LAURENCE ARMSTRONG HUGHES - COMPOSER

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LAURENCE ARMSTRONG HUGHES

LIST OF WORKS

Opus

No.

  1. 1980 Three 20th Century Lyrics mezzo & ensemble c.15m.
  2. Mountain Summit Music orch. ensemble c.18m.
  3. Replay flt vn cello clt pn
  4. 1981 Three Piano Pieces c.15m
  5. 1982 Elegy chamber orch. c.20m.
  6. 1983 Phoenixologies - sketches for an opera ten & ensemble
  7. 1984 Full Fathom Five - fragments of a song flt ob clt gtr vn vla cello c.20m.
  8. The Venus Tape soundtrack for a video by Marion Urch RCA
  9. Annunciation/Dance 9 instr. + tape
  10. Fire Sermon II piano duet c.13m.
  11. Fire Sermon III 16 part choir c.20m.
  12. Fire Sermon IV dancer perc audio/video tapes
  13. 1985 This Solitude of Cataracts text Wallace Stevens ten flt clt pno hrp vla cello c.12m.
  14. Fire Sermon I piano c.10m.
  15. Meet the Folk flt/picc clt/b.clt hrn hrp vla cello
  16. 1986 Three Pieces for Choir on Buddhist texts c.15m.
  17. Variations on a Scottish Air piano c.20m. commissioned by David Carhart
  18. Modal Study No.1/1b vn/vla c.10m.
  19. Mobile clt pno cello tpt c.9m.
  20. Cheshmata - Bulgarian diversions for 12 players c.18m.
  21. 1987 Everything Changes 3 poems of Brecht for chamber choir c.12m.
  22. Invocations texts by Louis MacNeice voice/vn c.15m.
  23. Meditation on a Bach Chorale (a) ob/strgs (b) viola/org c.10m.
  24. The Turning Point sketches for a musictheatre piece c.50m.
  25. 1988 A Flame of Wrath piano c.18m.
  26. A Flame of Wrath orch. c.18m.
  27. Alchimie du Verbe 5 poems of Arthur Rimbaud mezzo flr cello pno c.18m.
  28. Chimes and Interludes piano c.12m.
  29. Trio vla cello d-bass c.13m
  30. 1989 Passacaglia org c.18m. written for Peter Dyke
  31. Pipe Music ob tape c.12m.
  32. String Quartet No.1 c.20m. written for the Diorama Quartet
  33. Intermezzo on a theme of Robin Holloway 12 instr. c5m.
  34. Emily Dickinson Songs med. voice pno c.15m.
  35. 1990 Hallaig chamber opera in one act mezzo ten bass women's voices 11 instr. c.40m.
  36. Two Popular Songs b.bar. pno written for Stuart van Dijk
  37. Six Greek Lyrics b.bar pno
  38. Lost in the Stars film by Boris Kossmehl music Laurence Hughes
  39. Concertino flt string orch. c.15m.
  40. Paean (Modal Study No.3) cello c.8m.
  41. Four Scottish Gaelic Songs voice vn c.15m.
  42. 1991 Intrada pno orch. c10m.
  43. Three Poems of Edward Thomas voice ob c.10m.
  44. Ballad string orch. c.20m.
  45. Introit org c5m.
  46. Three Bach Fantasies pno c.15m. written for Tony Gray
  47. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis choir(SATB) org. c.10m.
  48. Elegant Music 9 instr c.10m.
  49. Rain is not rain 3 poems of Hugo Williams voice pno c.10m.
  50. The Winding Path text W.B.Yeats speaker 8 part choir brass perc org
  51. Christmas Music pno c10m.
  52. The Seeds of Love choral variations on an English folk song 8 part choir c.15m.
  53. 1992 Piano Quintet c.20m.
  54. O Shout to the Lord in Triumph anthem SATB org c.8m.
  55. A Soldier's Life ballad opera for children soloists choir (SSA) recorders flt vn cello pno perc c.30m. commissioned by the 'Harmony' children's music group, St. Petersburg, Russia
  56. My Beloved Spake anthem SATB org c.9m. commissioned by Carolyn Walton for her wedding to John White, St Etheldreda's chapel, Ely Place, London
  57. String Quartet No. 2 c.12m.
  58. 1993 Three Pieces for Harp c.10m. written for Stephen Fitzpatrick
  59. Seven Poems of Wilfred Owen ten pno c.15m. written for the Wilfred Owen Association's events marking the 75th anniversary of the poet's death
  60. A Valediction pno c.10m.
  61. Two Partsongs SSA pno (Weathers - Thomas Hardy; Bagpipe Music - Louis MacNeice) c.6m. Commissioned by the New London Children's Choir
  62. Symphony No.1 - 'Towards the Light' sop ten bass soloists chorus orch c.50m. texts from Bhagavad Gita, Rumi, Plato, Henry Vaughan, Milton
  63. Festive Voluntary org c.5m.
  64. Ice, Stone, Fire gtr vn vla cello c.10m.
  65. Two Czech Carols male voices c.7m. written for the New London Barbers
