Brian Boydell
Irish composer
Brian Patrick Boydell (17 March 1917 – 8 November 2000) was an Irish composer whose works include orchestral pieces, chamber music, and songs. He was Professor of Music at Trinity College Dublin for 20 years, founder of the Dowland Consort, conductor of the Dublin Orchestral Players, and a broadcaster and writer on musical matters. He was also a musicologist specialising in 18th-century Irish musical history.
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Works
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- Adagio and Scherzo for String Quartet, op. 89
- Come Sleep
- Five Joyce Songs, op. 28a
- Five Joyce Songs, op. 28a: No. 1. Strings in the Earth and Air
- Five Joyce Songs, op. 28a: No. 2. Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing
- Five Joyce Songs, op. 28a: No. 3. O, It Was Out by Donnycarney
- Five Joyce Songs, op. 28a: No. 4. Rain Has Fallen All the Day
- Five Joyce Songs, op. 28a: No. 5. I Hear an Army Charging upon the Land
- In memoriam Mahatma Gandhi, op. 30
- Masai Mara, op. 87
- Megalithic Ritual Dances, op. 39
- Violin Concerto, op. 36
- Violin Concerto, op. 36: I. Allegro ritmico
- Violin Concerto, op. 36: II. Lento
- Violin Concerto, op. 36: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando e molto ritmico