{"id":162,"date":"2014-08-24T02:39:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T02:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2021-09-07T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:25:30","slug":"music-for-upper-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/?page_id=162","title":{"rendered":"Music for Upper Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across the Years<\/h2>\n

\"acrosstheyearsvs\"<\/a>Seven contrasting and attractive movements, drawing on traditional songs and melodies, with the theme of music across the generations
\n(30 mins)
\nSA and piano
\nAlternative instrumentations
\ni. String quintet, piano duet and percussion
\nii. Piano duet<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music PMVS 118
\nRecording: MMST\/Prime CD 003
\nCommissioned by the Songtrees Project, first performed 13th June 2005<\/p>\n

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Can you count the stars?<\/h2>\n

\"Stars\"<\/a><\/p>\n

S(A) and piano (4 mins)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-3511428<\/p>\n

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Christmas Pudding<\/h2>\n

\"Christmas<\/a>All your favourite carols stirred into one increasingly riotous pudding!
\n(4 mins)
\nSA and piano<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music PMVS 104a<\/p>\n

Christmas Pudding SA VS excerpts<\/a><\/p>\n

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Good for you!<\/h2>\n

\"goodforyouvs\"<\/a>Six attractive and tuneful songs for upper-\"Goodvoice choir, highlighting healthy living
\n(15 mins)
\nSA and piano (Piano duet accompaniment also available)
\n<\/span>Publisher: Prime Music PMVS 117 (chorus part PMCP 117
\nRecording: Prime CD 003
\nGood for you! Sample Pages<\/a>
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How the Whale got his throat<\/h4>\n

(choral work – see Instrumental Works for version for narrator and orchestra)<\/h5>\n

\"Whale<\/a>A tuneful and very attractive setting of Kipling\u2019s famous poem<\/p>\n

(15 mins) <\/span>SA choir, narrator and instrumental ensemble (1,1,1,1; 1,0,0,0; harp, 2 perc, strings)<\/span><\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music<\/p>\n

Commissioned by the Green Lake Festival of Music<\/p>\n

                                                 first performed July 1998<\/p>\n

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If you love me<\/h2>\n

\"\"(5 mins)                                                                                                                    SA and organ (or piano)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music                                                                            Recording: PRCD 1220<\/p>\n

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Images of Youth<\/h2>\n

\"Images<\/a>Seven contrasting movements, being settings of Shakespeare, Kingsley, Gay, Blake, MacNeice and Douglas, celebrating the innocence and vitality of youth
\n(30 mins)
\nSA and orchestra (2\/2,2,2,2: 4,2,3,1; timp+2 perc, strings (or just Piano duet)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Plymouth Music Company
\nVocal score: HLM 1001
\nCommissioned by Richmond Education Committee, first performed on 4th July 1993<\/p>\n

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Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace<\/h2>\n

\"Peace<\/a>(4 mins)<\/p>\n

SA and piano or organ<\/p>\n

Publisher: Oxford University Press A448
\nRecording: PRCD 770<\/p>\n

.<\/span>Mayhem! The misfortune of Miss Maisy Murgatroyd<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"A power-struggle between teacher and class \u2013 with a tragic ending
\n(18 mins)
\nSA, mezzo solo, strings, perc and piano (or just piano)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal score: PMVS 101
\nRecording: PrimeCD 001<\/p>\n

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Musical Pie<\/h2>\n

\"\"Five contrasting light-hearted movements, using familiar folk melodies as well as original music and words
\n(15 mins)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal score: PMVS 102
\nRecording: Prime CD 001<\/p>\n

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Sing Africa<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Three vibrant arrangements of African songs
\n(12 mins)
\nSSAA with piano and hand-drums<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal score: PMVS116a<\/p>\n

Sing Africa SSAA excerpts<\/a><\/p>\n

Recording (of SATB version of Sing Africa): PrimeCD 005<\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/www.jonathanwillcocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/03-Sing-Africa.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Sinner man<\/h2>\n

\"Sinner<\/a>(4 mins)
\nSSAA unaccompanied<\/p>\n

Publisher: Lorenz
\nVocal score: 15\/1492
\nCommissioned by Piggott School, UK<\/p>\n

Snow White<\/h2>\n

\"\"Adapted from the classic Grimms\u2019 fairy tale
\n(30 mins)
\nSA choir, mezzo solo, narrator, string quintet, perc and piano (or piano alone)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal score: PMVS 106
\nRecording: PrimeCD 002
\nCommissioned by Green Lake Festival of Music, first performed 20th July 2002<\/p>\n

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South Downs Way<\/h2>\n

\"South<\/a>A suite of four movements, setting words by Philip Young
\n(16 mins)
\nSA and instrumental ensemble (flute, 2 clarinets, trpt, cello and piano) or just piano<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nCommissioned by the Petersfield Musical Festival, first performed 14th March 2011<\/p>\n

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Te Deum<\/h2>\n

\"Praise\"<\/a>A lively and uplifting setting in English (We praise thee, O God)
\n(8 mins)
\nSA and piano (or organ)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal score: PMVS 114
\nCommissioned by the Burlington Boys\u2019 Choir, USA, first performed on 29th May 2009<\/p>\n

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.<\/span>Ten folk songs<\/h2>\n

\"Folk<\/a>Arrangements of traditional melodies
\nSSAA unaccompanied<\/p>\n

Publisher: Novello
\nVocal score: 16 0200<\/p>\n

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The Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/h2>\n

\"The<\/a>A beautiful and lyrical setting of the traditional text of the Lord\u2019s Prayer
\n(3 mins)
\nSA and piano or organ<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal Score: PMVS 112<\/p>\n

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin<\/h2>\n

\"Pied<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Browning\u2019s famous poetic tale, with lots of possibilities for dramatic representation as well as concert performance<\/p>\n

(20 mins)
\nSA, tenor (or Sop) solo, narrator, piano (with opt. brass quintet and 2 perc)<\/p>\n

Publisher: Prime Music
\nVocal score: PMVS 105
\nRecording: PrimeCD 001
\nCommissioned by Green Lake Festival of Music, first performed 26th July 1997<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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