John McCabe: Mittelschwere Noten

Canto is an adventurous work for solo Guitar by John McCabe.

These Five Bagatelles For Piano by contemporary English composer John McCabe, are varied in their technical difficulty. They are suitable for the high intermediate to advanced student and would make p...

This Sonata, by John McCabe, was commissioned by Simon Debruslais, and derives its underlying material from William Byrd's motet 'Haec Dies' from his 1591 collection of Cantiones Sacrae. An outline of...

Floraison (literally, 'flowering' or 'blossoming') depicts the flower maiden and love goddess Blodeuwedd (which means 'bloom maiden'), who is also an owl goddess. She was made up of nine kinds of flow...

This work was written in 1971. The text is derived from the Latin Requiem Mass, treated as a kind of sacred poem rather than a liturgical text, and the order of sections is much altered. The work deri...

Two pieces from the score of the full-length ballet Edward II. The ballet iteslf was commissioned by the Stuttgart Ballet, and completed in 1995. The first performance took place in Stuttgart in April...

Originally written in 1967 for the Aeolian Singers, who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in that year, this Cantata was revised in 1969. The text is taken from the chapt...

John McCabe, one of Britain's best known contemporary composers, was specially commissioned in 1976 to compose this work by the Northampton Philharmonic Choir to celebrate its 80th Season.

Work for Mixed Voice Choir and Organ setting the text of Robert Southwell. The work was composed in 1975 for the 250th anniversary of Trinity Parish Church, Southport, Connecticut.

Berceuse was commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society for their Diamond Jubilee Season, 2011/12 - the first performance was given by John McCabe on 18th February 2012 at the Adrian Boult H...

Commissioned by the British Music Society as a Test Piece for its Piano Awards Competition held at Trinity College of Music, London on 31st October 2004. The piece was inspired by the peal at Tunstal...

These Carol-Preludes were written in 2008, but the idea was in the composer's mind for many years before this. Essentially, they revive the old style of the Chorale- Prelude, but using carol tunes ins...

The 1964 setting for mixed chorus by John McCabe.

Written for SATB chorus, this is John McCabe's setting of a text by Thomas Hardy, celebrating the songbirds of England and the birth/rebirth of life itself. A Piano accompaniment is provided for rehea...

Chausson wrote some interludes for flute and harp for a production of Aristophanes' The Birds, performed at Le Petit ThéÔtre de la Galerie Vivienne, Paris, in 1889. At the request of Emily Beynon, wor...

This is an exciting chamber work for Horn, Violin and Piano, composed by John McCabe in 1967. This expressive and adventurous work will provide an enjoyable challenge for your chamber group. The Horn...

The first performance of Two Scenes from Edward II arranged for piano-duet took place on 19th March 2013 at Bishopsgate Hall, London, for the City Music Society, played by Joe Tong and Waka Hasegawa.

Written for six voices. Commissioned by The King's Singers. Text from a book by Reyner Banham.

Peace Carol (2006), with text adapted from the Scottish Psalter by Monica and John McCabe, is for SATB choir. Peace Carol (2006) received its first performance on 15th May 2014, at St John's College,...

Designed to ease the transition between learning an instrument and playing 'real' music, these dances by John McCabe have been given a grading between grades 5 and 6 ABRSM standard, and cover a variet...

Written for SATB soloists, with SATB chorus, Brass Quintet and Organ, this setting was inspired by the illustrations of 18th Century Japanese artist Utamaro. McCabe has selected a group of texts that...

First performed at the Festival of Saint Cecilia Service on 19th November 2003 in St. Paul's Cathedral.

Hawk in Winter Light was inspired by the sight of a hawk circling obsessively on a bright November day, hence the constantly circular nature of the music and, especially, its melodic material. Though...

Hawk in Winter Light was inspired by the sight of a hawk circling obsessively on a bright November day, hence the constantly circular nature of the music and, especially, its melodic material. Though...