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Judith Weir

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

1

Illuminare, Jerusalem

5.1K plays
2

All The Ends Of The Earth

1.3K plays
3

Drop down, ye heavens, from above

1.4K plays
4

Love Bade Me Welcome

900 plays
5

Ascending into Heaven

723 plays
6

Judith Weir: Still, Glowing

838 plays
7

String Quartet: I. Serene

424 plays
8

Illuminare, Jerusalem [1985 – premiere]

361 plays
9

Vertue: I. Vertue

458 plays
10

My guardian angel

690 plays
11

Ave Regina Caelorum

442 plays
12

Advent Prose

288 plays
13

Piano Concerto: II. The Sweet Primeroses

197 plays
14

Fragile

313 plays
15

Weir: Illuminare Jerusalem

136 plays
16

The Welcome Arrival of Rain

180 plays
17

Atlantic Drift: No. 2, Atlantic Drift

143 plays
18

Piano Trio: I. —

141 plays
19

Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem: "Jerusalem rejos for joy"

180 plays
20

O Viridissima

131 plays
21

Forest

153 plays
22

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: II. Nunc Dimittis

152 plays
23

Scotch Minstrelsy: No. 1. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray

105 plays
24

Piano Concerto: I. —

120 plays
25

Brighter Visions Shine Afar

125 plays
26

Storm: I. Storm - Shipwreck

135 plays
27

The Bagpiper's String Trio: III. Lament, Over The Sea

106 plays
28

A Night at the Chinese Opera, Op. 3, Act I: Act I Scene 1: Black night, cool breeze (Nightwatchman)

107 plays
29

Natural History: No. 4. Fish - Bird

87 plays
30

Arise! Arise!

183 plays
31

String Quartet: III. Presto

133 plays
32

Heroic Strokes of the Bow

84 plays
33

Moon and Star

129 plays
34

I Broke Off a Golden Branch: I. Calm - Con moto

71 plays
35

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: I. Magnificat

99 plays
36

Piano Concerto: III. —

68 plays
37

O mercy divine [Premiere]

78 plays
38

Ettrick Banks

77 plays
39

Piano Trio Two: II. Your Light May Go Out

70 plays
40

In the Land of Uz: VII. Conclusion

67 plays
41

Vertue

107 plays
42

Music for 247 Strings

81 plays
43

Illuminare Jerusalem

77 plays
44

El rey de Francia

135 plays
45

Nuits d’Afrique: I. Berceuse

72 plays
46

Holy Innocents

57 plays
47

The Vanishing Bridegroom, Act III: Act III: The Priest marks a circle (Narrator, Preacher, Chorus)

57 plays
48

Missa del Cid: I. Kyrie

92 plays
49

Drop down, ye heavens, from above - 2025 Remaster

54 plays
50

The Song Sung True: I. Sing

92 plays

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