Giles Swayne : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  All about Henry (1995) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str(9.0.3.3.1)

  •  Charades (for School Orchestra) (1975) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2021/2200/2perc/pf/str

  •  Mr Leary's mechanical Maggot (1997) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Naaotwá Lalá (1984) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2020/2200/hp/str

  •  Orlando's Music (1974) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)02(bcl)2+cbn/4300/pf(cel)/str(12.12.10.8.6)

  •  Pentecost Music (1978) - 38 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4(2pic,afl).3(ca).4(Ebcl,bcl).2sx.3(cbn)/6431/5perc/hp.pf(cel)/str(16.16.14.12.10)

  •  The song of Leviathan (1988) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4(3pic)4(ca)4(2bcl)4(cbn)/8532/2timp.4perc/2hp/str(+soli)

  •  Symphony for Small Orchestra (1984) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1202(cbn)/2000/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Chinese whispers (1997) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Organ

    Orchestration   2tpt/timp/str

  •  Mancanza (2001) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   guitar

    Orchestration   1+pic.1+ca.1+bcl.1+cbn/2200/str

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Chamber music for strings , op.5 (1970) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hp/2vn.2va.2vc.db

  •  Harmonies of Hell (1988) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic,afl)11(bcl,Ebcl)1/1000/hp/2perc/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  into the light, (1986) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl(Ebcl,bcl).bn/tpt.tbn/perc/vn.db

  •  PP (1987) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1110/perc/cel/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  The three Rs (1980) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   school ensemble (recorders, metallophones, xylophones, 3 percussionists, 3-part violins, cellos

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  The Owl and the Pussycat I , op.60 (1993) - 9 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Speaker (baritone)

    Orchestration   2fl/pf/2vn.2vc

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Duo (1975) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   violin/pf

  •  Echo (1997) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Violin/pf

  •  Epitaph and Refrain (2003) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   harp/flute/viola/horn

  •  Fiddlesticks (1995) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   baroque violin (or violin) & doublebass

  •  Four lyrical pieces (1970) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Cello/pf

  •  Freewheeling (1980) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   va.vc.baryton[=db]

  •  Memory Dances , op.42a (1998) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 gtr

  •  A Memory of Sky (1989) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn.2tpt.tbn.tba

  •  The Murder of Gonzago (2001) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1000

  •  Rhythm-Study I , op.32 no.1 (1982) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 xylo/2mba

  •  Rhythm-Study II , op.32 no.2 (1982) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   6perc (unpitched)

  •  Sonata for String Quartet (1968) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  A Song for Haddi (1983) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.cl/perc/va.vc.db

  •  Songlines (1987) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl/gtr

  •  String Quartet No 1 (1971) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  String Quartet No 2 (1977) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  String Quartet No 3 (1993) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  Three Pieces (1975) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  Tonos , op.47 (1987) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl/hp/vn.va.vc

  •  Trio (1972) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob/pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Canto for cello (1981) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Cello

  •  Canto for clarinet (1975) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Clarinet

  •  Canto for flute , op.71 a (2000) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   flute

  •  Canto for guitar (1972) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Guitar

    Arranger / Editor   Timothy Walker

  •  Canto for violin (1973) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Violin

  •  Groundwork , op.80 (1998) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Theorbo

  •  A small song for Miss Brown (1983) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Clarinet/optional drum accompaniment

  •  Solo (1986) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Guitar

  •  Squeezy (1994) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   free bass Accordian

  •  Suite for guitar (1976) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Guitar

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Canto for piano (1973) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  The coming of Saskia Hawkins (1987) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Paraphrase (1971) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Phoenix Variations (1979) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Riff-raff (1983) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Synthesis (1974) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 pf

  •  time passes , op.41 a (1986) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Tombeau (1996) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Zebra Music (1991)

    Orchestration   Piano

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Balulalow

    Chorus   SSA

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Circle of Silence (1991) - 20 minute(s)

