Composing

“Park has a desire to test and stretch the borders of conventional tonality and metre, but also to etch out the contrast by resolving back into broodingly conventional triadic harmonies and regular pulse.” – The Arts Desk

“Exciting, inventive, vibrant” – MusicWeb International

“One of the UK’s finest young composers” – ClassicFM

Commissioning

If you are interested in commissioning Owain to write a piece of music, Kate Johnson at Wise Music Classical would be delighted to hear from you.
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Scores & sheet music

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Above the stars my saviour dwells (2017) – SATB divisi with Soprano solo
A commissioned gift for Wendy Russell
Publisher: Novello • Request a perusal score here
Listen
Duration: 03:45

Catalogue

Works are arranged alphabetically below in the following categories:


Chorus a cappella

Sacred

Above the stars my saviour dwells (2017) – Soprano solo, SATB divisi Read More
A commissioned gift for Wendy Russell
Publisher: Novello
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Duration: 03:45

Ascendit Deus (2019) – SATB Read More
For Ashley Grote and Norwich Cathedral Choir
Publisher: Novello
Recordings:
Duration: 03:00

Ave maris stella (2014) – SSATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Richard III Society, George Haynes and the St Peter’s Singers
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Gabrieli Consort ‘A Rose Magnificat’ (2018) and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 04:30
Programme note
The repetitive, slightly jingly metre of this popular medieval hymn presents a challenge to the composer; Park does not attempt to camouflage the insistent metre but instead allows it to propel the music forward, retaining a pleasing simplicity in his melody (he acknowledges Grieg’s setting to be an influence), while clothing it with more sophisticated harmonies that would have delighted Francis Poulenc. The stanzas of the text are prefaced by bell-like repeated notes to the words ‘Ave maris stella’, rising from D via E flat and E natural to a final high G, leading to a luscious final Amen. – from notes by © John Rutter 2018

Ave Regina Caelorum (2017) – SATB Read More
Publisher: Novello
Duration: 03:30

Awake my soul (2019) – SATB Read More
For Wells Cathedral Choir, and dedicated to Iain Ball MBE, Chairman of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust 2004–2015
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Duration: 04:00

Beati quorum via (2014) – SSATB Read More
Commissioned by Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust for the Countess of Wessex
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 04:30

Caelos ascendit hodie (2017) – SATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 03:30

For the fallen (2016) – SSAATTBB Read More
Commissioned by Joseph Wicks and the Beaufort Singers | Remembrance
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 04:15

Holy is the true light (2018) – SATB divisi Read More
For Nigel Short and Tenebrae
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Tenebrae
Duration: 05:30

I will lift up mine eyes (2011)  SATB Read More
Commissioned by Matthew Owens and Wells Cathedral Choir
Duration: 02:45

I wonder as I wander (2017) – SATB divisi Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 02:30

Judas mercator pessimus (2014) – SATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 07:30
Programme note

Justorum Animae (2017) – SSATBB Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 04:30 

Phos hilaron (2015) – SATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 09:00 (full version); 02:00 (chant version)
Publisher: Novello
Programme note

Preces and responses (2019) – SATB Read More
Commissioned by Alexander Ross for Kirsty Ross
First performed by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
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Duration: 06:00

Shepherds’ Cradle Song (2013) – SATB divisi or AATBarBB Read More
Dedicated to Bryony MacLeod-Jones
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge ‘Yulefest’ (2015)
Duration: 03:45
Programme note
Owain Park’s Shepherds’ cradle song pays tribute to John Rutter’s influence, alongside Herbert Howells and others in the English school of carol-writing, with its sweet tune passing skilfully from voice to voice. – from notes by © Ted Tregear 2015.

Sweet Day (2010)  SSATB Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Holst Singers
Recordings: The Tallis Scholars (live)
Duration: 04:45

The Lord’s Prayer (2015) – SSAATTBB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Patrick Allies and Siglo di Oro
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton and Siglo de Oro (video)
Duration: 07:00

The Mother of God (2013) – SSATB Read More
Recordings: Reverie (live)
Duration: 02:45

The Wings of the Wind (2015) – SSAATTBB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 05:00

Trinity Fauxbourdons (2017) – SATB divisi Read More
1. Magnificat / 2. Nunc Dimittis
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 08:00

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (2013) – SATB double choir Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge ‘Yulefest’ (2015)
Duration: 03:30

Upheld by stillness (2015) – SSSAATTBB Read More
Commissioned by ORA and Suzy Digby
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: ORA ‘Upheld by stillness’ (2016) and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 03:30

Vinea mea electa (2018) – SATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Bath Camerata and Benjamin Goodson
Duration: 04:30

Secular

Footsteps (2016) – unaccompanied mixed choirs Read More
Commissioned by Tenebrae and Nigel Short
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Tenebrae
Duration: 17:00
Programme note
The narrative for Footsteps is a fusion of texts by eight different authors, five of whom contribute to the introduction of the work. On Leaving by Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda is a sonnet reflecting on the author’s moving from Cuba to Spain; ‘Sea Pearl’ could be describing the author’s homeland, but here, when fused with ‘the wanderer’s guiding star’ (E Brontë) alludes to the moon. Longer phrases which rise and fall in the upper parts of the semi-chorus are imitated more quickly in the main choir. – from notes by © Owain Park 2017. Full programme note.

