Francis Routh

Op 14 Fantasia 2

‘for Christopher Bower-Broadbent’     (15 mins) Prelude Aria Chorale First performance 6 June 1971 St Albans Abbey (International Organ Festival) by Christopher Bowers-Broadbent   Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M 708046 31 8  

Op 9 Sonatina

Poco maestoso Andante sostenuto Allegro marziale     (13 mins) First performance 8 December 1965 London (St Philips Church, Earls Court Road, W8) by Nicholas Dandy   Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M 708046 30 1  

Op 2 Fantasia 1

Allegro con brio Andante molto espressivo a tempo maestoso con fuoco Adagio piacevole Allegro vivace    (13 mins) First performance 10 October 1958 London (St Luke’s Church, Redcliffe Square, SW10) by Francis Routh   Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M &08046 29 5  

Op 60 Cantate Domino

‘for Mari Williams’    (7 mins) For soprano, clarinet and strings Words from Psalm 95   First performance 26 June 1994 London (St Peter’s Festival, Hammersmith) by Mari Williams, Anthony Lamb, St Peter’s Festival Orchestra conducted by Andrew Wells   Contact us for more information on this work Full score ISMN M 708046 26 4 Vocal score ISMN M 708046 27…

Op 57 Three Shakespeare Songs

‘for Sverrier Gudjonsson’    (9 mins) For medium voice and piano Under the greenwood tree                 from As you like it Fear no more the heat o’ the sun       from Cymbeline When that I was and a little tiny boy from Twelfth Night First performance 6 February 1994 Reykjavik, Opera Hall, Iceland by Sverrier Gudjonsson and Jonas Ingimundarson   Contact us for…

Op 53 Ripeness is all

‘for George Shirley’    (20 mins) For tenor and piano Poems by Dachine Rainer Birthday Sonnet January thaw Epithalamium Season Spears and fiddleheads Encounter August Here Summer ends Sonnet on the descent from heaven Death First performance August 1994 Aspen Festival, Colorado, USA by George Shirley and Ann Schein   Contact us for more information on this work Score ISMN M…

Op 52 Woefully arrayed

‘for Michael Ashcroft’    (27 mins) For soprano, baritone, choir SATB, boys choir a2 Poem by John Skelton (1460-1529) 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.2.1.0 – timp, perc (1) – piano – strings First performance 17 January 1993 London (Dulwich College) by Mari Williams, David Crown, Vassan Singers Boys choir and orchestra of Dulwich College conducted by Michael Ashcroft   Contact us for more…

Op 40a Love’s Fool

Older (Dachine Rainer)    (12 mins) The Fool by the Roadside (W. B. Yeats) Du, meine welt (Dachine Rainer) Contact us for more information on this work   i. for soprano, flute, guitar First performance 27 May 1981 Berlin (British Centre) by Edith Urbanczyk, Marianne Koch-Hoffer, Rolf Kaise Score ISMN M 708046 17 2   ii. for soprano, flute, piano First…