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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DRAMATIC The Chakravaka-Bird (1977) radio opera, libretto trans. from Indian sources by A. K. Ramanujan, Daniel H. H. Ingalls and A. Gilbert : mezzo, c.ten., high ten., heldentenor + alto fl., accordion, cimbalom, 5-6 perc. 77’ BBC Jubilee commission, first broadcast 14th January 1981, cond. Lionel Friend The Scene-Machine/Das Popgeheuer – an entertainment with a message for our times (1970) one-act opera, libretto George MacBeth (German version Lutz & Irene Liebelt) : Frank, a young pop-singer - bar., a woman - mezzo, narrator - ten., chorus + orch.: 2(2picc., alto fl.).2 .2(Eb cl., bs.cl).2 (2 contras) -2.2.2.1 - timp., perc. (3 players - xyl., mar., vibr., glock., celesta) - pno. - pop group (3 players) - electronic tape - strings (4.4.3.3.1) 50’ commissioned by Kassel State Opera; first performance by orchestra & chorus of Kassel State Opera cond. Klauspeter Seibel, dir. Ulrich Melchinger, 4th April 1971; British première by New Opera Company cond. Leon Lovett, dir. Anthony Besch, Sadlers Wells, 1st March 1972 "...a contemporary version of the Faust legend...he has succeeded in integrating an amazingly wide variety of styles into what is unmistakably his own idiom." (Peter Heyworth, The Times, April 1971) | ||
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