All works are unpublished unless stated.
For more information about any of the compositions, please contact Gareth.
Complete Catalogue
| Work | Author of Text | Voicing | Premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
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A Carol From Flanders |
Frederick Niven (1878-1944) | SATB | |
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A Christmas Pudding |
Anonymous | SSA | |
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A Christmas Suite |
Various | SS/Harp/Organ | 09/12/2021 Temple Church Choir, London Harpist: Anne Denholm Organist: Charles Andrews "It's Christmas - Merry Christmas!"; "Hodie Christus Natus Est"; "On Oaten Pipes", Anon. from the Coventry Mysteries; "The Preparation of the Manger"; "Dormi, Jesu", Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) trans. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834); "The Preparation of the Feast"; "The Boar's Head In Hand Bring I", trad., taken from William Henry Husk’s “Songs Of The Nativity Being Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern” (1868); "Wartime Christmas", Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918); "Goodnight!", Gareth Treseder (1985-) |
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A Mass For Trebles |
Trad. | SS/Organ | 25/10/2020 Temple Church, London |
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A Song Was Heard At Christmas Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Reverend Timothy Dudley Smith (1926-) | SATB | 18/12/2009 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Gorseinon Youth Choir |
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A Spot |
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | SSA | |
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After A Reading Of Darkwater |
Elizabeth Curtis Holman (b. 1879) | SSA | |
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And I Saw A New Heaven Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Revelations 21: 1-5 | SSAATTBB | 29/11/2015 St James' Old Cathedral, Australia 15/05/2016 UK Premiere: English Choral Experience Camerata in St Cross, Winchester |
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Angelus ad Virginem |
Anonymous/Medieval Carol | Solo Oboe, Solo Clarinet, SSA, Organ, Strings | 15/12/2015 Wimbledon High School Senior Choir |
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Ave Maria |
Trad. | SSS or SSA | 16/10/2011 St Michael’s Cornhill |
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Ave Verum |
Pope Innocent VI (1282/1295-1362) | SSA, TTB or ATB | 07/08/2011 St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey |
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Beauty That Is Never Old |
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) | Soprano Solo/SATB | |
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Beloved |
Song Of Solomon 1: 1-4 | SSAA | 07/04/2019; The Chamber Choir Of Wales |
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Bethle'm Baby Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB | 06/12/2009 St Paul’s Church, Swansea |
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Blessed Be That Maid Marie Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Trad. text c. 15th Century | SSATB | 18/12/2012 Recorded by the BBC Singers; broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
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C'est entre nous |
Professor Michel DeGuy (1930-) | Tenor Solo/Piano | 14/02/2013 All Saints' Church, Oystermouth, Swansea Gareth Treseder and Glenn Crooks |
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Certum tenentes ordinem, or Holding Fast To Our Order Fixed |
Frankish Hymnal no 23; 6th-9th Century; trans. Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB | |
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Christ's Nativity, or Awake, Glad Heart, Get Up and Sing |
Henry Vaughan (1621-95) | SAATBB | |
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Clywch Swn, or A Sound |
Cyril Jones; trans. Gareth Treseder | SATB/Piano | 09/07/2022; Commissioned by The Brecon Singers |
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Come, And Let Us Return To The Lord Stainer & Bell |
Hosea 6: v 1 - 6 | Tenor Solo/SSAATTBB/Organ | 10/03/2019 Temple Church, London |
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Coventry Carol |
Trad. | SATB, SSAA, ATBarB, TTBB, SA and Piano | |
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Ein Feste Burg, or A Safe Stronghold |
Martin Luther (1483-1546) trans. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) | Trebles/Baritone/Organ | 11/11/2014 Temple Church Choir Co-commission with Lars Schwarze |
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En Natus Est Emanuel, Dominus |
Michael Praetorius (1857-1621) | SSA | |
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Exaudi Deus, orationem meam |
The Vulgate: Psalm 95: 8 and Psalm 54: 2-3 | SSATB | |
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Expectans Expectavi |
Charles H Sorley (1895-1915) | SSAATTBB | |
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Exultet coelum laudibus |
Office Hymn for the Common of Apostles | SSATB | |
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Feast Of the Ascension, 1949 |
John Bradburne (1921-1979) | SATB/Organ | 25/09/2021; Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester; John Bradburne Centenary Concert; Bury Choral Society; commissioned by the John Bradburne Memorial Society |
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God from on high hath dwelt: A Hymn |
Charles Coffin (1679-1749) | SATB | |
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Haec Dies |
Trad. Easter Antiphon | SATB | |
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Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Johann Heerman (1585-1647) trans. Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATBarB | 22/03/2015 Deutscher Chor London, Hampton Court Palace |
