Stage Works + Vocal Works

The Bridal Day
A Masque founded on Spenser's "Epithalamion" by Ursula Vaughan Williams
speaker, baritone solo, mixed chorus, strings, flute and piano (or flute and piano only) with dancing and mime
45 minutes
score and parts on hire

The First Nowell
A Nativity Play. Libretto adapted from Medieval Pageants by Simon Pakenham.
music composed and arranged from traditional tunes by R. Vaughan Williams, with additions by Roy Douglas
soprano and baritone soloists, speaking/singing parts for baritone or bass, tenor and tenor or treble (3 shepherds), SATB chorus and small orchestra:
2.1.2.1-2.2.ten&bass trb.0-timp-hp-str
OR strings and organ
OR piano
50 minutes (stage version)
30 minutes (concert version)
vocal score on sale 0 19 3389517
score and parts on hire

Job: A Masque for Dancing
founded on Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job
2(1 opt).b fl.2(1opt).ca.3(1opt, doubled by b cl).b cl(opt).Eflat sax(opt, may be doubled by b cl).2.c bn(opt)-4.3(1opt).3.1-timp.3perc-2hp(1 opt)-org(opt)-str
45 minutes
study score on sale 0 19 3691809
score and parts on hire
arr. Lambert for theatre orchestra: 3.1.2(2^nd+sax).1-2.2.1.0-3perc-hp.pno-str
score and parts on hire

On Christmas Night
A Quodlibet on Christmas Tunes. A Masque with dancing, singing and miming. Freely adapted from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" by Adolph Bolm and the composer.
mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, unison voices, wordless mixed chorus, and small orchestra: 1(+picc).1.1.1-1.1.ten tmb.0-2 perc-hp-cel(opt)-pno-str
30 minutes
score and parts on hire

The Pilgrim's Progress
A morality in a Prologue, four Acts, and an Epilogue, founded on John Bunyan's Allegory of the same name. German translation by R Muller-Hartman, with additions by Genia Hornstein
34 soloists (parts can be doubled or even trebled, and 11 soloists are sufficient), mixed chorus, and orchestra: 2.2(2^nd+ca).2.2.c bn(opt)-4.2.1+tpt on stage(opt).3.1.euphonium(opt)-timp.perc-cel(opt)-hp-str
2 hours, 6 minutes
vocal score on sale from Banks Music 019 339225 9
score and parts on hire

The Poisoned Kiss (or The Empress and the Necromancer)
A Romantic Extravaganza
text by Evelyn Sharp, adapted from a story by Richard Garnett
13 soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra: 2.1.ca.2.1-2.2.1.0-2perc-cel-hp(or pno)-str
2 hours
score and parts on hire
for Poisoned Kiss overture see Music for Orchestra

Riders to the Sea
An opera in one act on the play by J M Synge
5 soloists, women's chorus, orchestra: 2.1.ca.0.b cl(can be replaced by a special part for cl & fag).1-2.1.0.0-timp.perc-str
30 minutes
study score on sale 0 19 3393352
vocal score on sale 0 19 3850079
score and parts on hire

The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
A Pastoral Episode founded upon Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress"
6 soloists, women's chorus (offstage), orchestra:
2.1.ca.0.0-0.2.0.0-hp-bells-str
23 minutes
score and parts on hire

Sir John in Love
An opera in four acts. Libretto based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
German translation by Anton Mayer
20 soloists. mixed chorus, orchestra:
2.2.ca.2.2-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-hp-str
2 hours plus optional Prologue, Episode, and Interlude
score and parts on hire

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Benedicite
soprano solo, mixed choir, and orchestra
2.picc.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-cel(opt).pno-str
OR 2.1.2.1-2.1.1.0-pno-str
OR strings and piano only
15 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 3388014
score and parts on hire

Dona Nobis Pacem
A Cantata for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra:
3.2.2.2.c bn-4.4(2 opt).5(2 opt).1-timp.perc.bells-hp-org(opt)-str
OR strings and piano only
40 minutes
study score on sale 0 19 338860X
vocal score on sale 0 19 3388618
score and parts on hire
version for strings and piano score on hire

England, my England
Text by W. E. Henley
baritone, double chorus, unison voices and piano or orchestra:
2.2.2.3-4.2.3.1-timp.perc-org-str
score and parts on hire

Epithalamion
A Cantata founded on the Masque "The Bridal Day"
Text chosen by Ursula Vaughan Williams from Spencer's "Epithalamion"
baritone solo, mixed chorus and small orchestra: fl(+picc)-pno-str
40-45 minutes
score and parts on hire

