ANTHONY GILBERT (b. 1934) WORKS BY CATEGORY: CLICK ON HEADINGS BELOW FOR FULL DETAILS Unless otherwise indicated, all works written between 1962 and 1994 are available from SCHOTT & Co. Ltd., 48 Great Marlborough St., London W1V 2BN, info@schott-music.com Works written since April 1994 (i.e. those after Ziggurat) are available from THE UNIVERSITY of YORK MUSIC PRESS, YO10 5DD, philip@uymp.co.uk Other works, as marked, are available from FORSYTH MUSIC PUBLISHING DIVISION, 126 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2GR, U.K. recordermusic@forsyths.co.uk website For information on works in manuscript, marked (MS), contact gilbert@halifenu.demon.co.uk Note: all durations are rounded up to nearest minute | ||
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CHAMBER INVOLVING VOICE(S) Assonants 1 (1965) for SATB soli + clarinet & horn (MS) 3' Beastly Jingles (1984) (Charles G. Leland, Wm. MacGonagall, anon.) for soprano + fl., hp., perc., vln., mand., guit., d.bass 11’ commissioned by Jane Manning; first performance by Jane Manning and Niew Ensemble, Utrecht, 13th January 1981 En Bateau, d'après Watteau (2007) (Baudelaire & Proust) for soprano + rec., ob.,vln, vc. 9' Encantos (2004) (Magdalena Mismareza & anon.) for soprano or mezzo-soprano + cl., vibraphone, guit. 14' Uncommissioned, unperformed as a complete cycle. Inscapes (1975) (Gerard Manley Hopkins) for soprano, speaker, 2cl.(s.sax, 2b.cl.) timp., perc.*, harmonica 30’ * 1 player: glock., vibraphone, marimba (to low C), sistrum, sizzle cymbal, Radha Krishna bell, tam-tam, 2 temple blocks, guiro, lujon, maracas, 4 drums commissioned by Ceolfrith Arts; first performance by Jane Manning, Alix MacSweeney (narrator) and Matrix, Ceolfrith Arts Centre, Sunderland, 9th June 1975 Little Cycle for Elizabeth Yeoman (1992) (words by composer) for soprano, cello and piano (MS) 7’ first performance by Akanthos, dir. Michael Graubart, RNCM, Manchester. 21st January 1993 Long White Moonlight (1980) (Eastern poets, translated) for soprano and electric double bass 18’ commissioned by Jane Manning; first performance by Jane Manning and Barry Guy, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 25th October 1980 Love Poems (1970) (Frances Horovitz, Li Shang-Yin, Gillian Barron) version 1 for soprano + cl., vc., free-bass accordion 10’ first performance by Jane Manning and instrumental ensemble, BBC recording, July 1970 Love Poems (1970) version 2 for soprano + cl., bs.cl., chamber or electronic organ 10’ first performance by Jane Manning and instrumental ensemble, London, January 1971 Ondine (2003) (Aloysius Bertrand) short cycle for soprano + recorder, cello and harpsichord 11' (drawn from Vers de Lune of 1999) first performance by Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Jonathan Price & Janet Simpson, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16th October 2004 Tinos (2004) (Magdalena Mismareza) for soprano + clarinet & vibraphone 3’ (first of a cycle of songs in progress 2004, now named Encantos, see above) first performed by Marie Vassiliou with members of Endymion, Purcell Room, London, 12th July 2004 Those Fenny Bells (John Clare) (2008) treble, counter-tenor & vibes 3' Upstream River Rewa (1991) for storyteller and Indo-European ensemble (sitar, tabla, fl./alto fl./picc., electronic kbd., vc.) 29’ commissioned by Shiva Nova; first performed by them with Vayu Naidu, storyteller, Purcell Room, London, 12th Fbruary 1991 Vers de Lune (1999) (Aloysius Bertrand) for soprano plus flute, cello, percussion 17' (incorporates Ondine - chant au clair de lune of 1988 for sopr. & rec. only) commissioned by Psappha; first performance by Alison Wells and Psappha, Liverpool Hope University, 15th March 2000 Ygg-drasill (2006) (Cincuentas 3) for soprano or mezzo + recorder, ob., cl., bsn, trp., 3 vlns, vc. 9' first performance by Daisy Chute and Impulse dir. Edward Longstaff, Binham Priory, Norfolk, 14th July 2007 | ||
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