Will Todd

La "Jazz Missa Brevis" de Will Todd da nueva vida a los textos cantados en latín de la Misa en una composición accesible y breve que abarca una variedad de estilos de jazz, desde el swinging jazz walt...

La Jazz Missa Brevis de Will Todd da nueva vida a los textos cantados en latín de la Misa en una composición accesible y breve que abarca una variedad de estilos de jazz, desde el swinging jazz waltz...

This setting was written as the 4th movement of Todd's 2009 Te Deum which was commissioned by the Vivace Chorus. Todd's jazz background is evident in this approachable but effective setting of the fam...

Will Todd's Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz Kyrie to the up-beat Lat...

This setting was written as the 4th movement of Will Todd's 2009 Te Deum which was commissioned by the Vivace Chorus, conducted by Jeremy Backhouse. It was originally performed by a choir of 120 schoo...

This contemplative and serene piece was commissioned as a retirement gift for Canadian organist and choir director, Paul Merrit, and first performed in 2016. The setting of the well-known biblical wor...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

This beautiful short work was commissioned in 2014 to celebrate the 20th wedding anniversary of two of the composer's friends. It was first performed by the chamber choir Tenebrae on their album of mu...

Composed in 2014 for the Wellensian Consort (conductor: Christopher Finch), At Evening is composed in the style of an evening benediction. As a result, it is wonderfully suited as the praise song of a...

Presented here in a version for unison voices (with optional second part), this beautiful piece, with a text by the composer, is about companionship and the belief that 'all will be well'. The optiona...

An Earthly Blessing is a gentle reflection on the miracle of God's arrival at Christmas in the recognisable jazz style of Will Todd. In the poem, written by the composer, the personal and individual n...

This song is the second movement of Todd's 'Songs of Peace', written in memory of the composer's mother, Iris Todd, who died in 2012. The text (by the composer: 'A gift so pure, life so precious, gift...

A jazz-fluenced arrangement of the Christian hymn, written for Andrew Earis and the choir of St Martin in the Fields, London.

A setting of Padre Pio's Prayer after Communion commissioned by the Genesis Foundation and first performed by The Sixteen. Conducted by Harry Christophers, in June 2008 at Westminster Cathedral, Londo...

Commissioned by Roger Muttitt for the 600th anniversary of Durham School in 2014, In this place is a setting of the composer's own words and was first performed at a service of celebration in Durham C...

La Jazz Missa Brevis de Will Todd da nueva vida a los textos cantados en latín de la Misa en una composición accesible y breve que abarca una variedad de estilos de jazz, desde el swinging jazz waltz...

Passion Music continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Will Todd's Mass in Blue. The structure highlights different points in the Passion story, beginning with a new se...

Commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association and first performed at the 2015 ACDA Convention in Salt Lake City, this setting of the Gloria text from the Christian Mass (in Latin) is a hig...

This radiant anthem was commissioned as part of the celebrations to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. It was first performed at the Service of Thanksgiving on 5 June 2012 at St Paul's Cathedral by c...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

Will Todd, born in 1970, is forging a strong reputation for himself as a composer who is equally at ease in opera, oratorio, church music and jazz. His style is instantly accessible and lastingly memo...

O Lux Beata' ('O Blessed Light') was commissioned by The Fotheringhay Singers (Marius Carney, conductor). The work, a setting of a 4th-century hymn text ascribed to St Ambrose of Milan, contrasts a pl...

A setting of the Latin text from the Roman Missal, Requiem is the opening movement of a larger work entitled Songs of Peace, which was written in 2012 in memory of the composer's mother. Todd's gently...

Stay with me, Lord was originally commissioned by the Genesis Foundation as one of three commissioned settings of Padre Pio's Prayer after Communion, and first performed in June 2008 at Westminster Ca...