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Harrison Birtwistle

Harrison Birtwistle
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Birth
Sunday, July 15, 1934
Accrington
England
Groupes
England
Modern composers
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Age: 
85

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Gawain • (1991) • Operas
Last Supper (The) • (1999) • Operas
Mask of Orpheus (The) • (1984) • Operas
Monodrama • (1967) • Operas
Second Mrs Kong (The) • (1994) • Operas
Punch and Judy • (1968) • Comic operas
Down by the Greenwood Side • (1969) • Pastorales
Frames, Pulses and Interruptions: ballet • (1977) • Ballets
Linoi II: clarinet-piano-tape • (1969) • Ballets
Pulse Field • (1977) • Ballets
Yan Yan Tethera • (1984) • After plays
Fields of Sorrow (The) • (1971) • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre
Visions of Francesco Petrarca (The): Baryton-choir-orchestra • (1966) • Autres œuvres : soli-chœur-orchestre
Bow Down • (1977) • Musiques de scène - Masques
Hamlet: play music • (1975) • Musiques de scène - Masques

Symphonic music

Danses de la Terre: orchestra • (1986) • Autres danses
Grimethorpe: fanfare • (1973) • Marches et Fanfares
Mouvements avec Fanfares: chamber orchestra • (1964) • Marches et Fanfares
Gawain's Journey - suite • (1992) • Suites d'oeuvres lyriques
Chorales • (1963) • Chants
Grimethorpe Aria: brass • (1973) • Chants
Verses: woodwind quintet-2 tromp.-2 tromb.-tuba-3 percussion • (1969) • Chants
Fragment Rituel: 15 instrumentalists • (1990) • Pièces

Chamber music

Lessons in a Frame: piano-flute-clarinet-violin-cello • (1967) • Musique de chambre piano-corde-vent
Quelques Petales de la Guirlande: pic.-cl.-glock-piano-viola-cello • (1969) • Musique de chambre piano-corde-vent
Ut Heremita Solus: 2 fl.-piccolo-2 clarinet-piano-viola-cello-glock. • (1969) • Musique de chambre piano-corde-vent
Arbre de Cordes (L'): string quartet • Musique de chambre cordes
Mouvements: string quartet • Musique de chambre cordes
Refrains and Choeurs: wind quintet • (1957) • Musique de chambre vents
Melodie Perpetuelle Interrompue: oboe-piano • (1994) • Duos instruments différents
Pulse Sampler: oboe-claves • (1981) • Duos instruments différents
Linoi I: clarinet-piano • (1968) • Duos instruments différents
Verses: clarinet-piano • (1966) • Duos instruments différents
Interludes d'une Tragedie: clarinet-tape • (1969) • Duos instruments différents
Chanson de Geste: instrument-tape • (1973) • Duos instruments identiques
Duos pour Stora: 2 flutes • (1983) • Duos instruments identiques
Dinah and Nick's Love Song: 3 saxophones-harp • (1972) • Musique de chambre corde-vent
Quintet: clarinet-strings • (1980) • Musique de chambre corde-vent
Tombeau en Memoire de Stravinski: flute-clarinet-string quartet • (1972) • Musique de chambre corde-vent
Hoquetus David: flute-piccolo-clarinet-glock-violin-cello-cloches • (1969) • Musique de chambre corde-vent
Chorales fro a Toyshop: 5 instruments • (1974) • Musique de chambre instruments divers
Five Distances: quintette • Musique de chambre instruments divers
Signaux: 6 clarinets • (1966) • Musique de chambre instruments divers
For O, for O, the Hobby-Horse is Forgot: 6 percussion • (1976) • Musique de chambre instruments divers

Concertante music

Melancolia I: clarinet-harp-2 string orchestra • (1976) • Autre pièces concertantes pour Corde et vent
Endless Parade: trumpet-vibraphone-strings • (1987) • Autre pièces concertantes pour Plusieurs vents
Nomos: flute-clarinet-bassoon-French horn-orchestra • (1968) • Autre pièces concertantes pour Plusieurs vents
Panique: saxophone-drums-orchestra • (1995) • Autres pièces concertantes pour saxophone
Antiphonies: piano-orchestra • Autres pièces concertantes pour piano
Cri d'Anubis (Le): tuba-orchestra • (1994) • Autres pièces concertantes pour tuba
Concerto (Double): saxophone-percussion-orchestra • Concertos pour Plusieurs vents

Instrumental music

Pendules d'Harrison (Les): piano • (1998) • Album à titre
Precis: piano • (1959) • Pièces à titre
Chronometer: tape 8 pistes • (1971) • Pièces à titre
Lessons: keyboard • (1969) • Pièces de caractère

