Antony Pitts

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1985–2026years
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Re-New op.311

murmuration  ·  2025

First performed
Excelsia Choir, Excelsia Chamber Orchestra, Sadaharu Muramatsu 2025 (Wesley Conference Centre)

9. On Christmas night (Sussex Carol)

2024

Ornata op.308

viola & piano voluntary  ·  2024

First performed
Carl Lee & composer 2024 (St James’s, Wyong, Australia)

20. The Oxen SATBarB op.305

carol  ·  2023

First performed
St Martin’s, Killara 2023 4’

O orzchis Ecclesia song – contralto op.293

keyboard  ·  2023

Commissioned by
Emma Warburton
First performed
Emma Warburton & composer 2023 (St Martin’s, Killara)

Sound Patterns

multi channel sound installation  ·  2020

Transiens op.299

25-part motet  ·  2020

Broadcast
3MBS 2021

XLX – Mente cordis sui op.281

50-part motet  ·  2019

Commissioned by
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
First performed
Brett Weymark – Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers, Capella St Crucis of Hannover 2019 (Sydney Opera House Concert Hall)

The Process op.284

musical/chamber opera  ·  2018

13. Lully lulla (Coventry Carol) (coll./arr. Robert Croo 1534, Thomas Mawdycke 1591)

2017

First performed
The Song Company(Yellow House, Sydney) 2017 4’30

16. Miryam’s Lullaby

2017

  • Recording, Tracks, 1equalmusic 2023 3’13
First performed
The Song Company (Yellow House, Sydney) 2017

Accidental Plans

happening  ·  2017

First performed
The Song Company 2017 (Sydney)

Christmas is coming

pop song  ·  2017

Antiphony op.272

chamber symphony  ·  2016

First performed
Fifth Quadrant & friends 2016 (London)

Men of Galilee dramatic song – bass-baritone, ’cello & op.264

piano  ·  2016

Commissioned by
Michael Pitts

Come, let us sing for joy! op.261

anthem  ·  2014

Commissioned by
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
First performed
Christopher Batchelor – Choir of St Pancras 2014

Love op.258

anthem  ·  2014

Commissioned by
Edward Higginbottom & the Choir of New College, Oxford
First performed
(New College, Oxford) 2014

A Song of Love

worship song  ·  2013

Bring us, O Lord God

anthem  ·  2013

First performed
Choir of S.Anselm’s, Pembury 2013

In Paradisum

2013–2014

First performed
The Song Company 2016 (Melbourne)
Broadcast
ABC 2016

Like a little child

worship song  ·  2013

song for Helen

song  ·  2013

The Way (w.t.)

song cycle  ·  2013

Commissioned by
Peter Johnson

They shall awake

2013

Commissioned by
Cheltenham Music Festival
First performed
Rupert Gough – The Choir of Royal Holloway 2013 (Pittville Pump Room)

8. Hark! the herald angels sing (Jonathan Pitts)

2012–2015

  • Recording, Hark!, 1equalmusic 2015 4’37
First performed
TONUS PEREGRINUS 2015

Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht op.249

chorale prelude  ·  2012

Commissioned by
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music – William Whitehead
First performed
The Orgelbüchlein Project, Tom Allery (Lincoln’s Inn Chapel)

Meiosis ballet

2012

Radiant op.252

wedding voluntary  ·  2012

Commissioned by
David Riding & Maria Jonckheere
First performed
2012 (St John the Baptist, Devizes)

14. For unto us a Child is born

2011–2017

First performed
Sacred Heart School, Wadhurst 2015 2’

Bach and the Art of Bee-keeping

radio symphony  ·  2011–2012

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2012

For unto us a child is born

2011

Neighbours? op.234a

violin-viola duet  ·  2011

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  • Recording, Fifth Quadrant 2011
  • Recording, 1equalmusic 2011
Commissioned by
Fifth Quadrant

O malleable Truth (op.042.ii) saxophone quartet

2011–2012

First performed
Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet 2012 (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)

Opera Omnia

opera  ·  2011

Te Deum op.237

te deum  ·  2011

Commissioned by
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
First performed
Christopher Batchelor – Choir of St Pancras 2011
Broadcast
Choral Evensong, BBC Radio 3 2011

