Kenneth Leighton
About Kenneth Leighton
Kenneth Leighton (b. Wakefield, October 2, 1929, d. Edinburgh, August 24, 1988) was an English composer. Leighton was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and was a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral from 1937 to 1942. He earned the LRAM Piano Performer's Diploma in 1946. In 1947 he went to The Queen's College, Oxford on a Hastings Scholarship in Classics. In 1950, he graduated with both BA in Classics and in 1951 with a BMus (having studied with Bernard Rose).
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3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 2, Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Veris gratia, Op. 6: VII. Hymn to Cypris
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense"
An Easter Sequence
Hymn
Lully, lulla
Nunc Dimittis
Violin Concerto, Op. 12: II. Intermezzo. Moderato con moto, sempre dolce
A Hymn of the Nativity
Coventry Carol
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
The Coventry Carol
Elegy for Cello & Piano, Op. 5
Leighton: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
What love is this of thine?
Give Me The Wings Of Faith
Magnificat
Gradual (for the First Sunday after Easter)
A Hymn to the Trinity
Paean
Solus ad victimam
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service): Nunc Dimittis
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service): Magnificat
Veni creator spiritus
Introit (for the First Sundy after Easter)
Of a rose is all my song
Christ in his Passion
Let all the World in Every Corner Sing
Rockingham: Chorale Prelude on 'When I survey the wondrous Cross'
The Second Service, Op. 62: I. Magnificat
O Leave Your Sheep
Three Carols, Op. 25: No. 2. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child (Coventry Carol) [Live]
Missa Christi, Festival Mass: III. Sanctus and Benedictus
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op. 25, No. 2, "Coventry Carol"
Sortie (Antiphon at First Vespers of Ascension Day)
Veris gratia, Op. 6: V. Eclogue
Laudes animantium, Op. 61: No. 2, Scherzo. Calico Pie
Solus ad victiman
Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: IV. Hymn
God's Grandeur
Veris gratia, Op. 6: II. Aubade
Aus der Tiefe
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis "Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense": I. Magnificat
Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: Hymn
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears (Live)
Offertory (for the First Sunday after Easter)
The Preces
The Second Service, Op. 62: II. Nunc Dimittis
Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38: I. Christ in the Cradle
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