Judith Weir

The Big Picture was written to celebrate the completion of a major redevelopment and refurbishment to Aberdeen Art Gallery. Wishing to examine a subject important, in different ways, to both the visua...

This suite for chorus and string orchestra was commissioned by the Addison Singers, London, and dedicated to their conductor David Wordsworth. It is a setting of texts by three American poets - E E Cu...

Scored for mixed voice choir SATB with organ accompaniment. Text by Hildebert of Lavardin (1056-1133), Bishop of Le Mans and Archbishop of Tours. Commissioned by the St Albans International Organ Fest...

Carol for SATB and organ, written for the choir of King's College, Cambridge.

This short setting of Rorate Coeli a text associated with the Matins service at Advent was written in 1983 and first performed by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, as part of the Advent Carol Se...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Work for Soprano, Clarinet, Viola and Harp. Premiered at the 2002 Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Work for Soprano, Clarinet, Viola and Harp. Premiered at the 2002 Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Th...

With a title that refers to the energetic and rumbling Bass beneath the music, Weir's work for Chamber Ensemble boasts an intriguing structure. Trios and Quartets appear for fleeting moments as the mu...

The Piano score for Judith Weir's second Piano Trio. The String parts are available: CH68244

The Piano Trio Two is inspired by three Zen koans which have lent their titles to the movements, 'How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened, ' 'Your Light May Go Out, ' and 'Open Your Own Treasure House....

Written for violin, viola, cello and piano.

Written for clarinet, two violins, viola and cello.

For bassoon, with cello. Wake your wild voice was commissioned by the International Double Reed Society for the 2009 IDRS Conference in Birmingham, England. The first performance was given by Meyrick...

Blue-Green Hill by Judith Weir was commissioned by Boston Musica Viva (Richard Pittman, Music Director), with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music and members of the Boston Musica V...

Blue-Green Hill by Judith Weir was commissioned by Boston Musica Viva (Richard Pittman, Music Director), with support from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music and members of the Boston Musica V...

The score and parts for Judith Weir 's O Viridissima, scored for Violin, Cello and Piano. The work lasts around 4 minutes, and was written as a gift for the Late Music Concert Series, being first perf...

This is the score for Judith Weir 's Praise Him With Trumpets, a work for 2 Trumpets, SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces in collaboration with The Choral Foundation, the piec...