Commotio's Repertoire Since November 1999

Composer Work
William Albright [1944 -1998] Chichester Mass
Richard Allain [1965 - ] A Babe is born
Balulalow
Coventry Carol
Cradle Song (2nd UK Performance)
My Promise (UK Concert Première)
Night (World Première)
Salve Regina
Steal Away
There is no rose (World Première)
Ubi Caritas
Georges Auric [1889 -1983] Trois Chansons
i) Pour un chief d'oeuvre
ii) Le jour m'est nuict
iii) J'en ay le deuil
Henry Purcell arr. Paul Ayres [1970 - ] Funeral Sentences
Edgar Bainton [1880 -1956] In the wilderness
Richard Baker [1972 - ] To keep a True Lent
Samuel Barber [1910 -1981] Heaven-Haven
Let down the bars, O Death
Reincarnations
i) Mary Hynes
ii) Anthony O’Daly
iii) The Coolin
To be sung on the water
Arnold Bax [1883 -1953] I sing of a maiden
David Bednall [1979 - ] Hail, Gladdening Light
Arthur Benjamin [1893 -1960] Three Mystical Songs
Richard Rodney Bennett [1936 - ] Five Carols
i) There is no rose
ii) Out of your sleep
iii) That younge child
iv) Sweet was the song
v) Susanni
Alban Berg [1885 -1935] Es ist ein Reis entsprungen
Lennox Berkeley [1903 -1989] In Wintertime
Midnight Murk
Spring at this hour
There was neither grass nor corn
Ubi Caritas
Arthur Bliss [1891 -1975] Mar Portugues
River Music
Rory Boyle [1951 - ] Flower of all
Jonathan Bridcut [1984 - ] A Hymn to God the Father (2nd UK Performance)
Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
Benjamin Britten [1913 -1976] A boy was born (Theme and Variations)
AMDG
Advance Democracy
A Shepherd’s Carol
Christ’s Nativity
Chorale after an old French Carol
Christopher Brown [1939 - ] Dormi, Jesu!
Geoffrey Bush [1920 - 1998] Christmas Night
La Belle Dame sans Merci
Javier Busto [1949 - ] O magnum mysterium
Ruth Byrchmore [1966 - ] A Birthday
Alexander Campkin [1984 - ] Sleep, holy Babe
Elliott Carter [1908 - ] Heart, not so heavy as mine
To Music
Philip Cashian [1963 - ] Music for an empty sky
Bob Chilcott [1955 - ] Advent Antiphons
Modern Man I Sing
i) The Runner
ii) The Last Invocation
iii) One's-self I sing
My Prayer
Swimming over London
The Heart-in-Waiting
The Rose in the Middle of Winter
Jussi Chydenius [1972 - ] Autumn
Rebecca Clarke [1886 -1979] Come, oh come, my life’s delight
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high
My spirit like a charmed bark doth float
Weep you no more, sad fountains
Chorus from Shelley's Hellas
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor [1875 - 1912] Summer is Gone
Carson P Cooman [1982 - ] A Cosmic Prayer
Ambrož Čopi [1973 - ] Ave Maria (World Première)
Beata es, Virgo Maria (UK Première)
Exaudi Domine (UK Première)
O lux beáta Caélitum  (UK Première)
Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus (UK Première)
Stella, quam viderant magi (UK Première)
Aaron Copland [1905 -1990] In the beginning
Edward Cowie [1943 - ] Autumn (World Première)
Winter (World Première)
Andrew Cusworth [1983 - ]There is no rose
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur [1908 - 2002] Le Cantique des Cantiques
Hywel Davies [1962 -] Dormi Jesu
Frederick Delius [1862 -1934] Midsummer Song
David Diamond [1915 - ] A Prayer for Peace
Peter Dickinson [1934 - ] Tiananmen 1989
The Dry Heart
Jonathan Dove [1959 - ] The Far Theatricals of Day
John Duggan [1963 - ] Anthem (World Première)
De Brassica est (World Première)
Futility (World Première)
La Ballade de Jésus Christ
Lament (from The Pied Piper)
Nunc autem manet
Oh Babe, Born Bare
The Singing will Never be Done (Four poems from World War I) (World Première):
  i)  The Send-Off (Owen)
  ii)  Returning we hear the larks (Rosenberg)
  iii) Everyone Sang (Sassoon)
  iv) Requiem (Gurney)
Maurice Duruflé [1902 -1986] Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens
Requiem
Martin Eastwood [1966 - ] Ave Maria (World Première)
See, the Word is Incarnate (World Première)
Petr Eben [1929 - ] Desire of Ancient Things
Gabriel Fauré [1845 -1924] Requiem
Frank Ferko [1950 - ] Lord, let at last Thine angels come (UK Première)
Mary, Motet for the Nativity of the Mother of God, O frondens virga)
