Gavin Bryars

Il brano è dedicato a John Harle e alla Bournemouth Sinfonietta, che lo ha commissionato con i fondi della South West Arts. Si avvale della capacità del sassofono di eseguire lunghi passaggi melodici...

Il brano è tecnicamente piuttosto difficile e, curiosamente, sono gli strumenti più bassi ad avere le voci più difficili. Così il sax baritono ha alcuni passaggi in altissimo e infine conclude il bran...

Two Lines è stato scritto su richiesta di Peter Bowman e Kathryn Bennets per celebrare i loro 20 anni di collaborazione. È una risposta alle invenzioni a due parti di Bach e, come il brano di Bach, è...

This is a special arrangement for double bass choir of the choral piece Silva Caledonia, written for the Estonian National Male Choir, which sets a text by the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. It was first...

Apart from the ten 5-minute string quartets that I wrote in 1992 as theoriginal version of A Man in a Room, Gambling, there are 8 years between my second and third quartets. Another element which find...

Originating as the musical equivalent of a work of conceptual art, this piece has various performing versions, often arising from particular occasions and environments. All the materials used are deri...

This beautiful and tentative work for viol consort is based on a Purcell Fantasia of the same name. Occasionally, and to great effect, Bryars enhances the rich, romantic sound of bowed viols with the...

In addition to Bryars' many vocal laude there are a growing number of connected instrumental works. Tre Laude Dolçe for solo cello is the second of these to be released as a Schott Edition publication...

In 2001, Gavin Bryars began writing a number of pieces based on a large collection of 13th century semi-religious songs, known as 'Lauda', which would have been sung outside churches and in other publ...

In addition to Bryars' many vocal laude there are a growing number of connected instrumental works. Tre Laude Dolçe for solo cello is the second of these to be released as a Schott Edition publication...

Written for Duncan McTier, this concerto has the unusual addition of an optional male voice choir. Many Russian elements influenced Bryars when he was writing the piece, not least the text for the bas...

Written for Duncan McTier, this concerto has the unusual addition of an optional male voice choir. Many Russian elements influenced Bryars when he was writing the piece, not least the text for the bas...

This short work for solo bass voice was written for Clive Birch from the Australian vocal ensemble The Song Company. At the premiere it was used to bridge two larger works but it would be equally well...

This piece is one of a series of works that take texts or imagery from the work of Jules Verne. Here the text is taken from 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, a section in which Professor Aronnax describes...

Gavin Bryars has returned once again to the poetry of George Bruce and the 'Five Songs from Northern Seas' are dedicated to his memory in his centenary year. Bryars describes the five evocative poems:...

Bryars' settings of Benedicamus Domino and Credo were written to complete a Ladymass that had been constructed from the Worcester Fragments. They were composed with the intention of seamless integrati...

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Commissioned by Gavin Bryars' long-standing collaborators, ensemble Aventa, and with a libretto by author and poet Marilyn Bowering, Bryars' Marilyn Forever examines the inner life of Marilyn Monroe,...

'This piece for solo harpsichord (1995, duration 10 minutes) was commissioned by Maggie Cole. '... I have offered many options with ornamentation, suggesting some, writing out others completely, but a...