Short bio Kenneth Leighton
Birthday:
1929 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Died:
1988
Active:
1940s - 1980s
Genre:
Classical,Avant-Garde
Period:
Modern
Full biography Kenneth Leighton
Kenneth Leighton (2 October 1929 – 24 August 1988) was a British composer and pianist known for his contributions to church and choral music. He wrote a substantial amount of music for the piano, including his first acknowledged works, and composed pieces for organ, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. His compositions showcase his unique style, incorporating modern techniques and harmonies while also maintaining a traditional classical form.
In addition to his musical talents, Leighton was also an accomplished pianist, and he often performed his own compositions. His music has been praised for its expressive qualities and emotional depth, with many of his pieces being inspired by religious and spiritual themes.
Leighton contributed significantly to the world of British music during his career, and his legacy lives on today through the continued performances and recordings of his work. Some of his most notable compositions include his Masses, Three Carols, and Laudes Animantium, which features eight movements and is considered one of his most extraordinary works.
Compositions featuring Kenneth Leighton
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preludes for piano | 12:20 min | Keyboard | 1988 |
| 2 | Missa Sancti Petri, for soloists, chorus & organ | 20:06 min | Choral | 1987 |
| 3 | Prelude, Hymn & Toccata, for 2 pianos, Op. 96 | 21:22 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 4 | Romantic Pieces (4) for piano No. 1, Molto moderato, Op. 95/1 | 5:11 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 5 | Romantic Pieces (4) for piano No. 2, Presto capriccioso, Op. 95/2 | 3:43 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 6 | Romantic Pieces (4) for piano No. 3, Adagio molto, Op. 95/3 | 8:57 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 7 | Romantic Pieces (4) for piano No. 4, Allegro molto e con brio, Op. 95/4 | 5:12 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 8 | Veni Creator Spiritus, prelude for organ | 6:21 min | Keyboard | 1987 |
| 9 | Four Romantic Pieces, for piano, Op. 95 | 22:42 min | Keyboard | 1986 |
| 10 | What Love is This of Thine?, for chorus | 6:46 min | Choral | 1986 |
| 11 | Earth, Sweet Earth, cantata for tenor & piano ("Laudes Terrae"), Op. 94 | 38:32 min | Vocal Music | 1985 |
| 12 | Veni Redemptor: A Celebration, for organ, Op. 93 | 11:02 min | Keyboard | 1985 |
| 13 | The World's Desire, for 4 voices, chorus & organ ("A Sequence for Epiphany"), Op. 91 | 27:20 min | Choral | 1984 |
| 14 | Concerto for recorder & harpsichord, Op. 88 | 17:03 min | Concerto | 1982 |
| 15 | Alleluia Pascha Nostrum for cello & piano | 13:38 min | Choral | 1981 |
| 16 | These are Thy Wonders (A Song of Renewal), for tenor & organ, Op. 84 | 8:04 min | Vocal Music | 1981 |
| 17 | Missa de Gloria, for organ, Op. 82 ("Dublin Festival Mass") | 38:32 min | Keyboard | 1980 |
| 18 | Awake My Glory, for soprano, chorus & organ | 11:31 min | Choral | 1979 |
| 19 | Sequence for All Saints, for chorus & organ, Op. 75 | 24:24 min | Choral | 1978 |
| 20 | Improvisations on "De profundis", for harpsichord, Op. 76 | 22:51 min | Keyboard | 1977 |
| 21 | Ode, for ogan | 3:33 min | Keyboard | 1977 |
| 22 | Martyrs-Dialogues on A Scottish Psalm Tune, for organ, Op. 73 | 13:34 min | Keyboard | 1976 |
| 23 | Choral Prelude on "Lumetto", for organ | 2:39 min | Keyboard | 1975 |
| 24 | Choral Prelude on "Rockingham", for organ | 3:10 min | Keyboard | 1975 |
| 25 | Fantasies (6) on Hymn Tunes, for organ, Op. 72 | 22:28 min | Keyboard | 1975 |
| 26 | Symphony No. 2, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 69 ("Sinfonia mistica in memoriam") | 48:41 min | Symphony | 1974 |
| 27 | Laudate Pueri, for 3 choirs, Op 68 | 7:13 min | Choral | 1973 |
| 28 | Quartet in One Movement, for piano quartet ("Contrasts and Variants"), Op. 63 | 22:07 min | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| 29 | Sonata for piano, Op 64 | 21:51 min | Keyboard | 1972 |
| 30 | Concerto for organ, string orchestra & timpani, Op. 58 | 27:26 min | Concerto | 1970 |
| 31 | Improvisation in Memoriam Maurice de Sausmarez, for organ | 6:41 min | Keyboard | 1969 |
