Adam Lay Ybounden (2022)
Words anonymous 15th Century
SATB and organ, with minimals divisions. Easy.
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In the Bleak Midwinter (2015)
Words by Christina Rossetti
SATB unaccompanied with occasional divisions and soprano solo. For Peter Dyke and the Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir. Difficult.
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Into Thy Hands (2024)
A meditation on Thomas Tallis’ In Manus Tuas
SATB unaccompanied with divisions, alto and soprano solos. Moderate. Commissioned by Simon Harper and Cantores Chamber Choir.
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The Lord’s Prayer (2009)
SATB with divisions. For Peter Dyke and the Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir. Written to be sung with the Humphrey Clucas Responses. Easy/Medium difficulty.
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Now Thank We All Our God
SATB with organ. Written for the choir of Holy Trinity Church Bosbury. Easy.
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O Gladsome Light (2022)
Words by Robert Bridges, based on a 7th Century Greek Hymn
SATB unaccompanied with divisions, and small solos for soprano, tenor and alto. Medium difficulty.
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Parta Quies (2017)
Words by A. E. Housman, used on his gravestone at St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow.
Good-night; ensured release,
Imperishable peace,
Have these for yours.
SATB choir with organ, with divisions. For Peter Dyke and the Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir. Medium/Difficult.
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The Salutation (2025)
Words – Thomas Traherne, vv. 5 & 6 of The Salutation
The Salutation, an anthem for SATB and organ setting words by Thomas Traherne, premiered at a special service to celebrate 1350 years of Hereford Diocese on Sunday April 19th 2026 in Leominster Priory.
The service included music by composers with Herefordshire connections past and present. Easy/Medium difficulty.
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Tribus Miraculis (2016)
Words – Antiphon upon Magnificat for the Second Vespers of Epiphany from The Monastic Antiphonal
For Peter Dyke and the Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir – SATB unaccompanied with occasional divisions, plus soprano and tenor soloist. Medium/Difficult.
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Two Sea Pictures; 1. Troopship: mid-Atlantic (1917) and 2. Driftwood (2023)
Words by Wilfred Wilson Gibson – used by permission
For Hereford Chamber Choir, written as part of the Dymock Poets: Re-imagined project. Performed at the Ledbury Poetry Festival 2023 and Hay Festival 2024. SATB with divisions, unaccompanied. Difficult.
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What is War? (2024)
Words by Sasha Shevchenko
SATB and piano. What is War was written in 2024 for an act of Remembrance at Hereford Sixth Form College. The words are by Sasha Shevchenko, a Ukrainian student at the College. It was first performed by Academia Musica, the College’s chamber choir. It is published by Goodmusic.
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