, at a service in Westminster Abbey...

Written for unaccompanied SATB chorus.

Dream-Songs is a short cycle of settings of Walter De La Mere, suitable for solo voice but ideal also for children's voices to sing in unison. Bennett's atmospheric music provides an imaginative foil...

This work was composed for the Young People's Chorus Of New York, and based upon an anonymous 18th Scottish ballad, Sweet William's Ghost. The work was first performed by the Young People's Chorus Of...