The Welsh composer Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (b.1944), with works like his mass for peace, Karl Jenkin’s The Armed Man, and his Adiemus, is one of the most important and most frequently performed living composers. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover why with Stretta Music today!
It was clear early on, that Karl Jenkins sought to be a pioneer of a new, universal musical language. As a member of Nucleus and Soft Machine, he was an enthusiastic advocate of Jazz Rock, and he was also a brilliant oboist, featuring as Principal Oboe for the National Orchestra of Wales.
With the Adiemus project, he finally made his international breakthrough in the 90s. The hit of the same name, which became hugely popular after being featured in a TV advert, combines pop and classical music, and contains elements from contemporary pop music, sacred choral music, the classical symphony and world music. Jenkins created his own language for the vocal part, made up of sounds intended to evoke an atmosphere, devoid of meaning, open for interpretation.
His mass for peace, dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo war, The Armed Man, includes elements that unite religions, and people, from all over the world, and is one of the most frequently performed works by a living composer. The anti-war mass is written for a four-part mixed choir with two soloists (soprano and muezzin) and symphony orchestra.
In 2016 his choral work Cantata Memoria – For The Children, which he wrote to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, where 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives when a coal tip engulfed a school in south Wales, saw its premier. Apart from depicting the tragedy, Jenkins says: “Cantata Memoria is also a celebration of childhood, gradually moving from darkness into light.”
Karl Jenkins was knighted in 2015 for his remarkable contribution to music.
“I never categorized music. It’s always the same twelve notes, and it’s all about writing something with taste and integrity, regardless of the style. Ultimately, I always compose for myself, and if people like it, then that’s wonderful.”
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632985
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632990
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632986
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632989
from In These Stones Horizons Sing
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1650946
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632993
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632981
from In These Stones Horizons Sing
for: Bariton Solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1650945
for: Contralto solo (optional), gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1650977
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632988
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632991
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632983
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632984
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 792234
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632982
Solitude
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792217
from The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792183
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632992
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792184
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632987
Healing Light: a Celtic prayer
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 792212
Solitude
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 792216
from In These Stones Horizons Sing
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1650947
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632995
from The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792122
So, we’ll go no more a-roving
for: Gesang und Klavier oder Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 792229
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632994
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier (Orchester)
Chorpartitur Orchestermaterial als Leihwerke erhältlich bei Bosoey & Hawkes
Item no.: 1663039
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 1650976
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1650930
for: Marimba
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1613113
D
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561120
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565533
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612525
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561119
aus "Gloria"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656876
aus "Gloria"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 584785
for: Euphonium
Instrumental Parts
Item no.: 1638834
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554126
A
for: Piano, Voice, Organ
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612194
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554513
for: Violin
Instrumental Parts
Item no.: 1638538
for: Euphonium
Instrumental Parts
Item no.: 1638800
D
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561414
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612126
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1613137
G
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612181
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1565353
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