Encore Publications (2024)

24/12/2023

‘Good Christian men, rejoice’ arr. Philip Ledger is a joyful setting, which is full of life and character. The composer regarded this carol as one of his best arrangements. You can hear the piece performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in Carols from King’s 2023, first broadcast on BBC Two on Christmas Eve at 18.40. Ledger’s stunning carol also featured in A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, as well as Carols from King’s, in 2012. Listen: https://bit.ly/3GPTqqz

24/12/2023

‘A Spotless Rose’ by Sir Philip Ledger (Encore Publications, 2002) is a beautiful carol which is full of word painting. It has an antiphonal opening and a sense of purity in the music. The choral work will be performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in A Festival of Nine Lesson & Carols on Christmas Eve 2023. Like the blooming petals of rose, beauty is revealed in the carol when some tight, clustered chords ‘unfold’ note-by-note to reach a key change and complete the transformation. Dedicated to Stephen Cleobury and the Choir at King’s, Ledger’s short piece has been performed six times during the famous Christmas Eve service since 2002. By comparison, Howells’s setting has been given 15 performances in the period from 1929 to 2018. You can read the book, ‘Christmas Eve at King’s: 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols’ by Timothy Rogers (ISBN 978-1-5272-4725-3) or listen to a recording of ‘A Spotless Rose’ made by the Choir of St John’s, Cambridge: https://bit.ly/3Rdc54q

23/12/2023

The joy of hymn-singing will be refreshed by our seasonal collections. They provide thrilling descants and varied organ accompaniments by Sir Stephen Cleobury and Sarah MacDonald. Each collection contains well-known hymns for Advent and Christmas. The carefully crafted descant arrangements embellish the familiar melodies, adding much expressive contrast and colour. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3RRGyGW

22/12/2023

🎄 If, like me, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge, marks the beginning of your Christmas ‘proper’, then you absolutely need this brilliant book by Tim Rogers on your shelves. A fascinating record of the first 100 years. Published by Encore Publications.

22/12/2023

‘Tomorrow shall be my dancing day’ by Bryan Kelly featured in a carol concert given by the BBC Singers with Sofi Jeannin (cond.) on Thu 21 Dec at Temple Church, London. The concert was first broadcast on Fri 22 Dec at 2pm on BBC Radio 3.

22/12/2023

‘The cherry tree carol’ arr. June Nixon and ‘He had not where to lay his head’ by Alison Willis have featured in a concert at Lichfield Cathedral this week and Willis’ carol will also be included in a Festival of Lessons and Carols from the Cathedral on Sat 23 and Sun 24 Dec 2023 at 6pm. Both choral works are published in the new anthology, 'Carols of Our Time', compiled and edited by Sarah MacDonald and Timothy Rogers (Encore Publications, 2023).

21/12/2023

‘Tomorrow shall be my dancing day’ by Bryan Kelly and ‘Hodie’ by James Whitbourn will feature in a carol concert by the BBC Singers with Sofi Jeannin (cond.) and Ashley Grote (org.) on Thu 21 Dec, 2.30pm at Temple Church, London. It will be broadcast on Fri 22 Dec, 2pm on BBC Radio 3.

20/12/2023

The organist and composer, Sir Philip Ledger (1937-2012), regarded his arrangement of ‘Good Christian men, rejoice’ as one of his best. The piece featured in the 2012 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, at King’s College, Cambridge. It’s a joyful setting, full of life and character. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3GPTqqz

20/12/2023

The traditional end-of-year festive concert given by London Youth Choirs this week featured clarinettist Emma Johnson playing pieces from her ‘Songs of Celebration’, a new Christmas suite for upper voices and clarinet, published by Encore Publications. Please ask about Emma's availability, if you would like to arrange a performance next year with your choir. Photo by Belinda Lawley.

