Contemporary

BINGHAM

No. 71191a

The Christmas Trucefor SATB chorus & Ensemble

Full Score

EIGENTUM DES VERLEGERS · ALLE RECHTE VORBEHALTEN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

EDITION PETERSLONDON · FRANKFURT/M. · LEIPZIG · NEW YORK

JUDITH BINGHAM

The Christmas Truce

for SATB Chorus, 2 Trumpets, Strings,Percussion and Chamber Organ.

Full Score

De{licated to my grandfathers, Vivian Thomas MacGowan and Bruce Percy Bingham,who were there.

Piano reduction by the compose

N~rwich, 11 December 2003

Winner of the 2004 British Academy Award for Choral Music.

Text: Eyewitness and newspaper accounts selected, adapted and poeticised by the composer.

Duration c. 25 minutesn.b. This 2nd edition incorporates a number of small changes and revisions made after the premiere.

An alTangelnent for organ by Judith Binghalnof (Silent Night' is available as a separate publication with thetitle The Dawn ofRedeen1ing Grace.

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Edition Peters No. 71191a© Copyright 2003 by Maecenas MusicCopyright assigned 2007 to Hinrichsen Edition, Peters Edition Limited, London, for all countries of the world.

Judith Bingham (2003)The Christmas Truce

dedicated to my grandfathers, Vivian Thomas McGowan, and Bruce Percy Bingham, who were there.

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Judith Bingham (b. 1952) studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was awarded the Principal’s prize in 1971. Bingham was a member of the BBC Singers, and from 2004–2009 was their composer in association. Although her output boasts many choral works, she is seen as an all-rounder. Bingham’s catalogue includes pieces for brass band, symphonic wind ensemble and various chamber groups and solo instruments, concertos for trumpet and bassoon and tuba, several impressive works for large orchestra and diverse anthems and church works for UK cathedrals. In 2007 she became a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music for distinguished services to church music.

Judith Bingham ( *1952) studierte an der Royal Academy of Music in London und erhielt dort 1971 den Preis des Hochschulrektors. Bingham war Mitglied der BBC Singers und von 2004 bis 2009 deren Composer in Association. Obwohl ihr Schaffen zahlreiche Chorwerke umfasst, ist sie als vielseitige Komponistin bekannt. Bingham schrieb unter an-derem Stücke für Blaskapelle, sinfonisches Bläserensemble sowie verschiedene Kammermusik-Besetzungen und Soloinstrumente, daneben Konzerte für Trompete, Fagott und Tuba, mehrere eindrucksvolle Werke für großes Orchester sowie diverse Choräle und geistliche Werke für verschiedene Kathedralen in Großbritannien. 2007 wurde sie für ihre beson-deren Verdienste um die Kirchenmusik zum Fellow der Royal School of Church Music ernannt.

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