| Forces: high sop, tenor, solo cello, fl(pic), afl, arec, hn, ptpt, bass, sax, gui, hp 3vn, va, vc, db& |
World
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1968-1974 |
| Forces: 6 voices, 2fl(2pic:afl),2ob(oda:ca),2cl(ecl),2ptpt),trb,tuba,3perc.cimbalom,celesta,2pf,hp,2vn,2va,2 |
| Duration: 19 |
Work No.: 18 |
Publisher: Edition Modern |
| ‘To Harry Halbreich.’ Commissioned by The London Sinfonietta. fp: 23.3.75 Royan Festival, France. J. Nelson, M. Thomas, J. Stickland, P. Hall, P. Knapp, W. Mason, London Sinfonietta, dir. Simon Bainbridge. Text: Mayakovsky, H_lderlin, Ri |
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Babylon
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1971-2001 |
| Forces: fl,clar,vln,vla,vcl,pno,perc |
| Duration: 6 |
Work No.: 19 |
Publisher: Composer |
| fp: 11.9.72 Gaudeamus Music Week, Hilversum, Netherlands. Kitty Donker (mezzo), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, dir. P. Keuschnig. Text: none. Currently under revision. |
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Circle, Chorus and Formal Act
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1973 |
| Forces: baritone, 2 female choirs, chorus of 9 perc, ob(ca), 2 hn, perc |
| Duration: 23 |
Work No.: 23 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘To the Students of The Place.’ fp: 5.6.73 The Place, London. Students of The Place. Text: Composer, after traditional English folk-verse. |
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Mystery 2
The Earthly Paradise (part of Mysteries) |
1977-1978 |
| Forces: mezzo, tenor, bass, 2 actors, 2pic, alto recorder, ob/oda, ca, 4 tpt, 2cel, 3perc, 2va, 2vc, d |
| Duration: 14 |
Work No.: 24 |
Publisher: Composer |
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Mystery 3
Noah and the Great Flood (part of Mysteries) |
1978 |
| Forces: tenor, 2 actors, alto recorder, ca, 3 perc |
| Duration: 16 |
Work No.: 24 |
Publisher: Composer |
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Mystery 7
The Betrayal and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth (part of Mysteries) |
1978-1979 |
| Forces: 2 sop, mez, ten, 6 speakers, 2 srec, pic, pic(afl), oda, ca, tpt, 3perc, 2cel, hp, 6vn, vc&quo |
| Duration: 20 |
Work No.: 24 |
Publisher: Composer |
| fp: (section for soprano and trumpet) Washington DC, date unknown. Phillis Bryn-Julson (sop). |
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Commedia dell’incomprensibile potere che alcune donne hanno sugli uomini
Title: ‘Comedy of the incomprehensible power that some women have over men.’ . |
1973-1975 |
| Forces: sop, counter-ten, vc, harpsichord |
| Duration: 12 |
Work No.: 26 |
Publisher: Universal |
| ‘For The Five Centuries Ensemble.’ fp: 30.6.77 Hilversum, Netherlands. Carol Plantamura (sop), John-Patrick Thomas (ctn), Marijke Verberne (vc), John Whitelaw (hpd). Text: Composer with early English anon. Taken from Genesis B: The Fall |
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Medea
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1973-2008 |
| Forces: 5 voices and orchestra (first version) |
| Duration: 6 |
Work No.: 27 |
Publisher: Composer |
| Some material from 1st version re-used in ‘First Sign a Sharp White Moon...’ |
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Cipriano
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1974 |
| Forces: tenor, 9 voice SATB chorus (high sop, 2 sop, mez, ctn, ten, bar, 2bas) |
| Duration: 14 |
Work No.: 31 |
Publisher: Edition Modern |
| fp: (private) 27.11.75 Birmingham. P. Hall, John Alldis Choir, dir. J. Alldis. fp: (public) 11.12.75 Wigmore Hall, London. P. Hall, John Alldis Choir, dir. J. Alldis. Text: Pedro Calderón de la Barca. |
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Orfeo
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1974 |
| Forces: 6 voices, 3 tbn, 2 lute, perc, db (first version), revised for solo mezzo-soprano |
| Duration: 6 |
Work No.: 34 |
Publisher: Composer |
| Text: Ovid (Book XI of Metamorphoses.’) |
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Mr Punch
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1976-1979 |
| Forces: speaker, fl, ob or cl, perc, pf, vn or vc |
| Duration: 21 |
Work No.: 43 |
Publisher: Universal |
| fp: 1979 Suoraan. |
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Mine Eye Awake
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1977 |
| Forces: lyric soprano, piano |
| Duration: 6 |
Work No.: 50 |
Publisher: Universal |
