Thea Musgrave : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Aurora (1999) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Concerto for Orchestra (1967) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Festival Overture (1965) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4230/timp.perc/str

  •  Green (2008) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   string orchestra (43221)

  •  Largo in Homage to B.A.C.H (2013) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str(5.4.3.2.1)

  •  Loch Ness - A postcard from Scotland (2012) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).2+bcl.2+cbn/0+4hn331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Memento vitae (1970) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4331/timp/str

  •  Moving into Aquarius (1984) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Night Music (1969) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)201/2000/str

  •  Nocturnes and Arias (1965) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).2.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Obliques (1958) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   222(bcl)2/4331/timp.2perc/hp.cel/str

  •  Peripeteia (1981) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4231/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Phoenix Rising (1997) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.4perc/2hp/str

  •  Points of View (2007) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1.1+ca.0.1/1100/str(5.4.3.2.1)

  •  Rainbow (1990) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.3perc/hp.syn/str

  •  Scottish Dance Suite (1959) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4230/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  The Seasons (1988) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2(cbn)/2200/timp.perc/pf/str

  •  Song of the Enchanter (1990) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2230/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Theme and Interludes (1962) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2131/2210/timp.6perc/str

  •  Turbulent Landscapes (2003) - 26 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.3perc/hp/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Autumn Sonata - Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra (1993) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   bass clarinet

    Orchestration   2222/3220/timp.perc/str

  •  Concerto for Clarinet (1968) - 24 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   clarinet

    Orchestration   2+afl.2+ca.1(bcl).2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf.acn/str

  •  Concerto for Horn (1971) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   horn

    Orchestration   1+pic.1+ca.1+bcl.1+cbn/4[+3]210/3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

  •  Echoes of Time Past (1999) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   cor anglais, trumpet

    Orchestration   str

  •  From One to Another II (1970) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   viola

    Orchestration   str(5.4.3.2.1)

  •  Helios - Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (1994) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   oboe

    Orchestration   2.1+ca.2(II=bcl).2/2100/str(6.6.4.3.2)
    (2.1+ca.2(II=bcl).2/2100/str(2.2.2.2.1))

  •  Journey Into Light (2005) - 16 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   0.2(ca).0.1/0+2Natural Horn.0.0.0/str(6.6.4.3.2)

  •  Monologues of Mary, Queen of Scots (1986) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   2322/3210/timp.2perc/hp.ch org/str

  •  Orfeo II: An Improvisation on a Theme (1975) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   flute

    Orchestration   str(5.4.3.2.1)

  •  Songs for a Winter's Evening (1995) - 21 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   2222/3210/perc/hp/str
    (soprano and piano)

  •  Three Women (1997) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   narrator, Narrator/Speaker, Soprano

    Orchestration   2222/3330/2perc.timp/pf(syn)/hp/str
    (soprano; fl(pic),cl,hn,pf(synth),perc,vln,vla,vc)

  •  Triptych (1959) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   tenor

    Orchestration   1+pic.1+ca.1.1/3200/2perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

  •  Two's Company (2005) - 21 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   percussion, oboe

    Orchestration   2.1+ca.2.2/3.2.2.1/hrp/str

  •  Viola Concerto (1973) - 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Viola

    Orchestration   1221/3210/perc/hp/str

  •  Wood, Metal and Skin (2004) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   percussion

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.4perc/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  The Golden Echo II (1986) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   horn

    Orchestration   16hn

  •  Journey Through a Japanese Landscape - Concerto for Marimba and Wind Orchestra (1994) - 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Marimba

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.2perc/hp.pf

  •  Variations (1966) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   brass band

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1962) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0111/1110/vn.va.vc

  •  Chamber Concerto No. 3 (1966) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl.bn/hn/2vn.va.vc.db

  •  Lamenting with Ariadne (1999) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   101(bcl)0/0100/hp/perc/str(10110)

  •  Space Play (1974) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1000/str(1.0.1.1.1)

  •  Three Women (chamber version) (1998) - 40 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)020/1000/perc/pf(syn)/str(1.0.1.1.0)

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Soliloquy II (1980) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Guitar

    Orchestration   fl(pic).2ob.bn/str

  •  Soliloquy III (1980) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Guitar

    Orchestration   1111/0000/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  Towards the Blue (2010) - 13 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Clarinet

