Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Composer; Singer
Works published by MoV
The Pilgrimes Travels (SATB (divisi) & organ)
Les Saintes Maries de la Mer (SSA (some divisi))
Lo! the star (SSAATTBB & organ)
The Pilgrimes Travels (SATB (divisi) & organ)
The Reverend Lucy Winkett, who was the first female priest at St Paul’s Cathedral, commissioned this piece for the Cathedral Choir when she left her post as Precentor there in 2010. It felt appropriate to use a text by Emilia Lanier, the Elizabethan poet, who lived nearby to Old St Paul’s. Her poem, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, published in 1611, made her the first female professional poet in Britain. Her family on both sides were luthiers, and so the anthem is based on a simple four-note motif (A-B-D-C#) from a Fantasy for viols by her brother-in-law, Alfonso Ferrabosco.
This anthem, dedicated to Lucy Winkett, was first performed by St Paul’s Cathedral Consort on the Feast of St Mary Magdalene 22nd July 2010, conducted by Andrew Carwood, with Simon Johnson, organ. (Judith Bingham)
The Pilgrimes Travels (SATB (divisi) & organ)
This work is published in our anthology Volume 1
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(August 2025)
Les Saintes Maries de la Mer (SSA (some divisi))
Les Saintes Maries de la Mer was commissioned by the City of London Festival, and first performed in June, 2014 by the girls’ choirs of Southwark Cathedral, St Alban’s Abbey and Guildford Cathedral, in Southwark Cathedral, London.
Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome were two of the ‘Three Marys’ who were present at the crucifixion and at the tomb of Jesus. In one legend from the Camargue, depicted in this poem by Elizabeth Cook, they were put in a boat without a sail or an oar, along with their servant, an Egyptian woman called Sara, and were washed up on the shore of southern France, where they preached the gospel. Saint Sara, sometimes referred to as ‘Black Sara’ from the Romany ‘Sara e Kali’, is particular to the Romany People as their saint, and every year the three women are celebrated at a festival in the small town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue. (Judith Bingham)
Les SaintesMaries de la Mer (SSA (some divisi))
This work is published in our anthology Volume 2
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(August 2025)
Lo! the star (SSAATTBB & organ)
Lo! the star forms part of Missa Brevis IV: Videntes Stellam. It was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Västerås Cathedral, Sweden, and first performed by Västerås Domkyrkas Motettkör, conducted by Johan Hammarström with Johan Lindström, organ. It is dedicated to The Very Reverend Margarethe Isberg, Dean of Västerås Cathedral, on the occasion of her retirement, January 6th, 2015.
Lo! the star (SSAATTBB & organ)
This work is published in our anthology Volume 3
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(August 2025)
Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Born in Nottingham and brought up in Mansfield and Sheffield, Judith Bingham began composing as a small child, and then studied composing and singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She was for many years in the BBC Singers before becoming their Composer-in-residence. Her career has been marked by many outstanding works for the Church. In later years she has become known for her organ music, but she has also written large-scale works for orchestra, a church opera, The Ivory Tree, and a substantial canon of chamber music. Composition prizes include: the Barlow Prize for a cappella music in 2004 and four British Composer Awards in the choral, instrumental and liturgical categories. The University of Aberdeen awarded her an Honorary Doctorate in 2017. (Anthology biography)