Ian is a multi-genre composer
with a particular love for classical choral music 

 

 The St. John Passion 
"A superb achievement" 
Robert Sharpe, Director of Music, York Minster 

 

CD - from Root to Sky 
"Lovely music... beautiful melodies...
wonderful tone... very atmospheric" 
Chris Leslie, Fairport Convention & Feast of Fiddles 

 

A Worcestershire Song Cycle 
"Ian King has produced a masterpiece" 
John Phillpott, Worcester Journal 

 

CD - Branching Out 
"Beautifully played and expertly arranged... 
a distinctly stylish folk-meets-classical album" 
FATEA Magazine

 

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    Magnificat - Gloucester Service 5:24
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    Nunc Dimittis - Gloucester Service 4:21
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    What is our life? (Madrigal) 3:28
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    Firedance 2:12
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    Reflections of a Malvern Love Lost 6:56
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    Country Rounds 2:16
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    Little Boat 4:18
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    Winter's Frozen Droplets 2:55
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CLASSICAL COMMISSIONS
 

Christmas Hath a Darkness
A carol, words by Christina Rossetti - Hereford Cathedral Choir 2019 

The Christmas Truce 
A setting of Carol Ann Duffy's poem - Gloucester Cathedral Choir 2018 

The Infant King 
A carol - Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir 2018 

Responses 
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir 2017 

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis 
Gloucester Cathedral Girl Choristers 2017 

A Worcester Fantasy for Organ 
Three Choirs Festival 2017, live on Radio 3 

Psalm 150 for Choir and Mixed Instruments 
King's School, Worcester 2017 

From heaven Above to Earth I Come 
A carol - Worcester Cathedral Choir 2016 

To the Eternal Father 
Worcester Cathedral Girl Choristers, with organ and handbells, 2016 

The Gloucester Service 
Three Choirs Festival 2016, live on Radio 3 - Recordings above 

The St. John Passion 
Gloucester Cathedral Choir 2014 

 A Worcestershire Song Cycle 
Three Choirs Festival 2011
 

 

 First performance of The Gloucester Service,  Gloucester Cathedral

LATEST NEWS

CATHEDRAL WEBCAST RECORDING:

Listen here to
Hereford Cathedral Choir
sing Ian's carol
"Christmas Hath a Darkness" 

CHRISTMAS CAROLS:

3 of Ian's carols were sung in Services in Hereford & Worcester Cathedrals
this Christmas