LAURENCE ARMSTRONG HUGHES -
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LAURENCE ARMSTRONG HUGHES
LIST OF WORKS
Opus
No.
- 1980 Three 20th Century Lyrics mezzo &
ensemble c.15m.
- Mountain Summit Music orch. ensemble c.18m.
- Replay flt vn cello clt pn
- 1981 Three Piano Pieces c.15m
- 1982 Elegy chamber orch. c.20m.
- 1983 Phoenixologies - sketches for an opera
ten & ensemble
- 1984 Full Fathom Five - fragments of a song
flt ob clt gtr vn vla cello c.20m.
- The Venus Tape soundtrack for a video by Marion
Urch RCA
- Annunciation/Dance 9 instr. + tape
- Fire Sermon II piano duet c.13m.
- Fire Sermon III 16 part choir c.20m.
- Fire Sermon IV dancer perc audio/video tapes
- 1985 This Solitude of Cataracts text
Wallace Stevens ten flt clt pno hrp vla cello c.12m.
- Fire Sermon I piano c.10m.
- Meet the Folk flt/picc clt/b.clt hrn hrp vla cello
- 1986 Three Pieces for Choir on Buddhist
texts c.15m.
- Variations on a Scottish Air piano c.20m.
commissioned by David Carhart
- Modal Study No.1/1b vn/vla c.10m.
- Mobile clt pno cello tpt c.9m.
- Cheshmata - Bulgarian diversions for 12 players
c.18m.
- 1987 Everything Changes 3 poems of Brecht
for chamber choir c.12m.
- Invocations texts by Louis MacNeice voice/vn
c.15m.
- Meditation on a Bach Chorale (a) ob/strgs (b)
viola/org c.10m.
- The Turning Point sketches for a musictheatre
piece c.50m.
- 1988 A Flame of Wrath piano c.18m.
- A Flame of Wrath orch. c.18m.
- Alchimie du Verbe 5 poems of Arthur Rimbaud mezzo
flr cello pno c.18m.
- Chimes and Interludes piano c.12m.
- Trio vla cello d-bass c.13m
- 1989 Passacaglia org c.18m. written for
Peter Dyke
- Pipe Music ob tape c.12m.
- String Quartet No.1 c.20m. written for the Diorama
Quartet
- Intermezzo on a theme of Robin Holloway 12 instr.
c5m.
- Emily Dickinson Songs med. voice pno c.15m.
- 1990 Hallaig chamber opera in one act mezzo
ten bass women's voices 11 instr. c.40m.
- Two Popular Songs b.bar. pno written for Stuart
van Dijk
- Six Greek Lyrics b.bar pno
- Lost in the Stars film by Boris Kossmehl music
Laurence Hughes
- Concertino flt string orch. c.15m.
- Paean (Modal Study No.3) cello c.8m.
- Four Scottish Gaelic Songs voice vn c.15m.
- 1991 Intrada pno orch. c10m.
- Three Poems of Edward Thomas voice ob c.10m.
- Ballad string orch. c.20m.
- Introit org c5m.
- Three Bach Fantasies pno c.15m. written for Tony
Gray
- Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis choir(SATB) org.
c.10m.
- Elegant Music 9 instr c.10m.
- Rain is not rain 3 poems of Hugo Williams voice
pno c.10m.
- The Winding Path text W.B.Yeats speaker 8 part
choir brass perc org
- Christmas Music pno c10m.
- The Seeds of Love choral variations on an English
folk song 8 part choir c.15m.
- 1992 Piano Quintet c.20m.
- O Shout to the Lord in Triumph anthem SATB org
c.8m.
- 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
- 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
- String Quartet No. 2 c.12m.
- 1993 Three Pieces for Harp c.10m. written
for Stephen Fitzpatrick
- 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
- A Valediction pno c.10m.
- Two Partsongs SSA pno (Weathers - Thomas
Hardy; Bagpipe Music - Louis MacNeice) c.6m.
Commissioned by the New London Children's Choir
- Symphony No.1 - 'Towards the Light' sop ten bass
soloists chorus orch c.50m. texts from Bhagavad Gita,
Rumi, Plato, Henry Vaughan, Milton
- Festive Voluntary org c.5m.
