The Peter Tranchell Foundation
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About the life and work of the British composer Peter Tranchell
Tranchell bar of the day for 01/02/2026...
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 01/02/2026...
this was from Captain Wattle, Tranchell's adaptation and arrangement of a song with words and music by Charles Dibdin, c. 1790. Information and full manuscript score here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
this was from Captain Wattle, Tranchell's adaptation and arrangement of a song with words and music by Charles Dibdin, c. 1790. Information and full manuscript score here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 31/01/2026...
January 31, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 31/01/2026...
this was the first bar of Dodecafonia, for piano, an exercise in serial technique to emulate Berg’s warm romantic sound. Info and score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 AM
this was the first bar of Dodecafonia, for piano, an exercise in serial technique to emulate Berg’s warm romantic sound. Info and score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 30/01/2026...
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 30/01/2026...
This was from Cantantibus Organis, Tranchell's 1987 anthem for St. Cecilia, which really does deserve some usage. Free score and info peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This was from Cantantibus Organis, Tranchell's 1987 anthem for St. Cecilia, which really does deserve some usage. Free score and info peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 29/01/2026 is...
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 29/01/2026 is...
This was from No More of THEE and ME, a setting for choir and piano of verses from Edward Fitzgerald’s version of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of Naishápúr. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/... and note this will feature in the concert on 18 April peter-tranchell.uk/twice-a-kiss...
January 29, 2026 at 8:33 AM
This was from No More of THEE and ME, a setting for choir and piano of verses from Edward Fitzgerald’s version of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám of Naishápúr. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/... and note this will feature in the concert on 18 April peter-tranchell.uk/twice-a-kiss...
Tranchell bar of the day for 28/01/2026...
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 28/01/2026...
this was from the Concerto Grosso, 1972, 2nd Movement (Molto Moderato)
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 AM
this was from the Concerto Grosso, 1972, 2nd Movement (Molto Moderato)
Bar of the day for 27/01/2026...
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Bar of the day for 27/01/2026...
This was the beginning of the 3rd quarter of a quadruple chant originally set for Psalm 12, more famously used for Psalm 103 by St Paul's, e.g. this performance youtu.be/xcjRakIG7Xs?...
Score(s) and info peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Score(s) and info peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 AM
This was the beginning of the 3rd quarter of a quadruple chant originally set for Psalm 12, more famously used for Psalm 103 by St Paul's, e.g. this performance youtu.be/xcjRakIG7Xs?...
Score(s) and info peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Score(s) and info peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 26/01/2026...
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 26/01/2026...
this was from Aunt Arraigning, number 10 in the magnificently bizarre song cycle Cousin Cissie's Baby Book of Swans. Find out more here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 AM
this was from Aunt Arraigning, number 10 in the magnificently bizarre song cycle Cousin Cissie's Baby Book of Swans. Find out more here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 25/01/2026...
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 25/01/2026...
this was the first bar of the 2nd movement of the Sonatina for Flute and Piano, written for Henri and Juana Fromageot (aka Zayas) in May 1966. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 AM
this was the first bar of the 2nd movement of the Sonatina for Flute and Piano, written for Henri and Juana Fromageot (aka Zayas) in May 1966. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
this was from the Magnificat in B flat, which featured at Evensong at Ripon Cathedral on 23/01/2026. Score and recording peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 24, 2026 at 11:42 PM
this was from the Magnificat in B flat, which featured at Evensong at Ripon Cathedral on 23/01/2026. Score and recording peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 24/01/2026...
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 24/01/2026...
Tranchell bar of the day for 23/01/2026 has a bottom C for the 3rd basses...
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 23/01/2026 has a bottom C for the 3rd basses...
this was from Bread of the world in mercy broken, a setting for unison voices and organ, available from CMS with an arrangement for SATB by Geoffrey Webber. Here's the The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge performing them as one www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWug...
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 AM
this was from Bread of the world in mercy broken, a setting for unison voices and organ, available from CMS with an arrangement for SATB by Geoffrey Webber. Here's the The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge performing them as one www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWug...
Tranchell bar of the day for 22/01/2026...
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 22/01/2026...
This was from Waltz and Calypso, a wind octet written for the inauguration of the Cambridge University Music School Concert Hall, 11 November 1977 on a theme ‘On CAmBriDGE’ with some typical Tranchell riddles. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 22, 2026 at 8:10 AM
This was from Waltz and Calypso, a wind octet written for the inauguration of the Cambridge University Music School Concert Hall, 11 November 1977 on a theme ‘On CAmBriDGE’ with some typical Tranchell riddles. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 21/01/2026...
January 21, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 21/01/2026...
this was from This Sorry Scheme of Things, composed in 1953 for the Homerton College Madrigal Society and Allen Percival. Specifically this is Our Village, PAT's adaptation of Thomas Hood's poem. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 AM
this was from This Sorry Scheme of Things, composed in 1953 for the Homerton College Madrigal Society and Allen Percival. Specifically this is Our Village, PAT's adaptation of Thomas Hood's poem. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
this was from A Tribute to the Grave of Dr Staggins, a round for four voices that eventually reveals the 'tribute' (which is rather rude, as seen in this bar). Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 20, 2026 at 8:17 AM
this was from A Tribute to the Grave of Dr Staggins, a round for four voices that eventually reveals the 'tribute' (which is rather rude, as seen in this bar). Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...