Author Archive: Peter Gritton

Tallis: Spem in alium – NEW edition
I am delighted to announce the release of my new edition of Thomas Tallis’s Spem in alium. It is timed with a concert in Ely Cathedral given by Nigel Short and his fabulous choir Tenebrae in June 2024 – a performance in which the edition was used in a professional context for the very first […]
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Encores for Choirs 2 has Music Industries Award for Best Classical Publication
Encores for Choirs 2 has continued to be popular among choirs and vocal groups of all types! Compiled, edited and often arranged by Peter…
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Consider Yourself and Match of the Day – NOW ARRANGED FOR PIANO!
Published at the end of 2015, Piano Mix (ABRSM) comes in three volumes and features arrangements by well-known arrangers including Peter.
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Creepy Crawly – Grade One Piano Piece
Creepy Crawly continues to be one of the most well-known Grade One piano pieces of all time.
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Follow that Star – the much awaited VERSE TWO!
Follow that Star is a perennial Christmas hit with choirs and audiences but do you know the official words of Verse Two?
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Pitch Perfect – the world’s first football symphony! (Symphony No.2)
Pitch Perfect is possibly the world’s first football symphony! Originally created for BBC Learning but now usable as a community work.
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Away in a manger – described by critics as a gem
“Gritton’s Away in a manger is a gem … haunting simplicity … the composer weaves his magic”
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Mary Seacole – a folk opera based on the life of a remarkable woman
The story of Mary Seacole, the Caribbean heroine of the Crimean War, is told in the form of a folk opera, with possible community involvement.
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