| ‘To Elisabeth Lutyens.’ fp: 23.1.78 Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate. Elaine Barry (sop)’ composer (pf). Text: William Shakespeare Sonnet 61. |
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Goro
Title: (Japanese) - name. |
1978 |
| Forces: tenor, fl, cl, hp, vn, va, vc |
| Duration: 20 |
Work No.: 58 |
Publisher: Universal |
| Commissioned by the Bath Festival. fp: 23.5.79 Bath Festival. Alastair Thomson (ten), Nash Ensemble. Text: Kineya Rokuzaemon X. |
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Sir Tristran
Title: after medieval poem. |
1978 |
| Forces: soprano, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello |
| Duration: 20 |
Work No.: 60 |
Publisher: Universal |
| Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble. fp: 15.12.80 St John’s Smith Square, London. P. Walmsley-Clark (sop), Circle, dir. Gregory Rose. Text: Malory, Beroul, T. d’Angleterre, M. de France. |
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Talawva
"Title: (Hopi Indian) ‘Red light of dawn (when man fully formed, proudly faced his creato |
1979 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, fl(pic), ob(oda), perc, pf |
| Duration: 8 |
Work No.: 66 |
Publisher: Composer |
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... fairest noonday ...
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1979 |
| Forces: tenor, piano |
| Duration: 8 |
Work No.: 67 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘To Martyn Hill.’ Commissioned by the BBC. fp: 5.3.80 Leeds University. Martyn Hill (ten), John Constable (pf). Text: Friedrich Hölderlin (in German). |
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Lord Melbourne
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1980 |
| Forces: soprano, clarinet, piano |
| Duration: 12 |
Work No.: 74 |
Publisher: Universal |
| ‘For the Arioso Trio.’ Commissioned by the Worfield Charity Concert Trust. fp: 25.9.82 Rudge Hall, Pattingham. Lynda Russell (sop), David Campbell (cl), Andrew Ball (pf). Text: none. Based on English folk-song (as transcribed by Grainger |
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Duru-Duru
Title: (Sardinian) - ‘Around-around’ |
1981 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, flute, perc, piano |
| Duration: 9 |
Work No.: 85 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘To James and Catia Clarke.’ fp: 21.1.82 Purcell Room, London. Josephine Nendick (mez), Suoraan, dir. James Clarke. Text: Sardinian folk poem. |
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Warara
Title: (Australian Aboriginal) - ‘Red Ochre’ |
1982-1991 |
| Forces: soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello |
| Duration: 9 |
Work No.: 92 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘To Richard and Valérie Hames, Ben, Rachael, Toby and Jessica.’ fp: 29.5.82 Victoria College, Melbourne, Australia. Victorian Time Machine, dir. Richard David Hames. [tenor, flute, clarinet, 2 percussion]. fp: (final version) Ixio |
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Whitman
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1980-2005 |
| Forces: mezzo soprano plus accompaniment |
| Duration: 65 |
Work No.: 104 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: (1st version) 8.3.93 Purcell Room, London. J Nendick (mez)’ Suoraan. fp: (2nd version) 19.5.83 BMIC, London. Jane Ginsburg (sop), George Nicholson (pf). Two earlier versions (1st for mezzo-soprano, fl(afl), ob(ca,oda)’ perc; 2nd for |
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Vaudeville
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1983-1987 |
| Forces: 2 singers and ensemble |
| Duration: 45 |
Work No.: 108 |
Publisher: UMP |
| ‘To Oliver Knussen.’ Commissioned by the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. fp: 30.8.83 Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Mary King (mez), John Rath (bar), Music Projects/London, dir. Richard Bernas. Text: Walt Whitman, nursery rhymes, H. M. Milner, |
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Le Lay de la Fonteinne
"Guillaume de Machaut, arranged and edited by Michael Finnissy" |
1983-1990 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, fl(pic), oboe, vib or pf |
| Duration: 22 |
Work No.: 109 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: 29.10.83 Purcell Room, London. Suoraan. fp: (final version) 9.6.90, Greenwich Festival. Virginia de Ledesma (sop), Focus, dir. Composer. |
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Botany Bay
Text: based on an Australian colonial folk-song. |