For the fallen (2016) – SSAATTBB Read More
Commissioned by Joseph Wicks and the Beaufort Singers | Remembrance
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 04:15

Louisa (2014) – SATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Dominic Pini
Recordings: The Choir of Royal Holloway (live)
Duration: 05:00 

Shakespeare Love Songs (2013) – SATB divisi Read More
1. Love is a Smoke / 2. Love, whose month is ever May / 3. So sweet a kiss / 4. When love speaks
Commissioned by The Maesbury Singers and Iain MacLeod-Jones
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Trinity Consort (live)
Duration: 10:00

Shakespeare Songs of Night-time (2014)– SATB divisi Read More
1. Light thickens / 2. Weary with toil / 3. Now it is the time of night / 4. Let fall the windows of thine eyes / 5. Be not afeard / 6. The Cloud Capp’d Towers
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Holst Singers
Duration: 20:00

Sweet Day (2010)  SSATB Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Holst Singers
Recordings: The Tallis Scholars (live)
Duration: 04:45

Upheld by stillness (2015) – SSSAATTBB Read More
Commissioned by ORA and Suzy Digby
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: ORA ‘Upheld by stillness’ (2016) and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 03:30


Chorus with one instrument

A Confirmation Prayer (2008) – SATB with organ Read More
Commissioned by Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church and David Ogden
Recordings: Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church and David Ogden ‘All times and seasons’ (2011)
Duration: 03:00

All this night bright angels sing (2010)  SATB with organ Read More
Recordings: Cadenza and Jenny Sumerling (video)
Duration: 02:30

Guardian Angel (2018)  SSAATTBB with violin solo Read More
Antiphon for the angels
Commissioned by VOCES8 and Rachel Podger
Duration: 07:30

Cradle Lullaby (2012) – S divisi with piano or organ Read More
Commissioned by Wells Cathedral Chorister Parents Association
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Wells Cathedral Choir (video)
Duration: 04:00

Gentle Mary laid her child (2017) – SATB with piano Read More
Commissioned by Wimbledon Choral Society and Neil Ferris
Publisher: Novello
Duration: 04:00

God is gone up (2019) – SATB with organRead More
Commissioned by St David’s Cathedral and Oliver Waterer
Duration: 04:00

Let Christians all with Joyful Mirth (2012)  SATB with organ Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Music Sales Choral Sampler (2015)
Duration: 03:00

Mairi’s Wedding (2013) – SATB with piano Read More
Commissioned by Frikki Walker and Bearsden Choir
Text by Sir Hugh S. Robertson
Duration: 04:00

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (2014) – SATB with piano Read More
Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Recordings: Oxford University Press Choral Highlights (2015)
Duration: 05:15

Sing to me, windchimes (2018) – SATB with piano Read More
Duration: 20:00

St Andrew’s Mass (2011) – SATB with organ Read More
Recordings: Wells Cathedral Choristers, Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir (live)
Duration: 10:00

Sure on this shining night (2011) – SATB with piano Read More
Recordings: Video
Duration: 05:00

The Gloucester Service (2014) – SATB with organ Read More
Commissioned by David Ogden and RSCM Millennium Youth Choir
Duration: 13:00

The Spirit Breathes (2017) – SATB with organ Read More
Commissioned by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton
Duration: 06:30

The Redcliffe Magnificat (2014) – SATB with organ (Chamber Organ) Read More
Commissioned by Andrew Kirk and the Choir of St Mary Redcliffe
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge (live)
Duration: 04:45

The Wells Service (2013) – SATB with string orchestra (or organ) Read More
Commissioned by Wells Cathedral Choir and Matthew Owens
Recordings: Wells Cathedral Choir; Athenaeum Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (live)
Duration: 11:00

Trinity Te Deum (2019) – SATB with brass, organ and percussion (or organ) Read More
Commissioned by Trinity College Cambridge for the Installation of Dame Sally Davies as Master of Trinity College on Tuesday 8 October 2019. Version for brass first performed at the Installation Ceremony in Trinity College Chapel by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Trinity Brass, Luke Fitzgerald (organ) and Stephen Layton (conductor).
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Duration: 6:30

