James Weeks

James Weeks ' Cornish String Music for any number of orchestral string instruments (at least 16). Score. Cornish String Music was first performed by participants at the CoMA Summer School, High Melton...

For Violin and Piano. First performed by Sophie Appleton (Violin), and James Weeks (Piano), London, 1st November 2006. Revised edition was first performed by Darragh Morgan (Violin) and Mary Dullea...

Glossa by James Weeks was first performed by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, directed by Andrew Nethsingha, 30 June 2010.

Composer's Note: I first made an arrangement of this famous plainchant melody ('Hail, Star of the Sea') for a school choir to sing on tour in St Mark's, Venice; fourteen years later I decided to come...

Meadow is an installation for any performers - singers, instrumentalists of any type - and requires large numbers (minimum 20). It should be performed without musical score, although the text to be sp...

Composed and published 2016. 'Joy' was commissioned by the inaugural Brundibar Arts Festival, Newcastle/Gateshead, January-February 2016. First performed by Alexandra Raikhlina, Gordon Bragg (Violins)...

James Weeks ' Ærc for any number of orchestral string instruments (at least 12). Composed and published 2016. Duration: 26-30 minutes. Ærc is the Old Engliosh word for ark, dervied from th...

The latest in a series of pieces written for CoMA string players, Bee Haven is a sound environment, an imaginary outdoor space populated by plants, flowers and bees. The sound of honeybee humming is t...

James Weeks ' Low Country for String Quartet. Set of four performing scores. This is one movement from Schilderkonst, which was composed 2003-4 and is dedicated to Michael Finnissy.

For solo Cello and Bach Bow. First performed by Anton Lukoszevieze, Spitalfields Winter Festival, January 2009.

James Weeks ' Narrow Path. Performing score for Flute.

James Weeks ' Sky for Clarinet in B flat and Electronics. Composed 2010, published 2013. Duration: 30 minutes. Sky can be performed as a solo or as part of TIDE with Burnham Air (solo Oboe D'Amore) an...

Burnham Air by James Weeks for Oboe D'Amore. First performance: Christopher Redgate, bmic's The Cutting Edge, London, November 2008.

James Weeks ' Sacred Muses for Trumpet and Organ. 2 x performing scores. Sacred Muses is a transcription of Byrd's elegy for Tallis, Ye Sacred Muses, in which the original has undergone a process of e...

James Weeks ' Softest Numbers for Violin and Piano. Composed and published 2014. Duration: 3'30' Written for the Ives Song transcription project at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London: Ive...

Complainte by James Weeks for solo Soprano. Text: Mary, Queen of Scots. Commissioned by Swaledale Festival. First performance: Julia Doyle, Aysgarth, May 2007. 8'

Nakedness by James Weeks was first performed by Juliet Fraser, Darmstadt Ferienkurse, July 2012.

Vocal Work (Soprano) The World In Tune was expertly composed by James Weeks. The World In Tune received its UK premiere on the 18th November 2013 at St Thomas' Church, Huddersfield. This piece has bee...

Freehand Etude by James Weeks in memoriam John Cage for three performers.

Venetian Sky was commissioned by Sage Gateshead. It was written for the second CoMA Festival of Contemporary Music for All and first performed by all-comer workshop participants, alongside members of...

James Weeks' A Tear was commissioned by The Organ Project, Union Chapel and first performed by Eclectic Voices (Scott Stroman, director) at Union Chapel, London, on 18th April 2014. This arrangement i...

This work was commissioned by Plus-Minus Ensemble and first performed by them at King's Place, London, on the 18th March 2013. Duration: 13 minutes.