Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, an anthem for unaccompanied SATB chorus from Crucifixus Pro Nobis on Phineas Fletcher's words.
The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristli...
1st performance at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, December 15, 1969 by Nicholas Cleobury (at the memorial service for Maurice de Sausmarez). Duration c. 5 minutes.
Commissioned by Bryan Hesford. Duration: c. 20 minutes
The composer wrote of this work, 'Although purely abstract in design, the work attempts to give musical expression to the individual's struggle fo belief in the miracle of the resurrection…The form of...
Six short works for Upper Voices set to Elizabethan Texts.
For SSA Chorus with Organ. Text- Roman Catholic Vernacular. First performed in St Leonard's Church, Mayfield.
Wassail All Over The Town is a work for Unaccompanied SATB Choir by Kenneth Leighton. A setting of a traditional Gloucestershire Wassail, a full performance lasts around 3 minutes.