Stuart Richard Brown

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<p>A song for non-partisan, humble, Christian American patriotism. A complete backing track is available from the composer's Bandcamp channel, at https://stuartbrownmusic.bandcamp.com/track/patriotic-confession-backing-track-only-see-comments-for-sheet-music</p>

Patriotic Confession

Three-Part Mixed Full Score

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Elegy is a single-movement piece for a conventional string orchestra,
  lasting about ten-and-a-half minutes. From a technical point of view it is
  within the capabilities of a reasonably proficient high school chamber
  orchestra (as was demonstrated in April 2015 by the chamber orchestra of Park
  City High School, Utah). It should appeal to any amateur or professional
  orchestra seeking an addition to the repertoire that is accessible for both
  players and audience.

Elegy for String Orchestra

String Orchestra Score & Parts

Described by others as "absolutely beautiful" and "truly
  inspired", O Love is probably the most lovely piece of music that I will
  ever compose. It is a setting of George Matheson's well-known hymn O Love
  that wilt not let me go. Notably this was used by the Eliata Choir of
  Surabaya (Indonesia) at their 10th anniversary concert in 2015.

O Love

TTBB Octavo

Described by others as "absolutely beautiful" and "truly
  inspired", O Love is probably the most lovely piece of music that I will
  ever compose. It is a setting of George Mathesons well-known hymn O Love
  that wilt not let me go. To the composer's certain knowledge it has been
  performed in the USA, Chile, the UK, South Africa, Romania and Indonesia.

SATB Octavo

A setting for high voice (tenor or soprano), two flutes, oboe and strings
  of a poem by Cornish poet Julia Allard. It's a beautifully visual piece of
  music, which captures extraordinarily well the sense of the sea, seabirds,
  fishing boats and a small coastal fishing community. It's quite easy to sing
  and the orchestral parts are suitable for an advanced high school orchestra.

Ebb Tide

High Vocal Score

A beautifully atmospheric depiction of the remeniscences of an old fisherman as he makes his final journey.

A beautifully light and joyful original setting, in neo-Elizabethan style, of well-known words translated in 1708 by John Baptist Walsh from the hymn 'Surrexit Christus Hodie'. Ideally to be sung by four soloists (SATB) but would work when sung by any competent mixed choir. The composer writes: "It was on Easter Sunday morning in 2024 that the idea of writing a new setting of these words came into my mind, as if fully formed. The actual composition took me no more than one hour ... and immediately it felt *right*. Certainly it puts a smile on my face every time I hear it!"

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

SATB Full Score

Performed in the UK and Australia, this amazing concerto has been
  described by the clarinettist who premiered it as "A major new work -
  stunning - beautiful clarinet writing and a major addition to the repertoire
  (Idris Harries, 2016). I love it. The first movement is moody and full of
  swirling mist, dark and dramatic, very cinematic. The second movement
  captures the way that great mountains invite the spirit out to play and yet
  sometimes terrify, very emotional. The third movement is pure joy, described
  by another musician as "simply brilliant". Overall the work takes
  the listener straight into the heart of the Himalayas.
    
    
    
    The clarinet part is virtuosic and explores new territory in its glissando
  writing, admirably performed by its dedicatee, Idris Harries. The cimbalom
  (requiring a concert grand) is effectively a secondary solo instrument; the
  part is relatively straightforward.

A Himalaya Concerto

Full Orchestra Score & Parts

<p>"Genius. A proper competition piece as well as something fun." (Snowe, Loosdrecht, Netherlands) Both great fun to sing and a satisfyingly challenging piece to practice, this is the famous Yorkshire folk song "On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at" ("On Ilkley Moor without a hat") made into a set of variations on the original melody, for four-part mixed choir. The lyrics are in the original West Yorkshire dialect. Composed specially for the choir Snowe in Loosdrecht, Netherlands.</p>

Unprotected Choral Variations On Ilkley Moor

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A piano solo lasting just under ten minutes, this is probably the
  composer's most uncompromising composition, making no concessions whatsoever
  to other people's tastes in music. Nevertheless it possesses a beauty that
  seems at odds with its modality, which is predominantly octatonic and
  nonatonic.

Nocturne No 1

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A powerful congregational hymn, based upon a poem that I wrote after
  visiting Romania for the first time in October 1990. Even on its own, as an
  instrumental solo, the piano part is a majestically powerful piece of music,
  which can be made to work well on a large organ. 'Lord, we await' was the
  first piece I wrote in response to what might be described as a humanitarian
  situation. Ever since my university days Ive had a heart for central and
  eastern Europe - dont ask me why or how, thats just the way it is. Having
  worked in Ukraine, the situation there breaks my heart and the Christians who
  continue to worship God through adversity deserve our heartfelt support.

Lord, we await your Spirit's anointing

Unison Octavo

A Christmas song for 4-part (SATB) choir and accompaniment, written with the specific aim of re-creating 'the spirit of Christmas past' with harmonies that embody 'the spirit of Christmas present'. Straightforward to sing and play, this will appeal to any church or high school choir.

Light In Darkness

SATB/SATB

A beautiful 6-part (SSATBrB) setting of a communion hymn. Light and airy
  in style, this will lift a service of Holy Communion into the daylight's
  splendor that it deserves!

