List of compositions by Harrison Birtwistle

This is a list of compositions by Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), a British composer of contemporary classical music. Birtwistle's music was published by Universal Edition until 1994, and since then by Boosey & Hawkes.

Opera and other dramatised works

*"Punch and Judy", A tragical comedy or comical tragedy in 1 act (1966–67)
*"Down by the Greenwood Side", A Dramatic Pastoral (1968–69)
*"Pulse Field, Frames, Pulse and Interruptions" — improvised ballet, for 6 dancers and 9 musicians (1977)
*"Bow Down", Improvised music theatre, for 5 actors and 4 musicians (1977)
*"The Mask of Orpheus", Lyric Tragedy in 3 acts (1973–84)
*"Yan Tan Tethera, A Mechanical Pastoral" (1984)
*"Gawain", Opera in 2 acts, (1990–91, revised 1994 & 1999)
*"The Second Mrs Kong", Opera in 2 acts (1993–94)
*"The Last Supper", Opera in 1 act (1998–1999)
*"The Io Passion", Chamber Opera (2003)
*"The Minotaur", Opera (2005–07)

Orchestra

*"Chorales", for orchestra (1960–63)
*"Nomos", for 4 amplified instruments and orchestra (1967–68)
*"The Triumph of Time", for orchestra (1971–72)
*"Melencolia I", for clarinet, harp and 2 string orchestras (1976)
*"Earth Dances", for orchestra (1985–86)
*"Endless Parade", for trumpet, strings and vibraphone (1986–87)
*"Machaut à ma manière", for orchestra (1988)
*"Gawain's Journey", for orchestra (1991)
*"Antiphonies", for piano and orchestra (1992)
*"The Cry of Anubis", for tuba and orchestra (1994)
*"Panic", for alto saxophone, jazz drum kit and orchestra (1995)
*"Exody, for orchestra (1997)
*"Sonance Severance 2000", for orchestra (1999)
*"The Shadow of Night", for orchestra (2001)
*"Night’s Black Bird", for orchestra (2004)

Chamber Ensemble without voices

*"The World is Discovered, 6 Instrumental Movements after Heinrich Isaac", for chamber ensemble (1961)
*"3 Movements with Fanfares", for chamber orchestra (1964)
*"Tragoedia", for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp and string quartet (1965)
*"Chorale from a Toy Shop", two versions for different chamber ensembles (1967)
*"Verses for Ensembles", for 3 instrumental ensembles (1968–69)
*"Some Petals from my Twickenham Herbarium", for piccolo, clarinet in Bb, glockenspiel, piano, violin and violoncello (1969)
*"An Imaginary Landscape", for brass, percussion and double basses (1971)
*"Tombeau in memoriam Igor Stravinsky", for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet (1971)
*"Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum", for chamber ensemble or orchestra (1977–1978)
*"Grimethorpe Aria", for brass band (1973)
*"For O, for O, the Hobby-Horse is Forgot", Ceremony, for 6 percussionists (1976)
*"Silbury Air", for chamber ensemble (1977)
*"Secret Theatre", for chamber ensemble (1984)
*"Salford Toccata", for brass band (1989)
*"Ritual Fragment", for chamber orchestra (1990)
*"Fanfare for Glyndebourne", for brass ensemble and timpani (1994)
*"Slow Frieze", for piano and ensemble (1996)
*"Bach Measures", for chamber ensemble (1996)
*"Placid Mobile", for 36 trumpets (1998)
*"The Silk House Tattoo", for two trumpets and side drums (1998)
*"Sonance 2000", for brass ensemble (1999)
*"17 Tate Riffs", for ensemble (2000)
*"Fanfare", for brass and percussion (2001)
*"Tenebrae David", for brass ensemble (2001)
*"Theseus Game", for large ensemble with two conductors (2002)
*"The Io Passion: Nocturnes", for clarinet and string quartet (2004)
*"Cantus Iambeus", for thirteen instruments (2005)

