Judith Weir
Born: 11th May 1954, Cambridge, England
Nationality: English
Judith Weir CBE is a British composer and the first female Master of the Queen's Music. She studied with Sir John Tavener whilst at school and subsequently with Robin Holloway at King's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1976. Her music often draws on sources from medieval history, as well as the traditional stories and music of her parents' homeland, Scotland. Although she has achieved international recognition for her orchestral and chamber works, Weir is best known for her operas and theatrical works.
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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards - The Shortlist for 2026
27th Jan 2026
The contenders for this year's Awards (announced yesterday) include conductors Ellie Slorach, Domingo Hindoyan and John Wilson, and composers Richard Causton, Bushra El-Turk and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
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New choral music from Iceland and England
4th Feb 2022
A double-bill of contemporary works for choir - Icelandic splendour from Graham Ross and the choir of Clare College, and Westminster commissions from Dove, Weir and Martin.
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Popular Works: Weir
- a blue true dream of sky (2)
- A Night at the Chinese Opera (2)
- Airs from Another Planet (3)
- All the Ends of the Earth (2)
- Arise! Arise! You slumbering sleepers (2)
- Ascending Into Heaven (7)
- Ave Regina caelorum (3)
- Blackbirds and Thrushes (1)
- Don't let that horse (2)
- Drop down, ye heavens, from above (9)
- Ettrick Banks (4)
- Forest (2)
- Heroic Strokes of the Bow (1)
- Human Hymns (2) (4)
- Illuminare, Jerusalem (20)
- King Harald's Saga (3)
- little tree (1)
- Love Bade Me Welcome (2)
- Michael's Strathspey (2)
- Missa del Cid (2)
- Moon and Star (1)
- My Guardian Angel (4)
- Natural History (1)
- Piano Concerto (3)
- Piano Trio Two (1)
- Psalm 148 (1)
- Scotch Minstrelsy (3)
- Sketches from a Bagpiper's Album (2)
- Songs from the Exotic (4)
- Ständchen (2)
- String Quartet (3)
- The Art of Touching the Keyboard (2)
- The Bagpiper's String Trio (3)
- The Consolations of Scholarship (2)
- The King of France (2)
- The Vanishing Bridegroom (2)
- The Welcome Arrival of Rain (2)
- Three Chorales for cello and piano (3)
- Vertue (2)
- Wild Mossy Mountains (4)
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