this was from People, look East, composed for the Gonville and Caius College Carol Service on 28 November 1982. Info and free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 20/06/2026...

this was from On Familiar Ground (tune: MORESTEAD) one of four hymn tunes written by PAT to accompany Fred Kaan's hymns, published by Galliard as Pilgrim Praise in 1972. He reused the melody in No More of Thee and Me, May 1978.

Tranchell bar of the day for 19/06/2026...

this was from the Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis on Tone 3 written for AATTBB in 1974/75. Info and free score here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 18/06/2026...

this was from When I came back to the College, words and music by PAT. Actually his notes for a soirée on 18 September 1992, at which he performed (in his old room: A3) some old favourites to a group of friends. This particular song was recorded somehow www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgI7...

Tranchell bar of the day for 17/06/2026...

this was the final Amen of the Libran Responses, "Entitled 'Libran', since composed during the sun's alleged transit of the constellation Libra". Free scores for ATTBB or SATTBB here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 16/06/2026...

this was from 'Grace before Chicken Marengo'. Image of text now attached...

Tranchell bar of the day for 15/06/2026...

this was from Epilogue, the last movement of the Four Voluntaries (it has, crossed out, the heading 'During the Sermon', and the advice 'Before starting: the door of the organ loft should be locked from the inside'). Info and scores peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 14/06/2026...

this was from Decalogue, variations for brass, percussion and organ, based on the Ten Commandments, composed 1956. This work will be performed in Ely Cathedral, Sunday 13 September 2026 by Prime Brass - hope to see you there!

Tranchell bar of the day for 13/06/2026...

this was from the Concerto Grosso (1972, revised 1977), 1st Movement, Episode 2, 'in which elements of the Ritornello are shown to be cognate with the theme adumbrated in Episode 1')

Tranchell bar of the day for 12/06/2026...

this was from 'I know you're feeling that way', words by Ted Cranshaw, music by Peter Tranchell, probably 1947-50. Information and free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 11/06/2026...

this was from A seal named Celia, from the song cycle In a Sunday Paper. Information and scores peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 10/06/2026...

this was from A near thing from Child's Play (1958). Here's Tranchell performing it www.youtube.com/watch?v=wknB...

Tranchell bar of the day for 09/06/2026...

this was from the 1970 hymn setting Lord, be thy word my rule, (tune Titchfield Abbey). Arrangement for SATB and organ in Geoffrey Webber's edition of the Fitzwilliam Communion Service peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 08/06/2026...

this was the last quarter of the psalm chant for Psalm 142 for SATBrB & organ in E flat minor. I thought I'd found one where every note had an accidental, but that would be silly. Score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 07/06/2026...

this was from the hymn O Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace (tune: WEST MEON), 1970, for unison voices, 4-part choir and organ.

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

this was from Cuckoo, from Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order, which was performed by Piers Lane at the recent Twice a Kiss concert at St. Paul's Knightsbridge. Info and free score here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

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

this was from Me at the foot of the bannisters, from the utterly bonkers Cousin Cissie's Baby Book of Swans. Score peter-tranchell.uk/scores/cousi... and find out more peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 04/06/2026...

this was the last few bars of Aye, Aye, Lucian!, Tranchell's first 'entertainment' written for Caius College, and based on the Vera Historia of Lucian of Samosata. Find out more here peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 03/06/2026...

this was from Sanctus & Benedictus No. 8, 1966. Remarkably well-endowed with accidentals, even by PAT's standards.

Tranchell bar of the day for 02/06/2026...

this was from The Radchester Match, words by Maurice Holt, music by Peter Tranchell. Typeset version of this manuscript peter-tranchell.uk/scores/the-r...

Tranchell bar of the day for 01/06/2026 (and not in his hand, for a change)...

this was from the piano reduction of the orchestral ballet Images of Love, and specifically the 2nd movement Il Giocoso. This is turn is an orchestral arrangement of Rumboid from the piano duet Friendly Grotesques.

Tranchell bar of the day for 31/05/2026...

this was from A Credo, the fifth of the Thackeray Ditties, composed for the Cambridge University Madrigal Society’s May Week Concert in June 1962, conducted by Raymond Leppard. Info and free score peter-tranchell.uk/music/works/...

Tranchell bar of the day for 30/05/2026...

this was from the Magnificat in C. Revised for SAATBrBB and organ August 1988. "Dedicated to the mysterious Dr Wotherspoon who sometimes booked a guestroom in Gonville & Caius College but never turned up, always cancelling at the last moment."

Tranchell bar of the day for 29/05/2026...

this was from Zuleika, the original 1954 edition, and specifically 1. Opening Chorus ("Oxford city of repose")

Tranchell bar of the day for 28/05/2026...

this was from Sanctus & Benedictus No. 3 in E major (from Missa de Angelis), 1966, for TBrBB choir & organ

Tranchell bar of the day for 27/05/2026...