Communion In Light

The composer writes:
    
    " 'On That Cross' is a powerful reflection on the crucifixion of Jesus
  Christ. I came up with the lyrics at around 3am in the morning of 3rd
  December 2014 sitting at a desk in room 703 of the De Syloia Hotel in Hanoi,
  Vietnam. Often I find that my periods of working abroad give me the space to
  think of things in new ways. This song is a good example of that.
    
    
    
    One look at the first page of the score of 'On That Cross' is all you need to
  realize that this is not a case of a choir singing with a piano
  accompaniment. I put the piano part above the choir in order to dispel that
  misconception. So if it's not that, what is it? I wanted to demonstrate that
  it is possible to approach a subject from two completely different points of
  view, without either point of view being compromised by the other, and yet
  the result can nevertheless be a beautiful synergy. That is what the pianist
  and the choir are doing here. Each is meditating upon the cross of Christ,
  but from two totally unrelated points of view and yet somehow combining in a
  way that is almost hypnotically beautifully. There is little obvious
  relationship between the choir's and the piano's music; and yet each is
  reconciled to the other ... and there's a very good reason why I wanted the
  music to speak of such reconciliation.
    
    
    
    In late 2014 people in Iraq were being beheaded, crucified and generally
  killed in the most brutal and sadistic manner possible. Their only crime
  was to dare to call themselves Christians. You can say what you like but in
  my book nobody has the right to tell anybody else what they should believe,
  much less murder them on religious grounds. The thing that incensed me almost
  to the point of incandescence was that the perpetrators of this unspeakable
  evil dared to justify their actions by claiming that they were acting on
  behalf of their god. So in such frame of mind I started to write the lyrics
  to 'On That Cross'.
    
    
    
    The first words that came into my mind were Oh men who dare to call on
  gods to justify your hatred  of this be sure  and I wanted to follow that
  with threats of eternal damnation, torture in hellfire and so on. Except that
  the words that flowed out of my fingers onto my computer screen were not like
  that at all. Of this be sure  I love you still, my cross your salvation
  from all the sin of man.
    
    
    
    It doesnt get much more powerful than that. I may be incapable of loving
  the people of ISIS, ISIL, DAESH or whatever one calls them, but my God isnt.
  He created them, he sent his Son to die for them  and he is even now ready
  to save them, as he is you and me. Thats grace.
    
    
    
    A small group of us sang this at a Good Friday united service in 2016. We
  sang it unannounced, at the end of the service, when one would have expected
  people to start getting up from their seats and leaving the church. Nobody
  did. Not one single person moved while we sang."

On That Cross

An orchestral tone poem of just over 13 minutes' duration, consisting of
  five tableaux played without a break. The tableaux are titled Oppression,
  Fear and Tranquility, Genocide, Prayer and Light, and Dedication. There are
  prominent parts for oboe, timpani and tuned percussion (glockenspiel,
  vibraphone and marimba), giving the music a distinctly southeast Asian
  flavor. Composed originally to raise awareness of human rights abuses in
  Burma (Myanmar), 'Prayer for Burma' has been described by one young Karenni
  lady as "one of the most spine-tingling pieces of music I've ever
  heard".

Prayer for Burma

Chamber Orchestra Score & Parts

A beautiful and fairly straightforward setting of these lyrics:
    
    Deep peace of the running wave to you; Deep peace of the flowing air to
  you; Deep peace of the silent earth to you; Deep peace of the moonlit night
  to you; Deep peace of the shining stars to you; And the deep, deep peace of
  the Son of Peace to you.
    
    Its intended for a small group of singers, with an accompaniment that can
  be either an acoustic piano or some appropriate combination of other
  instruments. It works well in a church setting, also in any secular setting
  to which its very Celtic way of expressing things may be appropriate.

A Celtic Benediction

Three songs based upon verses from poems by Alfred Tennyson, composed in
  2015. They vary considerably in difficulty and need not necessarily be
  performed together. "Love is and was my Lord and King" is a
  delightful miniature in
    
    neo-baroque style. It is relatively straightforward. "Crossing the
  bar" is
    
    quiet and meditative, again relatively straightforward. "Of old sat
  Freedom on the heights" is by far the most demanding of the three but
  also the most exhilarating if performed well, with a piano part that is
  cheerfully out of sync with the choir for much of the time.

Three Choral Idylls

First performed by the soprano Chen Wang and the pianist Jonathan Ellis
  in 2016, Idylls is a cycle of five songs for soprano (or tenor) and piano,
  lasting in total just under eighteen minutes, using verses selected from five
  poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The songs are: Ring out, wild bells; Love is
  and was my Lord and King; Of old sat Freedom on the heights; Saint Agnes' Eve
  and Crossing the Bar.

Idylls

High Book

A Christmas Cantata for all ages. Wondrous Birth is based on the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus, as told in the gospel accounts of Matthew and Luke. Two unlikely friends, Balthazar (a wise man from the East, known as Balt) and Bartholomew (a Bethlehem shepherd, known as Bart) guide us from the Old Testament prophecies of Micah and Isaiah, through the accounts of the Angel Gabriel, Mary and Joseph, to the momentous event itself: the wondrous birth of Jesus. A complete set of backing tracks is available from the arranger's Bandcamp page, at https://stuartbrownmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wondrous-birth-backing-tracks

Wondrous Birth

A beautifully atmospheric depiction of how it feels to live in a country you love and yet is viewed by others as sub-standard, having emerged from a dark era. Based upon my experiences of living and working in the Republic of Moldova.

Faces In The Dark

Alto, Mezzo-Soprano Solo

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