Geoffrey Burgon Compositions : Ordered by Title
 
Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: Te Deum
Composed: 2002
Duration: 7'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB & Organ.
First performance: 2006
Conducted by: Matthew Owens
Performance Place: premiere Wells Cathedral 2006
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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: SOLO INSTRUMENT PLUS ORCHESTRA
Title: The Calm Concerto
Composed: 1974/2004
Instrumentation/Scoring: Vln, Tpt, Hp & string orchestra
Arranged from: The ballet The Calm
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Type: DRAMATIC WORKS
Title: The Fall of Lucifer
Composed: 1977
Duration: 26'
Instrumentation/Scoring: c-ten/ten/bar/SATB chorus fl(d picc)/hp/organ/2vln/vc/dbass
First performance: 13th May 1977
By: Tilford Bach Choir and Orchestra
Conducted by: Denys Darlow
Performance Place: Tilford Bach Festival
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: The Fire of Heaven
Composed: 1973+
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation/Scoring: triple chorus
First performance: 1973
Performance Place: Three Choirs Festival
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: The First World
Composed: 1992
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB
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Type: BALLET MUSIC
Title: The Golden Fish
Composed: 1964
Duration: 18'
Instrumentation/Scoring: 2fl/2ob/3cl/2bsn/4hn/2tpt/3tbn/tba perc/strings
Alternative scoring: 4tpts/hn/4tbn/tba/timps(opt) optional narrator in both versions
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: The Names of the Hare
Composed: 1985
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB
Commissioned by: The Milton Keynes Chorale
First performance: 14th June 1986
By: Milton Keynes Chorale
Conducted by: Neville Creed
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Type: VOICES PLUS ENSEMBLE/ORCHESTRA
Title: The Road of Love
Composed: 2006
Duration: 18'
Instrumentation/Scoring: Soprano & string quartet
First performance: 2006
Conducted by: Rebecca van den Berg Guildhall String Quartet
Performance Place: premiere Paxos Festival Greece 2006
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: The Song of the Creatures
Composed: 1987
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB/organ
Commissioned by: St. Matthew's Church Northampton
First performance: 21st September 1987
By: Choir of St. Matthew's Church
Conducted by: Andrew Shenton
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Type: CHAMBER MUSIC
Title: The Wanderer
Composed: 1997/8
Duration: 15'
Instrumentation/Scoring: clarinet and string quartet
Commissioned by: Pembroke College for their 650th anniversary
First performance: 18 March 1998
By: Emma Johnson, clarinet / Vanbrugh String Quartet
Performance Place: St. John's, Smith Square, London
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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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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Think on Dredful Domesday
Composed: 1969
Duration: 22'
Instrumentation/Scoring: sop/SATB chorus picc/ob/Ebcl/cf/hn/tpt/btbn/timp/perc/pno+cel (or hp)/strings(no violins)
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Type: CHAMBER MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: This Endris Night
Composed: 1972+
Duration: 30'
Instrumentation/Scoring: tenor/women's chorus/brass ensemble/timpani
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Type: CHAMBER MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: This Ean Night
Composed: 1972
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation/Scoring: 2 counter-tenors
Revised for: an EMI record
Performed by: James Bowman and Charles Brett (counter-tenors)
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: This World From
Composed: 1979
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB/organ
First performance: 1979
By: Chichester Cathedral Choir and Alan Thurlow
Performance Place: Chichester Festival
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: Three Carols ( I Sing of a Maiden; Welcome our Messiah; The Coventry Carol)
Composed: 1967+
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: Three Elegies
Composed: 1964+
Duration: 6'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB
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Type: CHAMBER MUSIC
Title: Three Nocturnes for harp
Composed: 1974
Duration: 6' 30"
Instrumentation/Scoring: harp solo
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Three Mysteries
Composed: 2003
Duration: 55'
Instrumentation/Scoring: mixed chorus, flt, hp chamber organ, cleleste, perc (three players) glock, bass marimba, drum kit, wood blocks, temple blocks, claves, suspended cyms, snare dm, med. bass, dm., tam-tam, strings.
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Type: CHAMBER MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Threnody
Composed: 1971
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation/Scoring: tenor/piano/harpsichord (amplified)
First performance By: Ian Partridge, Neil Saunders & Richard Drakeford
Performance Place: Little Missenden Festival
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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: KEYBOARD MUSIC
Title: Theme from Brideshead Revisited
Composed: 1982
Duration: 2'
Instrumentation/Scoring: arranged for piano solo
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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: MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
Title: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Composed: 1970
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation/Scoring: children's voices/recorders/piano percussion
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Type: MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
Title: Trio
Composed: 1968+
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation/Scoring: 2 trumpets/trombone
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Type: SOLO INSTRUMENT PLUS ORCHESTRA
Title: Trumpet Concerto: The Turning World
Composed: 1993
Duration: 18'
Instrumentation/Scoring: solo trumpet plus str.(minimum 86442)/perc
First performance: 15 July 1993
By: City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox/Crispian Steele Perkins, trumpet
Commissioned by: BBC
Performance Place: City of London Festival
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Type: CHORAL MUSIC
Title: Two Hymns to Mary
Composed: 1967,1969+
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB
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