The strife is o’er op.237x

anthem  ·  2011

Who is my neighbour? op.234

cantata  ·  2011

Commissioned by
Drew Balch – Simon Hewitt Jones
First performed
Dal’Ouna – Fifth Quadrant 2011 (Spitalfields Festival)

Far above rubies op.228

cantata  ·  2010

Commissioned by
David Pitts

In My Father’s House op.225

motet  ·  2010

First performed
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, Christopher Batchelor – Choir of St Pancras 2010

Shout for joy!

worship song  ·  2010

Commissioned by
Peter Johnson Entertainments

Una columba mea op.231

2010

A Wireless Revelation

radio symphony  ·  2009–2010

Commissioned by
BBC Radio 3
Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2009, 2010

Lessons with Mozart

radio documentary  ·  2009

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2009

In memoria

2008

  • Recording, CD.TP 2009
Commissioned by
Edward Wickham – The Clerks
First performed
The Clerks 2008 (Crossness Pumping Station)
Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2008, 2009

Missa Unitatis op.216

2008

Commissioned by
Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap
First performed
Cappella Pratensis, Schola Cantorum of Sint-Janskathedraal 2008 (’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands); Nederlands Kamerkoor & Cappella Pratensis, Stephen Layton 2016 (Breda, The Netherlands)
Broadcast
Netherlands 2008

Thou wast present as on this day op.213

motet  ·  2008

Commissioned by
Edward Wickham
First performed
The Clerks 2008
Broadcast
In Tune, BBC Radio 3 2008

Rejoice! op.198

anthem  ·  2007

Commissioned by
Daryl Bates
First performed
Priory Voices 2007 (Ely Cathedral)

Songs of Zion

psalm cycle  ·  2007–2009

Before Abraham was, I AM op.195

2006

Commissioned by
Julian Thomas – Edington Music Festival Association
First performed
Jeremy Summerly 2006
Broadcast
Choral Evensong, BBC Radio 3 2006

Come unto me op.23b

2006

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  • Recording, Hymns and Songs of the Church, Naxos 2006

Hark, my soul!

2006

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  • Recording, Hymns and Songs of the Church, Naxos 2006

Not In My Name

radio opera  ·  2006

Commissioned by
BBC Radio 3
Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2006

Roland Orzabal: Mad World

2006

  • Recording, CD.TP 2007
Broadcast
Not In My Name, BBC Radio 3 2006

A Still Small Voice op.192

2005

Commissioned by
Festival of the Voice – Simon Toyne
First performed
Tiffin Boys’ Choir – Ralph Allwood – etc. (total of 270 performers) 2006 (Kingston Parish Church)

The Flower op.41

2005

  • Recording, CD.TP 2006
Broadcast
Not In My Name, BBC Radio 3 2006

The True Story of Guillaume de Machaut and Péronne d’Armentières

2005–2018

First performed
York Early Music Festival, TONUS PEREGRINUS 2008

A Passion 4 Radio

diatessaron  ·  2004

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2004, 2005

A Pebble in the Pond

radio symphony  ·  2004

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2004

Bonnie Greer: Walking against the Wind

radio fantasy  ·  2004

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2004

1. O come, o come, Emmanuel (?13 th -century)

2003

10. While shepherds watched (Christopher Tye, George Kirbye)

2003

11. The Song of Angels (Orlando Gibbons)

2003

12. Hark! the herald angels sing (Felix Mendelssohn)

2003

13. Silent night (Franz Xaver Gruber)

2003

14. Away in a manger (William J. Kirkpatrick)

2003

15. Baby Jesus, hush! now sleep (Czech Trad.)

2003

16. O little town of Bethlehem (John Michael Pitts)

2003

17. Jesu, the very thought is sweet (17 th -century, figured J.S.Bach)

2003

18. O come, all ye faithful (coll.? John Francis Wade)

2003

19. Personent hodie (Piae Cantiones, 1582)

2003

2. Of the Father’s heart begotten (Piae Cantiones, 1582)

2003

20. In dulci jubilo (Michael Praetorius, J.S.Bach, John Stainer)

2003

21. Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582)

