Kammermusik Noten

I Broke Off A Golden Branch was commissioned and first performed by the Schubert Ensemble in 1992. The words 'I broke off a golden branch' come from a Croatian folksong, which is very obliquely referr...

Distance and Enchantment is a musical essay considering the strikingly common occurrence of people who disappear from home never to return. It takes the form of two meditations on traditional songs wh...

This work was commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble, and first performed by them on 5th July 1992 as part of the Cheltenham International Festival. The words 'I broke off a golden branch' come from a...

The two existing manuscripts (1915 and 1926) of these extracts 'arranged' by Falla himself correspond to the very beginning and end of a long period during which El Amor Brujo can be seen in a series...

This work was written for Jane Manning and Roger Montgomery, who gave the first performance at the Glasgow Musica Nova Festival on 16th September 1990. It is a free transcription of the Aria Wer Bist...

This excellent work from the popular British composer contains three movements: two slow movements and a scherzo-march. Commissioned by the Gemelli Trio and premiered by the ensemble at the 1997 Chelt...

Judith Weir's Storm, scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). This work is based on the composer's 35 word version ofWilliamShakespeare's...

Score and Parts. Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre. First performance 19 May 1998, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City. Quoting Weir: 'In my previous work, I have often enjoye...

Scored for Children's Chorus, Women's Chorus and ensemble. (3 Flutes, 3 Cellos, 3 Percussion players). A five movement piece based on the composer's 35 word version of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempe...

This is the full score for Five Images After Sappho, a work composed by Esa-Pekko Salonen for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble. This work was co-commissioned by the Ojai Festival, California and the Londo...

Judith Weir: My Piano Quartet (2000) is part of an extended series of works for piano and strings which I have written over the last twenty years - although I didn't know it was going to be a series w...