| 32 | Improvistation | 6:05 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1969 |
| 33 | Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 57 ("Concerto estivo") | 37:08 min | Concerto | 1969 |
| 34 | Studies (Study-Variations) (6) for piano, Op. 56 | 17:28 min | Keyboard | 1969 |
| 35 | Morning Canticles, for chorus | 15:03 min | Choral | 1967 |
| 36 | O God, enfold me in the sun, for chorus & organ | 3:56 min | Choral | 1967 |
| 37 | Et Resurrexit, for organ, Op. 49 | 16:19 min | Keyboard | 1966 |
| 38 | Fanfare | 2:13 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1966 |
| 39 | Fanfare for organ | 2:37 min | Keyboard | 1966 |
| 40 | Lift up your heads, O ye gates, for chorus | 4:07 min | Choral | 1966 |
| 41 | Paean for organ | 4:53 min | Keyboard | 1966 |
| 42 | Theme, Fantasy & Fugue, Op 49 | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1966 | |
| 43 | Elegy | 7:42 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1965 |
| 44 | Lazy-bones, for piano | 1:40 min | Keyboard | 1965 |
| 45 | Mass, for soloists & double choir, Op 44 | 27:10 min | Choral | 1965 |
| 46 | Study for piano (1965) | 0:59 min | Keyboard | 1965 |
| 47 | Preces and Responses No. 1, for cantor, chorus & organ | 3:46 min | Choral | 1964 |
| 48 | Te Deum Laudamus ("St. Cecilia") | 9:13 min | Choral | 1964 |
| 49 | Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia, for organ, Op. 41 | 16:41 min | Keyboard | 1963 |
| 50 | Symphony No. 1, Op. 42 | 35:52 min | Symphony | 1963 |
| 51 | Alleluia, Amen, for chorus & organ ('Festival Anthem') | 8:23 min | Choral | 1961 |
| 52 | Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, for chorus | 2:35 min | Choral | 1961 |
| 53 | Concerto for string orchestra, Op. 39 | 22:12 min | Concerto | 1960 |
| 54 | Jack-in-the-Box, for piano | 0:44 min | Keyboard | 1959 |
| 55 | Nine Variations for piano, Op. 36 | 13:01 min | Keyboard | 1959 |
| 56 | Piano Quintet, Op. 34 | 29:59 min | Chamber Music | 1959 |
| 57 | String Quartet No. 2, Op. 33 | 27:55 min | Chamber Music | 1957 |
| 58 | Fantasia Contrappuntistica (Homage to Bach) for piano, Op. 24 | 12:04 min | Keyboard | 1956 |
| 59 | String Quartet No. 1, Op. 32 | 22:17 min | Chamber Music | 1956 |
| 60 | Cello Concerto, Op. 31 | 32:24 min | Concerto | 1955 |
| 61 | Variations for piano, Op. 30 | 14:21 min | Keyboard | 1955 |
| 62 | Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 27 | 15:51 min | Keyboard | 1954 |
| 63 | Oboe Concerto, Op. 23 | 20:39 min | Concerto | 1953 |
| 64 | Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 17 | 19:48 min | Keyboard | 1953 |
| 65 | Winter Scene, suite for piano | 19:28 min | Keyboard | 1953 |
| 66 | Concerto for violin & chamber orchestra, Op. 12 | 24:09 min | Concerto | 1952 |
| 67 | Veris Gratia for oboe, cello & string orchestra, Op 9 | 26:14 min | Concerto | 1950 |
| 68 | Serenade in C for flute & piano | 12:23 min | Chamber Music | 1949 |
| 69 | Sonata for violin & piano No. 1, Op. 4 | 17:50 min | Chamber Music | 1949 |
| 70 | Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 2 | Keyboard | 1948 | |
| 71 | Symphony for strings, Op. 3 | 24:53 min | Symphony | 1948 |
| 72 | Sonatina for piano No. 2, Op. 1b | 7:43 min | Keyboard | 1947 |
| 73 | Sonatina for piano No. 1, Op. 1a | 7:34 min | Keyboard | 1946 |
| 74 | A Christmas Carol, for chorus | 7:03 min | Choral | - |
| 75 | A Hymn of the Nativity, for chorus | 6:34 min | Choral | - |
| 76 | A Hymn to the Trinity, for chorus | 3:10 min | Choral | - |
| 77 | A Sad folk song, for piano, Op. 47/5 | 1:36 min | Keyboard | - |
| 78 | An Easter Sequence, movements (6) for upper voices, organ & trumpet | 14:34 min | Choral | - |
| 79 | An Evening Hymn | 9:01 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 80 | Animal Heaven, for soprano, recorder, harpsichord & violoncello | 14:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 81 | Canon for female chorus | 1:19 min | Choral | - |
| 82 | Carols (3), for chorus, Op. 25 | Choral | - | |
| 83 | Clockwork doll, for piano, Op. 47/1 | 0:43 min | Keyboard | - |
| 84 | Conflicts for piano, Op 51 | 19:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 85 | Coventry Carol (Lully Lulla) | 3:05 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 86 | Cradle-Song, for piano, Op. 47/4 | 1:30 min | Keyboard | - |
| 87 | Crucifixus Pro Nobis for tenor, chorus & organ, Op. 38 | 14:38 min | Choral | - |