Fantasia (Quasi Variazione) on the 'Old 104^th' Psalm Tune
Text from Metrical Version by Sternhold and Hopkins
piano solo, mixed chorus, orchestra:
2(2^nd+picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc-organ(opt)-str OR 2tpt.3tbn-org-str
OR strings and organ only
18 minutes
study score on sale 0 19 3389223
vocal score (chorus) on sale from Banks Music 0 19 3800624
score and parts on hire

Festival Te Deum in F major
mixed choir and organ or orchestra: 3(1 opt).3(1 opt).2.b cl(opt).2.c bn-4.3(1 opt)3.1-timp.2perc-org-str
6 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 351530X
congregational part available 0 19 3515318
score and parts on hire
arr. Bavicchi for brass and percussion
score and parts on sale 0 19 3855852

Five Tudor Portraits
A Choral Suite in Five Movements
Text by John Skelton (1460-1529)
contralto (or mezzo-soprano) and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra:
3(1 opt).2(2^nd(opt)+ca)2.2.c bn(opt)-4(2opt)2.3.1(opt)-timp.2perc(1 opt)-hp/pno-str
OR strings and piano only
40-45 minutes
study score on sale 0 19 3389800
vocal score on sale 0 19 3389819
score and parts on hire

Flos Campi
Suite
solo viola, small wordless chorus, small orchestra:
1(+picc).1.1.1-1.1.0.0-2perc-hp-cel-str
18 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 3390213
solo viola part on sale 0 19 339023X
full score on sale 0 19 3390205
score and parts on hire

Flourish for a Coronation
Text from the Bible, Chaucer, and other sources
mixed chorus, orchestra:
4.2.3.alto sax.2.c bn-8.6.3.euph.1-timp.2 perc-2hp-org.pno-str
OR 2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp-str
12 minutes
score and parts on hire

Folk-Songs of the Four Seasons
A Cantata based on traditional folk songs for women's voices and orchestra:
2.2.(1 opt).2.2(1 opt)-4.2.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel.org-str (Horns III & IV opt. if 3 tbn & 1 tba, and vice versa) OR 2.1.2.1-2.2.0.0-timp-hp-org(opt)-str
OR strings and piano only
45 minutes
cocal score on sale 0 19 339085X
voice part on sale 0 19 3390868
score and parts on hire

In Windsor Forest
A Cantata adapted from the opera "Sir John in Love"
mixed chorus and orchestra:
2.2.2.2-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-hp/pno-str
OR strings and piano only
20-25 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 339121X
arr. Guthrie Foote for women's voices
vocal score on sale from Banks Music 0 19 3391228
score and parts on hire

Magnificat
contralto solo, women's choir, solo flute and orchestra:
2.2(1 opt).ca.2.2-4.2.0.0-timp.2perc-hp-cel(opt).org(opt)-str
OR 2fl-hp-cel-str
OR organ (or piano) with flute (or violin) obbligato
12 minutes
solo flute part on sale 0 19 339152X
vocal score on sale 0 19 3391546
score and parts on hire

An Oxford Elegy
Text adapted from "The Scholar Gypsy" and "Thyrsis" by Matthew Arnold
speaker, small mixed chorus, small orchestra:
1.1.ca.2.1-2.0.0.0-str
OR strings and piano only (arr. Williams)
25 minutes
score and parts on hire

Pilgrim's Journey
A Cantata devised from "The Pilgrim's Progress"
soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra (or organ):
2.2(2^nd+ca).2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.perc-hp/pno-str
OR strings and piano only
40 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 3392658
score and parts on hire

Serenade to Music
Text from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"
sixteen solo voices and orchestra:
2(2^nd+picc).1.ca.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc-hp-str
OR strings and piano only
NB. The work can be given with only four soloists; alternatively all the solo parts can be sung by sections of the chorus
15 minutes
study score on sale 0 19 3393557
vocal score on sale 0 19 3393565
score and parts on hire

Six Choral Songs
Text by Shelley
unison voices and piano (or orchestra)
score and parts on hire

Song of Thanksgiving
Text selected from the Bible, Shakespeare, Kipling and others
soprano solo, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra: 2.2.2.b cl(opt).2.c bn(opt)-4(2 opt).3.1(opt)-timp.perc-hp/pno.org(opt)-str
OR trumpet, timpani (opt), piano and strings
16 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 3394553
score and parts on hire

