Christmas Music
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Let Christians all with joyful mirth
(1999) |
SATB, organ
Words: from an old church-gallery book First performed by the Elizabethan Singers of London in St James’s Church, Piccadilly in December 2001, this piece was showcased in the November 2008 edition of Organists’ Review |
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Shakespeare’s Song of Winter
When icicles hang by the wall (secular) (2003) |
SATB
Words: Shakespeare First performed by the Giltspur Singers in Newham General Hospital |
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Hurry to Bethlehem
(2005) |
SATB, organ upper voices, piano
Words by the composer First performed by the The Giltspur Singers in St Clement Danes, Strand, London |
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The Oxen
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock (secular) (2005) |
SATB
Words: Thomas Hardy First performed by The Giltspur Singers in The Temple Church, London Note: this piece is also listed under Secular Choral Music |
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Blake's Cradle Song
Sweet dreams, form a shade (2008) |
SATB with divisions
Words: Blake First performed by the Giltspur Singers |
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All and some
Nowell sing we (2008) |
SATB
Composed for the 2008 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, London |
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The Jolly Shepherd
Can I not sing but Hoy? (2009) |
SATB, solos, organ
Commissioned by Duncan Atkinson for the choir of St Margaret’s, Lee, and premièred by them in December 2009. The piece has been performed by various other choirs, including the City of London Chamber Choir, and broadcast on BBC Radio from Derby Cathedral The choir of St Margaret's Lee recorded the piece on their 2014 disc The Road to Bethlehem, with Simon Daniels at the organ |
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With merry heart
(2009) |
SATB
Composed for the 2009 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew’s, Bethnal Green, London |
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Rorate Coeli
(2010) |
SATB (with divisions)
Words: William Dunbar (c.1465-1530) First performed by the Giltspur Singers in St Clement Danes, Strand, London in December 2010 |
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A little child there is yborn
(2010) |
SATB
Composed for the 2010 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew’s, Bethnal Green, London. The première performance was given by a choir formed of members of the church congregation plus some guests |
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Benedictus
(2012) |
SATB, baritone solo, organ
Words: Book of Common Prayer Composed for the 2012 Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green Note: this piece is also listed under Sacred Music / Morning Canticles |
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Ad Cantus Leticie
(2013) |
SATB
Composed for the 2013 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew’s, Bethnal Green, London |
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I Sing of a Maiden
(2014) |
SATB
Composed for the 2014 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's Bethnal Green, London |
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The Song of Anna
So God is made man (2015) |
SATB
Words: Adey Grummet Composed for the 2015 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, London |
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Gloria!
Some shepherds on the hills one night (2015) |
Unison voices, piano
Words by the composer |
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The Darkest Midnight
(2016) |
SATB
Words: adapted from Fr. William Devereux (fl. 1728) Composed for the 2016 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, London |
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Hark! hark! glad tidings charm our ears
(2017) |
SATB, organ
Words: derived from an American hymn (pre-1813) and the Benedicite Composed for the 2017 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, London |
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The Linden Tree Carol (arrangement)
(2017) |
SATB
Arrangement of an old German tune Words: G. R. Woodward Composed for the 2017 Giltspur Singers Christmas Concert |
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The World's Desire
The Christ-Child lay on Mary's lap (2018) |
SATB
Words: G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Composed for the 2018 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, London |
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Love Came Down at Christmas
(2019) |
SATB, organ
Words: Christina Rosetti (1830-1894) Composed for the 2019 Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's Bethnal Green, London |
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Moonless Darkness
(2019) |
SATB
Words: Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) Composed for the 2019 Giltspur Singers Christmas Concert |
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Virga Jesse floruit
(2020) |
SATB
Words: Latin Composed for the 2020 Service of Lessons and Music for Advent at St Matthew's Bethnal Green, London |
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I saw a stable
(2021) |
SATB
Words: Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907) Composed for the 2021 Christmas Carol Service at St Mary Magdalene's, East Ham, London |
