Go gently on your voyage, by Kate McIlhagga (1938-2002)

Go gently on your voyage, beloved.
Slip away with the ebb tide,
rejoice in a new sunrise.
May the moon make a path across the sea [for you],
the Son provide a welcome.
May the earth receive you and the fire cleanse you
as you go from our love
into the presence of Love's completeness.

(Music composed 2007, recorded 2008)

Go Gently (demo) - The Egerton Consort

This piece was written for the lay clerks of Worcester Cathedral in 2007, when I sang in the choir. It is an unaccompanied setting of John Donne's famous words, below:

Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity:
in the habitations of thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.


Sheet music available from www.editionpeters.com

One Equal Music (excerpt) - The Egerton Consort

Average White Band, arranged for VOCES8 by Jim Clements.

Cloudy (excerpt) - VOCES8

Manning Sherwin's beautiful song, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, arranged for VOCES8 by Jim Clements.

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (excerpt) - VOCES8

Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer's duet, made famous by The Rat Pack, arranged for VOCES8 by Jim Clements.

Me and my shadow (excerpt) - VOCES8

Bananaphone (chipmunk version)

For our wedding ceremony, my wife requested that I set this beautiful poem by W.B. Yeats. It was first performed as Helen entered the music room of Egerton House, on 27th September, 2013.

He wishes for the cloths of heaven - The Egerton Consort

One of the tracks that Jim orchestrated for Tim Minchin's tour with The Heritage Orchestra, recorded live at the MEN Arena.

Tim Minchin - Prejudice

Tim Minchin - Rock N Roll Nerd

Written for VOCES8's album, From Gibbons To Gershwin (2007).

Maria (from West Side Story) - L. Bernstein & S. Sondheim, performed by VOCES8

Mack the knife - K. Weill & M. Blitzstein, performed by VOCES8

Written for VOCES8's album, Evensong (2008).

Feeling good - L. Bricusse & A. Newley, performed by VOCES8

This arrangement of Robert Burn's poem to the traditional tune, 'Low down in the broom', was written by Jim for his wedding; the solo in this recording is sung by baritone, James Arthur.

My love is like a red, red rose - The Egerton Consort

A setting of words by the English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth.

When I behold a rainbow (excerpt) - The Egerton Consort

Jim came across this text when singing Britten's Ceremony of Carols as a chorister at Rochester Cathedral and has since sung many and varied settings; this is his interpretation of words that have lasted over five hundred years, in a setting for men's voices.

There is no rose (excerpt) - The Egerton Consort

A setting of the poem prologue to Elizabeth Goudge's novel, The Little White Horse.

The little white horse (excerpt1)- The Egerton Consort

The little white horse (excerpt 2) - The Egerton Consort

Jim Clements is a British choral composer, arranger, orchestrator, and singer.

He has written for numerous world-famous artists, including Tom Jones, The King's Singers, Tim Minchin, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and has been nominated for three CARA awards.

His music is published by Edition Peters, and has been recorded on Decca Classics, Inertia Records, Priory Records, Signum Classics, Universal Records, and others.

He is a member of the GRAMMY-nominated early music vocal ensemble, Stile Antico, which records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi.

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