Judith Weir : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Bright Cecilia: Variations on a Theme by Purcell (2002) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel,syn)/str

  •  Forest (1995) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3.2+ca.3.2+cbn/44(in C)31/timp.2perc(mba)/str

  •  Heroic Strokes of the Bow (1992) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).1+ca.1+bcl.1+cbn/2200/timp/str

  •  I give you the end of a golden string (2013) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str (min. 6.4.4.4.2)

  •  Music, Untangled (1992) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2.1+ca.2.2/4330/timp/hp.cel/str

  •  Still, Glowing (2008) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2.0.2.0.0/0.0.0.0/perc/str

  •  The welcome arrival of rain (2001) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.3.3/4400/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Winter Song (2006) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1+pic.2(ca)2.2(cbn)/2200/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Natural History (1998) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   3(pic,afl)333(cbn)/4301/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Ox Mountain Was Covered by Trees (1990) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, countertenor, baritone

    Orchestration   2222/2000/str
    (soprano, counter-tenor/pf)

  •  Piano Concerto (1997) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   piano

    Orchestration   str(min 2.2.2.2.1)

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (1994) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1.1.bcl.0/1.0.1.0/perc/pf/vc.db

  •  Sederunt Principes (1987) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1121/1110/perc/hp.pf/str(min 3.0.2.1.1)

  •  Tamino's New Flute (2013) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3fl/timp/str

  •  Tiger under the Table (2002) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)111/1110/perc/pf/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  What's in the Lake? (2012) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0.0.0+Clarinet in E flat.0+cbn/1000/2perc/str(1.0.1.2.0)

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  The Consolations of Scholarship (1985) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   1(afl,pic)111/1000/perc/pf/str(1.0.0.1.0)

  •  Horse d'Oeuvres (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo soprano

    Orchestration   1.1(ca).1+bcl.1/1010/perc/pf/vc.db

  •  Thread! (1981) - 19 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   narrator

    Orchestration   fl(pic,afl)cl(bcl)/perc/pf/str(2.0.1.1.0)

  •  Waltraute's Narration (1996) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo soprano

    Orchestration   1.1(ca).1+bcl.1/1010/perc/pf/vc.db

  •  woman.life.song (2000) - 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   3(afl.pic)03(bcl)0/3perc/hp.pf/gtr/str(2.0.2.2.1)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Airs from Another Planet (1986) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic)111/1000/pf

  •  Arise! Arise! You Slumbering Sleepers (1999) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf/vn.va.vc

  •  Atlantic Drift (2006) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn

  •  The Bagpiper's String Trio (1985) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn.va.vc

  •  Blue-Green Hill (2013) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.cl.vn.vc.pn

  •  Distance and Enchantment (1989) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf/vn.va.vc

  •  El Rey De Francia (1993) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf/vn.va.vc

  •  Gentle Violence (1987) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piccolo/guitar

  •  I Broke Off a Golden Branch (1991) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf/vn.va.vc.db

  •  Mountain Airs (1988) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob.cl

  •  Music for 247 Strings (1981) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   violin/pf
    (vln.pf)

  •  Piano Quartet (2000) (2000) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf/vn.vc.va

  •  Piano Trio (1998) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf/vn.vc

  •  Piano Trio Two (2004) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf, vn, vc

  •  Rain and Mist Are on the Mountain, I'd Better Buy Some Shoes (2005) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 Violins

  •  Several Concertos (1980) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(afl.pic)/pf/vc

  •  Sketches from a Bagpiper's Album (1984) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Bb clarinet and piano
    (Ebcl+Basset Horn.ssx/pf)

  •  Sleep Sound ida Mornin' (1995) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 violins

  •  St Agnes (2006)

    Orchestration   viola, cello

  •  String Quartet (1990) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  Wake your wild voice (2008) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   bassoon, cello

  •  What sound will chase elephants away? (2006)

    Orchestration   2 double bass

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Unlocked (1999) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cello

  •  The Wild Reeds (2013) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Organ

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Ardnamurchan Point (1990) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2pf

  •  The Art of Touching the Keyboard (1983) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Ettrick Banks (1985) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  I've turned the page.... (2007) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

  •  The King of France (1993) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Michael's Strathspey (1985) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Roll Off the Ragged Rocks of Sin (1992) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano

  •  To Judith, from Judith (2012)

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Wild Mossy Mountains (1982) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   organ

