Coventry Carol demo 13th Dec

Auld Lang Shite

Hear Me - Radio Edit

Hear Me (Radio Edit)

For Ella Jarman-Pinto
Matthew Lee Knowles 
March 2022

SCORE: https://www.scribd.com/document/564683224/For-Ella-Jarman-Pinto

For Ella Jarman-Pinto

The idea for this piece came from a conversation/argument with a friend about which hymn tunes are 'bangers' (yes I'm aware how nerdy this is). I loved that we had very different but equally passionate opinions and so I decided to compose something which used two of our favourite tunes as the source material. 

The result was a light-hearted and exciting piece, radically different in tone from the original melodies, and as occasionally ludicrous as the conversation that inspired it.

For the purists, there is also a version for Organ.

Two-Tune Toccata

Three songs inspired in different ways by thinking about the environment. 

I wrote Beauty as a teenager; this is somewhat rewritten but the main tunes are the same, as are about 50% of the words. The other two songs were written after it was pointed out to me by Hazel Watson of Watson and Lockett commented on the dearth of folk music engaging with the ecological crisis. I set myself the challenge of writing a song that plays on folk tropes but accidentally wrote two. 

Recording and mixing aren't my fortes. I could spend ages trying to get these better, without achieving much, so I've posted them in rough and ready form as demos, because it's the songwriting I really want to share.

Carbon Kings demo

This a cappella setting in 2 parts can work for upper voices S/A, lower voices T/B, or a mixed group (S/B, ST/B, S/AB, or SA/TB). The parts interweave and play off each other, making it an impressive showpiece despite its short length (just under 2 minutes). An ideal opener for a service of 9 Lessons & Carols.

More info and a sample score: https://www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk/adam-lay-ybounden/

To order copies, email me. Current pricing is pay-what-you-want until it gets premiered - free to the first choir who gives me a premiere date for it!

Adam Lay Ybounden

My 'Extinction Calypso' (words and music) orchestrated by John Cameron for Singing Allowed, conducted by Judith Sheridan.  

05. Extinction Calypso Final Mix.mp3

A Radio Borders recording of Health in Harmony in their  2019 Christmas is Coming concert. From Melrose Parish Church.

Health in Harmony 2019 Christmas is Coming concert

Summer will come again (20th Dec. 2020)

Chris Hutchings is a Scottish composer based in Edinburgh, specialising in works for choir. His works have been performed by the National Youth Choir of Scotland, New London Singers, Cappella Nova, Scottish Voices, the Edinburgh Quartet, Daniel's Beard, Pure Brass, and a wide variety of professional and amateur groups around the world. He has received commissions from several groups in the UK and USA. Recent prizes include the Murau Music Festival Composition prize in 2019 and Kantos Choir's composition prize in 2021. 

For more details, see http://www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk for details of upcoming performances, score samples, free arrangements, and more recordings.

Videos, many with scores, at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx7ao4fKMuVXVz0la0r0VrQ/

Adam Lay Ybounden

hutchingsmusic

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