| 88 | Elegy for cello & piano, Op. 5 | 8:28 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 89 | Fantasia on the Name BACH, for viola & piano, Op. 29 | 14:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 90 | Fantasy Octet on Themes of Grainger, Op. 87 | 21:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 91 | Fantasy on a chorale "Es ist genug" op. 80 | 19:59 min | - | |
| 92 | Fantasy on an American Hymn Tune for clarinet, cello & piano, Op 70 | 19:34 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 93 | Festive Fanfare for organ | 6:08 min | Keyboard | - |
| 94 | Final fanfare, for piano, Op. 47/8 | 1:01 min | Keyboard | - |
| 95 | Give Me the Wings of Faith, for soloists, chorus & organ | 5:16 min | Choral | - |
| 96 | God's Grandeur, for chorus | 4:54 min | Choral | - |
| 97 | Household Pets for piano, Op 86 | 12:08 min | Keyboard | - |
| 98 | Lament, for piano, Op. 47/7 | 1:58 min | Keyboard | - |
| 99 | Leap-frog, for piano, Op. 47/6 | 1:00 min | Keyboard | - |
| 100 | Let all the world in every corner sing | 3:37 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 101 | Little Minx, for piano, Op. 47/3 | 0:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 102 | Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (Text: From the pageant of the shearmen and tailors, Coventry, 15th century) | 3:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 103 | Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, for soloist & chorus, Op 25b | 3:20 min | Choral | - |
| 104 | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Magdalen Service) | 8:24 min | Choral | - |
| 105 | Metamorphoses for violin & piano, Op. 48 | 21:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 106 | Missa Brevis for chorus, Op 50 | 12:43 min | Choral | - |
| 107 | Missa Corneila, for chorus & organ, Op. 81 | 12:53 min | Choral | - |
| 108 | Missa Sancti Thomae, for soloists, chorus & organ | 19:29 min | Choral | - |
| 109 | Nativitie, for chorus | 4:53 min | Choral | - |
| 110 | O be joyful in the Lord (Jubilate Deo), for chorus & organ | 3:31 min | Choral | - |
| 111 | O Sacrum Convivum | 3:51 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 112 | Of a Rose | 5:56 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 113 | Of a rose is all my song, for chorus | 6:10 min | Choral | - |
| 114 | Partita for cello & piano, Op. 35 | 21:01 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 115 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 11 | 21:04 min | Concerto | - |
| 116 | Piano Trio, Op. 46 | 24:17 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 117 | Pieces for Angela, for piano, Op. 47 | 10:04 min | Keyboard | - |
| 118 | Preces and Responses No. 2, for cantor, chorus & organ | 7:10 min | Choral | - |
| 119 | Quam dilecta!, for soprano, chorus & organ | 7:51 min | Choral | - |
| 120 | Sarum Mass for soloists, chorus & organ, Op 66 | Choral | - | |
| 121 | Second Service for chorus & organ, Op 62 | 9:15 min | Choral | - |
| 122 | Solus ad victimam | 4:39 min | Choral | - |
| 123 | Sonata for cello, Op. 52 | 18:33 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 124 | Sonata for flute & piano | 19:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 125 | Studies (5) for piano, No. 1, Allegro ma non troppo, Op. 22/1 | 2:13 min | Keyboard | - |
| 126 | Studies (5) for piano, No. 2, Allegro leggerissimo, Op. 22/2 | 1:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 127 | Studies (5) for piano, No. 3, Allegro molto, Op. 22/3 | 1:43 min | Keyboard | - |
| 128 | Studies (5) for piano, No. 4, Molto lento, Op. 22/4 | 5:23 min | Keyboard | - |
| 129 | Studies (5) for piano, No. 5, Presto con bravura, Op. 22/5 | 2:42 min | Keyboard | - |
| 130 | Studies (5) for piano, Op 22 | 13:19 min | Keyboard | - |
| 131 | Symphony No. 3, for tenor & orchestra, Op. 90 ("Laudes Musicae") | 21:40 min | Symphony | - |
| 132 | The Cat's Lament, for piano | 2:39 min | Keyboard | - |
| 133 | The Christ-Child lay on Mary's lap, for chorus | 3:07 min | Choral | - |
| 134 | The Lord's Prayer, for chorus | 2:01 min | Choral | - |
| 135 | The Star-song, for chorus | 4:28 min | Choral | - |
| 136 | The Swan, for piano, Op. 47/2 | 1:08 min | Keyboard | - |
| 137 | Variations (7) for string quartet, Op. 43 | 17:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
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