Vocal music

Cantata: Soprano-9 instruments • (1969) • Cantates : voix-instruments
Carmen Paschale: choir 4 voices-organ • (1965) • Choeurs isolés
Narration: a Description of the Passing Year : choir • (1963) • Choeurs isolés
...Agm... • (1978) • Choeurs isolés avec orchestre
Music for Sleep • (1964) • Cycle choral
Orpheus Elegies: Countertenor-oboe-harp • (2004) • Cycle de mélodies : voix-instruments
Pieces • (2000) • Cycle de mélodies : voix-orchestre
Pulse Shadows • Cycle de mélodies : voix-orchestre
Entr'Actes et Fragments de Sappho: Soprano-5 instr.-percussion • (1964) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Epilogue: Full Fathom Five • (1972) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Mark of the Goat (The) • (1966) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Monody for Corpus Christi: Soprano-flute-French horn-violin • (1959) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Nenia sur la Mort d'Orphee • (1970) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Plage (La) • (1972) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Prologue de l'"Agamemnon" d'Eschyle: Tenor-7 instrument • (1970) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Ring a Dumb Carillon • (1965) • Mélodies isolées : voix-instruments
Woman and the Hare (The): Narrator-Soprano-ensemble • (1999) • Oeuvres vocales isolées : 2 voix et plus avec orchestre
Meridian • (1971) • Oeuvres vocales isolées : 2 voix et plus avec orchestre
Preludes de Choral: Soprano-2 clarinets-French horn de basset • (1973) • Recueil de mélodies : voix-instruments
Arias de Bach: Sop.-hautboios-harp-2 clarinets-marimba • (2004) • Recueil de mélodies : voix-instruments

Sheet music for Harrison Birtwistle

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Songs 1970-2006 — Rossi

— listening CD — Classical
By Rossi, Euler, Sacilik, Kuhne, Kuss Quartet, Korber, Lewark, Yagubian, Neue Ensemble, Asbury, Harrison Birtwistle, and Meier. By Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Classical. Listening CD. Published by Toccata Classics (NX.TOCC0281).
Price: $18.00

Birtwistle: Secret Theatre; Bo — Harrison Birtwistle

— listening compact disc —
Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Listening compact disc. Published by Deutsche Grammophon (NX.DG-439910).
Price: $17.00

Three Latin Motets — Harrison Birtwistle

Chorus — — Classical, Contemporary
SATB a cappella. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Sacred Choral. Classical, Contemporary. 22 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060112829. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48012076).
Price: $14.00

In Broken Images: After the Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli — Harrison Birtwistle

Score, Ensemble — Softcover — Classical
Study Score - HPS 1574. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical. Softcover. 68 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060131080. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48024086).
Price: $34.00

Hoquetus Petrus — Harrison Birtwistle

Flute, Trumpet — — Classical, Contemporary
Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical, Contemporary. Boosey & Hawkes #M060107948. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48011863).
Price: $32.00

Pulse Shadows — Harrison Birtwistle

Strings, String Quartet, Voice — — Classical, Contemporary
Study Score. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical, Contemporary. 135 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060106163. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48011797).
Price: $75.00

Panic — Harrison Birtwistle

Brass, Drums, Percussion, Winds, Alto Saxophone — — Classical, Contemporary
A Dithyramb for Alto Saxophone, Drum Kit, Winds, Brass and Percussion. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical, Contemporary. 96 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060106170. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48011798).
Price: $80.00

Trio — Harrison Birtwistle

Cello, Piano/Keyboard, Violin, Piano Trio — Softcover — Classical, Contemporary
Violin, Cello, and Piano. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical, Contemporary. Softcover. 32 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060124976. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48022886).
Price: $38.00

Night's Black Bird — Harrison Birtwistle

Orchestra — Softcover — Classical
Orchestra Study Score. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical. Softcover. 46 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060118524. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48020933).
Price: $30.00

Sonance Severance 2000 — Harrison Birtwistle

Orchestra — — Classical, Contemporary
For Orchestra. Composed by Harrison Birtwistle (1934-). Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books. Classical, Contemporary. 9 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060112522. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48012069).
Price: $19.00

Prémières pour Harrison Birtwistle

Monday, 4 July 1977
Premiere of Bow Down, in London, England.
Wednesday, 21 May 1986
Premiere of The Mask of Orpheus, in London, England.
Saturday, 10 March 1990
Premiere of Machaut à la Manière, in Hamburg, Germany.
Links: 
www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk/birtwistle-online/
Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2004-10-12 16:30.
Last modified: 
2014-06-05 16:08