Gavin Bryars

A Family Likeness' was written for The Society of Recorder Players in the UK and was a great success at its premiere in 2008. The music is characteristically that of Gavin Bryars and would be an ideal...

This organ chorale is a setting of the opening chorus of Bryars' second opera Doctor Ox's Experiment.

The works in these three volumes for eight-part male choir are settings of sonnets by late Scottish Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). An admirer of Morgan's virtuosic poetry, Bryars wrote Silva...

Laude are short popular hymns of praise to the Virgin Mary, dating from the 14th century, and Gavin Bryars has kept to their original exquisite simplicity of style. Laude Cortonese has been recorded b...

Laude are short popular hymns of praise to the Virgin Mary, dating from the 14th century, and Gavin Bryars has kept to their original exquisite simplicity of style. Laude Cortonese has been recorded b...

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Gavin Bryars has written prolifically for choirs of all abilities in a range of styles, from his sombre 'Cadman Requiem' to his uplifting song 'The Open Road', written for and performed by 300 people...

This large-scale choral work for 24 voices sets passages from Thomas de Quincey’s essay, an extraordinary text whose authorship is ambiguous, but which has, for me, something of the austerity and absu...

Glorious Hill may be performed by a male choir.Text by Pico della Mirandola (1463-1497) from De Hominis Dignitate.Glorious Hill was commissioned by the Hilliard Ensemble and first performed by them at...

Commissioned by the York Early Music Foundation for the Orlando Consort, Super Flumina focuses on a legend associated with St Mary's Abbey in York where in 1377 fisherman brought the lifeless body of...

My collection of laude has its origins in the world of early music, being based in spirit and feeling on the unaccompanied vocal 'laude' found in a collection from 13th century Cortona. The people who...

The works in these three volumes for eight-part male choir are settings of sonnets by late Scottish Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). An admirer of Morgan's virtuosic poetry, Bryars wrote Silva...

The works in these three volumes for eight-part male choir are settings of sonnets by late Scottish Poet Laureate, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). An admirer of Morgan's virtuosic poetry, Bryars wrote Silva...

Like many Englishmen I had sung madrigals for pleasure - usually late at night with friends, after several glasses of wine. While these madrigals have their charm, and many are extremely beautiful, I...

Gavin Bryars' two Billesdon Carols - New Prince, new Pomp and The Golden Carol of the Three Kings - were written especially for the village of Billesdon's Christmas carol service where the composer li...

Gavin Bryars' two Billesdon Carols - New Prince, new Pomp and The Golden Carol of the Three Kings - were written especially for the village of Billesdon's Christmas carol service where the composer li...

Originally for solo cello, 'Tre Laude Dolçe' is characterised by long phrases and open structures; a beautiful work perfect for any good bassist.

Originally for solo cello, 'Tre Laude Dolçe' is characterised by long phrases and open structures; a beautiful work perfect for any good bassist.

Immerse yourself in the profound sonic depth of a masterly work: The "Cello Concerto – Farewell to Philosophy" for violoncello and orchestra captivates with its haunting melodies, meditative stillness...