The Sons of Light
Text: poems by Ursula Vaughan Williams
mixed chorus and orchestra:
2.2(2^nd+ca).2.2.c bn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-cel-hp-str (a piano condensation is available for glck., cel, and harp)
OR simplified 2.2(1 opt).3(1 opt).3 sax(opt).2(1 opt)-2.3(1 opt)3(b tbn opt).1(or euph)-timp.perc.cel(cued to piano).pno-str
OR strings and piano only (arr. Foster)
25 minutes
vocal score on sale 0 19 3395010
score and parts on hire

Sun, Moon, Stars, and Man
A Cycle of four songs adapted from the cantata "The Sons of Light"
unison voices, strings and piano
18-20 minutes
score and parts on hire

This Day (Hodie)
A Christmas Canata with words from the Gospels, the Vespers for Christmas Day, and other sources
soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra:
2(1 opt).2(1 opt).ca.2.2.c bn(opt)-4(2 opt).3(1 opt).3.1-timp-perc-hp(opt)-cel.org(opt)-str
1 hour
vocal score on sale 0 19 3395517
chorus part on sale 0 19 3395525
score and parts on hire

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Service and Canticles

Morning Service in D minor (Te Deum and Benedictus)
unison voices, mixed choir, organ
congregational part available

Communion Service in D minor
unison voices, mixed choir (opt), organ
vocal score on sale from Banks Music 0 19 3515393

Festival Te Deum in F major
Mixed choir and organ or orchestra:
3(1 opt).3(1 opt).2.b cl(opt).2.c bn-4.3(1 opt)3.1-timp.2perc-org-str
6 minutes
Vocal score on sale 0 19 351530X
Congregational part available
Arr. Bavicchi for brass and percussion
Score and parts on sale 019 385585 2

Te Deum in G
double choir and organ or orchestra:
2.2.2.2-4(2opt)2.3.1(opt)-timp.perc-str
OR strings and piano (or organ) only
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535211 (S626)
score and parts on hire

Te Deum and Benedictus
set to well-known metrical psalm tunes
unison voices, with occasional optional harmony, and organ/harmonium/piano (optional)
contact Repertoire Promotion Dept

Hymns, Anthems and Motets

All Hail the Power
to the tune "Miles Lane" by W Shrubshole
congregation, mixed choir, and organ or orchestra:
2.2(1 opt).2.2.c bn(opt)-4(2 opt).3.1(opt)-timp.perc-org(opt)-str
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535017
or for mixed choir, congregation, organ, and 3 B-flat trumpets, 3 trombones, and timpani
score and parts on hire

At the Name of Jesus
to the tune "King's Weston"
congregation, SATB choir and organ
vocal score on sale 0 19 350197X
mixed choir, congregation, with brass quintet and optional timpani and organ
arr. John Bavicchi
set of instrumental parts on sale 0 19 3856964

A Choral Flourish
text from Psalm 32 (Authorized Version 33)
unaccompanied mixed choir, with introduction for organ or two trumpets
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535025

For All the Saints
freely arranged by Ernest Bullock
mixed choir and organ

For All the Saints
arranged by H. G. Ley as an Anthem for Saints' Days
text by Bishop Walsham How (1823-97)
congregation, SATB choir, and organ or orchestra (arr. W V Todd):
2.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-perc-org-str
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535033
vocal score also published in Epiphany to All Saints for Choirs 0 19 353026 0
score and parts on hire

He that is down need fear no fall
solo voice, SATB, flute or oboe and organ
score on sale 0 19 3311231

My Soul Praise the Lord
arr. Judge for medium voice, SATB and oboe solo or organ

O How Amiable
text from Psalms 84 and 90
mixed choir and organ
score on sale 0 19 3501546
accompaniment arranged for wind band
score and parts 0 19 3854856

O taste and see
text from Psalm 34 v.8
unaccompanied SATB choir, with an organ introduction
score on sale 0 19 3535114
arrangement by the composer for SSA (unacc)
score on sale 0 19 3535122

The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune ("All People that on Earth do Dwell")
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535084
congregational part on sale 0 19 3535092
accompaniment in 7 versions:
i) Original version for full orchestra 2.picc.2.ca.2.b cl.2.c bn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-str+4tpt.3tbn.perc
score and parts on hire
ii) Reduced version by Roy Douglas 2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-str
score and parts on hire
iii) Version by Roy Douglas for 3 trumpets, timpani and organ
score and parts on sale 0 19 385029X
iv) Version by Roy Douglas for brass ensemble (hn.4tpt.4tbn), timpani, and organ
score and parts on hire
v) Version by Chris Hazell for brass (3tpt, 3tbn), timpani, and percussion
score and parts on hire
vi) Arr. by David Stone for mixed or unison voices and orchestra: 2.1.2.1-2.2.0.0-timp.perc-str
score on sale 0 19 3695308
full set of parts 0 19 3695502
non-string set 0 19 3695510
string parts (available separately)
vii) Arr. Robert Washburn for wind band and/or orchestra.
this version can be performed in combination with the version by David Stone
full score and parts 0 19 3855348

