Name: The Best of Men - Help Me to Walk Again by Anthony Esland
Duration: 46 s
Description: This is a demo track, composed for my MA at the National Film and TV School.

This is a demo track, composed for my MA at the National Film and TV School.

The Best of Men - Help Me to Walk Again

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Letter from the Duke

A new setting of Psalm 24, "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the Scottish Psalter of 1650, generously funded by Canonmills Baptist Church. This recording is from the premiere performance on 13th August 2025 in Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh, sung by the Sacred Arts Festival Singers directed by Calum Robertson with John Kitchen on organ.

The concert also featured premieres of new works by Zoe Lucia Watkins, Alexander McNamee and Jonathan Love.

It also received a lovely review in the Edinburgh Guide:

"‘Lift up your heads’ required eight parts, but the resulting sound left you stunned into silence. It unashamedly combined the full-choir and organ, though peppered with meaningful moments where the voices shone beautifully and unaccompanied... a highly impressive programme – a real joy to hear some freshly composed works, and to behold the inspiring great talent of the young musicians who wrote them." (https://edinburghguide.com/festival/2025/the-scottish-metrical-psalter-church-of-the-sacred-heart-review-21797)

For a copy of the score, contact Chris on hutchingsmusic@hotmail.com.

Lift Up Your Heads - premiere

Madeleine Dring’s jazzy setting of ‘Under the greenwood tree’ is one of her Seven Shakespeare Songs. The words by William Shakespeare come from ‘As You Like It’:

Under the greenwood tree
Who loves to lie with me,
And turn his merry note
Unto the sweet bird's throat,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
            Here shall he see
            No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

Who doth ambition shun
And loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleased with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither:
            Here shall he see
            No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

Under the greenwood tree - Madeleine Dring

This is my strings and piano arrangement of the Magnum, P.I. Theme by Mike Post.

Magnum, P.I. Theme - Strings and Piano Arrangement

“Statue Songs” is a song cycle for SABar choir and piano, about 20 minutes long, written for Dingwall Choral Society. This is a demo of the first movement made with cantamus.app. See https://www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk/scores-by-choir-type/small-mixed-choirs/ for further information and previews of the other four movements - total length of the cycle is 25 minutes.

Over the sea, in a land beyond borders
Deep in a valley stands a tall tree
Down in the roots, by a fathomless well
There we keep vigil, my sisters and me

All through night the women are weaving
Weaving while mortals snore in their beds
All through the night, shuttles are flying
The warp, and the weft, and the tying of threads

You may be a lord with a lover clandestine
You may be a spy with secrets to sell
We knew your deceit before you conceived it
Me and my sisters who weave at the well

Courtesans, conquerors, shop girls and slaves
Warriors who fought, warriors who fell
Your stories are told in the burgeoning tapestry
Woven by sisters down at the well

All through night the women are weaving
Weaving while mortals snore in their beds
All through the night, shuttles are flying
The warp and the weft, and the tying of threads

What do we hear in the still of the evening?
Whispers of trysts, rumours of war
The rumbling of empires rising and falling
The roar of the powerful, the cries of the poor

What do we see when we look in the water?
Unions, betrayals, battles at sea
Promises kept and promises broken
All that once was, and all that will be

All through night the women are weaving
Weaving while mortals snore in their beds
All through the night, shuttles are flying
The warp and the weft, and the tying of threads

Come, if you dare, to the land beyond borders
Come to the valley deep in the glen
Come to the pool in the roots of the tree
Boldest of women, bravest of men

Boldest of men, bravest of women
This is the place where dreams are unfurled
Questions are answered before they are spoken
Here at the well at the end of the world

All through night the women are weaving
Weaving while mortals snore in their beds
All through the night, shuttles are flying
The warp and the weft, and the tying of threads.

Three Sisters (2025 version) Cantamus demo with piano 2025

Anthony Esland is an award-winning composer from the UK. He studied composition and organ performance at Cambridge University, conducting at the Guildhall School of Music, and has an MA in composing for film and TV from the National Film and Television School.

Anthony has written over twenty scores for films, TV, and games, and composed concert music for a variety of soloists and ensembles. His choral music has been performed by choirs such as the BBC Singers in the UK, KC VITAs and Lux in the US, and his chamber music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Anthony has worked with many eminent musicians and ensembles, notably Dame Judith Weir, the ORA Singers, and Trio Sonorité, and been awarded prizes in international composition competitions. He’s also received awards and bursaries for his music from organisations such as the PRS Foundation, Sound and Music, and the Bliss Trust.

The Best of Men - Help Me to Walk Again

Anthony Esland

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