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Musical Works Commissioned by St. Matthew's

(St Matthew's is looking to recruit young boy and girl choristers to develop the high musical standards of our century long choral tradition. For further information, an informal meeting or audition, please contact the Director of Music).

Composite List (Material deposited at Wootton Hall Record Office)
Date Composer Title Publisher Other information
1905 Charles King "Communion Service in C" Novello Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1943 Benjamin Britten "Rejoice in the Lamb" Boosey & Hawkes

Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002.

1943

Michael Tippett

Fanfare No.1 For 10 Brass Instruments Schott  
1944 Edmund Rubbra "Motet: The Revival" Boosey & Hawkes Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1945 Lennox Berkeley "Festival Anthem" Chester Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1946 Gerald Finzi "Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice" Boosey & Hawkes Printed manuscript.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1946 Benjamin Britten "Prelude And Fugue On A Theme of Vittoria (for Organ)" Boosey & Hawkes Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1948 Christopher Headington "Festival Anthem: Supreme Bliss" MS  
1949 John Rose "Festival Hymn" MS (now lost)  
1950 Malcolm Arnold "Laudate Dominum" Lengnick Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1954 James Butt "Bless The Lord" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002.
1956 David Barlow "Who Shall Ascend to the Hill Of The Lord" MS -
1958 George Dyson "Hail Universal Lord" Novello Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1959 Elizabeth Poston "Festal Te Deum Laudamus" MS -
1960 Peter Dickinson "Justus Quidem Tu Es, Domine" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1962 Brian Judge "Ambrosian Prayer" MS  
1964 Chistopher Le Fleming "Communion Service in D" MS  
1965 Kenneth Leighton "Let all the World in Every Corner Sing" Novello Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1966 John McCabe "A Hymne to God the Father" Novello Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1967

Richard Rodney Bennett

"Five Christmas Carols"

  1. "There is No Rose of Such Virtue"
  2. "Out of Your Sleep Arise and Wake"
  3. "That Younge Child"
  4. "Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang"
  5. "Susanni
Universal Edition
  1. Printed manuscript.
    Deposited at County Record Office.
    Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.

  2. Printed manuscript.
    Deposited at County Record Office.
    Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.

  3. Printed manuscript.
    Deposited with County Record Office.
    Deposited previously.

  4. Printed manuscript.
    Deposited with County Record Office.
    Deposited previously.

  5. Printed manuscript.
    Deposited with County Record Office.
    Deposited previously.

1968 Gordon Crosse
"The Covenant of the Rainbow"
OUP
Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002.
1968 Herbert Howells "One Thing Have I Desired of the Lord" Novello Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002.
1973 William Mathias "Missa Brevis" OUP Original manuscript/photocopy: included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
Printed manuscript: included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002; deposited with County Record Office.
1977 Sebastian Forbes "Quam Dilecta" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002.
1983 Philip Moore "At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1986 Herbert Sumsion "The Spacious Firmament on High Oecumuse Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Deposited previously.
1987 Geoffrey Burgon "The Song of the Creatures" Chester Printed manuscript.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1988 John Tavener "The Call" Chester Printed manuscript.
Deposited with County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002.
1988 Simon Lole "Carol for Advent" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1989 Richard Shephard
"St. Matthew's Mass"
MS/OUP
Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1989 Alan Ridout "Toccata for Organ" Oecumuse Original manuscript/photocopy: deposited previously, deposited with County Record Office.
Printed manuscript: included for the first time and deposited 18 August 2005.
1989 Ivan Moody "Canticle of Simeon" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1989 Margaret Wegner Adoro Te Devote" MS Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1990 Paul Edwards "God That Madest Heaven and Earth" ATB/Oecumuse Original manuscript/photocopy: included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002, deposited with County Record Office.
Printed manuscript: included for the first time and deposited 12 March 2002, deposited with County Record Office.
1990 Trevor Hold "Verses from St Matthew" Oecumuse Printed manuscript.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1991 Alec Wyton "Prayer for Church Musicians" USA Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.
1991 Robert Walker "The Musician" Novello  
1993 Diana Burrell "Heil'ger Geist in's Himmels Throne"   Original manuscript/photocopy.
Deposited at County Record Office.
Included for the first time and deposited 23 April 2002.