Hymnus Universalus
2020
3 Minutes
*3222 4231 T+1 Hp Strings
Interlude from Ein Sternenzelt. There is also a version for unaccompanied choir SATB
Ein Sternenzelt
Completed 2021
(Variations on a Theme of Beethoven)
40 Minutes
*4*3*4*4 4331 T+4 2 Hp Strings
Meaning "A Canopy of Stars" this is a set of variations each depicting a different constellation. Many of the variations work as stand alone pieces and not all employ the full orchestra.
Bell Carol
2001
3 minutes
SATB (or SA) and orchestra 2222 2000 1P Hp Strings
Adaptation of original piece for unaccompanied choir SATB from "Cohen's Carols"
This version premièred by City of Oxford Orchestra and choir/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Creation
Creation
2020
45 minutes
Alto (or Mezzo) soloist, Children's Chorus, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra
*2*22*2 4231 T+3 Org Hp Strings
Commissioned for Lloyd's Choir by friends of Christine Didelot to honour her last wish
First performance originally scheduled in London 2020, due for re-schedule in the near future
Cradle Song
2001
3 minutes
Soprano, or mezzo, or chorus SATB (or SA) and strings with harp (minimum 22221)
Adaptation of original piece for unaccompanied choir SATB from "Cohen's Carols"
Premièred by City of Oxford Orchestra and choir/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Leontovich: Carol of the Bells
2020
2 minutes
strings with harp (minimum 44221)
Premièred by Cohen Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Debussy: Two Winter Preludes (Snowflakes are Dancing & Footprints in the Snow)
2020
7 minutes (3,4)
strings with harp (minimum 44221)
The 2 Preludes can be performed together or separately
Premièred by Cohen Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Two Remembrance Anthems
1: In Flanders Fields
2: Anthem for Doomed Youth
4 minutes each
Published by Edition Norsk Musikforlag
For Angel
2018
8 minutes
for Strings 64442 (Principal 2nd Violin plays offstage and his seat remains empty throughout)
Written in memory of David Angel. First performed by the Cohen Ensemble conducted by the composer at the Southbank Centre on 17th May 2018
Beginnings & Endings
2018
4 minutes
for Strings 64442
First performed by the Cohen Ensemble conducted by the composer at the Southbank Centre on 17th May 2018
From Behind Glass
2017
15 minutes
For string quartet
First performance by the Piatti Quartet, 11/11/17, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Firefly
2017
4 minutes
for Xylophone and Strings
First performed by Dame Evelyn Glennie with the Cohen Ensemble conducted by the composer at the Apex, Bury-St-Edmunds on 28th September 2017
Vidit Lucem Magnum
(A Christmas Motet) 2015
3 minutes
For unaccomapnied choir
Listen to extract on the audio page
Exodus Fragment
2015
30 minutes
SATB soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra : *20*20 4* 2(+Ram's Horns)000 T+P Org Hp Strings
Commissioned by Lloyd's Choir and premièred with Isis Ensemble and soloists Marie Vassiliou, Mae Heydorn, Mark Wilde and Robert Rice conducted by Jacques Cohen
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Prelude 49
2014
7 minutes
for vibraphone and strings
First performance given at Baltais Fligelis, Sigulda, Latvia by Andrei Pushkarev and Kremerata Baltica conducted by Jacques Cohen. UK premiere given by Dame Evelyn Glennie at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London with the Isis Ensemble conducted by Jacques Cohen
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extract on the audio page
Love Journeys
2014
20 minutes
for soprano and strings (minimum 64442)
in 8 movements
First performance given at Southbank Centre by Marie Vassiliou and Isis Ensemble conducted by Jacques Cohen
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extract on the audio page
Nun danket alle Gott
2013
8 minutes
String Quartet
Commissioned by Paul and David Delve for the Fitzwilliam Quartet.
Première 3 April 2014, St Mary's Church, Walthamstow, London
SUNRISE ON PORTHMISSEN
2016
4 mins
3333 4331 T+1 Hp Strings
Adventures in Twilight
2013
50 minutes
Symphony for Large Orchestra :
*3*3*3*3 4*431 3T+5 2Hp Strings
Concertino
2012
5 minutes
Brass Quintet
Commissioned by Onyx Brass. Premiere at King's Place, May 2013
The Lady of Satis House
2012
35 minutes
Operatic Monodrama for Soprano and String Quartet
Premièred at the Riverside Studios as part of the Tete-a-tete opera festival by Marie Vassiliou (soprano) and the Piatti Quartet, directed by Joe Austin with set design by Emily Harwood
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Carsington Water
2012
5 minutes
Strings
Comissioned by Rachel Bolton and performed by Equinox and Isis Ensemble
Rachmaninov: Prelude Opus 3, No.2
2012
4 minutes
Strings
Premièred by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen.
