There is no rose of such virtue is an anonymous mediaeval text, already well known through beautiful settings by Britten (in his Ceremony of Carols), John Joubert and others. The poem is 'macaronic' (it presents a verse in English, followed by a varying Latin refrain). This new version follows the illustrious examples above by remaining strophic and presenting broadly the same music in a successio…

This carol was composed in March 2009 and bears a dedication to Jeremy Backhouse and the Vasari Singers with whom Pott has enjoyed a fruitful creative relationship over recent years. The folk ballad style of the anonymous traditional text lent itself well to a musical setting that preserved the original strophic arrangement and this in turn encouraged the use of textural variation in successive…

Noël! 3 is an exciting collection of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed-voice choirs, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. The contents range from the Baroque to the present: familiar settings of traditional and lesser-known carols through the ages to Howells, Berkeley and Warlock, and works by today's composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Paul Mealo…

The slow and delicate setting of an anonymous medieval text for solo Soprano and SATB chorus by Francis Pott. The piece includes full Organ accompaniment.

Setting a heart-breaking wartime text by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Pott has created a beautifully poignant piece befitting any Remembrance occasion. Written in memory of Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid a bomb disposal expert killed in 2009 during the Afghanistan conflict Lament embodies a sense of timeless commemoration. Combining this with Pott's striking harmonic language and deftly interweaving vocal…

Paperback-With its voluptuous harmonies and sinuous part writing Pott presents a delicious setting of the beautiful and evergreen Ubi Caritas hymn text. Despite its apparent chromaticism it remains modal in flavour and very approachable. This is sensual music and would be a wonderful choice as a communion motet or wedding piece.

Par POTT FRANCIS. The Only was written, as a conscious departure from intricate polyphonic part-writing, by a composer to whose thinking counterpoint is usually more central. This piece seeks to emulate the kind of easy lyricism which is such a fingerprint of John Rutter's music, while preserving a slightly more austere, even archaic harmonic language. The rhythmic patterning of the accompanying p…

For Advent Christmas & Epiphany for Mixed Voice Choirs-Noël! 3 is an exciting collection of Advent Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed-voice choirs from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. The contents range from the Baroque to the present: familiar settings of traditional and lesser-known carols through the ages to Howells Berkeley and Warlock and works by today…

Adapted by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw with English words by Francis Pott. For SATB Choir A Cappella.

The fourth book in the Piano Gefällt Mir! series brings you 50 more chart and film hits, all arranged for Easy Piano by renowned composer Hans-Günter Heumann.This series has long been a favourite for Pianists looking to learn popular tracks from an authoritative source, and Hans-Günter Heumann has proven himself as a name you can rely on for Easy Piano arrangements of great modern pop classics. Ev…

The fourth book in the Piano Gefällt Mir! series brings you 50 more chart and film hits, all arranged for Easy Piano by renowned composer Hans-Günter Heumann. Featuring an accompanying MP3 CD with both full and play-along backing tracks.This series has long been a favourite for Pianists looking to learn popular tracks from an authoritative source, and Hans-Günter Heumann has proven himself as a na…

POD Firm Sale Only- Duration:  5 - 6 minutes This work was commissioned as the final voluntary in the 2005 Christmas Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge. It was broadcast live on Christmas Eve 2005 on BBC Radio Three and again in a repeat transmission on Christmas Day performed by the Senior Organ Scholar Tom Winpenny to whom it is dedicated.

The Night of all Nights

Lute-Book Lullaby was written in 2012 for the Oxford-based choir Commotio and their director Matthew Berry ‘in admiration and gratitude’ for their work performing and recording many of the composer’s works in previous years. This short carol setting text from the William Ballet’s Lute Book (early 17 th cent.) is also included in the Christmas choral collection Noël! …

Nunc Natus Est Altissimus is scored for three upper voices and piano (or harp) set to words by James Ryman. The words set in the first three movements of this work are reproduced from Medieval English Lyrics edited by R.T.Davies. Duration c. 20 minutes.