Compositions

Orchestra
A Birthday Surprise (1979) - 2 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(pic)333/4331/2perc/str

Five Diversions (1969) - 12 minute(s)
Orchestration   2222/2220/timp.perc/str
(keyboard version also available)

Merseyside Echoes (1988) - 11 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(2pic)3(ca)33(cbn)/4.4.2+btbn.1/4perc/str

Monologue (1959) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration   str

Transformations (1970) - 17 minute(s)
Orchestration
  3(pic)333/4331/timp.3perc/pf.cel/str

Soloist(s) and Orchestra
Concerto for Strings, Percussion and Electronic Organ (1971) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration
  perc/eorg/str

The Judas Tree (1965) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   5 Speaking Parts, 2 Tenors
Chorus
  SATB
Orchestration   0000/1220/timp.5perc/org.pf/str

Organ Concerto (1971) - 22 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   organ
Orchestration
  2(pic).2.1+bcl.2(cbn)/4220/timp.4perc/cel/str

Piano Concerto (1984) - 24 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  piano
Orchestration
  3(2pic)33(bcl)3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/4perc/2hp.pf.cel/str

Violin Concerto (1986) - 22 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  violin
Orchestration
  3(2pic)33(2bcl)3(cbn)/4431/4perc/2hp.cel/str

Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
The Unicorns (1982) - 18 minute(s)
Orchestration
  brass band
(See 'Wind & Brass' Section - brass band, arr. 1984/songs with piano - Three Songs from the Unicorns')

Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
Jigsaws (1988) - 20 minute(s)
Orchestration
  15 players, harp & percussion

Juilliard Dances (1959) - 12 minute(s)
Orchestration   1011/0110/perc/pf.cel/vc

Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
The Unicorns (1982) - 18 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  soprano
Orchestration
  brass band
(Original version: Soprano & brass band - See 'Soloist & Orchestra' section)

Works for 2-6 Players
Aria (1977) - 2 minute(s)
Orchestration
  hn.ob.cl.bn

Auden Studies (1988) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration   oboe/pf

Baroque Trio (1962) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration   fl.ob.hpd

Cellars Clough Duo (1988) - 17 minute(s)
Orchestration   2 gtr

Fanfares & Elegies (1967) - 20 minute(s)
Orchestration
  3tpt.3tbn.org

Fantasy (1956) - 5 minute(s)
Orchestration   Clarinet/pf

Four Duos (1962) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration   fl.vc / ob.vc

Hymns, Rags & Blues (1985) - 20 minute(s)
Orchestration
  vn.cl.pf

London Rags (1986) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration   hn.2tpt.tbn.tba

Lullaby (1982) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration   ob [= cl = ssx]/pf

Music for Oboe & Chamber Organ (1962) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration   Oboe/organ

Recorder Music (1973) - 13 minute(s)
Orchestration   rec.tp / 2 rec

String Quartet No 2 (1975) - 17 minute(s)
Orchestration   str4t/tp[=off-stage pf]

String Quartet No. 1 (1958) - 20 minute(s)
Orchestration   String Quartet

Swansongs (1992) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Cello/pf

Threnody (1956) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Cello/pf

Translations (1971) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration
  rec.vadg.hpd

Violin & Piano Sonata (1961) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Violin/pf

Solo Works (excluding keyboard)

Air (1959) - 2 minute(s)
Orchestration   Flute

Fantasia (1959) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration   Violin

Five Explorations (1989) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration   Guitar

Metamorphosis (1971) - 2 minute(s)
Orchestration   Flute

Sonatina (1966) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration   Bassoon

Solo Keyboard(s)

(Four) Piano Blues (1973) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration   Piano

(Three) Satie Transformations (1970) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Blue Rose (1979) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   Piano

Blue Rose Variations (1985) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration   Organ

A Cambridge Postlude (1953) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   Organ

Carillon (1964) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration   Organ

Concerto Rag (1984) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   Piano

Dirge (1963) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration   Organ

Eight Very Easy Pieces (1979) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration   Piano

Five Diversions (1963) - 12 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
(2222/2220/timp.perc/str)

Five Essays (1956) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration   Piano

Five Forgeries (1963) - 18 minute(s)
Orchestration
  piano duet

Four Easy Pieces (1965) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Hymn-Tune Rag (1985) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Meditation on Murder in the Cathedral (1958) - 7 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

