Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

King Lear Variations

Exercise 24 (J. C.s Bread and Roses)

The King of Denmark

O Worship the King

The Leper King Op. 219

The Lord Is The King

The King of Instruments-Parade of Music and Verse

Queen Elizabeth's Winchester Carol

Queen Elizabeth’s Winchester Carol, also known as ‘The Royal Carol’ uses a poem by King Henry VIII and equates the ever-green holly and ivy with the constancy of love. Composed for unaccompanied SATB divisi, and duration 3minutes.

Jesus Christus herrscht als König

Jesus Christus herrscht als König (Jesus Christ reigns as a King) is a six-part a cappella motet compose for the Leipzig female sextet Sjaella. It combines an intimate prayer with jubilant praise, while each verse explores a different sound and rhythm. It was premiered at the Frauenkirche Dresden in May 2017, and has been performed many times, to great acclaim, since.

String Quartets Vol.1

This collection of ten compositions for string quartet by Mozart includes six pieces dedicated to Joseph Haydn and three pieces composed for the king of Prussia. The King of Prussia, for whom Mozart composed some ofthese quartets for, was by all accounts a Cellist of no mean ability; especially if one may judge by these works, whose Cello parts are elaborate and demanding, often soaring into the upper ranges, leaving the viola to take up itsmomentarily abandoned role as bass instrument! Works include String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 'Spring', String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421, String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428, String Quartet No. 17 inBflat major, K458 'The Hunt', String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 'Drum', String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance', String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister', String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575'Prussian No. 1', String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 'Prussian No. 2' and String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3'

Jubilate Deo

This setting was commissioned early in 2023 for the Choir of the Chapels Royal, H.M. Tower of London, as part of a service celebrating the Coronation of H.M. King Charles III. It was first performed by the Choir of the Chapels Royal conducted by its Director of Music, Colm Carey, with Christian Wilson, organist. On the day following the Coronation, the filmed service was broadcast online throughout the Commonwealth. My brief was to create something which, while outgoing and energetic, could be prepared by a professional choir in relatively short rehearsal time, therefore lending itself to regular subsequent performance at Matins services. The music offsets its simple 3/4 time signature with intermittent dancing cross-rhythms in 6/8. In the interests of brevity, most of it is chorally homophonic, moving verbally and rhythmically in lockstep and only occasionally diversifying into brief flurries of imitative counterpoint. I was, however, encouraged by Colm Carey to write with an organist of international virtuoso standing in mind. The result represents the best accommodation I could make between Christian Wilsonʼs brilliance and that aforementioned hope of regular performances. Francis Pott, 2024