Contemporary Choral and Instrumental works by Edward Caine

Choral and instrumental works exploring repetition, text and resonance through a contemporary compositional approach.

As performed by Ex Cathedra and Ian Pace and broadcast on Radio 3 and Sky Arts.

Featured Works

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M and A and R and I for SATB with Ostinato choir

A choral work which sets a 15th Century Marian hymn as a contemporary concert work, built from a repeating ostinato derived from the letters of “Mary” forming a resonant structural bed for the text.

M and A and R and I performed by Ex Cathedra, Into the New World concert 2020

Love Came Down

A concise setting shaped by direct text delivery and restrained harmonic language, prioritising vocal line and ensemble clarity. Featured on Radio 3 “In Tune”

Love Came Down performed by Ex Cathedra in their UK tour Christmas Music by Candlelight, St. Pauls Church Birmingham 2022

Etude: Resonance

A piano etude exploring sympathetic resonance across the strings of a piano and the interaction between percussive attack and sustained resonances. Commissioned by Late Music and performed by Ian Pace.

Premiere performance by Ian Pace at the Late Music Concert Series, 2015

Wolcum Yol

A rhythmically driven setting of a well known Middle English text, conceived as a show piece for a professional choir.

Computer realisation of Wolcom Yol

Other Instrumental, Vocal and Choral pieces available

Scores and materials available on request