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A Madrigal of Naivety

  (AATB)

 

 

 

A Madrigal of Naivety - free download from MyScoreStore

A Madrigal of Naivety - free download from MyScoreStore

A Madrigal of Naivety - free download from MyScoreStore

 

A Manchester Magnificat

  (choir, soloists, organ, harp, woodwind, brass, Lancashire clogs (or woodblocks) -

   Or

   choir, soloists, piano and organ)

 

 

 

A Manchester Magnificat - MyScoreStore

A Manchester Magnificat - MyScoreStore

A Manchester Magnificat - MyScoreStore

 

A Sequence for Alun’s poetry

  (guitar, recorders, two solo voices, one spoken voice and SATB )

 

 

 

A sequence for Alun's poetry - MyScoreStore

A sequence for Alun's poetry - MyScoreStore

 

 

Alleyways (A Christmas song)

  (choir [SATBB])

 

 

 

 

Alleyways - SATBB choir - MyScoreStore

Alleyways - SATBB choir - MyScoreStore

Alleyways - SATBB choir - MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

Apolytikion tis Pentikostis (Dismissal Hymn for the time of Pentecost) - original chant  followed by polyphonic or homophonic arrangement

     (SATB)

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Arthropod Duet (A centipede was happy quite)

  (2 alto voices, a cappella)

 

 

 

 

 

The Bell Ringing (based on a Devon folksong)

  (SAATBB choir cappella)

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Bring us in good ale

   (SSAB or AATB singing group)

   (Based on a mediaeval drinking song)

 

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Cats Duet (Rossini, Weyse, Pearsall arr DWS)

  (2 altos and guitar)

 

 

 

Cats Duet - MyScoreStore

Cats Duet - MyScoreStore

Cats Duet - emusic

Video on YouTube

A Charm against the toothache

    (three altos a cappella)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Christmas Song

  (SATB choir, piano)

 

 

 

Christmas Song - SATB and piano - MyScoreStore

Christmas Song - SATB and piano - MyScoreStore

 

 

Colloque Sentimental (English translation)

  (three altos a cappella)

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Ding Dong Merrily on High

(a “refreshingly contemporary” reworking of the old carol)

  (SAATBB or ATTBarBB choir a cappella)

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

The Elves (after Leconte de Lisle)

  (alto/baritone solos, A/T chorus, A/T recorders, guitar, cello(s))

 

 

 

 

 

The Elves

The Elves

The Elves

Video on YouTube

Gaudete (arrangement)

  (SAB and optional piano)

 

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Heaven’s Dance

  (girl’s choir (SSA) and piano)

 

 

 

Heaven's Dance - MyScoreStore

Heaven's Dance - MyScoreStore

Heaven's Dance - MyScoreStore - performed (transposed down) by the composer

 

Here in nomansland

  (alto (with optional alto 2) and guitar

 

 

 

Here in nomansland - MyScoreStore

Here in nomansland - MyScoreStore

Here in nomansland - MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

Hiawatha

  (four alto voices a cappella)

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Hoc est enim corpus meum

  (SATB choir)

 

 

 

Hoc est enim corpus meum - MyScoreStore

Hoc est enim corpus meum - MyScoreStore

Hoc est enim corpus meum - MyScoreStore - performed by the composer

Video on YouTube

How shall I sing that majesty

  (small choir (2 voices sometimes splitting to 4)

   and piano)

 

 

 

 

Hoc est enim corpus meum - MyScoreStore

Hoc est enim corpus meum - MyScoreStore

Hoc est enim corpus meum - MyScoreStore - performed by the composer

Video on YouTube

Incantation for Pamela

  (2 altos and guitar ostinato)

 

 

 

 

 

It wasa lover and his lass (modern madrigal) free download from MyScoreStore

It wasa lover and his lass (modern madrigal) free download from MyScoreStore

It wasa lover and his lass (modern madrigal) free download from MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

It was a lover and his lass (modern madrigal)

  (ATTB or SATB)

 

 

 

 

It wasa lover and his lass (modern madrigal) free download from MyScoreStore

It wasa lover and his lass (modern madrigal) free download from MyScoreStore

It wasa lover and his lass (modern madrigal) free download from MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

Les Cloches by Debussy - choral arrangement   (SSSATBB, organ)

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Litany to the Holy Spirit

(after the poem by Robert Herrick)

  (choir - SATB with splits)

 

 

 

 

Litany to the Holy Spirit - MyScoreStore

Litany to the Holy Spirit - MyScoreStore

 

 

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

  (SATB choir and organ)

 

 

 

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - ZIMBEL PRESS

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - sample page pdf

 

 

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for men’s voices and organ

  (ATB, organ)

 

 

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for men’s voices and organ - MyScoreStore

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for men’s voices and organ - MyScoreStore

 

 

Mass for men’s voices and organ

  (ATB, organ)

