Chester Music

A work for soprano voice and piano using text from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

Work for Countertenor Solo composed in 1973.

Elizabeth Maconchy's The Sun, Moon and Stars consists of four settings of poems by Thomas Traherne, for Soprano And Piano. Commissioned by Jane Manning and Richard Rodney Bennett.

Three sections from the four quartets by T. S. Eliot, set to music by John Tavener, For tenor and piano.

A Song-Cycle to poems by Ted Hughes for High Voice and Piano. Premiered by Jane Manning and Susan Bradshaw.

For solo treble voice with piano accompaniment. Words by Janina Porazinska.

Hymn of Dawn was commissioned jointly by the Ulster Orchestra and the St Paul Chamber Orchestra. First performance on 7th November 2004 during the Belfast Festival at Queen's, at the Waterfront Hall,...

For Tenor, Counter-Tenor and Piano.

Vocal Score

This work for soprano and cello soloists, SATB chorus and chamber orchestra was commissioned by the London Sinfonietta. the first performance was given in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in March 19...

John Tavener's 1988 work for soprano, countertenor, baritone, bass, SATB chorus, group of tenors and basses and large chamber group. This work, the duration of which is approximately 10 minutes, was c...

La Passion De Simone is an opera composed by Kaija Saariaho for Soprano Solo, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra. With a libretto by Amin Maalouf, this is the Full Score. A full performance of this would la...

An opera by John Tavener and Gerard McLarnon, based on the Dostoyevsky short story. Commissioned by the Bath Festival for the Nash Ensemble and premiered at the Theatre Royal, Bath, in June 1977. Dura...

A cantata for tenor and chamber orchestra, with words from The Well by George Mackay Brown and a German translation by Gunther Bauer Schenk. The centre-piece of a chamber orchestra trilogy (see also S...

Conductor, composer and pianist, André Previn continues to redefine the possibilities in his extraordinary career, already one of the most distinguished musicians of our time. This work with original...

This work for soprano and baroque chamber orchestra, using text by William Blake, was commissioned by The Academy of Ancient Music on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The piece is dedicated to th...

Kaija Saariaho's Emilie Suite was a joint commission by Carnegie Hall, New York City, Cité de la Musique, Paris, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. It was first per...

The Whale, written by John Tavener in 1968 as a documentary in music and spoken word, was given its first performance by the London Sinfonietta and the London Sinfonietta Chorus, conducted by David At...

Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux was written for the Zagreb Biennale and first performed there by the orchestra and choir of Radio Zagreb, conducted by the composer and Slavko Zlatic on 9 May 1963. It is...

Work for SATB Chorus and Orchestra. Text: DH Lawrence. Commissioned by the 5th European Conference on Clinical Oncology. Premiered by Richard Hickox Singers and the City of London Sinfonia, September...

Composer's Note Once, we had a joint conception to create a concert telling a life story. The premiere was planned to take place on the Acropolis in Athens. It was intended to be a large event, a hybr...

Fall and Resurrection tries to encompass, in brief glimpses, the events which have taken place since the beginning of time, and before time. The work begins in total silence, in the Paradise of God. T...

A New Beginning was written for the closing minutes of 1999, to herald the New Millennium. Commissioned by the New Millennium Experience Company. Scored for solo treble, children's chorus, SATB chorus...