The Peter Tranchell Foundation
@peter-tranchell.uk
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
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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're very excited to announce that the great Piers Lane
#PiersLane will play Peter Tranchell's Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order in the "Twice a Kiss" concert Saturday 18 April 2026.
Tickets peter-tranchell.uk/the-2026-pet...
Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega
#PiersLane will play Peter Tranchell's Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order in the "Twice a Kiss" concert Saturday 18 April 2026.
Tickets peter-tranchell.uk/the-2026-pet...
Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We're very excited to announce that the great Piers Lane
#PiersLane will play Peter Tranchell's Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order in the "Twice a Kiss" concert Saturday 18 April 2026.
Tickets peter-tranchell.uk/the-2026-pet...
Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega
#PiersLane will play Peter Tranchell's Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order in the "Twice a Kiss" concert Saturday 18 April 2026.
Tickets peter-tranchell.uk/the-2026-pet...
Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega
3 hours till the deadline in this years Peter Tranchell Foundation composition prize... exciting - how many more entries will arrive?
September 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
3 hours till the deadline in this years Peter Tranchell Foundation composition prize... exciting - how many more entries will arrive?
One week to the deadline for submissions in the 2025 Peter Tranchell Foundation Composition Prize... peter-tranchell.uk/the-peter-tr...
September 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
One week to the deadline for submissions in the 2025 Peter Tranchell Foundation Composition Prize... peter-tranchell.uk/the-peter-tr...
Can anyone help identify who played piano in the 1955 May Week St. Catharine's College Cambridge production of Tranchell's "Twice a Kiss"? We know Peter Le Huray played the electronic organ part, and the pianist was the College organ scholar... but who was it?
September 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Can anyone help identify who played piano in the 1955 May Week St. Catharine's College Cambridge production of Tranchell's "Twice a Kiss"? We know Peter Le Huray played the electronic organ part, and the pianist was the College organ scholar... but who was it?
Good to hear The Dance Before the Ark from Honegger’s King David on BBCR3 Private Passions today with Ursula Jones – the Alleluias regularly featured in Caius Choir recitals in Peter Tranchell’s time
August 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Good to hear The Dance Before the Ark from Honegger’s King David on BBCR3 Private Passions today with Ursula Jones – the Alleluias regularly featured in Caius Choir recitals in Peter Tranchell’s time
Composers... how about a duet for piano and organ? 50 days to the deadline in the Peter Tranchell Foundation Composition Prize 2025. £500 prize and première performance - find out more peter-tranchell.uk/the-peter-tr...
August 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Composers... how about a duet for piano and organ? 50 days to the deadline in the Peter Tranchell Foundation Composition Prize 2025. £500 prize and première performance - find out more peter-tranchell.uk/the-peter-tr...
The Ferrabosco Singers will perform Peter Tranchell's St. Michael's Mass at Tewkesbury Abbey Sung Eucharist 10:30 Sunday 10th August.
Free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
August 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Ferrabosco Singers will perform Peter Tranchell's St. Michael's Mass at Tewkesbury Abbey Sung Eucharist 10:30 Sunday 10th August.
Free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
Free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...
RIP Roger Norrington, who led the orchestra in the Cambridge premiere of Peter Tranchell's Zuleika in 1954
July 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
RIP Roger Norrington, who led the orchestra in the Cambridge premiere of Peter Tranchell's Zuleika in 1954
The opening phrase in Peter Tranchell's 'Aye, Aye, Lucian!', a Fantasy for male-voice chorus and solos with piano accompaniment, based on the 'Vera Historia' of Lucian of Samosata, c 125 AD.
June 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The opening phrase in Peter Tranchell's 'Aye, Aye, Lucian!', a Fantasy for male-voice chorus and solos with piano accompaniment, based on the 'Vera Historia' of Lucian of Samosata, c 125 AD.
The Dog That Sat - Peter Tranchell's part-song setting of a newspaper article about an abandoned dog, features in this exciting concert with @icchamberchoir.bsky.social Thursday 19 June 7.30pm, St Luke's Church, Chelsea, conducted by @patrickallies.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Dog That Sat - Peter Tranchell's part-song setting of a newspaper article about an abandoned dog, features in this exciting concert with @icchamberchoir.bsky.social Thursday 19 June 7.30pm, St Luke's Church, Chelsea, conducted by @patrickallies.bsky.social