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Away in a Manger 3:000:00/3:00
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The Infant King 4:080:00/4:08
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0:00/2:32
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Angel Dance 2:390:00/2:39
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0:00/5:24
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0:00/4:21
Ian was a multi-genre composer
with a particular love for sacred choral music
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Read an in-depth article on Ian's choral work
by music journalist John Quinn on the Biography page
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"I say without hesitation that Ian King's
St. John Passion is a masterpiece"
"I believe that in time he will be recognised as a
significant composer of Anglican Church Music"
Adrian Partington, Director of Music, Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral Choir performing 'The Gloucester Service'
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CLASSICAL COMMISSIONS
For more details on these pieces see the Works page
Away in a Manger
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir - 2020
Christmas Hath a Darkness
A carol, words by Christina Rossetti - Hereford Cathedral Choir - 2019
The Christmas Truce
Music to 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
The Gloucester Girls' Service
Gloucester Cathedral Girl Choristers - 2017
A Worcester Fantasy for Organ
Three Choirs Festival - 2017
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
The St. John Passion
Gloucester Cathedral Choir - 2014
A Worcestershire Song Cycle
Three Choirs Festival - 2011


Ian sadly passed away
on 16th December 2020
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AWAY IN A MANGER
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir recorded Ian's new setting of 'Away in a Manger' just 2 days after he died
Listen to it here on
BBC Hereford & Worcester
with an interview about his musical legacy
NEW CHORAL CD
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
are to record an entire CD of Ian's choral music
in Spring 2021.
It will be released by
SOMM Recordings