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Kenneth Leighton

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Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. In 1947 he went to The Queen's College, Oxford on a Hastings Scholarship in Classics. In 1950, he graduated with both BA in Classics and in 1951 with a BMus (having studied with Bernard Rose).

Top songs

  1. 3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 2, Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
  2. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
  3. Veris gratia, Op. 6: VII. Hymn to Cypris
  4. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense"
  5. An Easter Sequence
  6. Hymn
  7. Lully, lulla
  8. Nunc Dimittis
  9. Violin Concerto, Op. 12: II. Intermezzo. Moderato con moto, sempre dolce
  10. A Hymn of the Nativity
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  1. Coventry Carol
  2. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
  3. The Coventry Carol
  4. Elegy for Cello & Piano, Op. 5
  5. Leighton: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
  6. What love is this of thine?
  7. Give Me The Wings Of Faith
  8. Magnificat
  9. A Hymn to the Trinity
  10. Gradual (for the First Sunday after Easter)
  11. Paean
  12. Solus ad victimam
  13. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service): Magnificat
  14. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service): Nunc Dimittis
  15. Veni creator spiritus
  16. Introit (for the First Sundy after Easter)
  17. Of a rose is all my song
  18. Let all the World in Every Corner Sing
  19. The Second Service, Op. 62: I. Magnificat
  20. Christ in his Passion
  21. Rockingham: Chorale Prelude on 'When I survey the wondrous Cross'
  22. O Leave Your Sheep
  23. Veris gratia, Op. 6: V. Eclogue
  24. Missa Christi, Festival Mass: III. Sanctus and Benedictus
  25. Three Carols, Op. 25: No. 2. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (Coventry Carol) [Live]
  26. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op. 25, No. 2, "Coventry Carol"
  27. Sortie (Antiphon at First Vespers of Ascension Day)
  28. God's Grandeur
  29. Laudes animantium, Op. 61: No. 2, Scherzo. Calico Pie
  30. Solus ad victiman
  31. Veris gratia, Op. 6: II. Aubade
  32. Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: IV. Hymn
  33. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense": I. Magnificat
  34. Aus der Tiefe
  35. The Second Service, Op. 62: II. Nunc Dimittis
  36. The Preces
  37. Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: Hymn
  38. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears (Live)
  39. Offertory (for the First Sunday after Easter)
  40. Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: I. Christ in the Cradle
  41. Let all the world in every corner sing (George Herbert)
  42. The Responses
  43. The Preces and Responses: I. The Preces
  44. The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap
  45. Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: II. Christ in the Garden
  46. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense": II. Nunc Dimittis
  47. Gibbons: Drop, drop, slow tears, Hymn a 4
  48. Preces and Responses (1st set)
  49. Preces and Responses: Preces
  50. Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: III. Christ in His Passion
  51. Christ in the Garden
  52. Preces and Responses: Responses
  53. Te Deum Laudamus
  54. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense": Nunc Dimittis
  55. The Preces and Responses: II. The Responses
  56. Missa Sancti Thomae Op. 40: III. Credo
  57. Communion (for the First Sunday after Easter)
  58. Veris gratia, Op. 6: I. Prelude
  59. Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72: I. Helmsley
  60. Responses
  61. Christ in the Cradle
  62. Second Service (Magnificat)
  63. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b
  64. Mass, Op. 44: I. Kyrie
  65. Second Service (Nunc dimittis)
  66. An Easter Sequence: Gradual (for the First Sunday after Easter)
  67. Mass, Op. 44: III. Credo
  68. Sonatina No. 2: II. Andante sostenuto
  69. Lully,lulla,Thou Little Tiny Child
  70. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op. 25, No. 2
  71. Leighton: Drop, drop, slow tears
  72. Missa Sancti Thomae Op. 40: IVa. Sanctus
  73. An Easter Sequence: Offertory (for the First Sunday after Easter)
  74. O God enfold me in the sun
  75. An Easter Sequence: Sortie (Antiphon at First Vespers of Ascension Day)
  76. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense": Magnificat
  77. Symphony No. 2, Op. 69, "Sinfonia mistica in memoriam F.L.": I. Sonnet
  78. Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72: VI. Toccata on Hanover
  79. An Easter Sequence: Communion (for the First Sunday after Easter)
  80. Mass, Op. 44: II. Gloria
  81. Missa brevis, Op. 50: IV. Agnus Dei
  82. Missa brevis, Op. 50: V. Gloria in excelsis Deo
  83. Crucifixus Pro Nobis : 4. Hymn (Drop, drop slow tears)
  84. Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72: III. Lumetto
  85. Five Studies, Op. 22: I. Allegro ma non troppo
  86. Five Studies, Op. 22: III. Allegro molto
  87. Three Carols, Op. 25: II. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
  88. Lift up your heads, O ye gates
  89. An Easter Sequence: Introit (for the First Sundy after Easter)
  90. Missa brevis, Op. 50: II. Sanctus

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