The playful side of versatile British composer conductor arranger and performer Richard Rodney Bennett comes to the fore with this delightful setting of seven nonsensical poems by Mervyn Peake. It was said of Peake during his lifetime that his serious work was full of humour while his nonsense verse was full of philosophy. This duality makes his lyrics a superb match for Bennett a composer who it is impossible to categorise. Composer performer and arranger Richard Rodney Bennett was internationally respected for his serious music and many award-winning film scores (Murder on the Orient Express Nicholas and Alexandra) as well as his works for children and his religiouspieces. In addition this markedly versatile musician frequently performed as a jazz pianist and arranger. Nonsense works equally well for students Choruses as well as for adult groups.

However often Bennett may have employed serial techniques or introduced jazz and modern elements into his work his Choral compositions are always tonal and melodic. In A Farewell To Arms he displays an exquisite sensitivity to the poetry of Ralph Knevet (17th century) and George Peele (16th century) and their mediations on the homely life after years spent soldiering. The Cello can be heard to serve as the ‘Voice’ of the old soldier. The music combines the jaggedly Romantic Cello line with Choral writing that suggests early music motifs and harmonies.Composer performer and arranger Richard Rodney Bennett was internationally respected for his serious music and manyaward-winning film scores (Murder on the Orient Express Nicholas and Alexandra) as well as his works for children and his religious pieces. In addition this markedly versatile musician frequently performed as a jazz pianist.

Composed in 2010 by Richard Rodney Bennett to words translated by J.B. Trend (1887-1958) from ‘The Oxford Book Of Carols’.

Richard Rodney Bennett's Sea Change for SATB voices was commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival and was first performed by the Donald Hunt Singers conducted by Donald Hunt in Worcester Cathedral in August 1984.This work is for a minimum of 24 voices.Duration: 15 minutes.

Accessible and beautifully written this original setting of I Saw Three Ships by Richard Rodney Bennett is for SATB a cappella; a perfect addition for a carol service.

POD-Richard Rodney Bennett's Lullaby Baby is dedicated to the Choir of King's College Cambridge. This work for SATB choir unaccompanied is a setting of text by John Phillip.Duration: 3 minutes. 'This delightful setting of a 16th-century text was written for the choir of King’s College Cambridge and requires fine intonation especially in the jazz-influenced harmonies. A good performance of this carol will create a momentary time of peace amid the jollity of Christmas'. 'Sunday by Sunday’ December 2017   Lullaby Baby a 1986 setting of words by the 16th-century John Phillip (alsoset by Britten) is dedicated to King's College Cambridge and needs such a choir to do justice to the richly varied harmonies which set the repeated stanzas and refrain. Organists Review December 2017

Richard Rodney Bennett’s A Song at Evening for voices and small orchestra was commissioned by Jesus College Cambridge in gratitude for the work of Robert and Margaret Mair and first performed at St John's Smith Square by the Choirs of Jesus College Cambridge and Britten Sinfonia directed by Mark Williams on 26th June 2011.The corresponding vocal score to this version of A Song at Evening has the order code NOV170654.It will not work with the version for unison (SA) of solo voice and Piano which is NOV170621.

Richard Rodney Bennett's wonderful version of the Missa Brevis arranged for SATB Choir with a Piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes.

Remember O Thou Man composed by Richard Rodney Bennett for Coro and their conductor Mark Griffiths on the occasion of the choir's tenth anniversary December 2010.

Carol For Unaccompanied Voices was written in 2000. It was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Singers and is scored for SATB chorus. The words are taken from a poem by W. R. Rodgers.Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) was a British composer who lived and worked in New York. During his lifetime he was one of Britain’s most respected and versatile composers remaining fresh and popular throughout his long life and after his death. He wrote over 200 works for the concert hall and 50 scores for film and television. He was knighted for services to music in 1998.

Composed in 2010 by Richard Rodney Bennett to words translated by J.B. Trend (1887-1958) from 'The Oxford Book Of Carols'. / SATB

For SATB chorus unaccompanied. Commissioned by the Friends of All Saints' Music, Northampton, for Lee Dunleavy and the Choirs of All Saints' Church, Northampton, in memory of Miss Valerie Travis (1918-2008). First performed by the Choirs of All Saints' Church, Northampton, conducted by Lee Dunleavy on 19 December 2010. Richard Rodney Bennett - The Shepherd's Carol by musicroom / SATB

This is Bennett's first collection of choral pieces written specifically for the Christmas season. These four carols to American texts recall traditional music of the New World the composer's home for many years and bring a welcome fresh approach to the festive idiom: along with the well-loved Away In A Manger and I Wonder As I Wander Bennett gives us his interpretation of two Spirituals - A Child of God and Rise Up Shepherd and Follow.For unison high voices with Piano accompaniment.Score and parts of an orchestral string accompaniment by the composer are available on hire from the publisher (Novello &Company).

Dream-Songs is a short cycle of settings of Walter De La Mere suitable for solo voice but ideal also for children's voices to sing in unison. Bennett's atmospheric music provides an imaginative foil to de la Mare's wonderful poems and a stimulating work for classroom study or concert performance.