Tranchell bar of the day for 25/05/2026...

this was from Grey, one of Tranchell's Kavafy Songs that were performed by James Gilchrist and Lucy Colquhoun in November 2024 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFmE...

Tranchell bar of the day for 24/05/2026...

this was from The Mating Season. Verse from which this derives: Moses said to Pharoah: "give permission to go!" Pharoah said to Moses: "but the answer is no!" Moses tells Jehovah and the message comes through: "now strewing frogs is what you must do!" (and so on)

Tranchell bar of the day for 23/05/2026...

this was from Christmas Shopping, for SATB. The lyrics can be found here peter-tranchell.uk/blog/the-pet...

Tranchell bar of the day for 22/05/2026...

this was from the bass solo in the Agnus Dei of the Fitzwilliam Mass. Free score of Geoffrey Webber's arrangement here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 21/05/2026...

this was from "The Greek Way" (of making a friend), presumably derived from Tranchell's experiences in Greece in WWII. This was still very much a thing when I worked on an archaeological dig in rural Greece in 1988. Does it survive to this day?

Tranchell bar of the day for 20/05/2026...

this was from Tranchell's 1973 setting of Psalm 149 for TB and organ. It could equally work for SA, but we've not typeset it yet.

Tranchell bar of the day for 19/05/2026...

this was from 'You don't need an excuse to go to Venice', probably written for Footlights, 1949.

Tranchell bar of the day for 18/05/2026...

this was from The Mating Season, Tranchell's 1962 musical version of the P.G. Wodehouse novel (created and performed with the author's permission in 1962, revised 1970). He's paraphrasing Marcus Aurelius' Meditations here, mirroring Bertie's position on Aunts

Tranchell bar(s) of the day for 17/05/2026...

this was from the Magnificat on Tone 7 for AATBB. Info and score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 16/05/2026...

this was the four wickets falling in County Cricket, from the song cycle In a Sunday Paper.

Tranchell bar of the day for 15/05/2026...

this was the opening bars of the Te Deum in E, written June 1974, for AAAATBBB, 2 violins, piano and organ. Information and free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 14/05/2026...

this was from Ça ne veut dire rien, written 1949. First line 'All men are animals'.

Tranchell bar of the day for 13/05/2026...

this was from Tranchell's own 1954 published 'Piano Selection' edition of songs from Zuleika, for piano. See cover image...

Tranchell bar of the day for 12/05/2026...

this was from The Prodigal Son, a setting of Matins and Evensong, 1947, and specifically from the Venite (on p.13 of 135 pages).

Tranchell bar of the day for 11/05/2026...

this was from Improvisations on Nursery Rhymes, for piano (late 1940s?). The nursery rhymes are Sing a song of sixpence, Baa baa blacksheep, and (featured here) Rockabye baby.

Tranchell bar of the day for 10/05/2026...

this was from the Quintilian Responses, for ATBrBB, written July 1981. As with the Arian and Sagittarian Responses, these end at 'The Lord's name be praised'.

I've just typeset some of Tranchell's piano reduction (for rehearsal) of the orchestral music for the 1964 ballet Images of Love... here robotic playback of the 10th movement (of 11), L'Allegro... it's rather fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=55bo...

Tranchell bar of the day for 09/05/2026...

this was from A Thing or Two, music by Peter Tranchell, lyrics by Ted Cranshaw, 1947. Info, free score, and a recording of PAT performing the song peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 08/05/2026...

this was from 'To Liu Yü-Hsi', from Seven Poems of Po Chü-I. See it performed by Mary Bevan, in an arrangement for Soprano and piano, here www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTu... (and watch the whole video for an introduction by Prof Kerry Brown about the Chinese poems, plus the Lazy Man's Song)

Tranchell bar of the day for 07/05/2026...

this was from the carol 'If ye would hear the angels sing', composed in 1965 for SATB & organ, setting words by Dora Greenwell (1821-1882), and available to purchase from CMS/OUP.

Tranchell bar of the day for 06/05/2026...

this was the first half of The Air Hostess's Bosom Went Bust, as performed (and recently sent to us) by members of the Fab Cab (who later became The Gentle Power of Song). The story really did appear in the Los Angeles press, though with more than a whiff of urban myth.

Tranchell bar of the day for 05/05/2026...

this was the Passacaglia, from Prelude and Passacaglia for Organ, on 'Liebster Jesu, wir sind Hier' and 'Who would true valour see', written by Peter Tranchell in 1952; score and info here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 04/05/2026...

this was the opening bar of Il Preludio from the piano reduction of Tranchell's orchestral music for the ballet Images of Love. Find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 03/05/2026...

this was from Inalt, the second movement of Nativitates, for organ, written in 1943 when PAT was in hospital in Banstead having treatment on his eyes. Presumably he couldn't obtain manuscript paper, as all staves are hand-drawn.

Tranchell bar of the day for 02/05/2026...

this was from Movements, composed in 1987. Info and score here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/... and a robotic playback here www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZK1...

Tranchell bar of the day for 01/05/2026...