Jonathan Harvey

Instrumentation: Principals: Jesus(Bar)/ Mary Magdalene(S)/Second Mary(S)/Third Mary(M-S)/Pilate(T)/Caiaphas(B)/Judas(B-Bar)/Priest(Bar) Small Roles: 2 Angels (2 Trebles)/Peter(B)/John(T)/Good Thief(B...

. . . a stirring and beautiful adventure. . . He has written some of the most ardent love music since Messiaen's, and love music finds its place in the opera. . . There is also music of pain and despa...

Written for female voice and piano. The piano part is written on two octagonal sheets where the treble and bass parts are interchangable.

This anthem was written in 1976 for Martin Neary and the Winchester Cathedral Choir. A G major chord sounding through most of the anthem depicts the joyful love and irrepressible faith of a soul that...

The idea for Lauds came from the poet, Bishop John Taylor, with whom I have worked closely at Winchester Cathedral over the church opera Passion and Resurrection and on other projects. Lauds is the fi...

Vers was commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall, for Pierre Boulez on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Following the double meaning of the word 'vers', this is a verse which leads 'towards' a brief...