Arthur Togneri and Ian Crawford Win the 2025 Sir David Willcocks Carol Composer Competition
The Bach Choir announced that Arthur Togneri has won the 2025 Sir David Willcocks Carol Composer Competition 17-and-under. The Choir also announced that Ian Crawford has won the competition for 18-and-over.
Per the Choir's website:
Arthur Togneri is a British composer, organist, and pianist. He studies composition at The Purcell School of Music.
Arthur’s carol, The Winds of Winter, is about longing for the warmth of summer in the cold of winter. He uses word painting in the instrumentation to accentuate the text by Emily Huntington Miller. The piece ends with an unresolved chord – the lingering harmony longs for the warmth of summer, which is just out of reach.
Regarding Crawford the Choir's Website states:
Ian Crawford is a composer, conductor, and music teacher based in London and the North West.
Ian’s carol, Adam lay ybounden, is a new setting of the well-known 15th-century text which relates to the events of the Book of Genesis. The piece reflects the journey of the text it’s based on, which moves from anger and incredulity at its opening through to joy and delight at its conclusion.
Every year, the judges reads like a who's who list. This year they included: David Hill MBE, Sir John Rutter, Errollyn Wallen, Joanna Marsh and Jonathan Willcocks.
The judges shortlist included:
- Iain Carnegie, UK – Hoseanna
- Isaac Lovdahl, USA – Wilt Thou Be Strong
- Eilir Owen Griffiths, UK – Puer Natus in Bethlehem
- Andrew Crookall, UK – Sing and Rejoice
- Donald Wetherick, UK – Love Came Down (A Christmas Lullaby)
The 17-and-under shortlist:
- Ernest Chui, UK – A Tender Shoot
Every year, The Bach Choir performs the winning carols at Carols at Cadogan.
Find more information at: https://thebachchoir.org.uk/carol-composer-competition/
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