Motet for Passion Sunday
The snow lay on the ground (UK Première)
Three Marian Motets (Motet for the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Three Hildegard Motets (O verbum Patris, O splendidissima gemma, Hodie aperuit)
Irving Fine [1914 - 1962] Have you seen the white lily grow (from The Hour Glass)
Robert Fokkens [1975 - ] Jesu, dulcis memoria
Peter Racine Fricker [1920 - 1990] A babe is born
Andrew Gant [1963 - ] Ascendens Christus in Altum
Patrick Gazard [1967 - ] Presences (World Première)
Carlo Gesualdo [1561 -1613] Three Sacrae Cantiones
Alberto Ginastera [1916 -1983] Lamentations of Jeremiah
Michael Zev Gordon [1963 - ] nine birds (rising
David Gorton [1978 - ] Alma Redemptoris Mater
Olivier Greif [1950 - 2000] Requiem (Requiem, Dies Irae, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
John Harper [1947 - ] Ubi Caritas
William Harris [1883 -1973] Bring us, O Lord God
Franz M Herzog [1962 - ] Lux aeterna
Leslie Heward [1897-1943] The Witches' Sabbath
David Hill [1957 - ] Silent night (Franz Gruber, arr. Hill)
Paul Hindemith [1895 - 1963] Mass
Gustav Holst [1874 - 1934] Dream Tryst
Bo Holten [1948 - ] Three Latin Motets
In Nomine
Egil Hovland [1924 - ] How Long, O Lord
Henry Howard [1972 - ] Sonnet (World Première)
He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (World Première)
Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey (World Première)
Song for Lydia (World Première)
Herbert Howells [1892 -1983] Creep afore ye gang
God be in my head (World Première new edition by Patrick Russill)
Here is the little door
King of Glory
Levavi meos oculos
Long, long ago
One thing have I desired
Regina Caeli
Requiem
Sing Lullaby
Spotless Rose
Take Him Earth for Cherishing
The Shadows
Walking in the snow
Even such is time
Thomas Hyde [1978 - ] As a lily among thorns (World Première)
Laetentur Caeli
O nata lux (World Première)
Sweet was the song (World Première)
Peter Inness [1946 - ] Balulalow
John Ireland [1879 - 1962] The Hills
Charles Ives [1874 -1954] Psalm 67
Psalm 90
Psalm 100
Gabriel Jackson [1962 - ] I look from afar
O Sacrum Convivium
Salus aeterna
Lux mortuorum
Thomas Jennefelt [1954 - ] Claviante Brilioso
Vinamintra Elitavi
Peter Klatzow [1945 - ] A Fisherman's Song of Praise (World Première)
And thou, most kind and gentle death
How Bright these Glorious Spirits Shine
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
Prayers and Dances of Praise from Africa (with Marimba Duet)
The Living Flame of Love
Three Spiritual Nocturnes
Towards the Light (UK Première)
Trond H. F. Kverno [1945 -] Salve Regina - Sacred Piece No. 1
Morten Lauridsen [1943 - ] O Magnum Mysterium
Kenneth Leighton [1929 -1988] A Hymn of the Nativity
London Town (World Première of new edition)
Lord, When the Sense of Thy Sweet Grace
Lully, Lulla
Mass for Double Choir Op.44
Nativitie
Of a rose is all my song
The Star-song
What love is this of thine?
Dan Locklair [1949 - ]Quem vidistis pastores? (UK Première)
O magnum mysterium (UK Première)
Hodie Christus natus est (UK Première)
Adrian Lucas [1962 - ] Sacerdotes Domini
Paweł Łukaszewski [1968 - ] Four Advent Antiphons:
O Radix Jesse
O Clavis David
O Oriens
O Rex Gentium
James MacMillan [1959 - ] Bring us, O Lord God
Mass (2000)
Elizabeth Maconchy [1907-1994] There is no rose
Stuart MacRae [1976 - ] Adam lay y-bounden
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi [1963 - ] Ave Maria (1991)
Ave Maria d'Aosta
Four Shakespeare Songs
Pseudo-Yoik
Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae
O magnum mysterium (European Première)
Matthew Martin [1976 - ] Adam lay ybounden
Steve Martland [1959 - ] Skywalk
William Mathias [1934 -1992] Hodie, Christus natus est
Let the people praise Thee, O God
Colin Mawby [1936 - ] The Reproaches
Philippe Mazé [1954 - ] 2 Motets à la Vierge pour le Temps de Noël
John McCabe [1939 - ] I sing of a Maiden
The Lily-White Rose
Cecilia McDowall [1951 - ] Of a Rose
Olivier Messiaen [1908 - 1992] O Sacrum Convivium
