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.”
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132242
for: Clarinet and Choir
Score
Item no.: 1032170
Two Movements
flexensembles
for: school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 301801
bearbeitet für Holzbläserensemble ab drei Spielern
Mixed Bag No. 27
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 280122
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145485
Mixed Bag No. 26
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 673809
bearbeitet für Holzbläserensemble ab drei Spielern
Mixed Bag No. 18
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 636891
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579254
Karl Jenkins Brass Music
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 157459
A Mass for Peace
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 659355
A collection of six carols
for: Choir and instruments [Piano]
Set of parts
Item no.: 466857
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579253
Songs of Sanctuary
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603871
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143463
from "The Armed Man" (A Mass for Peace)
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656181
Psalm for Saint David from Adiemus Iv: the Eternal King
for: Brass Band and Flugelhorn[s]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144857
From Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary
for: Brass Band and Baritone[s]/Euphonium[s]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1142940
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1142930
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1144923
arrangiert für Brass Band (Blechblasorchester)
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656178
Boosey and Hawkes Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 463352
from Requiem
for: String orchestra, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674299
An opera for young people
for: Children's Choir and small Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 579400
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466860
Cantata Mundi
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466859
A Mass for Peace
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010499
from Adiemus
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 619920
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 577814
Concerto grosso for string orchestra
Boosey and Hawkes Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174958
1st movement
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865285
A collection of six carols
(Pack of 10)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
10 scores
Item no.: 579255
A collection of six carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
10 scores
Item no.: 247271
Tros y Garreg
for: 2 Harps, Strings and Percussion
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 579251
Choral Suite
for: Female Choir [SSA], Piano and Recorder [optional]
Book
Item no.: 579257
for female chorus, strings and percussion 10 Klavierauszüge
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 477135
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