Will Todd

Questo splendido inno è stato commissionato da Simon Winters nel 2012 per celebrare il 25° anniversario del Felicitas Chamber Choir. Pensando alla tessitura vocale di questo brano non accompagnato, Wi...

Composed in 2011 for Katherine Dienes-Williams and the choir of Guildford Cathedral, Guildford Mass comprises the ordinary of the mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei) in English (Co...

Questa ambientazione di un noto testo di Reginald Heber, particolarmente adatto a Ephiphanis (Epifania), è stata scritta in memoria di Benjamin Hutto, direttore della musica di St John in LaFayette Sq...

Commissionato da William Saunders per la Royal Hospital School di Ipswich nel 2013, Exalt us in Your love si basa vagamente sulle parole della preghiera della scuola. I cori e gli ascoltatori che cono...

Questi tre arrangiamenti jazz di noti inni sono stati composti per Andrew Earis e i cori di St Martin-in-the-Fields, a Londra, in occasione di varie funzioni e di una trasmissione della BBC da quella...

Will Todd's Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz Kyrie to the up-beat Lat...

Ispirato da seminari con gli studenti della All Hallows School di Shepton Mallet, questo lavoro parla di come il mondo che ci circonda possa sostenerci, cambiarci e guidarci nella nostra vita. Il test...

Il testo eucaristico del XIV secolo "Ave verum" è stato musicato da molti compositori nel corso dei secoli, senza dubbio per le sue immagini vivide e potenti. Todd ha musicato il testo per la prima vo...

Scritto per Philip Redfern e il coro della St George's School di Edimburgo (che lo ha anche eseguito in prima assoluta nel dicembre 2014), questo brano è una nuova e rinfrescante impostazione di quest...

Canto perché... è la terza e ultima parte della suite corale di Todd "Songs of Love", commissionata da Elena Sharkova per la Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale 2012. Il testo, struggente e struggente, su...

Geschrieben in Erinnerung an die Mutter des Komponisten, sind Will Todds Songs of Peace ein Werk über Liebe und Verlust in sechs Teilen. Zwei der Sätze sind dabei für hohe Chorstimmen, während die and...

First performed in 2016, Fire of Love started life as an extended piano improvisation, evident by the continuously running piano throughout the piece. The words, written by the composer, speak of true...

An attractive addition to the wedding/civil ceremony choral repertoire, Make not a bond of love is an approachable motet of around 3 minutes duration featuring Todd's characteristic lush harmonies and...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

This piece is a dynamic, uplifting, and highly popular jazz setting of the Latin mass, featuring driving grooves and blues harmonies, with provision for short piano solos (notated or improvised) and g...

For SSAA unaccompanied. This piece was originally published in a version for mixed voices. With lush harmonies, moments of dynamic intensity, and an overriding sense of awe, it would make an ideal cen...

This heartfelt setting of words by the composer begins with a pianissimo drone over which the sopranos introduce the expressive melody. With lush harmonies, moments of dynamic intensity, and an overri...

Setting an original Latin text by the Venerable Bede intertwined with an English translation, this piece is homophonic and by turns ecstatic and calmly contemplative. It is particularly suitable for A...

My Love has Died for Me' is taken from Passion Music, a concert and liturgical work that epitomizes Todd's love of blending jazz and choral music. Recurring melodies, changing metres, and extended har...

'My Love has Died for Me' is taken from Passion Music, a concert and liturgical work that epitomizes Todd's love of blending jazz and choral music. Recurring melodies, changing metres, and extended ha...

Setting an original Latin text by the Venerable Bede intertwined with an English translation, this piece is homophonic and by turns ecstatic and calmly contemplative. It is particularly suitable for A...

Passion Music continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Will Todd's Mass in Blue. The structure highlights different points in the Passion story, beginning with a new se...

This radiant anthem was commissioned for the celebrations for Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. Todd employs arching melodies and beautifully simple harmonies, underpinned by a gentle organ accompaniment...