Instrumental groups of 5 or fewer performers, without voices

*"Antiphonies from the Moonkeeper", for trumpet (1985)
*"Berceuse de Jeanne", for piano (unpublished)
*"Refrains and Choruses", for wind quintet (1957)
*"Précis", for piano (1960)
*"Verses", for clarinet and piano (1965)
*"Linoi", for clarinet in A and piano (1968)
*"8 Lessons for Keyboards" (unpublished; premiered in 1970)
*"Dinah and Nick's Love Song", for 3 melody instruments and harp (1970)
*"Sad Song", for piano (1971)
*"Clarinet Quintet", for clarinet and string quartet (1980)
*"Pulse Sampler", for oboe and claves (1981)
*"Duets for Storab", for 2 flutes (1983)
*"Hector's Dawn", for piano (1987)
*"An Interrupted Endless Melody", for oboe and piano (1991, B&H)
*"9 Movements", for string quartet (1991–1996)
*"5 Distances for 5 Instruments", for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat, bassoon and horn in F (1992)
*"Hoquetus Petrus", for two flutes and piccolo trumpet (1995)
*"Harrison’s Clocks", for piano (1997–98)
*"Ostinato" with Melody, for piano (2000)
*"The Axe Manual", for piano and percussion (2000)
*"Betty Freedman: Her Tango", for piano (2000)
*"Saraband", for piano (2001)
*"Crowd", for solo harp (2005)

Vocal Music (with and without instruments)

*"Monody for Corpus Christi", for soprano, flute, violin and horn (1959)
*"Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments", for soprano and instruments (1964)
*"Carmen Paschale", Motet, for choir and organ (1965)
*"Ring a Dumb Carillon", for soprano (+ susp cyms), clarinet in Bb and percussion (1964–65)
*"Cantata", for soprano and instruments (1969)
*"Nenia: The Death of Orpheus", for soprano, 3 bass clarinets, crotales and piano (1970)
*"Meridian", for mmezzosoprano, 2 three-part women's’ choirs and instruments (1970–71)
*"Prologue", for tenor and 7 instruments (1971)
*"La Plage: 8 Arias of Remembrance", for soprano and 5 instruments (1972)
*"The Fields of Sorrow", for 2 sopranos, 8-part choir and instruments (1972)
*"Epilogue, "Full fathom five", for baritone, horn, 4 trombones and 6 tam-tam (1972)
*"Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year", for a cappella chorus (1963)
*"… agm …", for 16 voices and 3 instrumental ensembles (1978–1979)
*"On the Sheer Threshold of the Night", Madrigal, for 4 soloists und 12-voice choir (1980)
*"Deowa", for soprano and clarinet in Bb (1983)
*"Songs by Myself", for soprano and chamber ensemble (1984)
*"Words Overheard", for soprano and chamber orchestra (1985)
*"4 Songs of Autumn", for soprano and string quartet (1988)
*"An die Musik', for soprano and chamber ensemble (1988)
*"4 Poems" by Jaan Kaplinski, for soprano and 13 instruments (1991)
*"9 Settings of Celan" (may be performed as a set or individually) for soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, violoncello and contrabass
*"9 Settings of Lorine Niedecker", for soprano and instrument, not piano (1998–2000)
*"Love Cries", from the opera "The Second Mrs. Kong", for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and orchestra (1999)
*"Three Latin Motets", from "The Last Supper", for unaccompanied choir (1999)
*"The Woman and the Hare", for soprano, reciter and ensemble (1999)
*"The Gleam, Christmas Carol", for unaccompanied choir (2003)
*"The Ring Dance of the Nazarene", for baritone, tombak, choir and ensemble (2003)
*"3 Arias by Bach", for soprano, countertenor and chamber ensemble (2003–04)
*"26 Orpheus Elegies", for oboe, harp and countertenor (2003–04)
*"3 Brendel Settings", for baritone and orchestra (2000–04)
*"Today Too", for tenor, flute and guitar (2004)
*"Neruda Madrigals", for chorus and ensemble (2004–05)
*"The Mouse Felt…", for baritone and piano (2005)
*"Song of Myself", for baritone, double bass and percussion (2006)

Electronic Music

*"Chronometer, for 2 asynchronous 4-track tapes (1971–72)

Film scores

* "The Offence" (1972)

References

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*cite web |url=http://www.universaledition.com/truman/en_templates/en_werk_list.php3?komp_uid=64 |title=Universal Edition, Harrison Birtwistle, List of Works |accessdate=2007-11-30