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Christopher Brown

 

composer

conductor

editor

music typesetter

“One of Britain’s most accomplished composers of the post
Leighton-Howells-Britten generation”  (Musical Opinion)

church music

See also Arrangements

for hymns, descants, fanfares etc

“...a finely textured setting of Sir Walter Raleigh’s poem had greater substance.”
(Thomas Walkerr on “Even such is time” in The Times.)

King’s College, Cambridge

First performance:

SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
3 mins.
A Blessing for Life     Wedding anthem   
Text:: North American Indians

First performance:

New Cambridge Singers, cond. Christopher Brown
SATB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
24.6.06: Horningsea Parish Church
3 mins.
Ave Maria        
Text:: The Angelic Salutation

First performance:

Edington Festival Choir, cond. Simon Preston
SAATBB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
22.8.70: Edington Festival
3 mins.
Ave verum corpus  op. 27   Edington Motets - 4   
Text::

First performance:

Eton Choral Course, cond. Ralph Allwood
SSSAATTBB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
20.7.92: Eton College Chapel, Eton
7 mins.
Benedicite Omnes Angeli  op. 80      
Text:: Rosslyn Missal

First performance:

Edington Festival Choir, cond. Simon Preston
SSATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
22.8.70: Edington Festival
3 mins.
Duo Seraphim  op. 27   Edington Motets - 3   
Text::

First performance:

New Bedford Singers, cond. Christopher Brown
S solo, S(S)A and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
10.2.94: St. Paul's Church, Bedford
5 mins.
Easter Night     Easter Anthem for Female Voices and Organ   
Text:: Alice Meynell

First performance:

Edington Festival Choir, cond. Simon Preston
SSAATBB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
22.8.70: Edington Festival
12 mins.
Edington Motets  op. 27   for Choir and Organ   
Text:: 1: Veni Redemptor gentium  2: O Sacrum convivium  3: Duo Seraphim  4: Ave verum corpus

First performance:

Choir of St. Peter-ad-Vincula, cond. John Williams
SSAATTBB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Chester Music
4.10.77: Chapel of St. Peter-ad-Vincula, Tower of London
4 mins.
Even such is time        
Text:: Sir Walter Raleigh

First performance:

King's College Choir, cond. David Willcocks
SSAATTBB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
13.6.64: King's College Chapel, Cambridge
10 mins.
Evening Canticles in A minor  op. 2      
Text:: Book of Common Prayer

First performance:

Choir and Organ, cond. Christopher Brown
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
2.11.79: Buckden Towers, Cambridgeshire
4 mins.
Evening Prayer        
Text:: Anon

First performance:

Chichester Cathedral Choir, Gabrieli Brass, cond. John Birch
SATB, optional Brass and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
25.10.74: Chichester Cathedral
6 mins.
Festival Te Deum  op. 41b      
Text:: Book of Common Prayer

First performance:

Uppingham School Chapel Choir and Brass Ensemble
SATB, optional Congregation, optional Brass and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
12.6.77: Uppingham School Chapel, Rutland
5 mins.
Festival Venite  op. 41a      
Text:: Book of Common Prayer

First performance:

SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
various dates - see individual titles
10 mins.
Four Wedding Anthems        
Text:: 1: The Good Morrow (Donne)  2: Man was made for joy (Blake)  3: I will lift up mine eyes (Psalm 121)  4:Set me as a seal (Song of Solomon

First performance:

bretton Hall Chapel Choir, cond. Christopher Brown
T solo, SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Roberton Publications
20.4.75: Bretton Hall
15 mins.
Hexham Mass  op. 39      
Text:: Communion Service (Series 3)

First performance:

Westminster Abbey Choir
S & T soli, SATB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
14.6.69: Westminster Abbey
2 mins.
I will lift up mine eyes     Four Wedding Anthems - 3   
Text:: Psalm 121

First performance:

SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
29.6.72: Buckinghamshire
3 mins.
I will lift up mine eyes     Wedding Anthem   
Text:: Psalm 121

First performance:

Westminster Abbey Choir, cond. Douglas Guest
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Anglo-American
28.12.66: Westminster Abbey
4 mins.
Jubilate Deo  op. 10      
Text:: Book of Common Prayer

First performance:

Dean Close School Choir, cond. Graham Smallbone
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
3.7.66: Christ Church, Cheltenham
4 mins.
Laudate Dominum  op. 9      
Text:: Psalm 150 (in Latin)

First performance:

Choirs of Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal,
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
18.11.69: St. Cecilia Festival, St. Sepulchre's Church, London
5 mins.
Laus Creatorum  op. 20      
Text:: St. Francis of Assisi

First performance:

Clare College Choir, cond. Timothy Brown
SSSAATTBB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
1.12.02: Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
6 mins.
Like a Child     An Anthem for Advent   
Text:: Rowan Williams

First performance:

Solo quartet directed by John Wells
SATB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
29.3.69: Auchterhouse, Scotland
3 mins.
Man was made for joy     Four Wedding Anthems - 2   
Text:: William Blake

First performance:

Clare College Choir, cond. Timothy Brown
SATB with soli
Publisher:  Musography
14.5.92: Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
18 mins.
Mass for Four Voices  op. 76      
Text:: Latin Mass

First performance:

Royal Academy of Music Junior Choir, cond. Spehen Rhys
Children's Choir and SSATBB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
17.7.72: Westminster Abbey
4 mins.
Nisi Dominus  op. 34   Festival Anthem   
Text:: Psalms of David

First performance:

Choir, cond. Christopher Brown
SSATBB and Organ
Publisher:  Kevin Mayhew
9.2.76: St. Mary's Church, Dorchester, Dorset
3 mins.
Nunc Dimittis        
Text:: Book of Common Prayer

First performance:

Clare College Choir, cond. Timothy Brown
SSAATTBB, Organ
Publisher:  Musography
May 2004: Clare College Chapel, Cambridge
5 mins.
O clap your hands  op. 94      
Text:: Psalms of David

First performance:

Edington Festival Choir, cond. Simon Preston
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
22.8.70: Edington Festival
3 mins.
O Sacrum convivium  op. 27   Edington Motets - 2   
Text::

First performance:

Oundle School Chapel Choir and Brass Ensemble, cond. Timothy Brown
for Choir, Organ and Brass
Publisher:  Musography
25.11.73: Oundle School Chapel, Northamptonshire
6 mins.
Oundle Jubilate  op. 38      
Text:: Book of Common Prayer

First performance:

Choir, cond. Christopher Brown
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
21.4.73: Holy Trtinity Church, Dorchester, Dorset
2 mins.
Set me as a seal     Four Wedding Anthems - 4   
Text:: Song of Solomon

First performance:

King's College Choral Scholars, cond. Simon Preston
SATB unaccompanied
Publisher:  Musography
9.9.67: King's College Chapel, Cambridge
3 mins.
The Good Morrow     Four Wedding Anthems - 1   
Text:: John Donne

First performance:

Edington Festival Choir, cond. Simon Preston
SATB and Organ
Publisher:  Musography
22.8.70: Edington Festival
3 mins.
Veni Redemptor gentium  op. 27   Edington Motets - 1   
Text::