19/12/2023

‘Away in a manger’ by Esther Bersweden and ‘In the bleak mid-winter’ by Lucy Walker featured in a carol service from Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, on Sun 17 Dec 2023. Both choral works are published in the new anthology, 'Carols of Our Time', compiled and edited by Sarah MacDonald and Timothy Rogers. 'Ecce Puer' by Chris Chivers, which is also newly published by Encore Publications, was also sung in the service. Listen here: https://bit.ly/475xeDI

13/12/2023

And then there were three... following the publication of 'Via Crucis' (2021) and 'Nativitas' (2022), Encore Publications have a new edition, 'Via Lucis', which is scheduled for publication next year. You can pre-order copies.

13/12/2023

Publishing on 2 Jan 2024: Via Lucis (Encore Publications), a meditation on finding hope and new life, including poems by Sharon Grenham-Thompson and organ music by Philip Moore. Together, they provide a fresh interpretation of the resurrection, allowing listeners to discern and mark the Easter mysteries, the Ascension, and Pentecost. Find out more: https://bit.ly/476geOx

12/12/2023

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesSongs of Celebration: III. Precious Gift · Emma Johnson · The Choir of Gloucester Cathedral · Adrian Partington...

12/12/2023

Lessons and Carols in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tuesday 12 December 2023, 7pm, at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York, USA, featuring the world premiere of ‘Blessed Was She in Her Child’ by Timothy Rogers (Encore Publications, 2023).

07/12/2023

Bryan Kelly’s beautiful carols will be sung in concerts and services this Christmas. You can hear performances of his choral music given by The Sixteen (9, 14, 15 & 20 Dec in Oxford, London & Rotterdam), the BBC Singers (21 Dec in London & 22 Dec on BBC Radio 3) and the Choir of Royal Holloway (3 Jan 2024, Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3). The composer will celebrate his 90th birthday on 3 Jan 2024.

06/12/2023

‘A Spotless Rose’ by Sir Philip Ledger (Encore Publications, 2002) will be performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, in A Festival of Nine Lesson & Carols on Christmas Eve 2023. This beautiful carol is full of word painting. It has an antiphonal opening and a sense of purity in the music. Like the blooming petals of a rose, beauty is revealed when some tight, clustered chords ‘unfold’ note-by-note to reach a key change and complete the transformation. Dedicated to Stephen Cleobury and the Choir at King’s, Ledger’s short piece has been performed six times during the famous Christmas Eve service since 2002. By comparison, Howells’s setting has been given 15 performances in the period from 1929 to 2018. For more information, you can read a book, ‘Christmas Eve at King’s: 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols’ by Timothy Rogers (ISBN 978-1-5272-4725-3) or listen to a recording of ‘A Spotless Rose’ made by the Choir of St John’s, Cambridge: https://bit.ly/3Rdc54q

05/12/2023

This month the RSCM’s CMQ has reviewed ‘Carols of Our Time’ (Encore Publications, 2023), edited by Sarah MacDonald and Timothy Rogers, saying ‘This would be an interesting and recommendable collection even without the extra feature that all 27 pieces are written or arranged by women.’ The new Christmas anthology includes music by Charlotte Baskerville, Esther Bersweden, Kerry Boyle, Eleanor Daley, Tamsin Jones, June Nixon, Sarah MacDonald, Sasha Johnson Manning, Stephanie Martin, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Electra Perivolaris, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Lucy Walker, and Alison Willis, as well as words by Sharon Grenham-Thompson, Frances Harper, Edith Nesbit, Christina Rossetti and Yshani Perinpanayagam. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3PrQDcE

01/12/2023

We’re getting ready for our college Carol Service — lots of fabulous music sung by the choir, plus all the popular congregational accompanied by our organ and members of Cambridge University Brass Band - CUBB

Amy Beach, arr. Jackson, Moonless Darkness — Encore Publications
Victoria, O magnum mysterium
Trad. Norwegian arr Ø.Matre, Eit barn er født i Betlehem
Cecilia McDowall In Dulci Jubilo

The service starts at 6pm and is likely to be busy so members of college are encouraged to arrive early to guarantee a seat! Peterhouse Chapel Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse JCR Peterhouse MCR

