The Peter Tranchell Foundation
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About the life and work of the British composer Peter Tranchell
Tranchell bar of the day for 15/01/2026 features an unusual tempo
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 15/01/2026 features an unusual tempo
This was from 'O that our faith', a short setting of a text by Charles Wesley, for three voice parts and organ. The tune is named Waltham Chase. Info and free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This was from 'O that our faith', a short setting of a text by Charles Wesley, for three voice parts and organ. The tune is named Waltham Chase. Info and free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 14 Jan 2025
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 14 Jan 2025
this was from the 5th and final movement ('Cadenza and fugato) of the mysterious 3rd Piano Sonata (1948)
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
this was from the 5th and final movement ('Cadenza and fugato) of the mysterious 3rd Piano Sonata (1948)
Tranchell bar of the day for 13/01/2026...
January 13, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 13/01/2026...
this was from Saul's Successor (1969) a "minicantata" for TBrB solo, male-voice choir, organ, percussion and timpani, performed at St Margaret's, Westminster. Peter said it aimed "to show that every religion is in danger of its hierarchy becoming ossified and corrupt"
Tranchell bar of the day for 12/01/2026 involves the organist's fists...
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
this was from Saul's Successor (1969) a "minicantata" for TBrB solo, male-voice choir, organ, percussion and timpani, performed at St Margaret's, Westminster. Peter said it aimed "to show that every religion is in danger of its hierarchy becoming ossified and corrupt"
Tranchell bar of the day for 12/01/2026 involves the organist's fists...
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 12/01/2026 involves the organist's fists...
Yesterday's bar of the day was from the 1st movement (Preludio) of Tranchell's 1958 Organ Sonata, with the Morse Code letter "P" (· - - ·)in the left hand starting the name "Peter Le Huray" for whom the work was composed
Tranchell bar of the day for 11/01/2026 may contain code
January 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Yesterday's bar of the day was from the 1st movement (Preludio) of Tranchell's 1958 Organ Sonata, with the Morse Code letter "P" (· - - ·)in the left hand starting the name "Peter Le Huray" for whom the work was composed
yesterday's bar of the day was from Chorus 9: Agrestic Comestibles, from Murder at the Towers, a 'detective cantata' based on E.V.Knox's This Other Eden.
Free typeset score and lots of info here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Free typeset score and lots of info here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
yesterday's bar of the day was from Chorus 9: Agrestic Comestibles, from Murder at the Towers, a 'detective cantata' based on E.V.Knox's This Other Eden.
Free typeset score and lots of info here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Free typeset score and lots of info here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 11/01/2026 may contain code
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 11/01/2026 may contain code
"when national economy
kills international bonhomie,
it doesn’t leave the world much hope!"
from Peter Tranchell's 1955 detective cantata Murder at the Towers
kills international bonhomie,
it doesn’t leave the world much hope!"
from Peter Tranchell's 1955 detective cantata Murder at the Towers
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"when national economy
kills international bonhomie,
it doesn’t leave the world much hope!"
from Peter Tranchell's 1955 detective cantata Murder at the Towers
kills international bonhomie,
it doesn’t leave the world much hope!"
from Peter Tranchell's 1955 detective cantata Murder at the Towers
Tranchell bar of the day for 10/01/2026 - one for the gourmands...
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 10/01/2026 - one for the gourmands...
This was from the Nunc Dimittis of the ATB Tone 4 setting peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
This was from the Nunc Dimittis of the ATB Tone 4 setting peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Tranchell bar of the day for 09/01/2026...
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 09/01/2026...
So this was Lazy Man's Song, from Seven Poems of Po Chü-i, and can be heard performed by Mary Bevan and Will Vann from our 2024 concert here www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTu...
January 9, 2026 at 8:08 AM
So this was Lazy Man's Song, from Seven Poems of Po Chü-i, and can be heard performed by Mary Bevan and Will Vann from our 2024 concert here www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTu...
Tranchell bar of the day for 08/01/2026 ...
January 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 08/01/2026 ...
Tranchell bar of the day for 07/01/2026. Just add carnyx?
January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 07/01/2026. Just add carnyx?
Tranchell bar of the day for 06/01/2026 features whistling...
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 06/01/2026 features whistling...
Bar of the day 05/01/2026 is for SSATB and organ...
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Bar of the day 05/01/2026 is for SSATB and organ...
Tranchell bar of the day for 04/01/2026 should not be too hard to identify, even if it's quite hard to sing!...
January 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Tranchell bar of the day for 04/01/2026 should not be too hard to identify, even if it's quite hard to sing!...
Happy New Year from the Peter Tranchell Foundation... this year we'll post a "bar of the day", every day(!?), selected randomly from something in the archives... here's our first
January 3, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Happy New Year from the Peter Tranchell Foundation... this year we'll post a "bar of the day", every day(!?), selected randomly from something in the archives... here's our first
3 years on, here's the première performance of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's lovely "Psalm 133: The Peace of God", commissioned for the Peter Tranchell Centenary Concert 26 November 2022, performed by @caiuscollege.bsky.social choir directed by Mathew Martin www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzqq...
Psalm 133: The Peace of God - Cheryl Frances-Hoad
YouTube video by Peter Tranchell
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January 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
3 years on, here's the première performance of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's lovely "Psalm 133: The Peace of God", commissioned for the Peter Tranchell Centenary Concert 26 November 2022, performed by @caiuscollege.bsky.social choir directed by Mathew Martin www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzqq...
Did you know Peter Tranchell wrote the music for several of the triennial Cambridge Greek Plays? Here's a couple of photos from 1959 - The Antigone of Sophocles, and the programme
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Did you know Peter Tranchell wrote the music for several of the triennial Cambridge Greek Plays? Here's a couple of photos from 1959 - The Antigone of Sophocles, and the programme
An unpublished and rather lovely hymn tune from Peter Tranchell, 1970, words "And now our Father", tune "Old Winchester Hill", found in the archives today...
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An unpublished and rather lovely hymn tune from Peter Tranchell, 1970, words "And now our Father", tune "Old Winchester Hill", found in the archives today...
We've just been alerted to this very fine recording, from Grote Kerk van Wijk bij Duurstede carol service, 21 December 2024 of PAT's "People, look East" www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LS...
Capella Dorestad - People look East (Tranchell, arr. Marchbank)
YouTube video by Stichting Concerten Grote Kerk - Wijk bij Duurstede
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November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We've just been alerted to this very fine recording, from Grote Kerk van Wijk bij Duurstede carol service, 21 December 2024 of PAT's "People, look East" www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_LS...