    Chorus   AATBarBarB

  •  Communion Service in D (Rite A) (1995)

    Chorus   Unison voices or 3-part choir

    Orchestration   org[=kbd]

  •  The Coventry Carol , op.77/4 (2005) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf
    (Harp; SATB)

  •  CRY (1979) - 1 Hour(s) 20 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB (28 amplified voices) + electronic treatment

  •  Four Christmas Carols

  •  The Human Heart - Five Songs of Innocence and Experience (2009)

    Chorus   SATB chor

  •  Joseph's Carol (2003) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   Unison voices (with optional divisi)

    Orchestration   pf (or organ)

  •  Magnificat I (1982) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   (SSAATTBB)

  •  Midwinter , op.91 (2003) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Missa brevissima , op.76 a (1997) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Missa tiburtina (1985) - 20 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Nunc dimittis I (1986) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  O magnum mysterium (1986) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   Boys Voices (3 parts)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Ophelia drowning (1996) - 9 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Flute

    Chorus   SATB

  •  The Owl and the Pussycat II (2003) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAA

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Petite Messe solitaire (1997) - 15 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB + Unison Choir

  •  Psalm I: Beatus vir (1996) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  The silent land (1996) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   cello

    Chorus   40-part choir

  •  Starlight (1981) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   Unison voices

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Three Shakespeare songs (1969) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  The Tiger (1995) - 15 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB with divisi

  •  The Tiglet , op.68 a (1995) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Two Christmas Carols (1981)

    Chorus   unison voices

    Orchestration   Pf

  •  The two Nowells (1999) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SA (with divisi)

    Orchestration   pf (or organ)

  •  Two romantic songs (1996) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

  •  Veni Creator I (1987) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Veni Creator II (1987) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Winter solstice carol (1998) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   flute

    Chorus   SATB

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Alleluia! (1976) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Chorus   SSA

    Orchestration   perc/hp.pf

  •  Count-down (1981) - 14 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB (16 parts) + 4 prs maracas played by member of chorus

    Orchestration   2perc

  •  The Dug-out, Op 2a 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   tpt/org

  •  the flight of the swan (1998) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB choir

    Orchestration   fl/vc

  •  HAVOC (1999) - 1 Hour(s) 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   countertenor, flute (pic,afl, bfl), celesta, marimba, harp, theorbo

    Chorus   SATB (28 amplified voices with electroacoustic treatment)

    Orchestration   pic.cl+Ebcl+bcl.2asx.cbn/202+cbtbn/2perc/str(2.2.2.2.3)

  •  No man's land (1990) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   bass

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   bcl/3perc/hp/vn.vc.db

  •  No quiet place (1989) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, mezzo soprano

    Chorus   60-70 Children’s/Women’s Voices

    Orchestration   6-12 Orff Schulwerk xyl/vn.va.vc

  •  The song of the Tortoise (1992) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   narrator

    Chorus   SATB, children’s choir

    Orchestration   1(pic).1.1+bcl+asx.1(cbn)/1110/perc/hp/str(6.0.4.3.2)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Convocation of worms (1995) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Countertenor/organ

  •  god-song (1986) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   mezzo soprano

    Orchestration   fl/tbn/pf/vc

  •  The Good-Morrow, (1971) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo soprano/pf

  •  Goodnight sweet ladies (1995) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/pf

  •  The Kiss (1967) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   High Voice/pf

  •  Perturbèd Spirit (2000) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Alto (amplified)/organ

  •  La Rivière , op.1a (1966) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   High Voice/pf

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  Le nozze di Cherubino (1984) - 1 Hour(s) 50 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   12 singers (5s.ms.2t.2bar.2b)

    Orchestration   continuo (2 Hpd/vc.cb)

• Dance
  •  A World within (1978) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   tape for ballet

• Music for Film / TV
  •  Crime Inc (1984)

  •  Floating off (1983)