29/11/2023

Organ Recital, Kevin Bowyer on Wed 29 Nov from the University of Glasgow, Memorial Chapel at 1.10pm. The programme features ‘The Word Made Flesh’ by Timothy Rogers, plus works by Paul Ayres, Ian Carson, Adrian Jack, Thierry Pallesco, Simon Preston & Errollyn Wallen. Listen here:

24/11/2023

Carols of Our Time is newly published (Encore Publications, 2023) and all of the items in this anthology are composed by women. There is a set of popular hymns arranged with descants by Sarah MacDonald, plus new carols including ‘In the bleak mid-winter’ by Lucy Walker. Find out more today: https://bit.ly/3PrQDcE

18/11/2023

JOURNEY TO LAPLAND by Adam Saunders (b.1968) (https://bit.ly/3sG1K9a) is newly released by Heritage on a 2023 recording by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Barry Wordsworth, together with A SONG OF SIXPENCE by Bryan Kelly (b.1934) (listen https://bit.ly/46is474), plus a re-release of the CHRISTMAS PARTY by Thomas Hewitt Jones (b.1984) (listen https://bit.ly/49DLGFr) featuring Simon Hewitt Jones (Solo Violin) and Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Enjoy these new Christmas pieces. All three orchestral works are published by Encore Publications and available on hire/rental.

17/11/2023

A SONG OF SIXPENCE by Bryan Kelly (b.1934) (listen https://bit.ly/46is474) and JOURNEY TO LAPLAND by Adam Saunders (b.1968) (https://bit.ly/3sG1K9a) are newly released by Heritage on a 2023 recording by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Barry Wordsworth. CHRISTMAS PARTY by Thomas Hewitt Jones (b.1984) (listen https://bit.ly/49DLGFr) is also now re-released with Simon Hewitt Jones (Solo Violin) and Gavin Sutherland (conductor). There’s much good music to enjoy. The three orchestral works are published by Encore Publications (& available on hire/rental).

13/11/2023

New Christmas publication from the UK's Encore Publications gets a positive notice in Organists' Review magazine Dec. issue. 'Some of the stand-out original compositions are Stephanie Martin's 'An Earthly Tree' based on the 'Hodie Christus natus est' plainchant...' Congrats to all who made this happen!

11/11/2023

Bryan Kelly’s ‘Lest We Forget’ is a compelling orchestral work which takes a musical journey from conflict and unrest to reconciliation and peace. It divides into two short movements: 1. Omens of War: https://bit.ly/466QUGP and 2. Epitaph for Peace: https://bit.ly/3u8FODR. The second movement has been transcribed for organ. All versions are published by Encore Publications.

17/09/2023

New Publication: DUET, ARIA, AND FUGHETTA ON ‘BRADFORD’ by Sarah MacDonald for chamber organ (Encore Publications). This piece is a conscious Baroque pastiche. The hymn tune, ‘Bradford’, can be heard clearly through all three movements, and the music provides an excellent voluntary for Tudor Evensongs, when it can be difficult to find a work by a female composer.

16/09/2023

New publication: Christmas Suite by Emma Johnson, an appealing Suite made up from three arrangements of carols for upper voices (SSA) and clarinet (Encore Publications, 2023). Contains: Carol of the Bells, Coventry Carol, and Silent Night.

25/08/2023

New publication: Something to Celebrate, an anthology of six original pieces for organ, illustrating richness and diversity in writing for the instrument. There are new works by Miriam Reveley, Esther Bersweden, Malcolm Archer, David Pritchard, Philip Moore, and Alison Willis (Encore Publications, 2023). Read preview pages here: https://bit.ly/3YMVoQV

04/08/2023

All of the items in the anthology, Carols of Our Time, are composed by women. This new collection contains a set of popular hymns for Advent and Christmas with last verse arrangements and descants by Sarah MacDonald, plus other carols including On Christmas night by Eleanor Daley. Listen to her carol here: https://bit.ly/47gquUP

02/08/2023

Carols of Our Time is now published (Encore Publications, 2023), and all of the items in this anthology are composed by women. You will find a set of popular hymns arranged with descants by Sarah MacDonald, plus new carols including In the bleak mid-winter by Lucy Walker for SATB and organ. For out more today: https://bit.ly/3PrQDcE

26/07/2023

Randall Svane’s Preces & Responses (Encore Publications, 2015) will be broadcast today (Wed 26 July) on BBC Radio 3, 4pm, from Gloucester Cathedral during the Three Choirs Festival. Printed music copies are on sale from the publisher and retailers. Do read a preview of the score: https://bit.ly/3q0Ei58.

