New setting. Score available via MusicaNeo.com and Sheet Music Plus.

July 2021

O Magnum Mysterium (SATB & organ)

My Requiem setting in 9 Movements for SATB Choir, Tenor and Soprano soloists. Organ accompaniment with 1 Tubular Bell and 2 Timps drums.
The libretto uses sections of the standard Latin Requiem Mass interspersed with my settings/arrangement of English funeral hymns; there is also the option of a little congregational participation in singing a short hymn refrain plus 2 verses of Abide With Me.
1. Introitus and Kyrie Eleison
2. Now Thy Earthly Work Be Done
3. Pie Jesu & Agnus Dei
4. For Souls Departed
5. Libera Me
6. Lux Aeterna
7. Lighten Our Darkness
8. In Paradisum & Abide with Me
9. Requiem Aeternam

Requiem : Towards the Light - in 9 movements

My arrangement for String Quintet of my recently written piece for organ manuals (also found here on Soundcloud).

Andante Tranquillo (arr'd for Strings)

My setting (with permission) for SSA/Piano of the poem of same title by Charles Anthony Silvestri. 
Audio by Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir.
Score from MusicaNeo.com.

When All Falls Silent (Silvestri/Woodley) (rec RMCC)

Please note the vocals are synthesized with Cantai (beta) app - under development

Let Thy Priests  be Clothed in Righteousness (Cantai synth vocals)

My arrangement for brass/silver band of my original piece for organ.

Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@richwilliamsmith.

Solemn Dance   (arr'd for Brass Band)

New setting of this Xmas carol for SATB choir with solo cello accompaniment

Silent Night (SATB and Cello)  (cantai synth vocals)

Setting for upper voices of the carol text "While Shepherds Watch..". 
Cantai generated synth vocals.

Shepherds' Watch (for SSAA) (cantai synth vocals)

Re-run of an earlier short piece, hymn text set as an anthem, using generated synth voices via Cantai.app (beta version).

For the Beauty of the Earth (Anthem setting - SATB/organ) (Cantai synth vocals)

My version of a Pavane and Galliard which originally were medieval dance forms. Written for the contemporary music project of Carson Cooman, Organist, Harvard Uni, who plays this recording.
00.00  Pavane - ceremoniously slow
03.42  Galliard - lively and playfully

Pavane & Galliard for organ (2025)

Setting of lines from Emily Bronte's "December 13, 1836".
Using Cantai.app synth vocals.

Winter Song (SATB unacc) (Cantai synth vocals)

Setting of verses from the poem "Why Dost Thou Shade Thy Lovely Face" by Francis Quarles (1592-1644)


Thou Art My Light  (unacc SATB)  (cantai synth vocals)

A new tune "Ashleworth" for Xmas carol "It came Upon A Midnight Clear".
SATB and organ or piano. 4 verses.
Free score download available from : 
https://margaretwoodley.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-589682_midnight_clear_-_satb_organ.html

Midnight Clear  (new tune)  (cantai synth vocals)

Setting of poem by Herbert Ashley Asquith for unaccompanied SATB with some divisi.
Synth vocals using Cantai.app.

A Ship Sails Uo To Bideford  (unacc SATB)  (Cantai.app AI vocals)

This "new" tune (I've named MIDSOMER)dates from 1967 and was found in my ancient music manuscript book!

Come Down , O Love Divine (SATB/organ - new tune MIDSOMER)

My original compositions are my copyright. Scores available on request by messaging me here, or available on Sheet Music Plus or Musica Neo (some items free) websites. Liturgical works (x2) are published by Paraclete Press.

Margaret Simmonds (Woodley)

Popular tracks