This 17-minute choral sequence is scored for mixed chorus and organ, with optional percussion, and presents five of the Latin motets’ which occur at the end of movements in MacMillan's St John Passion

This work is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into war and its terrible consequences. It is dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis. Like Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, it is

Named after an ancient city in Uzbekistan, mentioned in the memoirs of Marco Polo.

For mixed chorus, solo voices & piano (organ). First printing. One movement. Text taken from the First Psalm. Duration: ca. 7'. Vocal score, 35 p.

Composed as a commemorative work exploring themes of loss, particularly remembering the children who perished in the Aberfan tragedy in 1966 which buried a school full of children along with 28 adults. The