Also performed by Sofia Soloists/ Plamen Djurov
Recorded on Transcriptions for Strings
CD on Meridian
In Flanders Fields
2012
4 minutes
Unaccompanied choir
Commissioned by Lloyd's Choir
Listen to extract on the audio page
Published as part of Two Remembrance Anthems by Edition Norsk Musikforlag
Cohen's Carols
2011
13 Original Compositions and Arrangements, for choir, both accompanied and unaccompanied.
Published by Norsk Musikforlag
Carols include:
Away in a Manger
Bell Carol
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
A Christmas Canon
Coventry Carol
Cradle Song (Thornesian Prizewinner)
Isaiah Introit
Jingle Bells
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Magnum Misterium
That Yonge Childe
12 Days of Xmas
I Wonder as I Wander
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Passion Fragment - The Denial of St Peter
2009
30 minutes
SATB soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra : 0*202 0*230 T+P Org H'chord Strings
Commissioned by Lloyd's Choir and premiered with Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Published by Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
2009
35 minutes
strings (minimum 64442)
Premièred by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Performed by numerous orchestras and extensively toured by Kremerata Baltica
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Recorded on Transcriptions for Strings CD on Meridian
Castle Lament
2009
4 minutes
for Piano Quartet
Commissioned by the Primrose Piano Quartet
Toured and recorded in 2009 on Meridian disc CDE 84586
London Premiere at Kings Place February 2010
Snowflakes on St Stephen's
2009
3 minutes
for orchestra :
*2222 2211 T+1 Hp Strings
Commissioned by City of Oxford Orchestra who gave 1st 4 performances conducted by Jacques Cohen
How goodly are thy tents
2009
3 minutes
for unaccompanied choir
Commissioned by Hertford Chapel Choir and performed by several choirs, Oxford (2009)
Brahms: First Clarinet Sonata
2008
Arrangement for solo clarinet and strings
Premièred by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen with Sarah Williamson and performed subsequently with Anna Hashimoto
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Recorded on Transcriptions for Strings CD on Meridian
Yigdal
2006
15 minutes
Fantasia on a Traditional Jewish Theme for Strings
1st Performance by Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen, further performances by Sofia Soloists, Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra (on tour) and Hertfordhire Chamber Orchestra
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Recorded on Music for Strings CD on Meridian
Listen to extract on the audio page
Songs of Innocence and Experience
2005
37 minutes
Setting words by William Blake
(The Tyger and the Lamb; The Ecchoing Green; The Sick Rose; Spring; A Poison Tree)
Mezzo Soprano and boy treble soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
002*(Eb)2* 0230 T/Perc Org Strings
Commissioned by Lloyd's Choir. Movements also performed by other groups
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Pantheon
2005
10 minutes
for band
Commissioned by Phillip Scott for the National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain
Performed several times by NYWE and Kent County Youth Wind Orchestra
Listen to extract on the audio page
Serenade for Saxophones
15 minutes
for Saxophone Quartet
(3 movements)
I Preludium
II Lullaby
III Rondo
Commissioned by the Northern Saxophone Quartet
Premiered in October 2005
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Jubilate Deo
5 minutes
for choir and organ or orchestra :
3332 4221 T+2 Hp Strings
Commissioned and performed by Berkhamsted Choral Society
Udny Air
2001
3 minutes
for String Trio
Commissioned and performed by Edinburgh Quartet and several times by Primrose Piano Quartet
Three Shakespeare Songs
2001
10 minutes
for unaccompanied choir
Premièred by Lloyd's Choir
Three Nottingham Dances
1999
16 minutes
for orchestra :
*3*3*3*3 4331 T+4/5 Hp Cel Strings
(Golden Arrow - Allan a dale - Duel)
Commissioned by Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra
1st and 2nd Performances given by Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra/ Jacques Cohen
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Serenata Malinconica
1999
7 minutes
for small orchestra : Solo Cello or Vln or Vla 2222 2000 Glock Strings
Commissioned by Hounslow Youth Orchestra
Subsequently performed by Helix Ensemble, Hertfordshire Philharmonia, etc
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Three Folk Song Arrangements
1999
10 minutes
for unaccompanied choir
Listen to extracts on the audio page
Elegy on a Floating Chord
1996/2012
12 minutes
for orchestra : *2222 2200 T Strings
Commissioned by Oxford University Chamber Orchestra
First and Second Performances given by Oxford University Chamber Orchestra in New York and subsequently performed by Isis Ensemble, Oxford Sinfonia, Surrey Sinfonietta, Composers' Orchestral Project, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Kew Sinfonia, Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra, Helix Ensemble and Bucharest Radio Orchestra who also broadcast it.
Winner, Surrey Sinfonietta Composers' Prize (1997)
Fantasias, Canons and Fugues
1995
20 minutes
Strings 86442
1st performance in live broadcast by Bucharest Radio Chamber Orchestra, Romania and subsequently by the Isis Ensemble, and Oxford String Orchestra
Quiet Music
1992/2012
8 minutes
for orchestra :
*2*2*22 4231 T P Hp Strings
Over 20 performances by different conductors and orchestras
First Performance given by OUMS Chamber Orchestra/Jacques Cohen
Recorded for BBC film by Isis Ensemble
Score and parts available from Norsk Musikforlag
Listen to extract on the audio page
Tuba Concerto
1989-2015
8 minutes
Tuba, Strings
Commissioned by Oren Marshall.
1st Performance, Oxford String Orchestra/Jacques Cohen.
Score and Orchestral parts available from Norsk Musikforlag