 

 

 

Mass for men's voices and organ - MyScoreStore

Mass for men's voices and organ - MyScoreStore

Mass for men's voices and organ - mp3 page

Video on YouTube

Modal Mass

  (ATTB choir)

           or

  (SATB choir)

 

 

 

Modal Mass - MyScoreStore

Modal Mass - MyScoreStore

Modal Mass - mp3s

 

Moonlight on sea

   (mezzo soprano, alto and guitar)

 

 

 

My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home (based on the song and on Dowland’s lute duet)

  (double choir SATB-SATB)

 

 

 

 

My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home - MyScoreStore (free download)

My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home - MyScoreStore (free download)

My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home - MyScoreStore (free download)

Video on YouTube

My Love

   (three altos and guitar ostinato)

 

 

 

My Love - MyScoreStore

My Love - MyScoreStore

My Love - MyScoreStore

My Love on YouTube

Noel di Gautier

   (two altos and guitar)

 

Video on YouTube

Nunc Dimittis

  (girls’ choir, harp and organ)

 

 

 

 

Nunc Dimittis - girls' choir, harp, organ - Musik Fabrik

Nunc Dimittis sample page - pdf

Nunc Dimittis - electronic preview by Ashleigh Ivil

 

Ode to a Nose (After Basselin’s “Beau Nez”)

  (2 altos, guitar and various sound effects)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order of the Day

   (male voice or low mixed choir - AATB)

 

Video on YouTube

Panis Angelicus

(a setting from Thomas Aquinas’ “Sacris Solemniis)”

  (SATB choir, organ, clarinet and classical guitar)

 

 

 

Panis Angelicus - MyScoreStore

Panis Angelicus - MyScoreStore

Panis Angelicus - MyScoreStore

 

Past two o’clock

  (ATBarB)

 

 

 

Past two o'clock - free download from MyScoreStore

Past two o'clock - free download from MyScoreStore

Past two o'clock - free download from MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

Planet (original version)

  (2 altos, guitar)

 

 

 

Planet (original version) - MyScoreStore

Planet (original version) - MyScoreStore

Planet (original version) - MyScoreStore (performance by D W Solomons and Duncan Saunderson)

Planet (version with piano accompaniment)

  (soprano, alto, piano)

 

 

 

Planet (version with piano accompaniment) - MyScoreStore

Planet (version with piano accompaniment) - MyScoreStore

 

 

Praise to the Vine

  (Choir SATB)

 

 

 

Praise to the VIne - MyScoreStore

Praise to the VIne - MyScoreStore

Praise to the VIne - MyScoreStore

 

Prayer to the Virgin (original version)

  (2 altos, guitar)

 

 

 

Prayer to the Virgin (original version) MyScoreStore

Prayer to the Virgin (original version) MyScoreStore

Prayer to the Virgin (original version) - performed by D W Solomons and Duncan Saunderson -  MyScoreStore

Prayer to the Virgin (version with piano)

  (alto, soprano, piano)

 

 

 

 

Prayer to the Virgin - (version with piano accompaniment) - MyScoreStore

Prayer to the Virgin - (version with piano accompaniment) - MyScoreStore

 

 

Psalm 23 (based on the Lutheran Bible - in German)

  (choir - SSAB or AATB or ATTB)

 

 

 

Psalm 150 (score)

  (SATB choir, 2 organs, violin, viola, clarinet, timpani, 1 percussion and strings)

 

 

 

Psalm 150 - Praise ye the Lord - Musik Fabrik

 

Psalm 150 - Praise ye the Lord - first performance at the 2003 Lower Peover Festival

 

Robin Adair (arr. DWS)

  (SATB)

 

 

 

Rooftops - MyScoreStore

Rooftops - MyScoreStore

Rooftops - MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

Rooftops

  (two altos a cappella)

 

 

 

Rooftops - MyScoreStore

Rooftops - MyScoreStore

Rooftops - MyScoreStore

 

Rosa Divina

  (alto and baritone a cappella)

 

 

 

Rosa Divina - MyScoreStore

Rosa Divina - MyScoreStore

Rosa Divina - MyScoreStore - performance by D W Solomons and Margaret Jackson-Roberts

Video on YouTube

Rupert The Chocolate Angel

   (An antidote to Rudolph the red nosed reindeer)

  (Unison choir with jazz ensemble)

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Saturnalia Song

  (voices, percussion, wind, brass)

 

 

 

Sagess - alto, guitar - sample page pdf

Sagesse - alto and guitar - performed by the composer - mp3

Winter Celebrations CD and video

Simple Communion Service

  (SATB and piano)

 

 

 

Simple Communion Service page

Simple Communion Service page

Simple Communion Service page

 

Sing a New Song to the Lord (taken from the Manchester Magnificat)

  (SATB choir and organ)

 

 

 

 

