John McCabe
English composer and pianist
John McCabe (21 April 1939 – 13 February 2015) was a British composer and pianist. He created works in many different forms, including symphonies, ballets, and solo works for the piano. He served as director of the London College of Music from 1983 to 1990. Guy Rickards praised him as "one of Britain's finest composers in the past half-century" and "a pianist of formidable gifts and wide-ranging sympathies".
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Works
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- 5 Bagatelles
- 5 Bagatelles: I. Capriccio
- 5 Bagatelles: II. Aria
- 5 Bagatelles: III. Elegia
- 5 Bagatelles: IV. Toccata
- 5 Bagatelles: V. Notturno
- A Hymne to God the Father
- Amen/Alleluia
- Aubade (Study no. 4)
- Cloudcatcher Fells
- Concerto for Clarinet
- Concerto for Horn "Rainforest IV”
- Desert III: Landscape
- Edward II
- Edward II: Act I
- Edward II: Act II
- Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt
- Fear in the Night
- Fire at Durilgai
- From "Cartography"
- Gaudi (Study no. 3)
- Great Lord of Lords
- Haydn Variations
- Horn Quintet
- Horn Quintet: I. Vigoroso
- Horn Quintet: II. Slow
- Horn Quintet: III. Prestissimo
- I sing of a Maiden
- Joybox
- La primavera
- La primavera: I. Allegro
- La primavera: II. Andante
- La primavera: III. Quick
- Mary Laid Her Child
- Mosaic (Study no. 6)
- Motet
- Notturni ed Alba
- Piano Sonata “Homage to Tippett”
- Proud Songsters
- Pueblo
- Salamander
- Scenes in America Deserta
- Siberia
- Silver Nocturnes
- Silver Nocturnes: I. More are men's ends...
- Silver Nocturnes: II. Set me whereas the sun
- Silver Nocturnes: III. The lowest Trees have tops...
- Silver Nocturnes: IV. Interlude
- Silver Nocturnes: V. My true love hath my heart...
- Silver Nocturnes: VI. The setting sun...
- String Quartet no. 3
- String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants
- String Quartet no. 3: II. Scherzo I. Presto
- String Quartet no. 3: III. Romanza. Andante
- String Quartet no. 3: IV. Scherzo II. Presto possibile
- String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia
- String Quartet no. 4
- String Quartet no. 5
- String Quartet no. 5: I. Metamorphosis, Egg, Larvae, Pupae. Lento, flessibile
- String Quartet no. 5: II. Hatching I
- String Quartet no. 5: III. Hatching II
- String Quartet no. 5: IV. Nuptial Flight
- String Quartet no. 5: IX. Wild Nest. Allegro deciso e marcato
- String Quartet no. 5: V. The Court
- String Quartet no. 5: VI. Figure of Eight Dance. Orientation to Sources of Nectar and Pollen. Allegro leggiero
- String Quartet no. 5: VII. Round Dance. Orientation to Sources of Nectar and Pollen. Allegro vivo
- String Quartet no. 5: VIII. Bee and Flower. Andante
- String Quartet no. 5: X. Primitive Hive I (Skep)
- String Quartet no. 5: XI. Primitive Hive II
- String Quartet no. 5: XII. Bee Keeper. Allegro deciso
- String Quartet no. 5: XIII. Expulsion and Killing of an Enemy. Allegro nervoso
- String Quartet no. 5: XIV. Fight Between Workers and Drones. Allegro agitato – Lento pesante – Allegro vivace
- The Evening Watch
- The Last and Greatest Herald
- The Lily-White Rose
- The Maunsell Forts
- The Morning Watch
- The Woman by the Sea
- To Us in Bethlehem City
- Upon the High Midnight: Dormi Jesu
- Variations on a Theme of Hartmann
- Variations, op. 22
- Visions