Prayer to the Father of Heaven
motet
text by John Skelton
unaccompanied SATB choir
score on sale 0 19 3504383

The Souls of the Righteous
motet
soprano, tenor, baritone soloists, and unaccompanied SATB choir
score on sale 0 19 3535165

The Twenty-Third Psalm
from the Morality "The Pilgrim's Progress"
arr. Churchill for soprano solo and unaccompanied SATB voices
OR SSATB voices only
score on sale 0 19 3535246

Valiant for Truth
motet
text by John Bunyan
unaccompanied SATB choir
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535297

A Vision of Aeroplanes
motet
text from Ezekiel
SATB choir and organ
vocal score on sale 0 19 386678 6

The Voice out of the Whirlwind
motet
adapted from 'Galliard of the Sons of the Morning', "Job" Scene VIII
SATB choir and organ, or orchestra
vocal score on sale 0 19 3535319
orchestral score and parts on hire

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Unison Carols

God Bless the Master of this House
from "Folk Songs of the Four Seasons"*
unison voices, with optional descant
Score on sale 0 19 3437945
* see Works for Chorus and Orchestra

Carols for Female Voices

God Rest You Merry
SA chorus and piano
score on sale 0 19 3857200

This is the Truth
SA chorus and piano
score on sale 0 19 3857197

Carols for Male Voices

The First Nowell
TTBB unaccompanied
contact Repertoire Promotion Deparment

God Rest You Merry
TTB unaccompanied
contact Repertoire Promotion Department

I saw three ships
TTBB unaccompanied contact Repertoire Promotion Deparment

The Lord at first and Coventry Carol
TTBB unaccompanied
contact Repertoire Promotion Department

A Virgin most pure
TTBB unaccompanied
contact Repertoire Promotion Department

Dives and Lazarus
TBB unaccompanied
contact Repertoire Promotion Department

Carols for Mixed Voices

Ring out, ye Crystal Spheres
SATB
contact Repertoire Promotion Deparment

Two Chorals from 'Hodie'
SATB
score on sale 0 19 3535270

Wither's Rocking Hymn
arr. Baldwin
solo voices, SATB chorus, and organ
score on sale 0 19 3431572

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Unison Songs

England, my England
text by W. E. Henley
baritone, double chorus, unison voices and piano or orchestra
score and parts (incluuding vocal scores) on hire

He that is Down Need Fear no Fall
voice and piano
score on sale 0 19 3419505

Land of our Birth
adapted from "Song of Thanksgiving"
text by Rudyard Kipling
unison voices with optional descant, and orchestra
vocal score on sale 0 19 343812 7
score and parts on hire

The New Commonwealth
adapted from the "Prelude to the 49^th Parallel"
text by Harold Child
unison voices and orchestra: 2.2.2.3-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-hp-org-str
OR strings and piano only
score and parts on hire

Nothing is Here for Tears
text adapted from Milton
unison voices and orchestra:
2tpt.3tbn.1tba-timp.perc-org-str
OR 2.2( opt).2.2-4(2 opt).2.3(opt).1(opt)-timp.perc-org(opt)-str
OR strings and piano only
score and parts on hire

Orpheus with his Lute
text by Shakespeare
unison voices with string accompaniment
vocal score on sale 0 19 340136 3
score and parts on hire

The Rich Old Lady
from Nine English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains
score on sale 0 19 342035 X

She's like the Swallow
Newfoundland Folk Song
score on sale 0 19 341947 5

Six Choral Songs
text by Shelley
unison voices with piano or orchestra:
2.2.2.2.c bn-4.2.3.1-perc-hp-org-str
score and parts on hire

Three Children's Songs
unison voices with strings
1. Spring (on sale 0 19 3406578)
2. The Singers (on sale 0 19 3406594)
3. An Invitation (on sale 0 19 3406616)
score and parts on hire

Two Songs of Winter
unison voices and descant with piano accompaniment
1. God bless the Master
2. Wassail Song
score on sale 0 19 3857618

When Icicles Hang by the Wall
text by Shakespeare
unison voices and piano
contact Repertoire Promotion Department

Two-Part Songs

Children's Christmas Song
from "Folk Songs of the Four Seasons"*
piano accompaniment
contact Repertoire Promotion Department
* see Works for Chorus and Orchestra

