Anne Boyd

Written for, and inspired by, the remarkable virtuosity of Roger Woodward – though actually left unheard for five years after its composition in 1981 – Anne Boyd’s Book of the Bells is a 20-minute tou...

Influenced by the ecstatic pure melody of the Japanese Shakuhachi and the soft, infinitely subtle tones of Javanese Gamelan, Anne Boyd’s Angklung is music of radical simplicity: it employs only four n...

Jesus Reassures His Mother is a setting of medieval lyric poetry written anonymously in the 14th century. The poet recounts a vision of the young Mary rocking the infant Christ to sleep. The child req...

Instrumentation: The Little Mermaid (S); The Grandmother (contralto); the Witch of the Sea (contralto); Five Sisters (2sop, mezzo-sop, 2 contralto). 7 wind instruments: (1 very high; 4 medium; 2 low)...

Anne Boyd's A Little Feather On The Breath Of God for Flute and Piano. Score and parts.

Istrumentation: fl(=picc+afl) - perc(1): tam-t/glsp/SD/4 tom-t/3 tgl/2congas/susp.cym - harp - vla

Instrumentation: fl(=picc+afl) - perc(1): tam-t/glsp/SD/4 tom-t/3 tgl/2congas/susp.cym - harp - vla

Instrumentation: 7 high wind instruments (unspecified) - perc(5): pno/vib/bell/glsp/2 susp.cym/gong/xyl - 2 gtr (elec or acoustic)Each performer should be equipped with a bell. The guitars may be repl...

Instrumentation: The Rose (S); The Searcher, The Gateway, The Warden (mimed roles); Chorus SATB 2 fl(I=picc).afl - 2 gtr(I=elec.II=acoustic) -perc(6): glsp/3 gong/timp/cel/crot/bongos/fingercyms/tom-t...

Instrumentation: The Rose (S); The Searcher, The Gateway, The Warden (mimed roles); Chorus SATB 2 fl(I=picc).afl - 2 gtr(I=elec.II=acoustic) -perc(6): glsp/3 gong/timp/cel/crot/bongos/fingercyms/tom-t...

Instrumentation: perc(4): 3 susp.cym/glsp/xyl/glass chimes/2 tam-t/vib/mar/2 wood chimes/t.bells/cel/4 gong - pno - 2 harps

Instrumentation: perc(4): 3 gong/cel/vib/glsp/mar/5 bongo/timb/congas/timp/5 tom-t/BD/4 cencerro/3 tgl/musical saw/glasschimes/wood chimes/2 tam-t/3 susp.cym/4 tpl.bl/crot -harp - strings

The writing of a string quartet seems to me to accompany a period in my life of intense personal and musical crisis, upheaval and change. Such were the circumstances which immediately preceded the com...

The writing of a string quartet seems to me to accompany a period in my life of intense personal and musical crisis, upheaval and change. Such were the circumstances which immediately preceded the com...

Angklung was completed in Sussex and first performed at the 1974 Edinburgh Festival. It was written for and dedicated to Roger Woodward and described by the composer as follows: 'Angklung is essential...