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.”
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
Requiem
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 349772
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
a cappella motet from "Stabat mater"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634432
A cappella Motette für gemischten Chor (SSAATB) aus "The Peacemakers"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667367
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190681
Thema aus den "Songs of Sanctuary"
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 371297
Geistliche Musik
for: Solo, Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Book
Item no.: 566029
from "Symphonic Adiemus"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1671792
from "The Armed Man": A Mass For Peace mds idnv
for: Voice (medium), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 374674
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), string orchestra [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1672128
A Mass for Peace
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
Concerto grosso for string orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194614
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490917
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 401580
from "Symphonic Adiemus"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 672507
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 209340
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1660555
from The Peacemakers
for: SSAATTB and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861664
for: Violin, string orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1659298
Music from "The Armed Man", "Adiemus" and more
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 689614
from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 619749
from "Symphonic Adiemus"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 672506
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579253
for: 1–2 voices, piano
Music score
Item no.: 429261
Theme from Songs of Sanctuary
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 466853
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974397
Piano reduction
Item no.: 692240
für Sopran, gemischter Chor (SATB), Kinderchor (SSA) ad libitum und Ensemble
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 566106
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 137261
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
Three movements
for: Women's Choir [SSA], Piano and Recorder, percussion ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 294610
from Requiem
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 444869
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 618504
Saint David
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1653981
from "Symphonic Adiemus"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 672508
A cappella motet from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635304
aus "Gloria"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656876