Vocal Works / Vokalmusik
Boyhood's End
12 mins
Cantata for tenor and piano [1943]
Texts by W. H. Hudson
First performance by Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, Morley College, London, 5 June 1943
ED 10279
Version for baritone and piano ED 12331
Sosostris' Aria
from The Midsummer Marriage
11 mins
for soprano and orchestra
2 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 0 - timpani percussion (cymbals, bells) - harp celesta guitar - strings
The Heart's Assurance
17 mins
(i) Song cycle for high voice and piano [1950-51]
ED 10158
(ii) Song cycle arranged for high voice and orchestra by Meirion Bowen [1990]. 1 1 1 1 - 4 1 0 0 - percussion (1 player: side drum, military drum, suspended cymbal, triangle) - harp - strings (minimum players: 3 3 2 2 1)
Study score ED 12382
Poems by Sidney Keynes and Alun Lewis
Commissioned by Peter Pears
First performance by Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten, Wigmore Hall, London, 7 May 1951. First performance of orchestral version by Theresa Cahill and the London Bach Orchestra conducted by John Lubbock, Barbican Hall, London, 27 September 1990
'Words for Music Perhaps'
14 mins
for speaking voice(s) with incidental music for chamber ensemble [1960]
Bass clarinet, trumpet, gong, xylophone, violin, cello and piano
A sequence of love poems by W. B. Yeats
Commissioned by the BBC. First performance by Bee Duffell, Sheila Manahan, Allan McCelland, and an ensemble conducted by the composer, produced by Anthony Thwaite, BBC Third Programme, 8 June 1960
Songs for Achilles
14 mins
for tenor and guitar [1961]
Texts by the composer
First performance by Peter Pears and Julian Bream, Great Glenham House, Aldeburgh Festival, 7 July 1961
ED 10874
Songs for Ariel
5 mins
for medium voice and instrumental ensemble [1962]
Flute/piccolo, clarinet, horn, percussion ad lib. (bells, bass drum) and harpsichord or for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Texts from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
First performance by Grayston Burgess and Virginia Pleasants, Fenton House, Hampstead, London, 21 September 1962
Voice and piano ED 10871
(also part of Suite: The Tempest)
Songs for Dov
26 mins
for tenor solo and small orchestra [1970]
2 (2 piccolos) 1 cor anglais 1 bass clarinet 1 contrabassoon - 3 1 1 0 - timpani - percussion (6 players: side drum, bass drum, jazz kit, cymbal, suspended cymbal, wood blocks or temple blocks, tambourine, castanets, whip, metal bar or heavy triangle, tam-tam, xylophone, vibraphone, claves, jingles) - harp piano electric guitar electric harpsichord - 4 2 3 2
Commissioned by the Department of Music, University College, Cardiff with assistance from the Welsh Arts Council. First performance by Gerald English and the London Sinfonietta conducted by the composer, University College, Cardiff, 12 October 1970
Study score ED 11135
Symphony No. 3
for soprano and orchestra [1970-72]
Please see under "Orchestral Works"
Byzantium
25 mins
for soprano and orchestra [1989-90]
3 (3 piccolos) 2 cor anglais 3 (E flat/bass clarinets) 2 contrabassoon - 4 2 3 1 - percussion (7 players: snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, clashed cymbals, large suspended cymbal, wood blocks, castanets, triangle, xylophone, vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales, bells - plus single G on separate stand, claves, 3 anvils (high, medium, low)) - 2 harps celesta electric organ - strings
Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall in honour of their respective centennials. First performance by Faye Robinson and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir George Solti, Orchestral Hall, Chicago, 11 April 1991
Study score ED 12383
Vocal score ED 12376
Caliban's Song
from Suite: The Tempest
c. 2 mins
for baritone and piano [1995]
Text by Shakespeare
Commissioned by the BBC for their 1995 tercentenary celebrations of Purcell's death. First broadcast performance by David Barrell and Iain Burnside for the BBC's "Fairest Isle" series, Radio 3, 26 November 1995
Material on sale:
Suite: The Tempest
25 mins
including:
Prelude
Song for Ariel: 'Come unto these Yellow Sands'
Dance
Song for Ariel II: 'Full Fathom Five'
Solemn Dance
Trumpet Tune with Boogie
Caliban's Song
Interlude - Dreaming
Masque
Song for Ariel III: 'Where the Bee sucks'
Exit Dance
arranged for tenor, baritone and ensemble by Meirion Bowen [1961; arr. 1995]
2 (piccolo) 0 1 (bass clarinet/claves) 0 - 1 1 1 0 - percussion (1 player: side drum, snare drum, bass drum, suspended cymbal, hi-hat cymbal with foot pedal, tam-tam, glockenspiel, roto-toms, tubular bells) - harp - 1 (triangle) 1 1 1 1
Texts by Shakespeare, Johnson and Daniel
Commissioned by the BBC for their 1995 tercentenary celebrations of Purcell's death. First performance of complete Suite by Martyn Hill, David Barrell and the Nash Ensemble conducted by Andrew Parrott, Purcell Room, London, 14 December 1995
Study score ED 12496
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