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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100a20ezthtv.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alan Bullard composer"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |     </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Alan Bullard - composer</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alan Bullard composer"><U>Alan Bullard - composer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas Choral music"><U>Christmas Choral music</U></A>   |   <B>Colne Edition Publications</B>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent Publications"><U>Recent Publications</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Recent and forthcoming performances"><U>Recent and forthcoming performances</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Composers Choice"><U>Composer's Choice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catalogue of Compositions"><U>Catalogue of Compositions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price List Instrumental and solo voice"><U>Price List - Instrumental and solo voice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Price list Choral Music"><U>Price list - Choral Music</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Publishers"><U>Publishers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sample Scores"><U>Sample Scores</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workshops"><U>Workshops</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bullard family"><U>The Bullard family</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> The music you can hear in the background is <A HREF="id45_m.htm#peace___a_calm_and_meditative_setting" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U><B>Prayer for Peace</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="113d89f0.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#66FFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-279/21_Prayer_for_Peace.mp3" autostart="true" hidden="true">  </div> <div> Alan Bullard in<B> Colne Edition Publications</B></div> <div> <B>distributed by Spartan Press</B></div> <bR> <div> Colne Edition publications are now distributed by Spartan Press.   </div> <div> All may be obtained from <A HREF="http://www.spartanpress.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spartanpress.co.uk"><U>Spartan Press</U></A> or through music shops:</div> <bR> <div> Please click these links for details</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#mixed_voices_satb" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>MIXED VOICE OCTAVOS</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#upper__equal_voices" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>UPPER VOICE OCTAVOS</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_colne_edition_choral_suite_series" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>THE COLNE EDITION CHORAL SUITE SERIES</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_colne_edition_choral_cantata_series" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>THE COLNE EDITION CHORAL CANTATA SERIES</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#solo_voice" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>SOLO VOICE</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#instrumental" TITLE="Colne Edition Publications"><U>INSTRUMENTAL</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="the_colne_edition_choral_cantata_series"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>THE COLNE EDITION CHORAL CANTATA SERIES</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="a_feast_for_christmas"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>A Feast for Christmas</B></div> <div> A seasonable celebration for SATB choir, optional youth choir and narrator, with piano (or brass quintet)</div> <div> Commissioned and first performed by the South Chiltern Choral Society (conductor Gwyn Arch) this 8-movement cantata contrasts the cooking of the Christmas dinner with more reflective Christmas themes, with an opportunity for the audience to join in at the end.  Ideal for Christmas concerts - duration c. 25-30 minutes. <A HREF="http://www.spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE29" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/deta"><U>Click here for details and to buy.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This is our World</B></div> <div> This accessible cantata has an ecological focus, based on the thoughts of a group of children about their hopes and dreams for the future. In six movements, together with a short prelude and postlude, it contains subject matter such as 'Running a race for the future', 'My idea of heaven', and 'Living with animals'.</div> <div> This popular work, for SATB, youth choir, and piano, has received many performances. (An alternative piano duet accompaniment, or alternatively a score and set of parts for small orchestra (2120/0200/Strs), and a separate youth choir part, are available on hire from www.ColneEdition.co.uk). Duration c. 20 mins.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE32" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/deta"><U>Click here for details and to buy.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="mixed_voices_satb"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>MIXED VOICES SATB</B></div> <div> <B>Alleluia</B> - using only the words Alleluia and Gloria, this is a fresh and original anthem full of rhythmic ingenuity, for SATB choir.  “An admirable choral flourish” said Church Music Quarterly. CE13    <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE13" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>click for more details and  to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Broom-Pedlar's Song</B> - an enjoyable SATB setting of a poem by C16th poet Robert Wilson, with a highly effective street-cry refrain which develops into a canon in both two and four parts.  