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Judith Weir

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Judith Weir CBE, (born 11 May 1954 in Cambridge, England of Scottish parents), is a British composer currently resident in London. She is Professor of Music at Cardiff University. Judith Weir’s music has achieved considerable popularity with audiences and critics alike. She trained with John Tavener while still at school and subsequently with Robin Holloway at King's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1976. Her music is characterised by a distinctive textural clarity and a lucid but idiosyncratic harmonic idiom.

Top songs

  1. Illuminare, Jerusalem
  2. All The Ends Of The Earth
  3. Drop down, ye heavens, from above
  4. Love Bade Me Welcome
  5. Ascending into Heaven
  6. Judith Weir: Still, Glowing
  7. String Quartet: I. Serene
  8. Illuminare, Jerusalem [1985 – premiere]
  9. Vertue: I. Vertue
  10. My guardian angel
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  1. Weir: Illuminare Jerusalem
  2. Ave Regina Caelorum
  3. Advent Prose
  4. Piano Concerto: II. The Sweet Primeroses
  5. Fragile
  6. The Welcome Arrival of Rain
  7. Atlantic Drift: No. 2, Atlantic Drift
  8. Piano Trio: I. —
  9. Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem: "Jerusalem rejos for joy"
  10. O Viridissima
  11. Forest
  12. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: II. Nunc Dimittis
  13. Brighter Visions Shine Afar
  14. Scotch Minstrelsy: No. 1. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
  15. Piano Concerto: I. —
  16. The Bagpiper's String Trio: III. Lament, Over The Sea
  17. Storm: I. Storm - Shipwreck
  18. A Night at the Chinese Opera, Op. 3, Act I: Act I Scene 1: Black night, cool breeze (Nightwatchman)
  19. Heroic Strokes of the Bow
  20. Natural History: No. 4. Fish - Bird
  21. Arise! Arise!
  22. String Quartet: III. Presto
  23. Moon and Star
  24. I Broke Off a Golden Branch: I. Calm - Con moto
  25. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: I. Magnificat
  26. Piano Concerto: III. —
  27. Ettrick Banks
  28. O mercy divine [Premiere]
  29. Piano Trio Two: II. Your Light May Go Out
  30. In the Land of Uz: VII. Conclusion
  31. Vertue
  32. Music for 247 Strings
  33. Illuminare Jerusalem
  34. Nuits d’Afrique: I. Berceuse
  35. El rey de Francia
  36. Holy Innocents
  37. The Vanishing Bridegroom, Act III: Act III: The Priest marks a circle (Narrator, Preacher, Chorus)
  38. Missa del Cid: I. Kyrie
  39. Drop down, ye heavens, from above - 2025 Remaster
  40. The Song Sung True: I. Sing
  41. Distance and Enchantment
  42. Scotch Minstrelsy: No. 3. Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight
  43. The Bagpiper's String Trio: I. Salute
  44. Songs from the Exotic: No. 3, The Romance of Count Arnaldos
  45. Storm: V. Mercy
  46. Missa del Cid: II. Gloria
  47. The Art of Touching the Keyboard
  48. Storm: IV. Spirit
  49. Missa del Cid: IV. Sanctus
  50. Blackbirds and thrushes
  51. The Bagpiper's String Trio: II. Nocturne
  52. Vertue (Live)
  53. Michael's Strathspey
  54. Piano Trio: II. —
  55. Piano Trio: III. —
  56. Ardnamurchan Point
  57. The Song Sung True: IV. Folk Song
  58. I Broke Off a Golden Branch: II. —
  59. Storm: III. Magic
  60. Still, Glowing
  61. A Blue True Dream of Sky
  62. Missa del Cid: III. Credo
  63. Piano Quartet: I.
  64. Nuits d’Afrique: III. Crocodile
  65. Storm: II. Charm
  66. Nuits d’Afrique: II. Le tam-tam
  67. Piano Quartet: II. Blanche comme la neige
  68. The Song Sung True: II. Song
  69. An mein klavier
  70. Nuits d’Afrique: IV. Le village
  71. Missa del Cid: VI. Agnus Dei
  72. The Song Sung True: III. Orpheus
  73. Wild Mossy Mountains
  74. The King of France
  75. Airs from another Planet: I. Strathspey & Reel
  76. Psalm 148
  77. Songs from the Exotic: The Romance of Count Arnaldos
  78. String Quartet: II. Con Moto
  79. Airs from another Planet: II. Traditional Air
  80. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Magnificat
  81. Airs from another Planet: III. Jig
  82. Little Tree: I. Little Tree
  83. Missa del Cid: V. Benedictus
  84. O Viridissima for piano trio
  85. My Guardian Angel: My Guardian Angel
  86. Requiem of Reconciliation: IX. Sanctus: Sanctus, Sanctus
  87. Little Tree: II. I Carry Your Heart with Me
  88. Airs from another Planet: IV. Bagpipe Air, with Drones
  89. The Vanishing Bridegroom, Act I: Act I: The Inheritance: The Deathbed: There was a man (Narrator)
  90. Natural History: No. 1. Horse

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