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Holy God, We Show Forth Here |
Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) | SATB/Organ or Piano | 15/06/2014 St James’ Old Cathedral, Australia |
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Holy Night, Blessed Night |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SSAT or SATB | SSAT: 05/12/2015 Holy Trinity Sloane Square, Nonsuch Singers SATB: 05/12/2020 Carols From The Garden, The Minney Singers |
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Hope: An Addison Song Cycle |
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) | Mezzo Soprano/Piano | 26/05/2015; St Bride's Church Fleet Street Premiered by Eleanor Minney and Michael Waldron "When rising from the bed of death"; "The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare"; "On The Lady Manchester"; "How Are Thy Servants Blessed, O Lord"; Hope |
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I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes |
Psalm 121 | SSAATTBB | |
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Il est né le divin Enfant |
Trad. | SATB | |
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In Flanders Fields: A War Cantata |
Various | SATB/Baritone Solo/Organ | 18/03/2017 commissioned and premiered by Eltham Choral Society 11/11/2018 US Premiere given by Harvard University Choir; broadcast on WHRB radio "The Rouse", "On Receiving News Of The War", Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918); "In Flanders Fields", John McCrae (1872-1918); "Rain", Edward Thomas (1878-1917); "Evening in England", Lance Corporal Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917); "Gethsemane", Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919); "As Bronze May Be Much Beautified (The Last Post)", Wilfred Owen (1893-1918); "Soldier From The Wars Returning", A.E. Housman (1859-1936) |
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Intimité plus grande avec les astres |
Professor Michel DeGuy (1930-) | Tenor Solo/Piano | 18/06/2019 Borough New Music Festival; St George the Martyr, Borough High Street, London Graham Neal and Matthew Schellhorn |
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Jesu, The Very Thought Of Thee |
Bernard of Clairvaux, C12 trans. Edward Caswall (1814-1878) | SATB | 18/11/2012 All Saints’ Church, Margaret Street |
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Let the Merry Church Bells Ring! |
John Henry Kurzenknabe (1840-1927) | SATB | |
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Like As The Hart |
Psalm 42: 1-3 | SSAATB | 21/02/2017 St Martin in the Fields, London; premiered by the Nonsuch Singers |
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Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? |
William Blake (1757-1827) | SATB | 10/07/2021; The Antioch Ensemble and Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir; Church Of Our Most Holy Redeemer Exmouth Market, London |
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Love Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 & 13 | Soprano Solo/SATB | 12/08/2010 St John’s Church, Callwen |
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis |
Trad. | SATB/Organ | |
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Mass in D♭ |
Trad. | Soprano Solo/Tenor Solo/SSAATTBB | 04/11/2006 University of Bristol Church Choir, St Paul’s Church, Bristol |
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Mass in G |
Trad. | SATB | 08/05/2005 Clifton Cathedral Winner of the Clifton Cathedral Composition Competition 2005 |
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Never Weather Beaten Sail Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Thomas Campion (1567-1620) | SATB | 23/06/2012 St Alban’s Church, Westbury Park, Bristol; 30/11/2014 Redland Green Community Chorus, St Paul’s Parish Church, K Street, Washington |
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Nothing Will Die |
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) | SATB | |
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Notre Pere |
The Lord's Prayer (French) | SATB | 10/04/2020 St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey |
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Nunc Gaudet Maria |
Trad. text c. 15th Century | SATB | |
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O Gladdening Light |
Phos Hilaron (late C3/early C4) | SATB/Organ | 06/07/2013 St Alban’s Church, Westbury Park, Bristol, Redland Green Community Chorus |
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O Lord, The House Of My Soul Is Narrow |
St Augustine of Hippo (AD354-430) | SATB | 06/03/2016 St Michael’s Cornhill Choir |
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O magnum mysterium |
Anon. | SSATTB | 09/12/2007 St Paul’s Church, Swansea; 23/12/2014 Radio Lancashire Broadcast by Blackburn Cathedral Choir |
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O Men From The Fields Melody by Arnold Cooke |
Padraic Colum | SATB | 3/12/2022; Swansea's Brangwyn Hall; Swansea Philharmonic Choir directed by Jonathan Rogers |
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O Merciful God |
The Book Of Common Prayer | AATB | 08/09/2013 St James’ Old Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia |
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O Thou Who Camest From Above |
Charles Wesley (1707-1788) | SATB/Organ | Melody by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) |
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O Virgo Splendens |
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat | SSAATTBB | Premiered and recorded by the Exon Singers for their CD "Before The Ending Of The Day", released on the Rubicon label |
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O What Their Joy |
Peter Abelard, C12; trans J M Neale (1818-1866) | SSAATTBB | |
