The Joyous Year

The Joyous Year, subtitled “an ode for Summer”, is a setting for SATB chorus & orchestra (3*.2.2.2 ‑ 4.2.2.0 ‑ strings, timp, perc 4 players: triangle, tambourine, tubular bells, cymbals, side drum, bass drum) of the “Ode composed on a May morning” by William Wordsworth, composed for the centenary of Clifton College in 1962. The work was revised for performance in 1984.

Typeset score

In prep.

Performances

Clifton College, 1962.

At the Gonville & Caius College May Week Concert 17 June 1984, the College Chorus and Orchestra (Leader: Daniel Warburton) combined to perform Peter Tranchell’s Cantata “The Joyous Year”, a setting of Wordworth’s “Ode composed on May morning” (Conductor: Timothy Allen).