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Ascending into Heaven (1983) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   org

  •  a blue true dream of sky (2003) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Chorus   SSATB

  •  Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above (1984) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Illuminare Jerusalem (Jerusalem rejos for joy) (1985) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   org

  •  little tree (2003) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSA

    Orchestration   Marimba

  •  Love Bade Me Welcome (1997)

    Chorus   SSATBB

  •  Madrigal (2008) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   TTBB

  •  Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2011) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   SATB

  •  Missa Del Cid (1988) - 25 minute(s)

    Chorus   SAAATTTBBB

  •  My Guardian Angel (1997) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   SATB+audience; OR choir SSATBB

  •  Psalm 148 (2008) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trombone

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Two Human Hymns (1995) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   org

  •  Vertue (2005) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  All the Ends of the Earth (1999) - 12 minute(s)

    Chorus   mixed chorus

    Orchestration   3perc.hp

  •  CONCRETE (2007) - 24 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Speaker

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   0+pic.2.2.1/3.2.3.0/timp.4perc/pf/str(no va)

  •  Moon and Star (1995) - 15 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

    Orchestration   3(3pic).2+ca.3.3/4.3+Dtpt.3.1/3perc/pf/str

  •  Sanctus (1995) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp/str

  •  Stars, Night, Music and Light (2011) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   4.3.3.2+cbn/4.2+2 in F.3.1/timp/org/str

  •  Storm (1997) - 20 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAA+children's chorus

    Orchestration   3fl(2pic,afl)/3perc/3vc

  •  We are shadows (1999) - 24 minute(s)

    Chorus   unison children’s choir + SSATB

    Orchestration   3(pic)232+cbn/4.3.2+btbn.1/4perc.timp/hp/str

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  The Alps (1992) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl/va

  •  Blackbirds and Thrushes (2008) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   bass-baritone; piano

  •  Broken Branches (1992) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   pf/db

  •  Don't Let That Horse (1990) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/horn

  •  King Harald's Saga (1979) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano, singing 8 roles

  •  On Buying a Horse (1991) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Medium voice/pf

  •  Really? (2002) - 9 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl/va/hp

  •  The Romance of Count Arnaldos

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   2cl/va.vc.db

  •  Scotch Minstrelsy (1982) - 13 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor [Soprano]

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Songs from the Exotic (1987) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   low voice/pf
    (clarinet and piano)

  •  A Spanish Liederbooklet (1988) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/pf

  •  Ständchen (1997) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Baritone/pf

  •  The Voice of Desire (2003) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   mezzo soprano/pf

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  Armida (2005) - 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, 2 Tenors, Baritone, 2 Basses

    Orchestration   0.0.1(bcl).ssx.0/0010/perc/pf/str(1.1.0.2.1)

  •  The Black Spider (1984) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 main solo singers

    Chorus   chorus (with many small solo parts)

    Orchestration   [3cl/2tpt = suitable wind/str alternatives]/3perc/pf([=epf or eorg])/[gtr]

  •  The Black Spider (Hamburg version) 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3 main singing roles

    Chorus   SATB (11 smaller singing roles)

    Orchestration   0020/0200/2perc/hp/str(4.4.3.3.1)

  •  Blond Eckbert (1993) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Tenor, Baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2222/4330/timp/hp/str

  •  Blond Eckbert (pocket version) (2006) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone

    Orchestration   Oboe, clarinet (bass clarinet), 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 cellos, harp

  •  HEAVEN ABLAZE in His Breast (1989) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSATBB Chorus

    Orchestration   2pf/8 dancers

  •  Miss Fortune (2011) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   S, 2Ms, Ct, T, Bar, B Bar

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(pic).1.3(bcl).1+cbn/0+3hn130/3perc/pf/str

  •  A Night at the Chinese Opera (1987) - 1 Hour(s) 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, 2 Mezzo sopranos, Countertenor, 3 Tenors, 2 Baritones, Bass, boy (non-speaking)

    Orchestration   2222/4100/2perc/pf/str

  •  Scipio's Dream (1991) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor [=High Baritone], Bass, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   [SATB]

    Orchestration   2cl/2tpt/hp.kbd/gtr/2vn.db

  •  The Skriker (1994) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3cl(bcl[3ssx])/kbd

  •  The Vanishing Bridegroom (1990) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Tenor, 2 Baritones (high and low)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB (with a number of small roles)

    Orchestration   2222/4230/timp.perc/str