Julian Philips Choral Works


CHORUS & ORCHESTRA

 

So gently darkness falls (2014)
for solo treble, choir & small orchestra

Poem: John Masefield
(Commissioned by Warwick School)
Duration: 12 minutes
For hire/purchase: ‘So gently darkness falls’, Wise Music

 


Sea and Stars (2012)
for solo soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra

Poem: Simon Christmas
(Commissioned by Ealing Choral Society)
Duration: 33 minutes
For hire/purchase: ‘Sea and Stars’, Wise Music

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Score for Sea and Stars

 


Body of Water (2012)
for solo tenor, choir, brass quintet & organ

Poem: Simon Christmas
(Commissioned by John Armitage Memorial)
Duration: 15 minutes
For hire/purchase: ‘Body of Water’, Wise Music

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Score for Body of Water

 


CHOIR & ORGAN

The Promised Child (2018)
for choir & organ

Text: Stephen Plaice
(Commissioned by InterOpera)
Duration: 5.5 minutes
Published by ‘The Promised Child’, Wise Music

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Score for The Promised Child

 


Church Music (2011)
for choir & organ

Poem: George Herbert
(Commissioned by the Choirbook for the Queen)
Duration: 6 minutes
Published by ‘Church Music’, Wise Music

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Score for Church Music

 


Song’s Eternity (2002)
for choir & organ

Poem: John Clare
(Commissioned by the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund)
Duration: 6 minutes
Published by ‘Song’s Eternity’, Wise Music

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Score for Song’s Eternity

 


Vertue (1988)
for choir & organ

Poem: George Herbert
(Commissioned by the choir of Clare College, Cambridge)
Duration: 6 minutes
Published by ‘Vertue’, Wise Music

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Score for Vertue

 


CHOIR AND PIANO

The Promised Child (2018)
for choir & piano

Text: Stephen Plaice
(Commissioned by InterOpera)
Duration: 5.5 minutes
Published by ‘The Promised Child’, Wise Music

 


UNACCOMPANIED VOICES

  

I sing of a Maiden (2012)
for unaccompanied choir

Poem: anon
(Commissioned by the choir of Truro Cathedral)
Duration: 3 minutes
Published by ‘I sing of a Maiden’, Wise Music

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Score for I Sing of a Maiden

 


Sorrowfull Songes (2012)
for vocal ensemble

Poems: Sir Thomas Wyatt
(Commissioned by BBC Radio Three, for the 2012 Proms)
Duration: 15 minutes
Published by ‘Sorrowfull Songes’, Wise Music

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Score for Sorrowfull Songes

 


Invocazione (2004)
for vocal ensemble

Poem: Joseph Addison
(Commissioned by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland)
Duration: 11 minutes
Published by Julian Philips, Wise Music

 


Reach for Andromeda (1995)
for vocal ensemble

Poem: Olive Fraser
(Commissioned by the Finzi Singers)
Duration: 6 minutes
Published by ‘Reach for Andromeda’ – Wise Music

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Score for Reach for Andromeda

 


CHILDREN’S VOICES

 

Fern Hill (2014)
for children’s choir, flute, viola & harp

Poem: Dylan Thomas
(Commissioned by Welsh National Opera)
Duration: 18 minutes
Published by Julian Philips, Wise Music

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Score for Fern Hill

 


Two Carols and a curse (1999)
for children’s choir & string orchestra

Poems: Anon
(Commissioned by the New London Children’s Choir)
Duration: 8 minutes
Published by Julian Philips, Wise Music