While Shepherds Watched (2010)  SATB with organ (or string quartet) Read More
Commissioned by David Ogden and Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym
Recordings: Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir (video)
Duration: 03:30


Upper voices

As now the sun’s declining rays (2012) – SS a cappella Read More
Commissioned by Wells Cathedral Choir and Matthew Owens
Duration: 02:00

Away in a manger (2010) – Upper voices with piano Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Mastersingers City of Palms Youth Choir (video)
Duration: 02:30

Preces and Responses (2013) – Upper voices with organ Read More
Commissioned by Diocesan Choirs Association of Wells and Bath
Duration: 04:30


Lower voices

Fantasia on English Children’s Songs (2013) – ATTBB Read More
Commissioned by Opus Anglicanum and John Rowlands-Pritchard
Duration: 10:00

Lully, lulla (2012)  ATB divisi Read More
Commissioned by Wells Cathedral Choir and Matthew Owens
Publisher: Novello
Duration: 03:00

On the Infancy of our Saviour (2014) – ATTBB Read More
Commissioned by Opus Anglicanum and John Rowlands-Pritchard
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Gesualdo Six (video)
Duration: 04:30

Sequence: ‘In Parenthesis’ (2015) – ATTBB and Narrator Read More
Commissioned by Opus Anglicanum and John Rowlands-Pritchard
Duration: 13:00

Shepherds’ Cradle Song (2013) – SATB divisi or AATBarBB Read More
Dedicated to Bryony MacLeod-Jones.
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge ‘Yulefest’ (2015)
Duration: 03:45
Programme note
Owain Park’s Shepherds’ cradle song pays tribute to John Rutter’s influence, alongside Herbert Howells and others in the English school of carol-writing, with its sweet tune passing skilfully from voice to voice. – from notes by © Ted Tregear 2015.

There stood in heaven a linden tree (2012)  AATTBB Read More
Duration: 04:00


Arrangements for chorus

Ain’t that a kick in the head? (2015) (Van Heusen/Cahn) – SSSAATTBBB

Have yourself a merry little Christmas (2013) (Martin/Blane)  SATB divisi Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge ‘Yulefest’ (2015)
Duration: 03:15
Programme note
Owain Park’s Shepherds’ cradle song pays tribute to John Rutter’s influence, alongside Herbert Howells and others in the English school of carol-writing, with its sweet tune passing skilfully from voice to voice. – from notes by © Ted Tregear 2015.

Mairi’s Wedding (2013) – SATB with piano Read More
Commissioned by Frikki Walker and Bearsden Choir
Text by Sir Hugh S. Robertson
Duration: 04:00

Molly Malone (2012) (Traditional)  AATTBB

Mood Indigo (2014) (Ellington/Bigard) – SATB divisi

My Funny Valentine (2015) (Rogers/Hart) – SATB divisi

Shenandoah (2018) – SATB divisi

Silence is Golden (2013) (Crewe/Gaudio) – SSATBB or AATTBB

Step we gaily, on we go (2013) (Trad. Scottish) – SATB divisi with piano

The Very Best Time of Year (2014) (John Rutter)  SATB divisi Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge ‘Yulefest’ (2015)
Duration: 02:45
Programme note
The very best time of year is one of John Rutter’s wonderful original carols, arranged thirty years ago by Robert Graham Campbell for Cambridge students to sing in close-harmony groups; Owain Park returned to Rutter’s original scoring for choir and orchestra to imitate some of his orchestral colours. – from notes by © Ted Tregear 2015.

Wither’s Rocking Hymn (2014) (Traditional, from RVW) – SATB divisi


Organ solo

Hymn to Theotokos (2017) Read More
Commissioned by Sebastian Thomson for Angels of Creation
Duration: 07:00

Images (2015) Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Joseph Wicks (Truro Cathedral)
Duration: 06:30

Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt (2015) Read More
Publisher: Carus-Verlag | Perusal score
Duration: 03:00

Méditation (2011) Read More
Publisher: Novello
Recordings: Owain Park (video)
Duration: 04:00

O Gott, dein Wille schuf die Welt (2017) Read More
Publisher: Carus-Verlag | Perusal score
Recordings: Joseph Wicks (Truro Cathedral)
Duration: 05:00

Prelude on ‘O little town of Bethlehem’ (2014) Read More
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Recordings: Owain Park (live)
Duration: 03:00

Realms of Light (2012) Read More
Duration: 05:00

Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist (2015) Read More
Recordings: Owain Park (live)
Duration: 04:00


Chamber

Full moon and little Frieda (2011) – Soprano with piano

Spills (2016) – Wind sextet

The Snow Child (2016) – Chamber Opera

The Erl King (2017) – Chamber Opera

The Whale Sailed (2015) – Piano trio


Orchestral

Fanfare for Sidney (2015)