Commissioned by The Tanza Trust and first performed on 13 June 2019 by Lise Vandersmissen as part of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Masters public final recital at Milton Court Concert Hall, Lo...
Greek is a translation of the Oedipus myth into the contemporary East End of London. Racism, violence and mass unemployment appear as metaphors for the plague that afflicts London, and form the backgr...
Winner of the 2000 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, Mark-Anthony Turnage's searing adaptation of Sean O'Casey's anti-war play has been acclaimed as one of the best new operas of rec...
Commissioned by Craig Ogden and the Cheltenham Music Festival, with funds generously provided by Paul Miron, Peter & Veronica Lofthouse and the Cheltenham Festival Society. Air with Variations was fir...
Turnage's fourth string quartet, Winter's Edge was premiered by the Piatti Quartet at the Klarafestival, Brussels. Co-commissioned by the Quartet, the Wigmore Hall and Flagey ASBL, they gave the UK pr...
Die Seven Pint-Sized Pieces können sowohl als Ganzes, 7-sätziges Werk wie auch einzelne Stücke daraus oder als Kombination jeglicher Stücke aufgeführt werden. Das Set startet mit Nostalgia, einem emot...
Available together for the first time are three piano trios from Mark-Anthony Turnage: A Slow Pavane (2005), A Fast Stomp (2005) and A Short Procession (2004).A Slow Pavane takes something of the sole...
Das Stück wurde von dem IMS Prussia Cove aus Anlass des 40-jährigen Bestehens von Open Chamber Music' in Auftrag gegeben, das von der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung gegründet wurde. Komponiert wurde...
. Following the structure of the original, the movement begins quietly and simply, and gradually gains in tempo and excitement towards a vehemently aggressive climax.
Mark Anthony Turnage, who celebrates his 50th birthday this summer, composed On Opened Ground for one of the world's most celebrated viola soloists, Yuri Bashmet, and the Cleveland Orchestra. The titl...
Edited by Gabriella Swallow
3 Lullabies for Violoncello and Piano.
These are the latest example of the little pieces Turnage has always composed for friends and personal occasions. More intimate and tender than his orchestral statements, these small works are immedia...
Kai' was written in memory of Kai Scheffler, principal cellist and a key member of the Ensemble Modern in Germany, who died tragically young in 1989. The 18 minute work is in four continuous movements...
Four Pieces may be performed complete as a four-movement work. Each piece may also be performed separately or a selection together in any combination.1. Leap Commissioned by NJO: Dutch Orchestra and E...
Turnage has a natural affinity for the voice. This is shown here with the use of classic texts by Stevie Smith (The Singing Cat), Thomas Hardy (Last Words) and Walt Whitman (Song of Myself). These 3 S...
Mark-Anthony Turnage was commissioned to compose Riffs and Refrains by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé and soloist Michael Collins. The premiere at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester was given un...
Emotions from intense anger to morbid despair are conveyed through this powerful vocal work depicting the viewpoints of poets from the Great War. Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'The Torn Fields' sets the word...
Commissioned by Washington Performing Arts Society for Leif Oves Andnes who gave the first performance. They are attractive and not too difficult, clearly stamped with Turnage`s lyrical style.
This short trio combines angular lines and troubling chromaticism to create a highly effective piece of mood music with an empty, eerie feel to it. A beautiful and poignant work in memory of the celli...
An Invention on 'Solitude' is typical of much of the music Turnage has written for chamber ensembles: in contrast to the flamboyant contrasts and dangerous edge to his orchestral music, this is quiet,...
Poignant, piercingly lyrical music for solo playing.
Turnage's exquisite Three Night Carols demonstrate the composer's characteristic harmonic and melodic originality in miniature. The rich textures of the unaccompanied, mixed-voice Misere nobis (writte...
This work was composed in 2017-18 and first performed on 20 September 2019 at Milton Court, Barbican, London, by Allan Clayton (tenor) with the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Andrew Gourlay. This 22 m...
Release is part of a BBC 2 film series on British composers. Each of the portrayed composers was asked to write a work around which the film was built. Both the musical piece and the film Release refl...
This work was commissioned by Ensemble Modern. It was composed in 2003 and first performed on 26 March 2004 at Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany by Ensemble Modern, conducted by Oliver Knussen. The UK edi...
This work was commissioned by the Canary Islands Festival, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It was composed in 2009 and first performed on 21 January 2010 at Audit...
Speranza ist wohl bislang Turnages bedeutendstes Orchesterwerk und kommt der Form einer Symphonie wohl so nahe, wie keine andere seiner Kompositionen. Die vier Sätze sind überschrieben mit dem arabisc...
This work was commissioned by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in honour of Silvia Tóth and dedicated to Hans Werner Henze. It was composed in 2012-13 and first performed on 10 October 2013 at De...
