Gavin Bryars

The piece is technically quite difficult and, curiously, it is the lower instruments which have the hardest parts - the baritone sax having some altissimo passages and, eventually, ending the piece wi...

'Two Lines' was written at the request of Peter Bowman and Kathryn Bennets for a piece to celebrate 20 years of their performing together. It is a response to Bach's Two-part Inventions and, like the...

This is a special arrangement for double bass choir of the choral piece Silva Caledonia, written for the Estonian National Male Choir, which sets a text by the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. It was first...

A beautiful, atmospheric work, inspired by the Yorkshire port of Whitby. Originally written for viola, it lies very well for the cello and has been performed widely in this version. Recorded by Damian...

A beautiful, atmospheric work, inspired by the Yorkshire port of Whitby. Originally written for viola, it lies very well for the cello and has been performed widely in this version. Recorded by Damian...

In 2001, Gavin Bryars began writing a number of pieces based on a large collection of 13th century semi-religious songs, known as 'Lauda', which would have been sung outside churches and in other publ...

In addition to Bryars' many vocal laude there are a growing number of connected instrumental works. Tre Laude Dolçe for solo cello is the second of these to be released as a Schott Edition publication...

Written for Duncan McTier, this concerto has the unusual addition of an optional male voice choir. Many Russian elements influenced Bryars when he was writing the piece, not least the text for the bas...

This short work for solo bass voice was written for Clive Birch from the Australian vocal ensemble The Song Company. At the premiere it was used to bridge two larger works but it would be equally well...

Gavin Bryars has returned once again to the poetry of George Bruce and the 'Five Songs from Northern Seas' are dedicated to his memory in his centenary year. Bryars describes the five evocative poems:...

Bryars' settings of Benedicamus Domino and Credo were written to complete a Ladymass that had been constructed from the Worcester Fragments. They were composed with the intention of seamless integrati...

One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing (1994) was commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the percussion quintet Nexus, and is a reflection on aspects of percussion history, both personal and mu...

One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing (1994) was commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the percussion quintet Nexus, and is a reflection on aspects of percussion history, both personal and mu...

Commissioned by Gavin Bryars' long-standing collaborators, ensemble Aventa, and with a libretto by author and poet Marilyn Bowering, Bryars' Marilyn Forever examines the inner life of Marilyn Monroe,...

This beautiful work, originally written for the Hilliard Ensemble, has been arranged by the composer for full choral forces.

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