Composers Performers

Harrison Birtwistle

Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022)

Great Britain · Minimalism (1970 - 2023), Avant-garde music

9 Movements for String Quartet (1991-96)
... agm ... for 16 voices and 3 instrumental ensembles (1979)
An Interrupted Endless Melody for oboe and orchestra (1991)
Angel Fighter for chamber chorus, tenor, countertenor and ensemble (2010)
Bach Measures, for ensemble (or chamber orchestra) (1996)
Bogenstrich – Meditations on a poem of Rilke for baritone, violoncello and piano (2006-09)
Carmen arcadie mechanicae perpetuum (1977-78)
Chronometer, electronic music (1971-72)
Crowd, for Solo Harp (2005)
Donum Simoni MMXVIII (A Gift for Simon), for orchestra (2018)
Earth Dances (1986)
Fields of Sorrow, for two sopranos, chorus and ensemble (1972)
For O, for O, the Hobby-Horse is Forgot, Ceremony for six percussionists (1976)
Gawain, opera (1991)
Gigue Machine, for piano (2011)
Hoquetus David, processing of motet by Guillaume de Machaut for sextet (1969)
In Broken Images (2011)
Keyboard Engine (2017-18)
Love Song of Dina and Nick, for the three English horns and harp. (1970)
Machaut a ma maniere, processing of works by Guillaume de Machaut for Orchestra (1988)
Melencolia I, for Clarinet, Harp and two string orchestras (1976)
Meridian, for mezzo-soprano, two female choirs and instruments (1970-71)
Nenia: The Death of Orpheus for soprano, 3 bass clarinets, crotales and piano (1970)
Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker for soprano and violoncello (1998-00)
Nomos (1968)
Ostinato with Melody for piano (2000)
Panic for alto saxophone, brass and percussion (1995)
`Pulse Shadows` - Meditations on Paul Celan for Soprano, String Quartet and Ensemble (1996)
Punch and Judy, opera (1967)
Ritual Fragment for chamber orchestra (1990)
Secret Theatre for chamber ensemble (1984)
Semper Dowland, semper dolens (2009)
Silbery air (1977)
Slow frieze for paino and ensemble (1996)
Sonance Severance 2000, for orchestra (2000)
The Axe Manual for piano and percussion (2000)
The Corridor (2008)
The Cure, opera (2014-15)
The Io Passion, opera (1991)
The Last Supper, opera (1999)
The Mask of Orpheus, opera (1986)
The Minotaur, opera (2007)
The Perpetual Song of the Mechanical Arcadia for 14 instruments (1977)
The Second Mrs Kong, opera (1994)
The Tree of Strings (2007)
The Triumph of Time for orchestra (1971)
Theseus Game for large ensemble with two conductors (2002)
Three Bach Arias, Rrocessing of the three arias by Johann Sebastian Bach for soloists and ensemble (2003-04)
Three Bach Fugues, Processing of the three fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach (`Art of Fugue`) for string quartet (2008)
Three Settings of Lorine Niedecker for soprano and violoncello (2011)
Tragoedia (1965)
Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (2010)
Ut heremita solus, processing of motet by Johannes Ockeghem for sextet (1969)
Verses for Ensembles, for three instrumental ensembles (1968-69)
Violin Concerto (2010)
Virelai (Sus une fontayne) (2008)