  66. 1994 The Hexamshire Lass variations for brass band c. 20m.
  67. Madrigal male voice quartet c.5m. text Paul Podworski
  68. The Virgin Unspotted carol SATB c.5m.
  69. The Power of Music - ode for the Tercentenary of Henry Purcell; choir 2tpts strings c.15m. text Cassandra Clark commissioned by Ronald Corp and the New London Collegium
  70. 1995 Lovely on the Water - Homage to Percy Grainger; unison/single voice(s) and 'elastic' ensemble c.15m.
  71. Concertino Grosso for recorders and strings c.10m.; written for the musicians of Camden School for Girls, London
  72. March 'City of London' ; concert band c.8m.; written for the Concert Band of the City of London School
  73. Requiem; soprano solo SATB flt tpt cello hrp org c.30m.; texts from Missa pro Defunctis, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Emily Dickinson. Commissioned by Gillian Fleming in memory of Lynda Climpson
  74. Music for BBC2 film Freak Out; director David Hevey
  75. World's Wildfire - 3 poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins; double choir and organc.15m.; commissioned by Sacred Music in Cardiff
  76. Nursery Rhymes; unison treble voices and piano c.10m.; written for the children of the Leos Janacek School, Hukvaldy, Czech Republic
  77. A Bright Vision for clarsach (Scottish harp) c.8m.
  78. (a) Et Lite Barn Norwegian folk carol arr. SATB and optional organ c5m. (b) Prelude on a Norwegian Folk Carol; organ; c.5m.
  79. 1996 Fanfare for the Angels; brass quintet, perc and optional organ; c.5m. written for William Phillips Winds, Edinburgh
  80. The Wood of Dreams - 10 poems of A.E. Housman; ten pno; c.20m; written to mark the centenary of A Shropshire Lad
  81. Music for the BBC2 film Remember Me; director David Hevey
  82. Permission - song for baritone, pno; c.5m; text Graeme Craig-Smith
  83. Three Mystical Songs; childrens' choir, strings; words by Thomas Traherne; dedicated to Ronald Corp and the New London Childrens' Choir
  84. Sweetest of Sweets; anthem for SATB; text George Herbert; c. 5m.
  85. A Scots Psalm; SATB; c.5m; written for the Scottish National Youth Choir
  86. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C; SATB and organ; c.15m.
  87. It was the Winter Wild; text Milton; carol for choir and organ; c.5m
  88. 1997 Two Folksongs: The Tarry Sailor, The Water of Tyne ; treble choir and organ; c.10m. written for the Australian Boys' Choir
  89. Symphony No. 2 ; orchestra; c.45m.
  90. Easter Music ; organ, strings and bells; c.8m.
  91. Suite: City of London (March, Nocturne, Pageant) ; orchestra; c.20m; dedicated to the musicians of the City of London School
  92. 'Even-Song' ; anthem for SATB; test George Herbert c.9m.
  93. God's Grandeur ; anthem for SATB and organ; text Gerard Manley Hopkins c.8m.
  94. String Quartet No. 3 - 'Zikhr' ; c.15m.
  95. Two Poems of Edward Thomas ; counter-ten. and piano; c.10;. written for Richard Scott
  96. Two Blake Songs ('Night', 'The Tiger') ; SATB c.10m.
  97. 1998 Prelude, Air and Fugue for piano; dedicated to Ronald Stevenson for his 70th birthday; c.15m.
  98. This Christmas Day; carol SATB; text by Walter de la Mare; c.8m.
  99. Two Hopkins Songs ; counter ten. and piano; c.10m. dedicated to Gabriel Gottlieb
  100. Thee God I come from ; anthem for SATB and organ; text Gerard Manley Hopkins; c.5m.
  101. Rise up Shepherds and Follow! carol for SATB and organ; c.5m.
  102. This Endris Night ; carol for SATB; c. 7m.
  103. 1999 Nunc Dimittis ; treble choir and organ; c.5m.
  104. Two Brooke Songs ; baritone and piano; text Rupert Brooke; c. 9m; written for Harry Ross
  105. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ; cantata for soprano solo, choir and orchestra; text Milton; c.30m. Written for the Highgate Choral Society
  106. Wellcome, All Wonders ; carol for choir and organ; c.5m.
  107. 2000 Two Shakespeare Songs (Full Fathom Five and Feste's Song) ; unaccompanied choir (SATB); c.10m.

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