Sabine Ortelt

Composed as a test piece for the 60th St Albans International Organ Festival in 2023. Inspired by the story of Saint Alban, a simple, plainchant-like melody representing the martyr’s cloak gradually c...

Two Pianos, Four Hands. Includes set of parts for each player.

The King Of France is a set of variations on the tune El Rey De Francia. There is a hint of the tune's Spanish background in the dry, brittle textures of some of the the later variations. The work was...

This work is a free transcription of the aria Wer Bist Du? Frage Dein Gewissen from J. S. Bach's Cantata No 132 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn. First performed by Nicholas Hodges at the British...

Commissioned by the Scottish International Piano Competition as the test piece for the 2007 Competition. Using the phrase 'I've turned the page' in conversation implies that you've made a new start an...

Judith Weir's Day Break Shadows Flee for solo Piano. This 10 minute work was commissioned by BBC Radio 3. It was first performed by Benjamin Grosvenor on 1st September 2014, as part of the Proms Chamb...

This short work by the Master of the Queen's Music, fragile, was commissioned as part of William Howard's 'Love Song' project by Nicholas and Jane Ferguson for their 40th Wedding Anniversary. It was f...

A short work for piano written for Gloria Cheng and in memory of Stephen Stucky (1949-2016)

Version for Piano as premiered by Michael Finnissy.

These three pieces for cello and piano are meditations – personal, secular and musical – on images from religious poetry. The title of No. 1 Angels bending near the earth comes from a caro...

Sinfonia Comatica is a composition by Judith Weir which is scored for flexible ensemble, meaning music directors are able to make use of a variety of instruments, tailoring the parts to their chosen i...

The composer originally intended to model this new work on her favourite flute piece, Bach's Second Suite, and started to write an Overture. Sensing great energy from this beautiful medium, though, sh...