    Orchestration   1101/1000/str(1.1.1.1.0)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Canta Canta (1997) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl.pf.vc

  •  Cantilena (2008) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   oboe

    Orchestration   vn.va.vc

  •  Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1966) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(pic,afl).cl(bcl)/pf/vn(va).vc

  •  Circe (1996) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3fl

  •  Colloquy (1960) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Violin/pf

  •  The Egrets have landed (2007) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   violin, piano

  •  Elegy (1970) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   va.vc

  •  Fanfare (1982) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn.2tpt.tbn.tba

  •  Fanfare for a New Hall (1990) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2tpt

  •  Five Songs for Spring (2011) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Baritone and piano

  •  Impromptu No 1 (1967) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob

  •  Impromptu No 2 (1970) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob.cl

  •  Music for Horn and Piano (1967) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Horn/pf

  •  Night Windows (2007) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   oboe, piano

  •  Orfeo III (1993) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   flute

    Orchestration   str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  Piccolo Play (1989) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piccolo/pf

  •  Pierrot (1985) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl.vn/pf

  •  Ring Out Wild Bells (2000) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl/vn.vc/pf

  •  Serenade (1961) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.cl/hp/va.vc

  •  Sonata for Three (1966) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl/gtr/vn

  •  String Quartet (1958) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  Sunrise (2009) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(afl)/hp/va

  •  Take Two Bassoons (2011) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 bassoons

  •  Take Two Oboes (2008) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2ob

  •  Taking Turns (2008) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3fl

  •  Threnody (1997) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Clarinet/pf
    (cor anglais/pf)

  •  Trio (1960) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob/pf

  •  Voices from the Ancient World (1998) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3fl(2pic:afl)/perc

  •  Wind Quintet (1992) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob.cl.bsn/hn

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Dawn (2012) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Oboe

  •  From One To Another I (1970) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Viola/cassette

  •  From Spring to Spring (1996) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Marimba or windchimes

  •  The Golden Echo I (1986) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   horn/tape

  •  In The Still Of The Night (1997) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Viola

  •  Narcissus (1987) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   flute (with digital delay system)
    (clarinet (with digital delay system))

  •  Niobe (1987) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   oboe/tape

  •  Orfeo I (1975) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   flute/tape

  •  Postcards from Spain (1995) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Guitar

  •  Soliloquy (1969) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Guitar/tape

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Excursions (1965) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano duet

  •  Monologue (1960) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Snapshots (2009)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Black Tambourine (1985) - 17 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA chorus

    Orchestration   (perc)+pf

  •  For the Time Being: Advent (1986) - 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Four Madrigals (1953) - 8 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Ithaca (2010) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

  •  John Cook (1963) - 1 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  The Lord's Prayer (1983) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   org

  •  Make Ye Merry for Him That Is Come (1961) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA chorus and children's chorus

  •  Memento Creatoris (1967) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Midnight (1992) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Nurse's Songs of innocence and experience (2013) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   SA/piano

  •  O Caro M'é Il Sonno (1978) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  On the Underground Set No. 1 (On gratitude, love & madness) (1994) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  On the Underground Set No. 2 (The Strange & the Exotic) (1994) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  On the Underground Set No. 3 (A Medieval Summer) (1995) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Rorate Coeli (1973) - 11 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Song of the Burn (from Cantata for a Summer's Day) (1954) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Starlight (2010) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Voices of Power and Protest (2006) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   SATB

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Cantata for a Summer's Day (1954) - 33 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   narrator

    Chorus   small choir [=SATB Soli]

    Orchestration   1010/0000/str(min 1.1.1.1)

  •  Celebration Day (1999) - 18 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2222/2210/pf(syn)/2perc/str

  •  Echoes Through Time (1988) - 32 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   5 women, 5 spoken, [3 dancers]

    Chorus   women’s choir, spoken choir

    Orchestration   1+pic.1.2.1/1000/timp.perc/hp.pf(syn)/str/[electronic prologue & epilogue]

  •  The Five Ages of Man (1963) - 27 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/4331/timp.3perc/pf/str[+brass: 2.2.2.1]

  •  Going North (2004) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   children's choir

    Orchestration   2cl

  •  The Phoenix and the Turtle (1962) - 18 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Remembering Harriet (1984) - 55 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Contralto (Voice), narrator, Soprano

