Arion and The Dolphin
Cantata for children’s choir– upper voices,
2 treble soloists & piano (c.17 mins)
This light-hearted piece tells the legendary story of Arion’s adventure with a dolphin. The music is in a tuneful, popular style.
‘This piece pressed all the right buttons – fun to sing, witty and a very good story. The choir’s performance was superb’ – Ronald Corp, Musical Director, New London Children’s Choir.
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Music and lyrics by Philip Godfrey
Directed by Shirley Court
Choreographed by Wendy Cook
Performed live in The Bridgewater Hall on 26 March 2017.
Cantate Domino
An exuberant anthem for two-part upper voice choir & organ, setting the Latin words of Psalm 149.
Day By Day
(A prayer of St Richard of Chichester)
For upper voices (2 equal parts) & piano/organ (2 mins).
Published by Encore Publications
‘Day by Day’s simple beauty makes it one of the choir’s all time favourites’
– Thanea Hodges, conductor, St Ives Girls’ Choir.
Listen to Day By Day
Father Hear The Prayer We Offer
For SA choir & piano (text by L.M.Willis) (2 mins).
Published by Encore Publications
Floradora Doe
A light-hearted setting of this humorous poem, for children’s choir (3 equal voices) and piano (3 mins).
The Four Seasons
Four tuneful songs for children’s choir (mainly unison, some divisi) & piano (c.2 mins each).
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (The Fortune Green Service)
A setting of the Evening Canticles. for upper voices and organ. Melodic and diatonic in style.
‘Tuneful, intuitive, fresh, imaginative, and very singable….a glorious setting’ (Sarah Macdonald, director, Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir)
Morning Song
For 2-part upper voice choir & piano (2 mins).
Published by Oxford University Press (in Junior Voiceworks 2)
‘There is a certain purity about ‘Morning Song’, and a cheering optimism in the lyric message’ – Kevin Stannard, Junior Voiceworks editor.
Listen to Morning Song
Prayer For Peace
‘If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the nations….’
A setting of this anonymous text, for two-part upper voice choir and piano (2.5 mins).
So Many Wonders
A song of thanksgiving for upper voices and piano (3 mins).
Talk About It
A gentle song for upper voices (2 parts) and piano; the theme of the text (by the composer) is mental health.
Unfinished Story
(Christmas carol) for SA choir & piano/organ (words by PG) (3 mins)
Published by The Royal School of Church Music
(in Voice for Life Songbook and Carols for Life)
‘The choir loves your ‘Unfinished Story’: it has become somewhat of a tradition!’
Alison Walker, Director, Queen Margaret’s School Choir.
Listen to Unfinished Story
The Wind & The Sun
Based on Aesop’s fable, for children’s choir (with divisi) & piano (7 mins)
‘A witty and striking setting of the fable, with a very moving ending’
– Ronald Corp, Musical Director, New London Children’s Choir.