A Millennium Fanfare (1999) - 2 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

Paraphrase 1 (1967) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

Paraphrase 2 (1967) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration   Piano

Patriotic Rag (1986) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Postlude on 'Adeste Fideles' (1954) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   Organ

Quartet Rag (1975) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Rags, Blues & Parodies (1986) - 24 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Sanctus & Benedictus (1998) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

Sonatas for Piano (1987) - 18 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  Piano
Orchestration
  Piano

Study in Pianissimo (1959) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

Suite for the Centenary of Lord Berners (1972) - 12 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Clavichord

Three Statements (1964) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

Toccata Toccata (1955) - 5 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Organ

Variations on a French Folk Tune (1957) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Harpsichord

Vitalitas Variations (1957) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano
(version for orchestra)

Wild Rose Rag (1985) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Piano

Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument

Christmas is Coming (1964) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus
  SATB

Communion Service (1968)
Chorus
  2-part choir
Orchestration
  Organ

The Dry Heart (1967) - 20 minute(s)
Chorus
  SATB

For The Nativity (1966) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus
  SATB

Four Poems Of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1964) - 14 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  Soprano, Baritone
Chorus
  chorus
Orchestration
  organ

Jesus Christ is Risen Today (1955) - 1 minute(s)
Chorus
  SATB

Late Afternoon in November (1975) - 13 minute(s)
Orchestration
  16 solo voices (this number may be doubled, trebled or quadrupled)

Lust (1974) - 12 minute(s)
Chorus
  6 Solo Voices (AATTBB)
Orchestration
  tp [optional]

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1963) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus
  unison voices
Orchestration
  Organ

Martin of Tours (1966) - 12 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  Tenor, Baritone
Chorus
  SATB
Orchestration   chamber organ, and piano duet

Mass (1965)
Chorus
  SATB

Two Motets (1963) - 6 minute(s)
Chorus
  ATB

Winter Afternoons (1970) - 12 minute(s)
Chorus
  AATTBB

Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
A Mass of the Apocalypse (1984) - 25 minute(s)
Chorus
  SATB
Orchestration   2perc/pf

Outcry (1969) - 35 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   contralto
Chorus   SATB
Orchestration   2(pic)222/2230/timp.2perc/pf/str

Three Complaints (1966) - 8 minute(s)
Chorus
  unison choir
Orchestration
  unspecified instrumental parts & percussion

Tiananmen 1989 (1990) - 11 minute(s)
Chorus   SSAATTBB
Orchestration   tubular bells

When I Was A Sailor (1965) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus
  mixed choir
Orchestration
  percussion and two unspecified instrumental lines

Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players

A Dylan Thomas Song Cycle (1959) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Baritone/pf

An e. e. cummings Song Cycle (1965) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Mezzo Soprano/pf

Elegy (1966) - 8 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  Countertenor
Orchestration
  hpd.vc

Extravaganzas (1969) - 7 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Medium Voice/pf

Four Poems of Alan Porter (1967) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Countertenor/harpsichord

Four W H Auden Songs (1956) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Soprano/pf

Larkin's Jazz (1989) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  speaker, Baritone
Orchestration
  1(pic,afl).0.1(bcl).ssx.0/0100/perc/pf/vc

Let the Florid Music (1960) - 2 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Tenor/pf

A Memory of David Munrow (1977) - 5 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  2 Countertenors
Orchestration
  2rec.vadg.hpd

A Red, Red Rose (1967) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Mezzo Soprano/pf

Reminiscences (1978) - 5 minute(s)
Orchestration
  saxophone & piano

Schubert in Blue (1977) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Mezzo Soprano/pf

So We'll Go No More A Roving (1971) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Mezzo Soprano/pf

Solo for Baryton (1976) - 12 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  Baritone
Orchestration
  vadg/tp [=second baritone]

Songs In Blue (1977) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Medium Voice/pf

Stevie's Tunes (1984) - 13 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Mezzo Soprano/pf

Summoned by Mother (1990) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Mezzo Soprano/harp

Surrealist Landscape (1973) - 14 minute(s)
Soloist(s)
  any voice
Orchestration   pf.tp

Three Comic Songs (1960) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration
  Tenor/pf

Three Songs from The Unicorns
Orchestration
  Soprano/pf

Dance
Vitalitas (1959) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration   3222/0331/timp.2perc/pf/str

 

 

 

 

 

 

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