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   22(ca)22(cbn)/3330/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Two Christmas Carols in traditional style (1966) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA (TB ad lib)

    Orchestration   ob[cl or vln]/str(vns.vns.[vas].vcs)

  •  Wild Winter I: Lamentations for voices and viols (1993) - 19 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, 2 tenors, bass

    Orchestration   viol consort(2tr.ten.2bs)

  •  Wild Winter II (1996) - 19 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   str

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  A La Esperanza (Hope) (1998) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/org

  •  Five Love Songs (1955) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/guitar

  •  Four Portraits (1956) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   cl/pf

  •  Poets in Love (2009) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Tenor

    Orchestration   Piano - four hands

  •  Primavera (1971) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   fl

  •  Sing to Celebrate Summer (2010) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Tenor; hp; SATB (optional audience participation)

  •  Sir Patrick Spens (1961) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Tenor/guitar

  •  A Song for Christmas (1958) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   High voice/pf

  •  A Suite O' Bairnsangs (1953) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   voice/pf

  •  Two Songs (1951) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   piano

  •  A Winter's Morning (2008) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   piano

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  The Abbot of Drimock (1955) - 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Baritones, Bass, Contralto, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Orchestration   0111/1000/2perc/pf(cel)/str(1.0.0.1.0)

  •  A Christmas Carol (1979) - 1 Hour(s) 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, 2 Baritones, Bass Baritone, Actor, 3 Children

    Chorus   Children's Chorus

    Orchestration   1+pic.1+ca.2+bcl.1+dbsn/1000/2perc/hp.pf/str[min1.1.1.1.1]

  •  The Decision (1965) - 2 Hour(s) 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   mezzo soprano, Contralto, 3 Tenors, Baritone, Bass baritone, 2 Basses

    Chorus   SSAABarBarB

    Orchestration   2233/4331/hp/timp.3perc/str

  •  Harriet, The Woman Called Moses (1984) - 2 Hour(s) 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, 3 Tenors, 3 Baritones, 3 Basses

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)22(cbsn)/3330/timp.2perc/hp.pf/str

  •  The Last Twilight (1980) - 13 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3hn.4tpt.4tb/perc

  •  Mary, Queen of Scots (1977) - 2 Hour(s) 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Contralto, 3 Tenors, 2 Baritones, Bass Baritone, Bass

    Chorus   chorus (min. 32)

    Orchestration   2(2pic)3(2ca)2(bcl)2(dbsn)/3210/timp.2perc/hp.org/str (8.6.5.4.2)

  •  The Mocking-Bird (2000) - 28 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   1(pic)010/0000/perc/pf/str(1.0.0.1.0)

  •  An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1981) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Actress, 2 Actors

    Orchestration   1111/1110/perc/pf/hp/str(1.1.1.1.1)+tp

  •  Pontalba (2003) - 2 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3 Sopranos, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, 2 Baritones, Bass Baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(pic)2(ca)2(bcl)2(cbn)/432+btbn.1/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Simón Bolívar (1992) - 2 Hour(s) 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   5 principal (Soprano, 2 Tenors, Baritone, Bass), 3 comprimario (Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, Bass), Treble, 4 minor roles

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.2perc/pf/hp/str

  •  The Story of Harriet Tubman (1990) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Tenor/Narrator, 2 Baritones, Bass, 3 Actors

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

    Orchestration   fl.cl/hn/perc/pf(syn)/vn.va.vc

  •  The Voice of Ariadne (1973) - 1 Hour(s) 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Contralto, 2 Tenors, Baritone, Bass baritone, Bass

    Orchestration   1(pic)1(ca)1(bcl)1(cbn)/1000/perc/pf(org).hp/str(min. 1.1.1.1.1)+tp
    (1(pic)1(ca)1(bcl)1(cbn)/1000/perc/pf(org).hp/sm str orch (7.5.4.3.2))

• Dance
  •  Beauty and the Beast (1969) - 1 Hour(s) 40 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1121/1210/2perc/str+tp

  •  Orfeo (1975) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl/tp[=fl/15str]

• Music for Young Performers
  •  Marko the Miser (1962) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   recs/vn[cl]/gtr/pf/perc(inc glock & chime bars)

• Electroacoustic Works
  •  Sound Crystals (1979) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   tape