Brian Elias

These three very short pieces each duet lasts just over one minute were written in the summer of 2017. The tempi are fast/slow/fast and both instruments have equal roles.

Geranos was commissioned by the Fires of London with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was completed in September 1985 and lasts approximately 18 minutes. It is dedicated t...

This work was written for Endymion's 'Sound Census' project, in celebration of their 30th Birthday. The first performance was given by Endymion on 6th June 2009, at Kings Place, London, as part of the...

Capriccio for Bassoon and Strings was commissioned by Music at Malling. The first performance was given on 24 September 2021 in St. Mary's Church, West Malling, Kent, by Adam MacKenzie (bassoon) and C...

Meet Me In The Green Glen is a cycle of five unaccompanied songs to poems by John Clare, composed by Brian Elias. The songs can be performed individually or as a set and by any voice. The total durati...

These variations are based on the concept of Beethoven's 32 variations in C Minor. In Beethoven's work, all the variations are eight bars long, without any changes in tempi or time signature. Each var...

First performance on 11th August 2012 at the Cadogan Hall, London, by Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais) and the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Clark Rundell, as part of the B...

Arioso was written to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy of Music. The piece lasts approximately 7 minutes and is dedicated to David Zucchi. Inspired by the title's m...

String Quartet was composed by Mumbai-born Brian Elias in 2012, and was commissioned by the Jerusalem String Quartet. Lasting around 20 minutes, this is the full score of the work arranged for Violin...

String Quartet was composed by Mumbai-born Brian Elias in 2012, and was commissioned by the Jerusalem String Quartet. Lasting around 20 minutes, this item is the Parts for the work, arranged for Violi...

Pythikos Nomos is scored for alto saxophone (or clarinet in A) and piano. It was at the request of John- Edward Kelly that Brian Elias first decide to write a work for saxophone and piano. 'Pythikos N...

A work for Cello and Piano, L'innominata means 'the unnamed' or 'the nameless'. This work was commissioned by the Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival. It was first performed on 31st August 20...

Arranged for the double bass and piano.

Tzigane, meaning gypsy was inspired by gypsy lore and music, and by the late romantic use of these traditions. Elias was stimulated by 'The Wind on the Heath', an anthology of writings by and about gy...

Brian Elias' Fantasia for Violin and Piano. This work was commissioned by Madeleine Mitchell with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was first performed on 2nd June 1986, at...

These three poems were written by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) several years apart, yet they seem to express similar emotions and concerns. The first was written in 1853 when she was twenty-three, t...

Elias Brian Three Songs Christina Rossetti Alto & Piano Book

This work was written to celebrate Michael Berkeley's 10th year as Artistic Director of the Cheltenham International Music Festival. It was first performed on 11th July 2004, in the Pittville Pump Roo...

Once Did I Breathe Another's Breath was commissioned for the 2013 Ludlow Weekend of English Song with funds provided by Finzi Friends and specifically Ernie Kay, Brian & Mary Midgley and Adrian & Norm...

For Soprano and Piano. These songs to poems by Verlaine were written in July 1969, and first performed by Jane Manning and Susan Bradshaw at Conway Hall, London on 14th October 1970. They were revise...

Elias: I first came across Irina Ratushinskaya's poetry when the collection 'No, I'm Not Afraid' was published in England in early May 1986. The poems, the various circumstances in which they were wri...

The authorship of the six poems used in this song cycle is generally attributed to Petronius Arbiter (died ca AD66), Nero's Arbiter of Elegance and author of the Satyricon, a comic novel with poems in...

Brian Elias 'Peroration' arranged for solo Soprano. Peroration was written in 1973 in response to a commission from Jane Manning, to whom the work is dedicated. It was stimulated by a few lines from R...