Sing to the Lord a New Song - ZIMBEL PRESS

Sing to the Lord a New Song - sample page - pdf

 

 

Song to Idleness

   (choir and guitar version)

 

 

 

 

Song to Idleness (choral) MyScoreStore

Song to Idleness (choral) MyScoreStore

Song to Idleness (choral) MyScoreStore

 

Süsser die Glocken nie klingen

  (SATB orr ATTB)

   (arrangement with various vocal parts emulating bells in verses 2 and 3)

 

 

 

 

Video on YouTube

Te Deum for men’s voices and organ

  (ATB, organ)

 

 

 

 

Te Deum - MyScoreStore

Te Deum - MyScoreStore

 

 

The 12 days of Christmas - a conductor’s nightmare

  (ATBarB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 days of Christmas a conductor's nightmare free download from MyScoreStore

12 days of Christmas a conductor's nightmare free download from MyScoreStore

12 days of Christmas a conductor's nightmare free download from MyScoreStore

The 12 Days -cartoon in collaboration with David Marsh

The 12 days of Christmas - a conductor’s nightmare

  (SATB version)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 days of Christmas a conductor's nightmare free download from MyScoreStore

12 days of Christmas a conductor's nightmare free download from MyScoreStore

12 days of Christmas a conductor's nightmare free download from MyScoreStore

The 12 Days -cartoon in collaboration with David Marsh

The Ballad of Green Broom

  (men's choir (tenor, baritone, bass)

or

   ladies' choir (soprano, mezzo, alto))

 

 

 

 

The Ballad of Green Broom - MyScoreStore

The Ballad of Green Broom - MyScoreStore

The Ballad of Green Broom - MyScoreStore

 

The Choir in the rain

  (ATTB or SATB)

 

 

 

 

The Choir in the rain - free download from MyScoreStore

The Choir in the rain - free download from MyScoreStore

The Choir in the rain - free download from MyScoreStore

YouTube video

The fallow deer at the lonely house

  (alto and tenor a cappella)

 

 

 

The Fallow deer - page

 

The Fallow deer - page

 

The Feast of Lights (Hanukkah song)

  (2 sopranos, piano)

 

 

 

The Feast of Lights - MyScoreStore

The Feast of Lights - MyScoreStore

The Feast of Lights (mp3 of version with band) - MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

The Frostbound Wood

  (SATB choir)

 

 

 

 

The Frostbound Wood - SATB choir - Musik Fabrik

 

The Frostbound Wood - performed (transposed down) by the composer

Video on YouTube

The Hubbard Saga

  (choir with piano reduction)

 

 

 

The Hubbard Saga - choir and piano reduction - Musik Fabrik

 

The Hubbard Saga page

 

The Hubbard Saga

  (SATB choir, children’s choir, orchestra)

 

 

 

The Hubbard Saga - choir, children's choir, orchetra - Musik Fabrik

 

The Hubbard Saga page

Rental of parts

The Message of Christmas

  (soprano, alto, 2 flutes, guitar, double bass,            tambourine)

 

 

 

The message of Christmas

The message of Christmas

The message of Christmas

Winter Celebrations

The Park on Sunday

  (AABarBB or SSATB)

 

 

 

The Park on Sunday - free download from MyScoreStore

The Park on Sunday - free download from MyScoreStore

The Park on Sunday - free download from MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

The Recipe

(the three witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth)

  (three altos, guitar ostinato)

 

 

 

 

The Recipe - MyScoreStore

The Recipe - MyScoreStore

The Recipe - MyScoreStore

Video on YouTube

The Swan (based on “Sonnet” by Mallarmé)

   (four altos a-cappella)

 

 

 

The Swan - MyScoreStore

The Swan - MyScoreStore

The Swan - MyScoreStore

 

Voyelles by Rimbaud

   (2 alto solos and male voice backing group)

 

 

 

 

Voyelles de Rimbaud - on YouTube

Upon my bed by night (from The Song of Songs)

  (choir (SATB), alto and baritone solos, guitar)

 

 

 

 

Upon my bed by night - song page

 

Wenn der Pott aber nu ein Loch hat (German folk song - ancestor of “There’s a hole in my bucket”)

 

  (alto, bass, guitar

    or soprano, tenor, guitar)

 

 

 

Wenn der Pott -  MyScoreStore

Wenn der Pott -  MyScoreStore

German Folksongs page

 

Video on YouTube

While shepherds watched their flocks by night (to various tunes including on Ilkley Moor bah t’hat

 (Choir and piano)

 

 

 

While Shepherds what?!?! - page

 

While shepherds what?!?! - page

“While Shepherds” page

Wine and Water

  (alto, tenor and bass)

 

 

 

Wine and Water ATB version - MyScoreStore

Wine and Water ATB version - MyScoreStore

Wine and Water ATB version - MyScoreStore