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On Christmas Day in the Morning RSCM |
Michael Perry (1942-1996) | SA/Men | RSCM Carols for Sopranos, Altos and Lower Voices; available to peruse through the online Flipbook via the link below (p191, thumbnail 199) |
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On Yesternight I Saw A Sight |
Rt. Rev. C. W. Stubbs (1845-1912) | SSAA | 13/12/2018 Farnham Youth Choir, Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, Farnham, England, GU9 7QR |
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Otche nash |
The Lord's Prayer (Ukrainian) | SATB | 10/05/2022 St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey Premiered in the "Dona Nobis Pacem" fundraiser to support the DEC's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal |
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Our Father Who Art In Heaven |
The Lord's Prayer (English) | Tenor Solo/TTBB | 01/02/2019; The Chamber Choir Of Wales |
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Rejoice, O Land, In God Thy Might |
Robert Bridges (1844-1930) | SATB | Including material by Virgil Oliver Stamps (1892-1940) |
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Requiem in d |
Trad. | SSAATTBB | 28/01/2006 University of Bristol Church Choir, St Paul’s Church, Bristol |
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Ring Out, Ye Wild And Merry Bells |
Anon. | SSA | |
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Salve Regina |
Anon. | SATB | 16/06/2019; Farm Street Church, London |
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Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge |
Christian Adolf Overbeck (1755-1821) | Soprano Solo/Tenor Solo/SATB | October 2015; recorded by Deutscher Chor London |
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Shine Upon Our Minds, O Lord |
Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) | SSA | |
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Sing to the Lord Glad Hymns Of Praise |
R.S. Hawker (1804-75) | SATB | 22/05/2016 St Margaret's Westminster Abbey, for my daughter's baptism |
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Sleeping Babe in a Bethle’m Stall |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB | |
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Suo Gân |
Robert Bryan (1858-1920) | Soprano Solo/SATB | St Bride's Fleet Street, London 17/12/2016 |
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Sweet Spirit, Comfort Me |
Robert Herrick (1591-1674) | SATB | 22/06/2013 Wigmore Hall, London, Berkshire Youth Choir; 20/06/2014 Gloucester Cathedral Choir (liturgical premiere) |
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The Beautiful Mother |
Anon; trans. Hans van der Velden (1937-2005) | SSAATTBB | |
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The Beautiful Poetry of Wales Volume One |
Various | SSATB | 10/07/2016 Swansea Bach Choir, All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Swansea Gower Festival "To the Spring" by Rev Evan Evans (1795-1855) "The Nightingale" by Rev John Blackwell (1797-1840) "The Lily and the Rose" by Rev Daniel Evans (1792-1846) "Farewell to Wales" by Felicia Dorothy Hemans (1793-1835) |
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The Easter Bells Are Ringing! |
Ida Lilliard Reed (1865-1951) | SATB | May also be performed as "The Christmas Bells Are Ringing!" |
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The Lord's My Shepherd |
Francis Rowe (1650) | SSATB | 15/10/2011 Margam Abbey, Swansea, The Ariosa Singers; 10/11/2013 St James’ Old Cathedral, Australia (liturgical premiere) |
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The Minstrels Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) | SATTB | Wednesday 21st December 2016; BBC Singers commission, premiered at St Paul's Knightsbridge, London |
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The Sea and the Skylark |
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) | SATB | |
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The sleep of the infant Jesus, or Le sommeil de l'Enfant Jesu Written in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support |
François-Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908); trans by Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB; SSA; AATB; ATTB; TTBB; Unison Voices with accompaniment | |
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The Snow Lay On The Ground |
Trad. | SSA/Cello or Flugelhorn Obbligato/Organ or Piano, or SSA/Organ or Piano | 17/12/2014 Wimbledon High School Choir “Acapella” |
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The Songs I Had |
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) | Soprano and Tenor Solo/SATB/Handbells/Piano/Chamber Orchestra or Organ | 02/08/2019 Three Choirs Festival |
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The Strife Is O'er |
Anon. c. 12th Century; trans. Francis Potts (1832 - 1909) | ATTB | 23/03/2008 Bristol Cathedral |
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These Strangers In A Foreign World (Hine ma tov) |
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) | SATB | 21/09/2018 Selected to be performed by the BBC Singers, conducted by James Morgan, in a concert presented by BASCA and the BBC Singers entitled “The Refugee Experience”; St Paul's Church Knightsbridge; broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Trad. | SATB | 22/12/2014 Gorseinon Youth Choir, Penuel Chapel, Loughor, Swansea; 04/01/2015 St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey (liturgical premiere) |
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Twas In A Bethlehem Manger |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SSATB | |
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Vater Unser im Himmel |
The Lord's Prayer (German) | SSAATTBB | |
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Von guten Mächten |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) | SATB | 19/05/2013 St Alban’s Cathedral, Deutscher Chor London |
