Matthew Coleridge - composer

CRUX FIDELIS

SATB a cappella | text by St Venantius Fortunatus

Composed to mark a visit of the Bishop of Sherborne to my village church in Holy Week 2017. The stark juxtaposition in the words - contrasting fruit and foliage with the nails hammered into Christ's hands - leaves the music finely balanced between consonance and dissonance.

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A Cappella works
And What of Marriage?

...And What of Marriage?

SATB a cappella / text by Kahlil Gibran

Crux Fidelis

Crux Fidelis

SATB a cappella / text by St Venantius Fortunatis

Corpus Christi Carol

Corpus Christi Carol

SATB or AATTBB a cappella

Huron Carol

Huron Carol

SATB or SSAA a cappella / text by Jesse Edgar Middleton

Songs of Farewell

Songs of Farewell

SATB a cappella

Balulalow

Balulalow

SATB a cappella / text by James, John & Robert Wedderburn

Noel: Christmas Eve 1913

Noel: Christmas Eve 1913

SATB a cappella / text by Robert Bridges

Crucifigat Omnes

Crucifigat Omnes

SATB a cappella / text from Carmina Burana