Darius Milhaud [1892 -1974] Cantate de la Guerre
Les Deux Cités
Damijan Mocnik [1967 - ] Christus natus est
E.J. Moeran [1894 -1950] Robin Hood Borne on His Bier
Svein Møller [1958 - 1999] Ave Verum (UK Première)
Philip Moore [1943 - ] Salutatio Angelica
Jon Mostad [1942 - ] The Lord is my Shepherd (UK Première)
Sing to the Lord (UK Première)
Herbert Murrill [1909 -1952] Brother Petroc's Carol
O mistress mine
Come away, death
Love me not for comely grace
Bernard Naylor [1907 -1986 ] Exultet Mundus Gaudio
Timothy Noon [1974 - ] Wexford carol
Knut Nystedt [1915 - ] Immortal Bach
O Crux
Stabat Mater
Stephen Oliver [1950 - 1992] O Fons Amoris
Kevin Olson [1971 - ] Sonnet
Ildebrando Pizzetti [1880 -1968] Requiem
Tarik O'Regan [1978 - ] Beatus auctor sæculi
Columba aspexit
O vera digna hostia
Tu trinitatis unitas
Threshold of Night
Andrzej Panufnik [1914 -1991] Song to the Virgin Mary
Roxanna Panufnik [1968 - ] Deus, Deus Meus
C. Hubert H. Parry [1848 - 1918] Songs of Farewell (complete)
Arvo Pärt [1935 - ] De Profundis
Anthony Piccolo [1946 - ] I look from afar
John Pickard [1963 - ] Ubi Caritas
Francis Pott [1957 - ] As Joseph was a-walking (World Première)
Balulalow (World Première)
Hymn to the Virgin
I sing of a Maiden
Lament (World Première)
Lullay My Liking
Mary's Carol (World Première)
Mass for 8 voices (World Première)
Ubi Caritas
Henry Purcell [1659 -1695] Hear my Prayer, O Lord
Folke Rabe [1935 - ] Rondes
Einojuhani Rautavaara [1928 -] Suite de Lorca
Max Reger [1873 - 1916] Drei sechsstimmige Chőre Op. 39
Josef Rheinberger [1839 -1901] Abendlied
Cantus Missae Op.109
Jeremy Dale Roberts [1934 - ] I heard a voice from Heaven
Christopher Robinson [1936 - ] Come, sleep
Timothy Rogers [1961 - ] Good Friday (World Première)
Bernard Rose [1916 -1996] Our blessed Lady's lullaby
Edmund Rubbra [1901 -1986] Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici
Star of the Mystic East Op.81
John Rutter [1945 - ] Gloria
Hymn to the Creator of Light
John Sanders [1933 -2003] Oculi Omnium
Requiem
The Reproaches
Jan Sandström [1954 - ] Det är en Ros utsprungen
Alfred Schnittke [1934 -1998] Psalms of Repentance I, II, XII
Requiem (2nd UK performance)
Arnold Schoenberg [1874 -1951 ] Friede auf Erden
Richard Shephard [1949 - ] Responses
Fredrik Sixten [1962 - ] Mariahymn (UK Première)
Tantum ergo (UK Première)
Peter Pindar Stearns [1931 - ] Ave Maria
Bernard Stevens [1916 -1983] Mass for Double Choir (World Concert Première)
Igor Stravinsky [1882 -1971] Three Cantiones Sacrae
Giles Swayne [1946 - ] Magnificat
Missa Tiburtina
Rudi Tas [1957 - ] Miserere (UK Première)
John Tavener [1944 - ] Away in a manger
Svyati
The Lamb
Today the Virgin
Tchaikovsky (arr. Hussain)Danse de la fée-dragée
Michael Tippett [1905 - 1998] Nobody Knows
Steal Away
Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 -1958] Choral Flourish
Mass in G minor
O Vos Omnes
Valiant- for- truth
Janos Vajda [1949 - ] O Vos Omnes
Pierre Villette [1926 -1998] Adoro Te
Ave verum
Attende Domine
Hymne à la Vierge
Inviolata (World Première)
Jesu, dulcis memoria Op. 78
Les strophes polyphoniques pour le Veni Creator
Notre Père
O Magnum Mysterium
O quam amabilis est Op. 71
O quam suavis est
O Sacrum Convivium
O Salutaris
Panis Angelicus Op. 80
Robert Walker [1946 - ] Five Summer Madrigals
Peter Warlock [1894 -1930] Benedicamus Domino
Bethlehem Down
Corpus Christi Carol
The Full Heart
Martin Watt [1970 - ] O Sacrum Convivium
Eric Whitacre [1970 - ] A Boy and a Girl
Cloudburst
i thank You God for most this amazing day
Leonardo dreams of his Flying Machine
Lux Aurumque
Nox Aurumque
Sleep
This Marriage
Water Night
When David Heard
James Whitbourn [1963 - ] He carried me away in the spirit (World Première)
Luminosity (UK Première)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale)
Pure River of Water of Life
There is no Speech or Language
Philip Wilby [1949 - ] Vox Dei
Grace Williams [1906 - 1977] Ave maris stella
Malcolm Williamson [1931 - 2003] Ding dong! merrily on high
Mi Hyun Woo Voices of a Landscape (World Première)