Geoffrey Burgon Compositions : Ordered by Type
Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Acquainted with Night
Composed: 1965
Duration: 15'
Instrumentation/Scoring: c-ten/hp/timps/strings
First performance: 5th April 1966
By: Ensemble with Kevin Smith (counter-tenor)
Conducted by: Joan Kemp-Potter
Performance Place: St. Margaret's, Westminster
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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: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Canciones del Alma
Composed: 1975
Duration: 15'
Instrumentation/Scoring: 2c-ten or m-sop/13 solo strings (4.4.2.2.1)
First performance: 30th April 1975
By: Richard Hickox Orchestra with James Bowman and Kevin Smith (counter-tenors)
Conducted by: Richard Hickox
Performance Place: St. James', Piccadilly
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Requiem
Composed: 1976
Duration: 50'
Instrumentation/Scoring: sop/c-ten or m-sop/ten/SATB chorus 2(d picc)/2(1d ca)/2cl/2bsn(1d cf)/4hn/3tpt/3tbn/tba/hp/pno d cel/cham org d grand org [or ad lib]/2timps/5perc/strings
First performance: 26th August 1976
By: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Three Choirs Festival Chorus with Janet Price (sop), Kevin Smith (c-ten) and Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor)
Conducted by: Roy Massey
Performance Place: Hereford Cathedral. Three Choirs Festival
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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: 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: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Nunc Dimittis
Composed: 1979
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation/Scoring: solo soprano or treble(trb)/tpt(opt)/org
Performance Place: (see Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Hymn to St. Thomas of Hereford
Composed: 1981
Duration: 13'
Instrumentation/Scoring: SATB chorus + 2fl/2ob(1d ca)/2bsn/3hn/2tpt/3tbn/timp/perc/strings alternative version for organ and optional timps available
First performance: 22nd August 1982
By: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Conducted by: Roy Massey
Performance Place: Hereford Cathedral, Three Choirs 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: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Mass
Composed: 1984
Duration: 40'
Instrumentation/Scoring: chorus (ATBB)/4tbn/perc
First performance: Spring 1985
By: London Contemporary Dance Theatre
Performance Place: BBC TV
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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: A Vision
Composed: 1991
Duration: 25'
Instrumentation/Scoring: solo tenor and string orchestra
Commissioned by: The London Mozart Players
First performance: 22nd June 1991
By: London Mozart Players and Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Performance Place: Gregynog Festival, Wales
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Type: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC WITH VOICES
Title: Alleluia Psallat
Composed: 2002
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation/Scoring: mixed chorus, 2flt, 2 ob, 2 clt, 2 bsn, 4 hns, 2 tpts, 2 tbns, b tbn, tuba timps, 2 perc, strings.
First performance: 2003
Conducted by: Alexander Lazerev
Performance Place: Newbury Spring Festival
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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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