Peter Dickinson : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  A Birthday Surprise (1979) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)333/4331/2perc/str

  •  Five Diversions (1969) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2220/timp.perc/str
    (keyboard version also available)

  •  Merseyside Echoes (1988) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic)3(ca)33(cbn)/4.4.2+btbn.1/4perc/str

  •  Monologue (1959) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Transformations (1970) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)333/4331/timp.3perc/pf.cel/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Concerto for Strings, Percussion and Electronic Organ (1971) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   perc/eorg/str

  •  The Judas Tree (1965) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   5 Speaking Parts, 2 Tenors

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   0000/1220/timp.5perc/org.pf/str

  •  Organ Concerto (1971) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   organ

    Orchestration   2(pic).2.1+bcl.2(cbn)/4220/timp.4perc/cel/str

  •  Piano Concerto (1984) - 24 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   piano

    Orchestration   3(2pic)33(bcl)3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/4perc/2hp.pf.cel/str

  •  Violin Concerto (1986) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   violin

    Orchestration   3(2pic)33(2bcl)3(cbn)/4431/4perc/2hp.cel/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  The Unicorns (1982) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   brass band
    (See 'Wind & Brass' Section - brass band, arr. 1984/songs with piano - Three Songs from the Unicorns')

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Jigsaws (1988) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   15 players, harp & percussion

  •  Juilliard Dances (1959) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1011/0110/perc/pf.cel/vc

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  The Unicorns (1982) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   brass band
    (Original version: Soprano & brass band - See 'Soloist & Orchestra' section)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Aria (1977) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn.ob.cl.bn

  •  Auden Studies (1988) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   oboe/pf

  •  Baroque Trio (1962) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.ob.hpd

  •  Burns Blues (2012)

    Orchestration   rec/pf
    (Mezzo soprano/pf)

  •  Celebration Trio (2009) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl/pf/vn

  •  Cellars Clough Duo (1988) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 gtr

  •  Fanfares & Elegies (1967) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3tpt.3tbn.org

  •  Fantasy (1956) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Clarinet/pf

  •  Four Duos (1962) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl.vc / ob.vc

  •  Homage to Poulenc (2012)

    Orchestration   rec/pf

  •  London Rags (1986) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn.2tpt.tbn.tba

  •  Lullaby (1982) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ob [=fl = cl = ssx]/pf

  •  Music for Oboe & Chamber Organ (1962) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Oboe/organ

  •  Recorder Music (1973) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   rec.tp / 2 rec

  •  String Quartet No 2 (1975) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str4t/tp[=off-stage pf]

  •  String Quartet No. 1 (1958) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  Swansongs (1992) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Cello/pf

  •  The American Trio (original title: Hymns, Rags & Blues) (1985) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn.cl.pf

  •  Threnody (1956) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Cello/pf

  •  Translations (1971) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   rec.vadg.hpd

  •  Violin & Piano Sonata (1961) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Violin/pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Air (1959) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Flute

  •  Fantasia (1959) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Violin

  •  Five Explorations (1989) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Guitar

  •  Metamorphosis (1971) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Flute

  •  Sonatina (1966) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Bassoon

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  (Four) Piano Blues (1973) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  (Three) Satie Transformations (1970) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Blue Rose (1979) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Blue Rose Variations (1985) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  A Cambridge Postlude (1953) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Carillon (1964) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Concerto Rag (1984) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Dirge (1963) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Eight Very Easy Pieces (1979) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Eight Very Easy Pieces for Piano

    Soloist(s)   piano

  •  Five Diversions (1963) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf
    (2222/2220/timp.perc/str)

  •  Five Essays (1956) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Five Forgeries (1963) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano duet

  •  Four Easy Pieces (1965) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Four Easy Pieces for Piano

    Soloist(s)   piano

  •  Hymn-Tune Rag (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Meditation on Murder in the Cathedral (1958) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  A Millennium Fanfare (1999) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Paraphrase 1 (1967) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Paraphrase 2 (1967) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Patriotic Rag (1986) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Postlude on 'Adeste Fideles' (1954) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Quartet Rag (1975) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Rags, Blues & Parodies (1986) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Sanctus & Benedictus (1998) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Sonatas for Piano (1987) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   Piano

  •  Study in Pianissimo (1959) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Suite for the Centenary of Lord Berners (1972) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Clavichord

  •  Three Statements (1964) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  ToccataToccata (1955) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Variations on a French Folk Tune (1957) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Harpsichord

  •  Vitalitas Variations (1957) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano
    (version for orchestra)

  •  Wild Rose Rag (1985) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Piano

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Christmas is Coming (1964) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Communion Service (1968)

    Chorus   2-part choir

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  The Dry Heart (1967) - 20 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  For The Nativity (1966) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Four Poems Of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1964) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Baritone

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Jesus Christ is Risen Today (1955) - 1 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Late Afternoon in November (1975) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   16 solo voices (this number may be doubled, trebled or quadrupled)

  •  Lust (1974) - 12 minute(s)

    Chorus   6 Solo Voices (AATTBB)

    Orchestration   tp [optional]

  •  Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1963) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   unison voices

    Orchestration   Organ

  •  Martin of Tours (1966) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor, Baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   chamber organ, and piano duet

  •  Mass (1965)

    Chorus   SATB

  •  Two Motets (1963) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   ATB

  •  Winter Afternoons (1970) - 12 minute(s)

    Chorus   AATTBB

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  A Mass of the Apocalypse (1984) - 25 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2perc/pf

  •  Outcry (1969) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   contralto

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/2230/timp.2perc/pf/str

  •  Three Complaints (1966) - 8 minute(s)

    Chorus   unison choir

    Orchestration   unspecified instrumental parts & percussion

  •  Tiananmen 1989 (1990) - 11 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

    Orchestration   tubular bells

  •  When I Was A Sailor (1965) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   mixed choir

    Orchestration   percussion and two unspecified instrumental lines

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  A Dylan Thomas Song Cycle (1959) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Baritone/pf

  •  An e. e. cummings Song Cycle (1965) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo Soprano/pf

  •  Elegy (1966) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Countertenor

    Orchestration   hpd.vc

  •  Extravaganzas (1969) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Medium Voice/pf

  •  Four Poems of Alan Porter (1967) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Countertenor/harpsichord

  •  Four W H Auden Songs (1956) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Soprano/pf

  •  Larkin's Jazz (1989) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   speaker, baritone

    Orchestration   1(pic,afl).0.1(bcl).ssx.0/0100/perc/pf/vc

  •  Let the Florid Music (1960) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Tenor/pf

  •  A Memory of David Munrow (1977) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Countertenors

    Orchestration   2rec.vadg.hpd

  •  A Red, Red Rose (1967) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo Soprano/pf
    (rec/pf)

  •  Reminiscences (1978) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   saxophone & piano

  •  Schubert in Blue (1977) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo Soprano/pf

  •  So We'll Go No More A Roving (1971) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo Soprano/pf

  •  Solo for Baryton (1976) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   vadg/tp [=second baritone]

  •  Songs In Blue (1977) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Medium Voice/pf

  •  Stevie's Tunes (1984) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo Soprano/pf

  •  Summoned by Mother (1990) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Mezzo Soprano/harp

  •  Surrealist Landscape (1973) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   any voice

    Orchestration   pf.tp

  •  Three Comic Songs (1960) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   Tenor/pf

  •  Three Songs from The Unicorns

    Orchestration   Soprano/pf

• Dance
  •  Vitalitas (1959) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3222/0331/timp.2perc/pf/str