1983-1989 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe or clarinet |
| Duration: 4 |
Work No.: 112 |
Publisher: Composer |
| fp: 1.10.83 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Jeannie Marsh (mez), Rachele Skinner (fl), Jane Robertson (cl). fp: (final version) 18.5.89 BMIC, London. Ixion (version with clarinet). |
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Soda Fountain
Title: O. Wilde, A. C. Doyle, Giesecke, Schikaneder, Illica’ Wagner, E. Bronte, Haym, J. |
1983 |
| Forces: soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor |
| Duration: 20 |
Work No.: 115 |
Publisher: Composer |
| ‘For Victoria Watson, Sandra Oldis, Jeannie Marsh & Christopher Bogg.’ fp: 23.3.84 Victoria College, Melbourne, Australia. V. Watson (sop), S. Oldis (mez), J. Marsh (alt), C. Bogg (ten). |
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Ngano
Title: (Venda) - evening song. Text: traditional Venda. |
1983-1984 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, tenor, double SATB chorus, flute, 2 percussion |
| Duration: 18 |
Work No.: 116 |
Publisher: UMP |
| Commissioned by the BBC. fp: 12.6.84 QEH, London. J. Bingham (mez), N. Mackenzie (ten), BBC Singers, S. Bell, J. Holland, D. Johnson, dir. Diego Masson. |
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Celi
Title: (Latin) - ‘Of Heaven’ |
1984-1997 |
| Forces: 2 high sopranos, 3 fl, 3 vla, 2 harps |
| Duration: 15 |
Work No.: 121 |
Publisher: UMP |
| original version, 2 high sopranos, flute, oboe, trombone’ percussion, double bass fp: 24.10.85 IRCAM, Paris, France. Penelope Walmsley-Clarke, Sarah Leonard (sop), Ensemble Intercontemporain, dir. Ronald Zollman. Text: Hildegard of Bingen (in |
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Cabaret Vert
Title: from poem by Rimbaud (French) - ‘Green Inn Cabaret’ |
1985 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, flute, cor anglais, percussion |
| Duration: 10 |
Work No.: 123 |
Publisher: Composer |
| fp: 11.5.85 ORTF, Paris, France. J. Nendick (mez), N. Ruffer (fl)’ J. Harrod (perc), C. Redgate (ob), dir. Roger Redgate. All poems refer to the colour green. Text: Rumanian folk poetry. |
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Catchpenny Rhymes
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1986 |
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| Duration: |
Work No.: 130 |
Publisher: Composer |
| fp: (second version ) 13.5.89 Brighton Festival. Mary Wiegold (sop), Composers Ensemble, dir. Composer. Text: Traditional English nursery rhymes. Two earlier versions (1st: 9 songs for voice and piano; 2nd: songs 2, 3, & 9, for soprano, viola an |
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The Undivine Comedy
Opera in 17 scenes |
1985-1989 |
| Forces: sop, mez, ten, 2bar, 2fl(pic,afl), 2ob(ca), cl(ecl,bcl), 2perc, elec org(cel), vn, va, vc" |
| Duration: 114 |
Work No.: 131 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: 14.5.88 Theatre de la Bastille, Paris, France. Pauline Vaillancourt, Mary King, Nigel Robson, Richard Jackson, Richard Morris, Ensemble Exposé, dir. Composer. Text: composer, after the play by Z. Krasinski, with additional material from H |
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Beuk o’Newcassel Sangs
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1988 |
| Forces: soprano, clarinet, piano |
| Duration: 12 |
Work No.: 135 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by Tapestry. fp: 16.2.89 Newcastle University. Tapestry. Text: traditional Newcastle folk-songs, from A beuk o’Newcassel Sangs, collected by Joseph Crawhall (1888). |
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Judith Weir: Songs from the Exotic 10’ (on the rocks) 4 songs
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1989 |
| Forces: soprano, clarinet, piano |
| Duration: 10 |
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Publisher: Composer |
| fp: 4.5.89 Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, Fife. Tapestry. Text: Traditional Serbian, Spanish and Gaelic. Composer added clarinet part to an earlier composition by Judith Weir for mezzo-soprano & piano. Also transposed up to soprano range.&quo |
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Unknown Ground
Song cycle |
1989-1990 |
| Forces: baritone, piano, violin, cello |
| Duration: 25 |
Work No.: 145 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: 15.5.90 Marlborough Pub Theatre, Brighton. Richard Jackson (bar), Roger Redgate (vn), Julia Ryder (vc), composer (pf). Text: anon: Nick W.; Steve R.; Philip X.; Brent T.; Nicolai Kluyev; Mikhail Kuzmin; Sergei Esenin (in English). |
