Elizabeth Maconchy

English composer

Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu (19 March 1907 – 11 November 1994) was an English-Irish composer. She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced.

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Works

A Hymn to God the Father
And death shall have no dominion
Clarinet Quintet
Clarinet Quintet: I. Poco lento
Clarinet Quintet: II. Scherzo: Presto
Clarinet Quintet: III. Lento
Clarinet Quintet: IV. Allegro molto
Concertino for Bassoon and Strings
Concertino for Bassoon and Strings: I. Moderato
Concertino for Bassoon and Strings: II. Lento espressivo, intimo
Concertino for Bassoon and Strings: III. Presto giocoso
Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: I. Allegro
Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: II. Lento
Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra: III. Allegro
Concertino for Piano and Small Orchestra
Concertino no. 2 for Clarinet and Small Orchestra
Concertino no. 2 for Clarinet and Small Orchestra: I. Poco lento
Concertino no. 2 for Clarinet and Small Orchestra: II. Vivo - Poco lento
Concertino no. 2 for Clarinet and Small Orchestra: III. Allegro ritmico
Concertino no. 2 for Piano and String Orchestra
Concertino no. 2 for Piano and String Orchestra: I. Allegro molto
Concertino no. 2 for Piano and String Orchestra: II. Lento, serioso
Concertino no. 2 for Piano and String Orchestra: III. Allegro con brio
Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon and Strings
Coronation Overture "Proud Thames"
Creatures
Creatures: I. The Hen and the Carp
Creatures: II. The Snail
Creatures: III. Rendez-Vous With a Beetle
Creatures: IV. Tiger! Tiger!
Creatures: V. Cat's Funeral
Creatures: VI. The Dove and the Wren
Creatures: VII. Cat!
Dialogue for Piano and Orchestra
Dialogue for Piano and Orchestra: I. Lento moderato
Dialogue for Piano and Orchestra: II. Allegro moderato
Dialogue for Piano and Orchestra: III. Sostenuto
Dialogue for Piano and Orchestra: IV. Presto
Divertimento for Cello & Piano: IV. Vigil
Faustus
Four Miniatures
Four Miniatures: I. Light the Lamps Up, Lamplighter
Four Miniatures: II. For Snow
Four Miniatures: III. The Night Will Never Stay
Four Miniatures: IV. For a Mocking Voice
Four Shakespeare Songs
Four Shakespeare Songs: Come Away, Death
Four Shakespeare Songs: King Stephen
Four Shakespeare Songs: Take, o Take Those Lips Away
Four Shakespeare Songs: The Wind and the Rain
Have You Seen but a Bright Lily Grow
How Samson Bore Away the Gates of Gaza
Héloïse and Abelard
Héloïse and Abelard: I. Opening Chorus - Resurrexit
Héloïse and Abelard: II. In the Cloister of Notre Dame
Héloïse and Abelard: III. In Canon Fulbert’s House
Héloïse and Abelard: IV. In Brittany
Héloïse and Abelard: IX. Naenia - lament sung at Abelard’s graveside
Héloïse and Abelard: Interlude
Héloïse and Abelard: V. In Paris - In Canon Fulbert's House
Héloïse and Abelard: V.- Outside Abelard’s House in the Cloister
Héloïse and Abelard: VI. At the Convent - Plainsong Prelude
Héloïse and Abelard: VI.- Héloïse with Novices (Women’s Voices)
Héloïse and Abelard: VII. O Quanta Qualia
Héloïse and Abelard: VIII. Abelard’s Planctus
Impetuous Heart, Be Still
In Fountain Court
Love Stood at My Door
Meditation for His Mistress
Music for Double Bass and Piano
Music for Strings
Music for Strings: I. Molto moderato
Music for Strings: II. Scherzo
Music for Strings: III. Mesto
Music for Strings: IV. Finale. Allegro
Music for Woodwind and Brass
My Dark Heart
My Dark Heart: I. Andante
My Dark Heart: II. Comodo, flessible
My Dark Heart: III. Andante
Nocturnal
Nocturnal: I. Come!
Nocturnal: II. Will You Come?
Nocturnal: III. To the Night
On Stephenses Day
Prayer Before Birth
Propheta mendax
Puck Fair
Romanza
Sad Story
Sailor’s Song of the Two Balconies
Serenata Concertante: I. Lento - Allegro con moto - Allegro ritmico
Serenata Concertante: II. Scherzo with Trio (Allegro molto)
Serenata Concertante: III. Andante con moto
Serenata Concertante: IV. Allegro vigoroso - Andante tranquillo
Sirens' Song
Sleep Brings Me No Joy
Still Falls the Rain
String Quartet no. 3
Sun, Moon and Stars
Sun, Moon and Stars: i. Sun, Moon and Stars
Sun, Moon and Stars: ii. The Hill
Sun, Moon and Stars: iii. Solitude
Sun, Moon and Stars: iv. Clothed With Stars
Symphony for Double String Orchestra
Symphony for Double String Orchestra: I. Allegro molto
Symphony for Double String Orchestra: II. Lento
Symphony for Double String Orchestra: III. Allegro scherzando
Symphony for Double String Orchestra: IV. Passacaglia (Lento sostenuto - Allegro - Lento)
The Armado
The Bee‐Sting
The Cloths of Heaven
The Departure
The Disillusion
The Exequy
The Garland
The Garland: I. The Garland
The Garland: II. Old and Young
The Garland: III. I Would I Were a Mirror
The Garland: IV. No End to Love
The Land
The Poet‐Wooer
The Ribbon in Her Hair
The Sofa
The Swallow
The Thrush
The Voice of the City
The Woodspurge
There Is No Rose
This day
Three Bagatelles
Three Donne Songs
Three Donne Songs: 1. Hymn to God the Father
Three Donne Songs: 2. A Hymn to Christ
Three Donne Songs: 3. The Sun Rising
Three Preludes for Violin and Piano
Three Preludes for Violin and Piano: No. 1. Tempo libero senza misura
Three Preludes for Violin and Piano: No. 2. Andantino quieto
Three Preludes for Violin and Piano: No. 3. Con allegrezza
Three Settings of Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Two Epitaphs
Two Epitaphs: I. Our Life Is Nothing but a Winter's Day
Two Epitaphs: II. As the Tree Falls
Two Settings of Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Variations on a Theme from Vaughan Williams' "Job"
Variazioni concertanti
Wind Quintet
Wind Quintet: I. Allegro
Wind Quintet: II. Poco lento