Julian Philips Voice & Piano Works


 


VOICES & ENSEMBLE

Looking West (2022)

a dramatic cantata for soprano, mezzo-soprano, actors & ensemble (8 players)
Commissioned by Nova Music Trust and Presteigne Festival with support from the RVW Trust

Duration: 75 minutes
Text: Rebecca Hurst
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

 


SOPRANO & PIANO

Love Songs of Amy Lowell (2011)

(commissioned by the 2011 Presteigne Festival)
Duration: 16 minutes
Text: Amy Lowell
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

 

An Amherst Bestiary (1997)

Duration: 1-25 minutes
Text: Emily Dickinson
For purchase: ‘Amherst Bestiary’, Wise Music

 


SOPRANO, BARITONE, CHILDREN’S VOICES & PIANO

Autumn Songs (2021)

(Commissioned by the Little Missenden Festival)
Duration: 25 minutes
Text: Ted Hughes
For purchase: Wise Music

 


MEZZO-SOPRANO & PIANO

 

An American Songbook (2004)

(commissioned by the Ludlow English Song Weekend)
Duration: 16 minutes
Text: Langston Hughes
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

Life Lessens (2002)

(commissioned by Nick & Sue Nightingale)
Duration: 25 minutes
Text: Simon Christmas
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

 


TENOR, HORN & PIANO

The Country of Larks (2021)

(Commissioned by Oxford Lieder)
Duration: 9 minutes
Text: Robert Louis Stevenson
For purchase: ‘The Country of Larks’ – Wise Music

 


TENOR & PIANO

Love Songs for Mary Joyce (2016)

(commissioned by the Wigmore Hall)
Duration: 20 minutes
Text: John Clare
For purchase: ‘Love Songs for Mary Joyce’, Wise Music

An Amherst Bestiary (1997)

Duration: 1-25 minutes
Text: Emily Dickinson
For purchase: ‘Amherst Bestiary’, Wise Music

Der Jungling und der Tod (1997)

(commissioned by BBC Radio Three)
Duration: 6 minutes
Text: Josef von Spaun
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

Dread of Starry Majesties (1995)

(commissioned by the Lichfield Festival)
Duration: 20 minutes
Text: Ivor Gurney
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

now i lay me down to dream of spring (1991)

Duration: 25 minutes
Text: e e cummings
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

 


BARITONE & PIANO

 

Four Sonnets of John Clare (2002, rev. 2015)

(commissioned by the Wigmore Hall)
Duration: 10 minutes
Text: John Clare
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

There is a morn by men unseen (2003)

(commissioned by the Wigmore Hall)
Duration: 3.5 minutes
Text: Emily Dickinson
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

Blist’s Hill (2009)

(commissioned by NMC Recordings)
Duration: 3.5 minutes
Text: Simon Christmas
For purchase: ‘Blist’s Hill’, Wise Music

Swift Partitions (1998)

(commissioned by baritone Jeremy Huw Williams)
Duration: 13 minutes
Text: Emily Dickinson
Contact: ‘Swift Partitions’ – Julian Philips

Eclogue (1996)

(commissioned by the Housman Society & Finzi Trust)
Duration: 9.5 minutes
Text: A E Housman
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

Fern Hill (1996)

(commissioned by baritone Jeremy Huw Williams)
Duration: 15 minutes
Text: Dylan Thomas
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

 


Julian Philips Works for voice with instrument(s)


SOPRANO, TENOR & PIANO TRIO

Cantos de Sonho (2013) for soprano, tenor & piano trio

Poems by Alexander Search
(commissioned by the Ludlow English Song Weekend)
Duration: 35 minutes
For hire/purchase: “Cantos de Sonho’, Wise Music

EXPLORE

Score for Cantos de Sonho

 


SOPRANO, TRUMPET & ORGAN

 

Love is more thicker than forget (1997) for soprano, tenor & organ

Poem: Emily Dickinson
Duration: 3 minutes
For purchase: ‘Love is more thicker than forget’, Wise Music

 


MEZZO_SOPRANO & VIOLA

 

Coronach (1995) for mezzo-soprano & viola

Poem: Olive Fraser
Duration: 9 minutes
For purchase: ‘Coronach’, Wise Music

 


BARITONE, CELLO & HARP

 

Turning Fifty (2019)

Duration: 20 minutes
Poems: Judith Wright
Commissioned for baritone James Newby

 


BARITONE & ENSEMBLE

 

Swift Partitions (1998/2003)

(commissioned by baritone Jeremy Huw Williams)
Ensemble: fl/ob/clar/bsn, hn, string quartet & piano
Duration: 13 minutes
Text: Emily Dickinson
Contact: ‘Swift Partitions’ – Julian Philips

 


BARITONE & STRING QUARTET

 

Sweet Love Remembered (Goodison Quartet no. 2) (2005)

(commissioned by the Wigmore Hall)
Duration: 25 minutes
Texts: Amy Lowell, Amy Levy, Byron, May Swenson, James Merrill, Muriel Rukeyser
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips

EXPLORE

Score for Sweet Love Remembered

 


Julian Philips Works for voice & orchestra


BARITONE & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

 

Masque for Caliban (2006)

(commissioned by the Orchestra of the Swan for the Three Choirs Festival)
Orchestration: fl/ob/clar/bsn, hn/tpt/tbn, 2 perc, strings
Duration: 22 minutes
Text: Kamau Brathwaite
Contact: Wise Music – Julian Philips