Greensleeves
piano accompaniment
score on sale 0 19 341404 X

John Barleycorn
from "Four Songs of the Four Seasons"*
unison and two-part (SA) semi-chorus accompanied
contact Repertoire Promotion Department
* see Works for Chorus and Orchestra

The New Commonwealth
text by Harold Child
music adapted from the "Prelude to 49^th Parallel"
score and parts on hire The Song of the Tree of Life
score on sale 0 19 341437 6

Female Voices

The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
No. 2 of "Three Shakespeare Songs"
unaccompanied

Early in the Spring
From "Folk-Songs of the Four Seasons"
unaccompanied

In Bethlehem City
From "Folk-Songs of the Four Seasons"
unaccompanied

Land of our Birth
Adapted from the "Song of Thanksgiving"
Text by Rudyard Kipling
SSA voices
Orchestral material on hire

Lullaby
From the cantata "This Day" (Hodie)
SSA
Score on sale 0 19 3535041
Also arranged for soprano solo, SA chorus, harp(opt) and strings by Christopher Finzi
Available on hire only

Magnificat
solo flute and piano accompaniment
Score on sale 0 19 3391511

O taste and see
Text: Psalm 34 v.8
unaccompanied SSA
Score on sale 0 19 3535122

Sigh no more ladies
Text by Shakespeare
From the cantata "In Windsor Forest"
orchestra: 1.2.2.2-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-str
OR strings and piano only
Orchestral parts available on hire

To the Ploughboy
From "Folk-Songs of the Four Seasons"
SSA and piano
Score on sale 0 19 3857944  

Male Voices

Dives and Lazarus
TTBB unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3404591

Drinking Song
From the cantata "In Windsor Forest"
TTBB and piano or orchestra:
2(2^nd+ picc).2.2.2-2.2.1.0-timp.perc-str
OR piano and strings
Score on sale 0 19 344884X

Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss
From "Five Tudor Portraits"
Text by John Skelton
TTBB accompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3858312

Greensleeves
From "A Handful of Pleasant Delites"
tenor solo and TTBB unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3410052

The New Commonwealth
Music adapted from the "Prelude 49^th Parallel"
TTBB unaccompanied  

Mixed Voices

England, my England
Text by W. E. Henley
mixed voices unaccompanied

Greensleeves
mixed voices unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3438100

Heart's Music
mixed voices unaccompanied
Score on sale from Banks Music 0 19 3428083

John Dory
mixed voices unaccompanied

The New Commonwealth
mixed voices and orchestra:
2.2.2.2-2.2.3.0-timp.perc-hp-pno-str (all optional except str)
Orchestral material on hire

Ring Out Ye Crystal Spheres
mixed voices unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3535157

See the Chariot at Hand
Text by Ben Jonson
Wedding Chorus from Cantata "In Windsor Forest"
mixed voices unaccompanied

Silence and Music
Text by Ursula Vaughan Williams
From "A Garland for the Queen"
mixed voices unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3438232

Three Gaelic Songs
English text by Ursula Vaughan Williams
mixed voices unaccompanied

Three Shakespeare Songs
mixed voices unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3438275

The Twenty-Third Psalm
From "The Pilgrim's Progress"
Arr. by John Churchill for soprano solo and SATB or if no soloist, for SSATB voices
Score on sale 0 19 3535246

Two Chorals
mixed voices unaccompanied
Score on sale 0 19 3535270

Whether Men do Laugh or Weep
Text from Campion and Rossetter's Book of Airs
mixed voices unaccompanied  

Solo Songs and Duets

Along the Field
Eight Songs
Text by Housman
voice and violin
Score on sale from Banks Music 0 19 3459310

The Bird's Song
From "The Pilgrim's Progress"
Text from the Bible
Score on sale 0 19 3459477

Four Last Songs
Text by Ursula Vaughan Williams
solo voice and piano
Score on sale 0 19 3459329

Greensleeves
solo voice (compass: C-Eflat´)
Score on sale 0 19 3459337
solo voice (compass: E-G´)
score on sale 0 19 3459345

Ten Blake Songs
tenor and oboe
Score on sale 0 19 3850265

Three Vocalises
soprano and clarinet
Score on sale 0 19 3850273

Two English Folk-Songs (arr.)
voice and violin
Score on sale from Banks Music 0 19 3459566

The Watermill
Text by Fredegond Shove
solo voice (compass C´-D´´
Score on sale 0 19 3459574
solo voice (compass Eflat´-F´´)
score on sale 0 19 3459582

The Woodcutter's Song
From "The Pilgrim's Progress"
Text by Bunyan
Score on sale 0 19 3459469  

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