2003

22. We three kings of Orient are (John Henry Hopkins)

2003

23. I saw three ships come sailing in (English Trad.)

2003

24. Hail to the Lord’s Anointed

2003

4. Verbum Patris umanatur, O, O (?13 th -century)

2003

5. Lo! He comes (Thomas Olivers, Martin Madan)

2003

6. The holly and the ivy (coll. Cecil J. Sharp & Antony Pitts)

2003

7. Lo, there a Rose is blooming (?Praetorius)

2003

8. Alleluya – a new work (English, 15 th -century)

2003

9. Ding! dong! merrily on high (Jehan Tabourot)

2003

I AM Alpha and Omega op.180

2003–2007

Commissioned by
Ian de Massini – Cambridge Voices
First performed
Ben Parry – BBC Singers 2013 (St Paul’s, Knightsbridge)
Broadcast
A Wireless Revelation (2010), BBC Radio 3 2010

I AM the True Vine op.174

2003

Commissioned by
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
First performed
Schola Cantorum of Oxford – James Burton 2003

The Twinkling of an Eye (Fanfare of the Last Trumpet) op.177

brass & percussion  ·  2003

Commissioned by
the King’s School, Canterbury
First performed
the King’s School, Canterbury 2003

Golden Rule

radio documentary  ·  2002

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2002

Homecoming

acoustic art  ·  2002

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2002; Silent Witness, BBC Radio 4 2003

The Rise and Fall of the English Cadence

radio feature fantasy  ·  2002

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2002

XL op.165

40-part motet  ·  2002–2003

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  • Recording, XL – Tallis, Pitts: Choral Works for 40 voices, Harmonia Mundi 2005
Commissioned by
Rundfunkchor Berlin
First performed
Simon Halsey – Rundfunkchor Berlin 2003 (Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, Berlin)

Fast Forwards

radio symphony  ·  2001

Commissioned by
Unknown Public
Broadcast
Unknown Public Radio 2001

Self-Portrait From Behind

radio documentary  ·  2001

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2001

A Parisian in Paradise

radio symphony  ·  2000–2002

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2000, 2002

Amen op.156

motet  ·  2000

First performed
Oxford Camerata – Jeremy Summerly 2001 (St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, London)
Broadcast
A Wireless Revelation, BBC Radio 3 2009

Je, Guillaume

radio feature/fantasy evening  ·  2000

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2000

A Stitch In Time

radio documentary  ·  1999

Broadcast
The Unfinished Symphony, BBC Radio 3 1999

Adoro Te op.132

motet  ·  1999

Credo (symbolum super voces musicales) op.150

1999

Commissioned by
The Clerks
First performed
The Clerks 2000 (Wigmore Hall, London)

Of Sound Mind

radio documentary  ·  1999

Broadcast
Settling the Score, BBC Radio 3 1999

The Future of Music: Credo

acoustic art  ·  1999

Broadcast
The Unfinished Symphony, BBC Radio 3 2000

The Unfinished Symphony

18-hour radio programme  ·  1999–2000

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2000

BCAD (I’ll be Bach)

amplified madrigal  ·  1998

Commissioned by
The Swingle Singers
First performed
The Swingle Singers 2000 (Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)

Gould, Tobacco, Bach

radio symphony  ·  1998

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1998

Hildegard 2000

radio opera  ·  1998

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1998

New Adventures

radio documentary  ·  1998

Broadcast
Settling the Score, BBC Radio 3 1998

Seven Letters op.126

unaccompanied cantata  ·  1998

First performed
TONUS PEREGRINUS 1998 (Christ the King, Gordon Square, London)

Tabula rasa

radio documentary  ·  1998

Broadcast
Settling the Score, BBC Radio 3 1998

The End of Time

radio documentary  ·  1998

Broadcast
Settling the Score, BBC Radio 3 1998

Love is… op.117

1997

First performed
TONUS PEREGRINUS 1998 (Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford)

My Dove op.120

anthem  ·  1997

First performed
TONUS PEREGRINUS 2003 (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital)

Passacaglia on Themes of Joanne Johnson variation

variation  ·  1997

Commissioned by
Paul Ayres

The Four Last Things

radio symphony  ·  1997

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1997

The Sound of Musicke

radio documentary  ·  1997

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1998

By the waters of Babylon

nine-part radio feature  ·  1996

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1996

Face to face

pop song  ·  1996

Broadcast
Virtual Strangers, BBC Radio 3 1996

Fairest Isle Time Capsule

radio feature fantasy  ·  1996

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1996, 2045

Out of the Depths (part one)

solo voice & organ  ·  1996

Commissioned by
Matthew Owens & the Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music