A typical example of a piece showing Bullard's deep understanding of the amateur choir. <I>'A well-crafted treasure' - </I>Music Teacher magazine CE3     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Christmas Celebration </B>- Christmas Celebration joyfully combines the first and last movements of 'A Feast for Christmas' (CE29). This 'must-have' finale for your Christmas concert ends with the audience joining in with 'We wish you a merry Christmas'. For SATB, optional youth choir, and piano (brass quintet accompaniment available on hire direct from www.ColneEdition.co.uk)  CE31    <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE31" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Cob-o'-coalin </B>- a witty and enjoyable arrangement of this English folk-song, which has been the 'encore' in many choral concerts  CE25    <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE25" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>He will speak peace </B> - A re-issue of an anthem for SATB and organ, originally welcomed by Church Music Quarterly as showing 'a tenderness and appeal which goes straight to the heart; warmly recommended for any occasion'. CE20      <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE20" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Mr Toad </B>- a humourous setting for SATB unaccompanied of a poem from The Wind in the Willows - a witty encore for any time of year   CE10   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE10" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Nativity</B> - exceptional word setting and vocal writing ensure that C17th poet Richard Crashaw's words spring to life in this anthem for unaccompanied mixed voices. CE12     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE12" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Never weather-beaten sail</B> - another moderately easy anthem or concert piece which perfectly matches the peace of Campion's well-known text.  For SATB (with divisions), this piece was originally written as the fourth movement of `Four Sacred Songs'.  CE2     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Prayer for Peace</B><B> <A NAME="peace___a_calm_and_meditative_setting"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B> - a calm and meditative setting of a traditional Hebridean prayer calling for peace both locally and between nations, for SATB choir.  CE1   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Two anthems of meditation:       </B></div> <div> <B>Blessed are the Eyes</B> - a short, melodic and contemplative setting of the poem by G A Studdert Kennedy for SATB choir, together with <B>O Lord Seek Us</B> - a beautiful miniature anthem to a poem by Christina Rossetti, suitable for any occasion, for SATB and optional organ.  CE19     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE19" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>The Brisk Young Widow </B>- a lively and characterful arrangment of this English folk-song which has been sunge in many concerts.  CE 23   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE23" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>When June is come </B>- a rich and espressive song for SATB unaccompanied, ideal for your summer concert.  CE 21    <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE21" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Willow Song </B>- a colourful arrangement of this English folk-song, first broadcast on BBC Radio 2  CE 24  <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE24" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="upper__equal_voices"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>UPPER / EQUAL VOICES</B></div> <div> <B>A Bunyan Garland</B> - four short poems by John Bunyan for SSAA, written for youth choir.  The brightness of The Peal of Bells contrasts with the sleepy slowness of The Snail, and the expressive Sunset with the sprightly and witty Hen. `Fantastic for an older medium-high standard choir' wrote Music Teacher magazine. CE4   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>All in tune</B> - an enchanting but moderately simple Christmas carol for equal voices in three parts with piano or organ, and optional flute, set to the anonymous text `All in tune to William's flute'.  CE11   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE11" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Autumn</B> - An exuberant impression of autnumn clouds for upper voice choir unaccompanied, SSA(A)  CE22  <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE22" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>A Strange Story</B> - an amusing and fast-moving setting of a traditional riddle which features the exchange of ideas between two voice parts: for young voices and piano, with optional descant recorder part. CE14  <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE14" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Grace be unto you</B> - a moderately easy and beautifully lyrical anthem for two-part upper voices with piano or organ, with optional part for men, to a verse from the Book of Revelation. CE6    <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE6" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Overheard on a Saltmarsh</B> - an evocative setting of mysterious words by Harold Munro, this colourful song for two-part upper voices with piano blends an easy melodic line with rich harmonies and spoken effects, with an optional descant recorder part. CE9   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE9" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Running for the Future</B> - a lively setting of words by schoolchildren combining rhythmic drive with a care for the environment.  Originally a movement from This is our World, the text was created by children in response to a project focussing on their `Hopes and Dreams'.  For SS choir and piano.  CE5   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE5" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Seascape</B> - a simple poem about a day by the sea is transformed into a short and easy piece for unison voices, piano, and optional school instruments.  CE7   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE7" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <div> <B>Sun, Moon, World</B> - a contrast of calm reflection and rhythmic drive forms this setting of words by St Francis of Assisi, for SS and piano.  