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Same as we
Version 1 of 2 |
1990 |
| Forces: soprano, pre-recorded tape |
| Duration: 10 |
Work No.: 149 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘For Juliet Oppenheimer.’ fp: 10.8.90 Dartington, Devon. Juliet Oppenheimer. Text: James Joyce: Finnegans Wake. |
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Same as we
Version 2 of 2 |
1990 |
| Forces: mezzo-soprano, alto flute, cimbalom |
| Duration: 10 |
Work No.: 149 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘For Elise, Anne and Mikael.’ fp: 1990 Flanders Festival, Ghent, Belgium. Zivitar. |
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Maldon
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1990 |
| Forces: baritone, SATB chorus, 2 trombones, 2 percussion, organ |
| Duration: 20 |
Work No.: 150 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: 15.6.91 Maldon Millennium festivities. Text: composer, from ‘The Battle of Maldon’ (anon/Anglo-Saxon). |
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Kulamen Dilan
Title: (Kurdish) - ‘Love Songs’ |
1990 |
| Forces: soprano saxophone [or oboe], percussion |
| Duration: 10 |
Work No.: 151 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘For Steve [Cottrell] and Liz [Davis].’ fp: 21.7.90 Darmstadt, Germany. Steve Cottrell (ssax), Steven Schick (perc). |
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The Cambridge Codex
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1991 |
| Forces: soprano, fl(picc), perc(2 bells), violin, cello |
| Duration: 18 |
Work No.: 160 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by the Cambridge New Music Players. fp: 13.11.91 University Concert Hall, Cambridge. Cambridge New Music Players. Text: Medieval anonymous sacred poems (in Latin and English). |
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Three Motets, Two Interludes
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1991-2006 |
| Forces: soprano, violin, viola, cello |
| Duration: 16 |
Work No.: 162 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Interludes for string trio alone, (c. 4’) unfinished |
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The Cry of the Prophet Zephaniah
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1992 |
| Forces: solo baritone, TB men’s choir, 2 tpt, 2 trb, 2 vc. |
| Duration: 7 |
Work No.: 174 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by BBC TV for series ‘The Cry’ fp: 6.12.92 BBC TV. Producer: Chris Mann. Text: Book of Zephaniah. |
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Thérése Raquin
stage-work for 4 voices and piano |
1992-2005 |
| Forces: 2 counter-tenors and 2 baritones, pf |
| Duration: 120 |
Work No.: 177 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by The Garden Venture & Eastern Arts. fp: 1.10.93 Bury St Edmunds. Royal Opera House Garden Venture. Heather Lorimer, Linda Hirst, Andrew Watts, Richard Jackson, Christopher Willis. Text: composer, after the novel and play by Emile |
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Blessed be
Version 1 of 3 |
1992 |
| Forces: soprano, piano, double bass |
| Duration: 5 |
Work No.: 178 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by Kathleen Supové for The Political Songbook. fp: 1993 Bang On A Can Festival, New York, USA. D. Ohrenstein (sop), K. Supové (pf), R. Black (db). Text: St Matthew. |
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Blessed be
Version 2 of 3 |
1995 |
| Forces: tenor, flute, horn, guitar, harp, cello |
| Duration: 5 |
Work No.: 178 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘To Gerald English.’ fp: unperformed (1996). |
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Blessed be
Version 3 of 3 |
1996 |
| Forces: soprano, recorder, piano |
| Duration: 5 |
Work No.: 178 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: 26.10.96 Wilmslow Parish Hall. Alison Wells, John Turner’ Keith Swallow. |
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Silver Morning
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1993 |
| Forces: tenor or baritone, piano, string quartet (2 vn, va, vc) |
| Duration: 16 |
Work No.: 187 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by South West Arts. fp: 15.7.95 Cheltenham Festival. Text: A E Housman. |
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Quelle
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1994 |
| Forces: saxophones: 2 soprano, 2 contrabass |
