Harrison Birtwistle
English composer
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his better known works include The Triumph of Time (1972) and the operas The Mask of Orpheus (1986), Gawain (1991), and The Minotaur (2008). The last of these was ranked by music critics at The Guardian in 2019 as the third-best piece of the 21st century. Even his compositions that were not written for the stage often showed a theatrical approach. A performance of his saxophone concerto Panic during the BBC's Last Night of the Proms caused "national notoriety". He received many international awards and honorary degrees.
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Works
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- 4 Poems by Jaan Kaplinski
- 4 Poems by Jaan Kaplinski: No. 1. Ashes of One World...
- 4 Poems by Jaan Kaplinski: No. 2. Ant Trail...
- 4 Poems by Jaan Kaplinski: No. 3. Heart of Rain...
- 4 Poems by Jaan Kaplinski: No. 4. The Way turns...
- 9 Movements for String Quartet
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Fantasia I
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Fantasia II
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Fantasia III
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Fantasia IV
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Fantasia V
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Frieze I
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Frieze II
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Frieze III
- 9 Movements for String Quartet: Todesfuge - Frieze IV
- An Interrupted Endless Melody
- An Interrupted Endless Melody: I.
- An Interrupted Endless Melody: II.
- An Interrupted Endless Melody: III.
- Angel Fighter
- Berceuse de Jeanne
- Betty Freeman: Her Tango
- Birthday Song
- Bogenstrich – Meditations on a Poem of Rilke
- Bogenstrich – Meditations on a Poem of Rilke: I. Liebes-Lied 1
- Bogenstrich – Meditations on a Poem of Rilke: II. Lied ohne Worte
- Bogenstrich – Meditations on a Poem of Rilke: III. Variationen
- Bogenstrich – Meditations on a Poem of Rilke: IV. Wie eine Fuge
- Bogenstrich – Meditations on a Poem of Rilke: V. Liebes-Lied 2
- Cantus Iambeus
- Carmen Paschale
- Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuum
- Chorale from a Toy Shop
- Chorales
- Chronometer ’71
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Cortege
- Deep Time
- Dinah and Nick's Love Song
- Donum Simoni MMXVIII
- Down by the Greenwood Side
- Duet for Eight Strings
- Duets for Storab
- Duets for Storab: I. Urlar
- Duets for Storab: II. Stark Pastoral
- Duets for Storab: III. Fanfare with Birds
- Duets for Storab: IV. White Pastoral
- Duets for Storab: V. From the Church of Lies
- Duets for Storab: VI. Crunluath
- Endless Parade
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: I.
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: II.
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: III.
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: IV.
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: IX. Cantus II
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: V.
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: VI. Untitled
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: VII. Cantus I
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: VIII. Entr'acte II (2nd version)
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: X. Entr'acte III (2nd version)
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XI. Cantus III
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XII. Entr'acte V (2nd version)
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XIII. Cantus IV
- Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XIV. Cantus V
- Exody
- Fantasia Upon All the Notes
- Five Distances for Five Instruments
- For O, for O, the Hobby-Horse is Forgot
- Four Interludes From a Tragedy
- Gawain
- Gawain's Journey
- Gawain's Journey: He Strikes the Blow
- Gawain's Journey: Introduction
- Gawain's Journey: Lullaby
- Gawain's Journey: Morgan Goes Through Into the Blizzard
- Gawain's Journey: Seduction Scene
- Gawain's Journey: The Challenge
- Gawain's Journey: The Court Becomes Visible
- Gawain's Journey: The Journey
- Gawain's Journey: The Opening of the Door
- Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt I
- Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt II
- Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt III
- Gigue Machine
- Grimethorpe Aria
- Harrison’s Clocks
- Harrison’s Clocks: I
- Harrison’s Clocks: II
- Harrison’s Clocks: III
- Harrison’s Clocks: IV
- Harrison’s Clocks: V
- Hector's Dawn
- Hoquetus Irvinius
- La Plage
- Melencolia I
- Narration: A Description of the Passing of a Year
- Night’s Black Bird
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: I.
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: III.
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: IV.
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: V.
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: VI.
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: VII.
- Nine Settings of Lorine Niedecker: VIII.
- Oboe Quartet
- Oboe Quartet: I. ♪ = 144
- Oboe Quartet: II. ♩ = 72
- Oboe Quartet: III. ♪ = 66
- Oboe Quartet: IV. ♪ = 96
- Oockooing Bird
- Orpheus Elegies: No. 1
- Orpheus Elegies: No. 11. Sonnet I
- Orpheus Elegies: No. 14. Sonnet III
- Orpheus Elegies: No. 2
- Orpheus Elegies: No. 5
- Pulse Sampler
- Pulse Shadows
- Pulse Shadows: II. Thread suns
- Pulse Shadows: III. Frieze 1
- Pulse Shadows: IV. White and Light
- Pulse Shadows: VII. Fantasia 3
- Pulse Shadows: XVII. Todesfuge - Frieze 4
- Ring a Dumb Carillon
- Secret Theatre, for 14 instruments Chamber
- Silbury Air
- Sonance 2000
- Songs by Myself: I. O Light Set the Flame in Amber
- Songs by Myself: II. I Lean Against a Shade
- Songs by Myself: IV. Steps
- Songs by Myself: V. The Silence Before Light
- String Quartet: The Tree of Strings
- Tenebrae
- Tenebrae David
- The Axe Manual
- The Corridor
- The Fields of Sorrow
- The Io Passion: Aubades and Nocturnes
- The Last Supper
- The Mask of Orpheus
- The Minotaur: Eight: A Proposition
- Three Settings of Celan: I. White and Light
- Tombeau in memoriam Igor Stravinsky
- Tragoedia: II. Paradox
- Tragoedia: IV. Antistrophe I
- Tragoedia: V. Stasimon
- Tragoedia: VI. Episodion: Strophe II - Anapaest II
- Tragoedia: VII. Antistrophe II
- Tragoedia: VIII. Exodos