Originally written as part of the cantata `This is our World', the messages are all positive yet the work remains light-hearted.  CE8   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE8" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="the_colne_edition_choral_suite_series"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>THE COLNE EDITION CHORAL SUITE SERIES</B></div> <div> <B>This is a series of longer unaccompanied works for the more experienced choir</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Four Sacred Songs</B></div> <div> These four settings of poems by Thomas Campion were commissioned by the Essex Baroque Choir (conductor Simon Thompson): first London performance at St. James' Piccadilly, 21 September 1990</div> <div> The movements are: <I>Tune thy music to thy heart </I>, <I>Out of my soul's depth</I>,  <I>Most sweet and pleasing are thy ways</I> (with soprano and alto solos), and <I>Never weather-beaten sail</I> (also available separately)</div> <div> 9 mins.   CE26   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE26" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A>       Also available on hire - contact <A HREF="mailto:alanbullard@btinternet.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:alanbullard@btinternet.com"><U>BullardMusic</U></A>  </div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="madrigal_book"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Madrigal Book</B></div> <div> These virtuosic settings of sixteenth-century texts for unaccompanied choir were first performed by the William Byrd Singers of Manchester and then broadcast on BBC Radio 3 by the BBC Northern Singers, director Stephen Wilkinson </div> <div> The four movements are <I>The lowest trees have tops </I>(Sir Edward Dyer), <I>Hot sun, cool fire </I>(George Peele), <I>Fire, fire! </I>(Thomas Campion), <I>Come, heavy sleep </I>(Anon.) </div> <div> 14 mins.    CE27   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE27" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A>       Also available on hire - contact <A HREF="mailto:alanbullard@btinternet.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:alanbullard@btinternet.com"><U>BullardMusic</U></A> </div> <bR> <div> <B>A Summer Garland</B></div> <div> Commssioned and first performed at Great Waltham Church, by the Waltham Singers conducted by Andrew Fardell, on 15 June 2002, as part of a project to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee in which Alan and the choir did choral composition workshops with sixth-formers in Central and North Essex.  The work, which consists of five movements touching on the different aspects of summer, for SATB unaccompanied, was enjoyed by the choir so much that they sung it twice, and then twice more in a repeat concert in Dedham the next day.  Andrew Fardell subsequently conducted a performance of it at Piggott's Summer Music Camp, as a result of which a number of other choirs have earmarked it for their future repertoire. The five movements, which may be performed separately, are `May, Queen of Blossoms', `The Rose in June', `Busy Fly', `July Evening', and `Summer Queen'.</div> <div> c. 16 mins.  CE28   <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE28" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A>       Also available on hire - contact <A HREF="mailto:alanbullard@btinternet.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:alanbullard@btinternet.com"><U>BullardMusic</U></A> </div> <bR> <div> <B></B><B>INSTRUMENTAL and </B><B> <A NAME="solo_voice"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>SOLO VOICE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Autumn Evening </B>for soprano, clarinet in B flat, and piano    </div> <div> A vibrant setting of a colourful extract from James Thomson's `The Seasons'  which is in the repertoire of many 'Shepherd on the Rock' trios</div> <div> CE18     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE18" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>A Swan, A Man </B> for baritone and piano</div> <div> Commissioned by the Edmund Blunden Society, this dramatic song, for baritone and piano, to words by Edmund Blunden, vividly responds to the poet's memories of the First World War as he meditates by a village mill-pond.</div> <div> CE30    <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE30" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Spring Pictures</B> for violin and piano</div> <div> CE15     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE15" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Winter Variations</B> for cello and piano</div> <div> CE16     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE16" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sonatina</B> for oboe and piano</div> <div> CE17     <A HREF="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details.php?catno=CE17" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://spartanpress.co.uk/spweb/details."><U>Click for more details and to buy</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>All the above publications are available from </B></div> <div> <B>Spartan Press Music Publishers Ltd</B>, Strathmashie House, Laggan Bridge, Scottish Highlands PH20 1BU.  Tel 01528 544770, Fax 01528 544771, <A HREF="http://www.SpartanPress.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.SpartanPress.co.uk"><U><U>www.SpartanPress.co.uk</U></U></A> - or good music shops.</div> <bR> <div> Many of Bullard's other choral works are published by <B>Oxford University Press </B>and other major publishers, and most larger scale choral works are available direct from BullardMusic.  Full details from:</div> <div> <B>BullardMusic</B>, 11 Christ Church Court, Colchester, Essex CO3 3AU  01206 562607 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bullardmusic.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bullardmusic.co.uk"><U><U>www.bullardmusic.co.uk</U></U></A></FONT>  </div> <div> Or Val Withams at <B>Choral Connections</B> on 01494 866389 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.choralconnections.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.choralconnections.com"><U><U>www.choralconnections.com</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>