Music
Powers has written over sixty works, including four string quartets, two symphonies, a cello concerto, a horn concerto, as well as many choral and chamber works. He displays a vast array of influences in his output - from the Black Mountains to 16th/17th century Italian gardens, from Monteverdi to William Walton. He has done settings of texts by Wordsworth, Lawrence Durrell, Shelley, Baudelaire, Philip Larkin and many others.
Below is a summary of some of his key works:
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