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The compositions of Christopher Bowers-Broadbent

CHAMBER OPERAS

1972

The Pied Piper - (a children’s opera)

libretto by Jeremy Hornsby

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1972

The Pied Piper - (a children’s opera)

Cast: tenor, nine child soloists;

Orchestra:fl,cl,ob,fag, trb, vln,vln,vla,vcl,db, pno, perc(2);

Choruses of citizens, children and rats.

  • commi...

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libretto by Jeremy Hornsby

1979

The Seacock Bane - (for teenagers)

libretto by Tony Vincent Isaacs

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1979

The Seacock Bane - (for teenagers)

Cast: 30 young men and women, one boy treble;

Orchestra: fl,ob,cl,fag, tpt,trb, vln,vln,vla,vcl,db, pno, perc(2);

Choruses of womenfolk and of...

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libretto by Tony Vincent Isaacs

1982/03

The Last Man - (a comic opera)

libretto by Tony Vincent Isaacs

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1982/03

The Last Man - (a comic opera)

Cast: sop, sop, boy, ten, ten, bar, bass, bass;

Orchestra: cl(2), pno, vln,vla,vcl,db.

libretto by Tony Vincent Isaacs

SONGS AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC

1969

for - The Becauseway

a play by Wesley Burrowes

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1969

for - The Becauseway

performed at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin on January 6, 1970.

  • produced by Vincent Dowling

a play by Wesley Burrowes

1971

for - And All The People Rejoiced

a play by Wesley Burrowes

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1971

for - And All The People Rejoiced

performed at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin on February 1.

  • produced by Vincent Dowling

a play by Wesley Burrowes

1982

Music for The Three Brothers

a story for shadow puppets by Jessica Souhami

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1982

Music for The Three Brothers

voice, fl, ob, hn, vln, vcl, perc, pno.

  • commissioned (with Greater London Arts Association funds);

performed at Jackson's Lane Centre, London ...

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a story for shadow puppets by Jessica Souhami

CHORAL WORKS

1968

Canticles ‘Four Lovescapes’

(ee.cummings)

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1968

Canticles ‘Four Lovescapes’

sop, ob, harpschd, vcl.

(ee.cummings)

1972

Worthy is the Lamb - Cantata

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1972

Worthy is the Lamb - Cantata

sop, ten, Narrator, solo SATB, 2 choruses, org, orch.

  • written for the 150th Anniversary of St Pancras Parish Church: Camden Festival. 

conduct...

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1974

The Hollow Man

(T.S.Eliot)

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1974

The Hollow Man

ten, chorus, strings, pno

  • commissioned (with Arts Council funds) by Collegium Musicum of London; performed at St Johns Smith Square on 4 June...

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(T.S.Eliot)

1975

Rhymes without Reason - four songs

(Mervyn Peake)

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1975

Rhymes without Reason - four songs

mezzo sop, str 4tet;

  • commissioned by Linda Hirst (with Arts Council funds);

performed in the Purcell Room on 11 March.

(Mervyn Peake)

1976

The Story of Cars - a short cantata

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1976

The Story of Cars - a short cantata

boys voices, pno;

  • commissioned (with Arts Council funds) by Southend Boys Choir, performed at St Johns Smith Square on 9 October.

conducted by...

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INSTRUMENTAL

1966

Dialogue and Controversy

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1966

Dialogue and Controversy

brass, org

1967

Serenatas

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1967

Serenatas

solo Oboe

1967

Dogmas

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1967

Dogmas

brass 4tet, timps

1968

Duo

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1968

Duo

fl, vln

1970

3 Duets

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1970

3 Duets

fl

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ORGAN WORKS

1964

Variations

1964

Variations

1966

Four Diversions

1966

Four Diversions

1968

Six Pieces

1968

Six Pieces

1968

Serenata

1968

Serenata

1994

PreluDDe

1994

PreluDDe

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CANTICLES

Evening Canticles

1968

Festal setting

SATB

1968

Festal setting

SATB

1968

Lenten setting

SATB

1968

Lenten setting

SATB

1976

in Two Parts

S/A T/B

1976

in Two Parts

S/A T/B

1988

Ex-St Pancras

SATB

1988

Ex-St Pancras

SATB

Morning Canticles

1972

Te Deum - (ICET text)

SATB

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1972

Te Deum - (ICET text)

  • written for the 150th anniversary of St Pancras Parish Church. 

SATB

1975

Te Deum

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1975

Te Deum

unison voices, brass, choir, org, timps;

  • commissioned by Sedbergh School (with Arts Council funds)

for the 450th Anniversary of the School;per...

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1971

Short communion service

SATB org

1971

Short communion service

SATB org

1973

Communion Service - (Series III text)

Event Details

1973

Communion Service - (Series III text)

unison voices, org.

1981

A New Benedicite - (Leonard Clark)

Event Details

1981

A New Benedicite - (Leonard Clark)

children's voices, pno

  • written for the children of St James' Primary School, Muswell Hill.

ANTHEMS

1965

2 Short Motets

SATB

1965

2 Short Motets

SATB

1966

Brief life

SB, pitch-pipe

1966

Brief life

SB, pitch-pipe

1968

no time ago

SATB

1968

no time ago

SATB

1968

Offer your very selves

STB, org

1968

Offer your very selves

STB, org

1968

Into this world of sorrow

SATB

1968

Into this world of sorrow

SATB

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MOTETS

2004

Sunday morning, King's Cambridge

ATTB

2004

Sunday morning, King's Cambridge

ATTB

2004

eVERYONE SUDDENLY BURST OUT SINGING

SATB

2004

eVERYONE SUDDENLY BURST OUT SINGING

SATB

ARRANGEMENTS

1971

Gossip Calypso

SSAATTBB, harpschd

1971

Gossip Calypso

SSAATTBB, harpschd

1976

I got a hidin' place - (for the Kings Singers)

AATTBB

1976

I got a hidin' place - (for the Kings Singers)

AATTBB

1991

Folk Songs: George Collins - Broomfield Hill

ATTB

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1991

Folk Songs: George Collins - Broomfield Hill

written for The Hilliard Ensemble

ATTB

1997

Folk Songs: Somewhere over the rainbow

SATB

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1997

Folk Songs: Somewhere over the rainbow

written for The Hilliard Ensemble

SATB

CHRISTMAS PIECES

1963/70

Sleep Holy Babe

3 trebles/SSATB

1963/70

Sleep Holy Babe

3 trebles/SSATB

1965

Matin Responsory

SATB

1965

Matin Responsory

SATB

1971

A spotless rose

SSATBB,SATB

1971

A spotless rose

SSATBB,SATB

1973

There is no rose

SATB

1973

There is no rose

SATB

1977

If Christ were born in Camden

SATB

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1977

If Christ were born in Camden

(A.F.Bayly) 

SATB

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CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS

1970

The Wexford Carol - (for the Kings Singers)

AATTBB

1970

The Wexford Carol - (for the Kings Singers)

AATTBB

1971

The Lord at first - (for the Kings Singers)

AATTBB

1971

The Lord at first - (for the Kings Singers)

AATTBB

1979

Little Donkey - (Eric Boswell)

SSAATTBB

1979

Little Donkey - (Eric Boswell)

SSAATTBB

1982

Silent Night - (Mohr/Gruber)

Event Details

1982

Silent Night - (Mohr/Gruber)

4-part trebles 

  • written for David Hill and the Boys of Westminster Cathedral

1998

Qui creavit

STB, org

1998

Qui creavit

STB, org

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