Out of the Depths (part two)

solo voices & organ  ·  1996

Commissioned by
Paul Ayres

Virtual Strangers

radio opera  ·  1996

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1996, 2000

Facing the Radio

interactive online installation  ·  1995

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1995

O Holy of Holies op.102

1995

First performed
TONUS PEREGRINUS 2003 (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital)
Broadcast
Netherlands Radio 4 1997

3. O quickly come

1994

First performed
TONUS PEREGRINUS 1994 2’52

Adrian Jack: Chromatic Fantasy

radio fantasy  ·  1994

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1994

Adrian Jack: From the Diary of a Fly

radio fantasy  ·  1994

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1994

The Lord is risen op.87

1994

Mind Over Matter op.84

chamber opera  ·  1993

Commissioned by
GlaxoSmithKline
First performed
European Chamber Opera 1993 (Great Conservatory, Syon House)

Theophany op.60b

piano four-hands  ·  1993

First performed
Thorson & Thurber ?? (??)

Thou knowest my lying down op.90

anthem  ·  1993

Anatolia op.66

piano concerto  ·  1991

O my people op.69

motet for double 8-part choir  ·  1991–1995

Commissioned by
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Broadcast
Netherlands Radio 4 1997

Theophany op.60

10-pc brass ensemble  ·  1990

First performed
?? 1990 (??)

These Three Remain... op.63

cello sonata  ·  1990

Broadcast
Silent Witness, BBC Radio 4 2003

Difficult Music for an American Audience op.51

anthem  ·  1989

Commissioned by
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
First performed
Schola Cantorum of Oxford – Howard Moody 1989 (U.S.A.)

New College Short Mass op.39

1989

Short Music for a French Audience op.45

1989

Commissioned by
Richard Strivens – Raphanadzou
First performed
Florilege vocal de Tours, Raphanadzou – Jeremy Summerly 1989 (Tours, France)

The Long Silence op.33

cantata  ·  1989

First performed
COLLEGIUM NOVUM 1989 (New College Chapel)

At a Solemn Music op.9b

brass band  ·  1988

Songs of Purity and Strength op.42

unaccompanied cantata  ·  1988

First performed
COLLEGIUM NOVUM 1989 (New College Chapel)

The Perfect Sacrifice op.36

1988

Libera me op.30

motet  ·  1987

Broadcast
Not In My Name, BBC Radio 3 2006

The Morning Star op.24

song – tenor & piano  ·  1987

The strife is o’er

rock song  ·  1987

  • Recording, Long days to come, Room 33 1987

At a Solemn Music op.9

1986

L’Amour de Printemps op.12

flute & piano  ·  1986

On Time

song – tenor & piano  ·  1986

Wedding March fl, tpt, pno, 2 cls op.15

org  ·  1986

Dusk to Dawn op.3

pop song  ·  1985–1997

Broadcast
Netherlands Radio 4 1997

Jubilation op.6

1985

23. Alleluya: A nywe werke (14 th -c)

First performed
The Song Company (Yellow House, Sydney) 2017 4’

A Strange Eventful History

drama

First performed
The Song Company 2016 (Blackheath/Sydney)

Counting Aloud

radio feature/fantasy

Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 1997

Cut and dried pop ballad

and dried pop ballad

  • Recording, Long days to come, Room 33 1987

Ed Hughes: When the Flame Dies

opera

  • Recording, Métier 2013
First performed
Canterbury Festival, New Music Players 2012 (Augustine Hall, Canterbury)

Go into the City!

concert

First performed
Metropolis New Music Festival, The Song Company 2016 (Melbourne Recital Centre)

Hasten, O God op.189

Commissioned by
King’s College London Alumni Association
First performed
David Trendell – Choir of King’s College, London 2005

Music for life

pop song

  • Recording, Long days to come, Room 33 1987

Not for too long

pop song

  • Recording, Long days to come, Room 33 1987

Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew

opera

  • Recording, NMC 2011
Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 2010

Salvation

worship song

The bread which we break op.93

The Concord of Strangers

concert

First performed
The Song Company 2016 (Melbourne Recital Centre)
Broadcast
ABC 2016

The prisoner

pop song

  • Recording, Long days to come, Room 33 1987

Three Easter Anthems

Broadcast
Netherlands Radio 4 1994

Through the looking-glass

pop song

  • Recording, Long days to come, Room 33 1987

Wait

pop song

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