JAMES MCCARTHY
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ONE GIANT LEAP

The Story of the Apollo 11 Mission
for choir, children's choir & orchestra​
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CODEBREAKER

The Alan Turing Story
for soprano solo, choir & orchestra
"Profoundly beautiful, illuminating and touching" 
Benedict Cumberbatch
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17 DAYS

Death and Resurrection Deep Beneath the Chilean Desert
​for choir, children's choir, brass and percussion
"Remarkably engaging...genuinely moving"
The Independent
"Made performers and audience alike feel exalted"
The Times
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MALALA

The Story of Malala Yousafzai
for solo tenor, girls' choir, choir & orchestra
 "It was hard not to be moved to see her message of inclusion, action and education enacted by fellow schoolgirls"
​New Statesman
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If ye love me
McCarthy’s musical language really speaks on a level with the human soul and manifests a deep understanding of the human condition and all its complexities”
Sara-Lois Cunningham, Music Teacher magazine, June 2019
CHOrAL

A Quoi Bon Dire

For SATB Choir, a cappella (4mins; 2012)
Commissioned by Crouch End Festival Chorus. Dedicated to David Temple. Originally part of 17 Days
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Do Dreams Lie Deeper?

For SATB Choir, a cappella (4mins; 2012)
Commissioned by Crouch End Festival Chorus. Dedicated to David Temple. Originally part of 17 Days
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Follow the Star

Christmas carol for children's choir. (3mins; 2016)
​Premiered by Bishopsgate School Junior Choir and Charlotte McCarthy at Eton College Chapel, 16 December 2016.
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Peaceful was the Night

For SSAA, a cappella (4mins; 2016)
Text by John Milton, from On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Commissioned by Sonoro
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If ye love me

SATB Choir, unaccompanied (2019)
For Oscar, George and Poppy Pilkington. Commissioned by Sonoro for the ‘Choral Inspirations’ project, with the generous support of Virginia Learmond
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The Stars in Their Courses 

For Three Sopranos, Mezzo-Soprano and Clarsach (or Harp) (4mins; 2009)
Commissioned by Canty. Dedicated to Jack Davenport
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When Christ Was Born

Christmas carol for choir or congregation (3mins; 2016)
Text by Milly Marriott
CHOir AND ORCHESTRA

Codebreaker

For Solo Soprano, SATB Choir and Orchestra (50mins; 2014)
Commissioned by Hertfordshire Chorus. Dedicated to Tom and Elsie Cameron

Malala

For Solo Tenor, Girls Choir, SATB Choir, Orchestra (30mins; 2014)
Text by Bina Shah. Commissioned by Crouch End Festival Chorus. Dedicated to Rachel McCarthy

One Giant Leap

For Children's Choir, SATB Choir, Orchestra (40mins; 2019)
Commissioned by Hertfordshire Chorus. Dedicated to Charlotte McCarthy

17 Days

For Children's Choir, SATB Choir, Brass, Percussion and Piano (35mins; 2012)
Commissioned by Crouch End Festival Chorus. Dedicated to David Temple
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