Gloria in D – new version of accompaniment
Gloria in D, for soprano solo, mixed chorus, brass, timpani and organ is now available in 3 different versions. The choral and solo parts are all identical, but it’s the […]
Gordon Thornett
Prelude and Cherubic Hymn
Written for the John F Kennedy School, Berlin in 2017. The premiere took place in Berlin Cathedral on 29th November 2017. Berliner Dom
Berlin première
Just before Christmas, it was my great privilege to attend an Advent Service at Berlin Cathedral to hear a piece I had been commissioned to write for the John F […]
Guiding Star
Guiding Star is one of my latest Christmas pieces, which was performed by the Chorus and Orchestra at the CBSO Christmas Concerts at Symphony Hall in 2016, and by the […]
NOTES FROM A HOBBY COMPOSER
I’m calling myself a ‘hobby composer’ because I write music for fun, rather than financial gain. I’m not dependant on earnings from commissions or sales of my music to survive, […]
Rejoice!
Originally written and arranged for the CBSO Christmas concerts in 2015, Rejoice! incorporates the Advent hymn, ‘O come, O come, Emmanuel’. The piece is designed as an opening number for […]
Family Musical Background
From quite an early age, I’ve been interested in making up music. Apparently I used to sit on the stairs at the age of 3 or 4 and make up […]
Visit to Norway
I was privileged to pay a visit Trondheim, Norway, in December 2010 to meet Bjørn Moe and the Nidarosdomens Guttekor. Bjørn is the conductor of this famous Cathedral Choir, based […]
Go, tell it on the mountain
This was an arrangement originally made for school choirs, but which has been taken up by one or two adult choirs, including St Ann’s Hospice Festival Choir, who gave a […]
Star of the East
This is a new setting of Reginald Heber’s Epiphany poem, “Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning.” It was written for the Boys’ Choir of the Nidaros Cathedral […]