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What Child Is This? |
W Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) | SATBarB | 13/12/2015 St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey |
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Wo mên zai tiên shang de fu/Our Lord God and Father In Heaven |
The Lord's Prayer (Mandarin) | SATB |
Christmas Works
| Work | Author of Text | Voicing | Premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
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A Carol From Flanders |
Frederick Niven (1878-1944) | SATB | |
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A Christmas Pudding (1 min 30) |
Anonymous | SSA | |
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A Christmas Suite |
Various | SS/Harp/Organ | 09/12/2021 Temple Church Choir, London Harpist: Anne Denholm Organist: Charles Andrews It's Christmas - Merry Christmas! Hodie Christus Natus Est "On Oaten Pipes"; Anon. from the Coventry Mysteries The Preparation of the Manger "Dormi, Jesu"; Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619) trans. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) The Preparation of the Feast "The Boar's Head In Hand Bring I"; trad., taken from William Henry Husk’s “Songs Of The Nativity Being Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern” (1868) "Wartime Christmas"; Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) "Goodnight!"; Gareth Treseder (1985-) |
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A Song Was Heard at Christmas Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Reverend Timothy Dudley Smith (1926-) | SATB | 18/12/2009 Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Gorseinon Youth Choir |
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Angelus ad Virginem |
Anonymous/Medieval Carol | Solo Oboe, Solo Clarinet, SSA, Organ, Strings | 15/12/2015 Wimbledon High School Senior Choir |
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Bethle’m Baby Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB | 06/12/2009 St Paul’s Church, Swansea |
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Blessed be that Maid Marie Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Trad. text c. 15th Century | SSATB | 18/12/2012 Recorded by the BBC Singers; broadcast on BBC Radio 3 |
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Christ’s Nativity, or Awake, Glad Heart, Get Up And Sing |
Henry Vaughan (1621-95) | SAATBB | |
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Coventry Carol |
Trad. | SATB, SSAA, ATBarB, TTBB, SA and Piano | |
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En Natus Est Emanuel, Dominus |
Michael Praetorius (1857-1621) | SSA | TBC |
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God from on high hath dwelt: A Hymn |
Charles Coffin (1679-1749) | SATB | |
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Holy Night, Blessed Night |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SSAT or SATB | SSAT: 05/12/2015 Holy Trinity Sloane Square, Nonsuch Singers SATB: 05/12/2020 Carols From The Garden, The Minney Singers |
|
Il est né le divin Enfant |
Trad. | SATB | |
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Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? |
William Blake (1757-1827) | SATB | The Antioch Ensemble and Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir; Church Of Our Most Holy Redeemer Exmouth Market, London; 10/07/2021 |
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Nunc Gaudet Maria |
Trad. text c. 15th Century | SATB | |
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O magnum mysterium |
Anon. | SSATTB | 09/12/2007 St Paul’s Church, Swansea; 23/12/2014 Radio Lancashire Broadcast by Blackburn Cathedral Choir |
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O Men From The Fields Melody by Arnold Cooke |
Padraic Colum | SATB | 3/12/2022; Swansea's Brangwyn Hall; Swansea Philharmonic Choir directed by Jonathan Rogers |
|
On Christmas Day in the Morning RSCM |
Michael Perry (1942-1996) | SA/Men | RSCM Carols for Sopranos, Altos and Lower Voices; available to peruse through the online Flipbook via the link below (p191, thumbnail 199) |
|
On Yesternight I Saw A Sight 2 min 30 |
Rt. Rev. C. W. Stubbs (1845-1912) | SSAA | 13/12/2018 Farnham Youth Choir, Farnham Maltings Bridge Square, Farnham, England, GU9 7QR |
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Ring Out, Ye Wild And Merry Bells |
Anon. | SSA | |
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Sleeping Babe in a Bethle’m Stall |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB | |
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Suo Gân |
Robert Bryan (1858-1920) | Soprano Solo/SATB | St Bride's Fleet Street, London 17/12/2016 |
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The sleep of the infant Jesus, or Le sommeil de l'Enfant Jesu Written in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support |
François-Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908); trans by Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SATB; SSA; AATB; ATTB; TTBB; Unison Voices with accompaniment | |
|
The Snow Lay On The Ground |
Trad. | SSA/Cello or Flugelhorn Obbligato/Organ or Piano, or SSA/Organ or Piano | 17/12/2014 Wimbledon High School Choir “Acapella” |
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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Published by Boosey & Hawkes |
Trad. | SATB | 22/12/2014 Gorseinon Youth Choir, Penuel Chapel, Loughor, Swansea; 04/01/2015 St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey (liturgical premiere) |
|
Twas in a Bethlehem Manger |
Gareth Treseder (1985-) | SSATB | |
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What Child Is This? |
W Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) | SATBarB | 13/12/2015 St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey |