Geoffrey Burgon Compositions : Ordered by Performance Place (R)
Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Title: Brideshead Variations *
Composed: 1982
Duration: 18'
Instrumentation/Scoring: fi(d picc)/ob(d ca)/bsn/hn/tpt/hp/strings
First performance: 21st March 1982
By: New Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by: Antony Hopkins
Performance Place: Royal Albert Hall, London
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  (* this work is also available for brass band - three
  variations only - and concert band - four variations
  only - and the 'Brideshead Revisited' theme is
  available for brass band. All arrangements are by
  Bram Wiggins.)
Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Composed: 1979
Duration: 8'
Instrumentation/Scoring: 2sop or trp/tpt(opt)/org/strings(opt)
First performance: 15th December 1979
By: Royal Choral Society
Conducted by: Meredith Davies
Performance Place: Royal Albert Hall, London
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Type: SOLO INSTRUMENT PLUS ORCHESTRA
Title: City Adventures
Composed: 1996
Duration: 27'
Instrumentation/Scoring: solo percussion plus 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).alsax.2(cf)/422+btbn1/T.1perc/str
First performance: 26 August 1996
By: Evelyn Glennie and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Maksymiuk
Performance Place: Royal Albert Hall, London BBC Prom Concerts
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: The World Again
Composed: 1983
Duration: 23'
Instrumentation/Scoring: sop + 3fl(2d picc)/3ob(1d ca)/3cl(1d bcl)/3bsn( 1d cf)/4hn/3tpt/3tbn/tba/timp 4perc/hp/pno/strings
First performance: 9th October 1984
By: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Jane Manning (soprano)
Conducted by: Andrew Litton
Performance Place: Royal Festival Hall, London
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Title Divine
Composed: 1986
Duration: 20'
Instrumentation/Scoring: solo soprano + 3(2d picc).3(3d ca).3(1d bcl.3(3d cf)/4.3.3.1/timps/2perc hp/pno(d cel)/strings
Commissioned by: The Royal Philharmonic Society
First performance: 22nd April 1987
By: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Heather Harper
Conducted by: Sir Charles Mackerras
Performance Place: Royal Festival Hall, London
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Veni Spiritus
Composed: 1979
Duration: 25'
Instrumentation/Scoring: sop/bar/SATB chorus 2(d picc)/2ob/2cl/2bsn/4hn/2tpt/3tbn/tba timp/2perc/strings
First performance: 16th May 1979
By: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Choral Society Chorus with Felicity Palmer (sop) and Stephen Roberts (bar)
Conducted by: Meredith Davies
Performance Place: Royal Festival Hall, London
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Type: BALLET MUSIC
Title: The Calm
Composed: 1974
Duration: 25'
Instrumentation/Scoring: c-ten + 2tpt/hp/tape/2vln
First performance: September 1974
Choreographed By: Siobhan Davies
By: London Contemporary Dance Theatre
Performance Place: Royal Northern College of Music. Manchester
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Title: The Trial of Prometheus
Composed: 1988
Duration: 25'
Instrumentation/Scoring: 2+picc.2+ca.3(1d Eb, 1d bcl).2+cf 4.3.2+btbn. 1/3perc/timps/hp/piano/strings
First performance: 20th October 1988
By: Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conducted by: Isaiah Jackson
Performance Place: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Choreography by: David Bintley
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