Kenneth Leighton (Composer)
Born: 2nd October 1929, Wakefield, England
Died: 24th August 1988, Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality: English
Kenneth Leighton was a British composer and pianist. He had various academic appointments in the Universities of Leeds, Oxford and Edinburgh. His compositions include church and choral music, pieces for piano, organ, cello, oboe and other instruments, chamber music, concertos, symphonies, and an opera.
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Further Reading: Leighton
Interview,
Stephen Farr on Leighton's Organ Works
21st March 2017
David talks to the organist about his complete set of Leighton's organ works on Resonus.
Popular Works: Leighton
- A Christmas Carol, Op. 21 (4)
- A Hymn of the Nativity (5)
- An Easter Sequence (6)
- Chorale Prelude on Rockingham (5)
- Crucifixus pro nobis, Op. 38 (7)
- Drop, Drop Slow Tears (8)
- Elegy (3)
- Elegy for Cello & Piano op.5 (5)
- Et Resurrexit (Theme, Fantasy & Fugue) (6)
- Fanfare (4)
- Fantasies (6) on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72 (7)
- Fantasies (6) on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72: Fantasy 5 ‘Veni Emmanuel’ (3)
- Fantasy on a chorale 'Es ist genug', Op. 80 (2)
- Festival Fanfare (3)
- Give me the wings of faith (7)
- God's Grandeur (4)
- Improvisation (In Memoriam Maurice de Sausmarez) (3)
- Let all the world in every corner sing (8)
- Lully, lulla ('Coventry Carol'), Op. 25b (37)
- Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Magdalenae Oxonienses) (6)
- Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Second Service), Op. 62 (11)
- Martyrs (4)
- Missa Brevis Op. 50 (3)
- Missa Cornelia, Op. 81 (2)
- Missa de Gloria, Op. 82, ‘Dublin Festival Mass’ (5)
- O leave your sheep (4)
- O Sacrum Convivium (5)
- Ode (3)
- Of a rose is all my song (4)
- Paean (10)
- Partita for Cello & Piano op.35 (5)
- Preces and Responses (3)
- Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia, Op. 41 (7)
- Rockingham (3)
- Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op. 56 (3)
- Solus Ad Victimam (6)
- Te Deum laudamus (3)
- Veni creator spiritus (5)
- Veni Redemptor - A Celebration (3)
- What love is this of thine? (6)
