Ivan Moody

British composer

Ivan Moody (11 June 1964 in London – 18 January 2024 in Lisbon) was a British composer and musicologist.

Moody was active as a conductor, having directed ensembles such as Voces Angelicae, the Kastalsky Chamber Choir (United Kingdom), Capilla Peña Florida (Spain), Cappella Romana (United States), the Choir of the Cathedral of St George, Novi Sad (Serbia), the KotorArt Festival Choir (Montenegro), the Orthodox Choir of the University of Joensuu (Finland) and Ensemble Alpha (Portugal); and as a widely published musicologist. His research interests included the music of Eastern Europe, especially 20th century and contemporary music from Russia and the Balkans, the music of the Orthodox Church in the modern era, music and spirituality, music as theology, Serbian church music, the aesthetics of Modernism and Postmodernism and their intersection with Orthodox church music and the musical culture of the Mediterranean.

Ivan Moody's music is recorded on the Hyperion, ECM, Sony, Challenge, Telarc, Gothic, Oehms, Orange Mountain, Linn and Cappella Romana labels.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • A Lion's Sleep
  • Canticum Canticorum
  • Canticum Canticorum: No. 1. Surge, propera amica mea
  • Canticum Canticorum: No. 2. Descendi in hortum meum
  • Canticum Canticorum: No. 3. Ego dilecto meo
  • Endechas y canciones
  • Endechas y canciones: I. No pueden dormir mis ojos
  • Endechas y canciones: II. Endechas a la muerte de Guillén Peraza
  • Endechas y canciones: III. Pues mi pena veis
  • Endechas y canciones: IV. Ojos de la mi señora
  • Fioriture
  • In Nomine
  • Lamentation of the Virgin
  • Le Renard et le Buste
  • O quam mirabilis
  • Ravenna sanctus
  • Simeron
  • The Land That Is Not
  • The Troparion of Kassiani