The Welsh composer Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (b.1944), with works like his mass for peace, Karl Jenkin’s The Armed Man, and his Adiemus, is one of the most important and most frequently performed living composers. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover why with Stretta Music today!
It was clear early on, that Karl Jenkins sought to be a pioneer of a new, universal musical language. As a member of Nucleus and Soft Machine, he was an enthusiastic advocate of Jazz Rock, and he was also a brilliant oboist, featuring as Principal Oboe for the National Orchestra of Wales.
With the Adiemus project, he finally made his international breakthrough in the 90s. The hit of the same name, which became hugely popular after being featured in a TV advert, combines pop and classical music, and contains elements from contemporary pop music, sacred choral music, the classical symphony and world music. Jenkins created his own language for the vocal part, made up of sounds intended to evoke an atmosphere, devoid of meaning, open for interpretation.
His mass for peace, dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo war, The Armed Man, includes elements that unite religions, and people, from all over the world, and is one of the most frequently performed works by a living composer. The anti-war mass is written for a four-part mixed choir with two soloists (soprano and muezzin) and symphony orchestra.
In 2016 his choral work Cantata Memoria – For The Children, which he wrote to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, where 116 children and 28 adults lost their lives when a coal tip engulfed a school in south Wales, saw its premier. Apart from depicting the tragedy, Jenkins says: “Cantata Memoria is also a celebration of childhood, gradually moving from darkness into light.”
Karl Jenkins was knighted in 2015 for his remarkable contribution to music.
“I never categorized music. It’s always the same twelve notes, and it’s all about writing something with taste and integrity, regardless of the style. Ultimately, I always compose for myself, and if people like it, then that’s wonderful.”
The Music from the Delta Air Lines Commercial
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313385
for: Euphonium, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 587469
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579253
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 209340
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
A Mass for Peace
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632986
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632981
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 624483
As sung by Lesley Garrett on her album "I will wait for you"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 747667
for soloists, young voices, mixed chorus and orchestra vocal score (la/en/welsh)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 443784
G
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612181
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554980
Theme from Songs of Sanctuary
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 466853
D
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561120
Choral Suite
for: Female Choir [SSA], Piano and Recorder [optional]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 292524
a cappella motet from "Stabat mater"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634432
from "The Armed Man" (A Mass for Peace)
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656181
Karl Jenkins Brass Music
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 157459
Concerto grosso for string orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194614
from The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792183
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 618504
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792184
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 140474
for: 1–2 voices, piano
Music score
Item no.: 429261
Jazz
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 561901
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554513
from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 619749
Three movements
for: Women's Choir [SSA], Piano and Recorder, percussion ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 294610
A Mass for Peace
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010499
12 Titel aus den Adiemus-Werken von Karl Jenkins
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 672499
Concerto grosso for string orchestra
Boosey and Hawkes Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174958
Two Movements
flexensembles
for: school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 301801
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466860
A cappella Motette für gemischten Chor (SSAATB) aus "The Peacemakers"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667367
A cappella Motette für gemischten Chor (SSAATB) aus "The Peacemakers"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 655015
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 566104
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632985
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632990
A celebration of collective nouns
for: Mixed Choir, saxophone, Percussion and 2 Pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 560200
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ [3 Trumpets and 3 Trombones optional]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 466854
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 687265
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632989
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632992
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632993
Boosey and Hawkes Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 463352
A
for: Piano, Voice, Organ
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612194
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