Kenneth Leighton

Unison voice and/or SATB chorus and organ. Commissioned for the Centenary Thanksgiving Service of Monkton Combe School.

Anthem for soprano and baritone soli, SATB chorus and organ accompaniment. Words by Isaac Watts. Commissioned for the Patronal Festival of St John the Bapist, Leytonstone, June 1962.

A Sequence for Epiphany for Solists, SATB Chorus, Organ and Congregation ad lib. Words from the New Testament, The Russian Orthodox Liturgy (trans. David Craig), Bishop R Heber (1783-1826), Richard Cr...

Awake my glory is scored for a solo soprano, SATB chorus, and organ set to text by Christopher Smart. Commissioned by the Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Edinburgh, for the centenary celebrations on 3 O...

The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristli...

Pieces For Angela is a collection of eight exquisite miniatures for the Piano, written in 1966 by Kenneth Leighton. Intended for children, they are perhaps best suited for gifted amateurs. On the face...

Written and first performed by the composer in 1955.

From Virtuoso Series with Commentary by John Ogden.

1st performance Manchester, Institute of Contemporary Arts, February 1 1968 by the composer.

This 'homage to Bach' was awarded the Feruccio Busoni prize when it was premiered by a very young Maurizio Pollini (just 14) in 1956. Considered as one of the main milestones in Leighton's piano music...

Composed for Peter Wallfisch.

Leighton's setting of The Christ Child Lay In Mary's Lap is taken from A World's Desire - a Sequence for Epiphany, and written for Soprano Solo and SATB chorus.

Motet for Soprano Solo and SATB Choir.

For SATB Choir with divisions (With Baritone and Soprano Solos). Text by Edward Taylor.

From Three Carols Op. 25 for SATB Choir. Text by Robert Herrick.

From 3 Carols Op. 25 for SATB choir. Text by Robert Herrick.

Composed mainly during the summer of 1978, and commissioned by the John Currie Singers (with Arts Council funds) this work was first performed in Glasgow in early 1979, and has since been given in Can...

Diptych set to words by Walt Whitman and James Dickey. Commissioned by the Legrand Ensemble.

For Soprano Solo, Recorder, Cello and Harpsichord. Words by Walt Whitman and James Dickey. Commissioned by the Legrand Ensemble.

Six short works for Upper Voices set to Elizabethan Texts.

1st performance at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, December 15, 1969 by Nicholas Cleobury (at the memorial service for Maurice de Sausmarez). Duration c. 5 minutes.

The composer wrote of this work, 'Although purely abstract in design, the work attempts to give musical expression to the individual's struggle fo belief in the miracle of the resurrection…The form of...

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