| Duration: 3 |
Work No.: 190 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘For Thomas K. J. Mejer.’ fp: Recorded but no concert performance (1996). |
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Shameful Vice
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1995 |
| Forces: 2 soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, 2 cl, 2 tpt, gtr, hp, 2 vn, db |
| Duration: 45 |
Work No.: 193 |
Publisher: OUP |
| Commissioned by Vocem Electric Voice Theatre and Endymion. fp: 28.3.95 Blackheath Concert Halls, London. Vocem; Endymion Ensemble. Text: Composer, after letters and diaries of Tchaikovsky. |
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Liturgy of Saint Paul
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1991-1995 |
| Forces: counter tenor, 2 tenors, baritone, chamber organ |
| Duration: 37 |
Work No.: 197 |
Publisher: OUP |
| fp: 1.8.96 (incomplete) Cambridge. Hilliard Ensemble. Text: Latin mass. Eusebius, The Acts of the Apostles (in Greek). Includes Missa in Commemoratione Sancti Pauli and Missa in Festo Conversionis Sancti Pauli. |
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Golden Sleep
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1996 |
| Forces: solo tenor, baritone, SATB choir |
| Duration: 12 |
Work No.: 202 |
Publisher: OUP |
| ‘For Zöe, Gary and the Vasari Singers.’ Commissioned by Steyning Music Society Text: Homer’s Iliad XXIII, 93-101 in translation by Alexander Pope. Unperformed but broadcast by the BBC Singers (1997). |
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Symphony No. 1
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1962-1964 |
| Forces: soli contralto, va, vc, cbn. 4(pic)4(ca)3(bcl)4/8hn, 5trb/7perc/gui, org,2hp/str(0.0.12.8.6)&q |
| Duration: 20 |
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Publisher: Composer |
| fp: unperformed. Text: Fizgerald/Khayyám ‘Rubáiyát’, Milton ‘The Passion’ |
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Forget-me-not
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1959 |
| Forces: voice and ensemble |
| Duration: |
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Publisher: Composer |
| Text: Poem by William McGonagall. |
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Horrozone
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1965-1987 |
| Forces: sop, fl, cor, vib, pf |
| Duration: 8 min 33 |
Work No.: 3 |
Publisher: Composer |
| 1965 rev. 1987 |
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Medea
version i (of ii) |
1973-2008 |
| Forces: bari, fl, harp |
| Duration: 7 |
Work No.: 27 |
Publisher: Composer |
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Not Afraid
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1998 |
| Forces: baritone and speaking pianist |
| Duration: 12 |
Work No.: 216 |
Publisher: |
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Descriptive Jottings of London
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2003 |
| Forces: 3 voices (or chorus) with independent accordion and piano |
| Duration: 5 |
Work No.: 264 |
Publisher: OUP |
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Brighton!
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2005-2006 |
| Forces: tenor and string quartet |
| Duration: 16 |
Work No.: 279 |
Publisher: OUP |
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Caithness with Descants
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2007 |
| Forces: soprano, recorder and piano |
| Duration: 3 |
Work No.: 300 |
Publisher: |
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Mankind
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2007-2008 |
| Forces: stage-work for solo voices, chorus and instruments (oboe d’amore, clarinet, bassoon, piano, or |
| Duration: 74 |
Work No.: 308 |
Publisher: OUP |
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Outside Fort Tregantle
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2007-2008 |
| Forces: baritone and piano |
| Duration: 3 |
Work No.: 309 |
Publisher: OUP |
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Dust
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2008 |
| Forces: voice(s), B-flat clar,electric-guit,accordion,pno |
| Duration: 4 |
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The Transgressive Gospel
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2008-2009 |
| Forces: 2 vocalists, vln,vla,vcl, accordion, cimbalom and piano |
| Duration: 120 |
Work No.: 317 |
Publisher: OUP |
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