24/07/2023

Published today: Rejoice! an anthem by Will Harmer for SATB & organ, words from Psalm 33.1-33 (Encore Publications). This piece is the winning entry of the John Sanders Memorial Competition for Young Composers 2023. Its first performance will be given today at the Three Choirs Festival, during Choral Evensong in Gloucester Cathedral. Printed music copies are now on sale.

13/07/2023

Carols of Our Time (Encore Publications) is published and on sale today. All of the carols in this new anthology are composed by women. The musical content is convincing, functional, and festive with a variety of styles, moods, and characters. There are eight well-known Advent and Christmas hymns including imaginative descant arrangements by Sarah MacDonald. For more information: https://bit.ly/3PrQDcE

28/06/2023

Publishing on 13 July 2023: 'Carols of Our Time' brings together a broad selection of exceptionally well-crafted pieces by women composers, encompassing a variety of styles, moods, and characters. This new anthology includes eight well-known hymns arranged with descants by Sarah MacDonald. Overall, the musical content is convincing and functional, and above all, festive. Find out more and read preview pages: https://bit.ly/3PrQDcE

23/06/2023

Publishing soon: Carols of Our Time. At the heart of this collection is a set of well-known hymns, arranged with thrilling descants and imaginative harmonisations by Sarah MacDonald.

All of the carols are composed by women, including Charlotte Baskerville, Esther Bersweden, Kerry Boyle, Eleanor Daley, Tamsin Jones, June Nixon, Sarah MacDonald, Sasha Johnson Manning, Stephanie Martin, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Electra Perivolaris, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Lucy Walker and Alison Willis. The range of styles is distinctive and diverse with a mix of accompanied and unaccompanied works.

Women authors represented in the edition include Sharon Grenham-Thompson, Frances Harper, Edith Nesbit, Christina Rossetti and Yshani Perinpanayagam.

The anthology contains original pieces and appealing arrangements of classic carols. Most of the items are newly composed and published for the first time. Overall, the music will enrich and enliven the Christmas experience, providing rewarding repertoire for choirs of all abilities.

Carols of Our Time also includes a listing of readings and repertoire relevant for A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, as well as suggestions for seasons other than Christmas.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3PrQDcE

07/06/2023

Reviewed in RSCM, Sunday by Sunday: The Fruit of Life by Timothy Rogers, a new carol for SATB or AATB, setting words adapted from the York Cycle of Mystery Plays (published by Encore Publications). 'The six verses, telling the story of Adam and Eve, are set with much variety of choral texture and of rhythm.'

28/05/2023

A pleasing result for a publisher: I am delighted to have passed all requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sacred Music by Portfolio, awarded by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Christian University, Miami, and the first candidate to take advantage of the FLM pathway. I wish to thank my tutor, Prof Stewart Thompson, the authors and composers who have contributed to Encore Publications for more than 30 years, and the music retailers who kindly helped with my research (Keywords: Carols, Choral music, Digital downloads, Music publishing, Printed music, Sacred music, Women composers).

19/05/2023

Newly published from the Coronation service: a series of five fanfares by Christopher Robinson; and a hymn arrangement by James O’Donnell. Enquires to the publisher, Encore Publications.

07/05/2023

Purcell arr. James O’Donnell, Christ is Made the Sure Foundation - listen again on YouTube https://youtu.be/Usx0l9VFu5Q The printed music will be available soon, published by Encore Publications.

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