- Ice, Stone, Fire gtr vn vla cello c.10m.
- Two Czech Carols male voices c.7m. written for the
New London Barbers
- 1994 The Hexamshire Lass variations for
brass band c. 20m.
- Madrigal male voice quartet c.5m. text Paul
Podworski
- The Virgin Unspotted carol SATB c.5m.
- 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
- 1995 Lovely on the Water - Homage to Percy
Grainger; unison/single voice(s) and 'elastic' ensemble
c.15m.
- Concertino Grosso for recorders and strings
c.10m.; written for the musicians of Camden School for
Girls, London
- March 'City of London' ; concert band c.8m.;
written for the Concert Band of the City of London School
- 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
- Music for BBC2 film Freak Out; director David
Hevey
- World's Wildfire - 3 poems of Gerard Manley
Hopkins; double choir and organc.15m.; commissioned by
Sacred Music in Cardiff
- Nursery Rhymes; unison treble voices and piano
c.10m.; written for the children of the Leos Janacek
School, Hukvaldy, Czech Republic
- A Bright Vision for clarsach (Scottish harp) c.8m.
- (a) Et Lite Barn Norwegian folk carol arr. SATB
and optional organ c5m. (b) Prelude on a Norwegian Folk
Carol; organ; c.5m.
- 1996 Fanfare for the Angels; brass quintet,
perc and optional organ; c.5m. written for William
Phillips Winds, Edinburgh
- The Wood of Dreams - 10 poems of A.E. Housman; ten
pno; c.20m; written to mark the centenary of A
Shropshire Lad
- Music for the BBC2 film Remember Me; director
David Hevey
- Permission - song for baritone, pno; c.5m; text
Graeme Craig-Smith
- Three Mystical Songs; childrens' choir, strings;
words by Thomas Traherne; dedicated to Ronald Corp and
the New London Childrens' Choir
- Sweetest of Sweets; anthem for SATB; text George
Herbert; c. 5m.
- A Scots Psalm; SATB; c.5m; written for the
Scottish National Youth Choir
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C; SATB and organ;
c.15m.
- It was the Winter Wild; text Milton; carol for
choir and organ; c.5m
- 1997 Two Folksongs: The Tarry Sailor, The Water
of Tyne ; treble choir and organ; c.10m. written for
the Australian Boys' Choir
- Symphony No. 2 ; orchestra; c.45m.
- Easter Music ; organ, strings and bells; c.8m.
- Suite: City of London (March, Nocturne, Pageant) ;
orchestra; c.20m; dedicated to the musicians of the City
of London School
- 'Even-Song' ; anthem for SATB; test George Herbert
c.9m.
- God's Grandeur ; anthem for SATB and organ; text
Gerard Manley Hopkins c.8m.
- String Quartet No. 3 - 'Zikhr' ; c.15m.
- Two Poems of Edward Thomas ; counter-ten. and
piano; c.10;. written for Richard Scott
- Two Blake Songs ('Night', 'The Tiger') ; SATB
c.10m.
- 1998 Prelude, Air and Fugue for piano;
dedicated to Ronald Stevenson for his 70th birthday;
c.15m.
- This Christmas Day; carol SATB; text by Walter de
la Mare; c.8m.
- Two Hopkins Songs ; counter ten. and piano; c.10m.
dedicated to Gabriel Gottlieb
- Thee God I come from ; anthem for SATB and organ;
text Gerard Manley Hopkins; c.5m.
- Rise up Shepherds and Follow! carol for SATB and
organ; c.5m.
- This Endris Night ; carol for SATB; c. 7m.
- 1999 Nunc Dimittis ; treble choir and
organ; c.5m.
- Two Brooke Songs ; baritone and piano; text Rupert
Brooke; c. 9m; written for Harry Ross
- On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ; cantata for
soprano solo, choir and orchestra; text Milton; c.30m.
Written for the Highgate Choral Society
- Wellcome, All Wonders ; carol for choir and
organ; c.5m.
- 2000 Two Shakespeare Songs (Full
Fathom Five and Feste's Song) ;
unaccompanied choir (SATB); c.10m.
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