William Pierce – Two Carols

for SATB choir and organ (ed. N. Buckland) (4’45): 

1. Peace on Earth

William Pierce was an English organist and choirmaster and my predecessor as conductor of the Launceston Philharmonic Society (Tasmania). At his death in 1997 I was invited to look through the music he left behind, and discovered handwritten manuscripts of these superb carols. This edition is faithful to the manuscripts, adding only a suggestion that one short section be repeated.