Judith Weir
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About Judith Weir
Judith Weir CBE, (born 11 May 1954 in Cambridge, England of Scottish parents), is a British composer currently resident in London. She is Professor of Music at Cardiff University. Judith Weir’s music has achieved considerable popularity with audiences and critics alike. She trained with John Tavener while still at school and subsequently with Robin Holloway at King's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1976. Her music is characterised by a distinctive textural clarity and a lucid but idiosyncratic harmonic idiom.
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Top Tracks
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Illuminare, Jerusalem
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All The Ends Of The Earth
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Drop down, ye heavens, from above
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Love Bade Me Welcome
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Ascending into Heaven
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Judith Weir: Still, Glowing
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String Quartet: I. Serene
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Illuminare, Jerusalem [1985 – premiere]
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Vertue: I. Vertue
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My guardian angel
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Ave Regina Caelorum
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Advent Prose
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Piano Concerto: II. The Sweet Primeroses
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Fragile
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Weir: Illuminare Jerusalem
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The Welcome Arrival of Rain
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Atlantic Drift: No. 2, Atlantic Drift
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Piano Trio: I. —
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Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem: "Jerusalem rejos for joy"
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O Viridissima
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Forest
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: II. Nunc Dimittis
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Scotch Minstrelsy: No. 1. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
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Piano Concerto: I. —
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Brighter Visions Shine Afar
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Storm: I. Storm - Shipwreck
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The Bagpiper's String Trio: III. Lament, Over The Sea
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A Night at the Chinese Opera, Op. 3, Act I: Act I Scene 1: Black night, cool breeze (Nightwatchman)
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Natural History: No. 4. Fish - Bird
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Arise! Arise!
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String Quartet: III. Presto
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Heroic Strokes of the Bow
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Moon and Star
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I Broke Off a Golden Branch: I. Calm - Con moto
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: I. Magnificat
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Piano Concerto: III. —
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O mercy divine [Premiere]
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Ettrick Banks
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Piano Trio Two: II. Your Light May Go Out
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In the Land of Uz: VII. Conclusion
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Vertue
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Music for 247 Strings
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Illuminare Jerusalem
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El rey de Francia
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Nuits d’Afrique: I. Berceuse
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Holy Innocents
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The Vanishing Bridegroom, Act III: Act III: The Priest marks a circle (Narrator, Preacher, Chorus)
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Missa del Cid: I. Kyrie
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Drop down, ye heavens, from above - 2025 Remaster
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The Song Sung True: I. Sing
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