John Purser - Selected Works

Selected Works

Stage
  • The Undertaker, Opera (1969)
  • The Bell, Opera
Radio
  • Carver, BBC Radio 3 (31 March 1991)
  • The Secret Commonwealth, BBC Radio 4 (14 December 1997)
Orchestral
  • Intrada for Strings for string orchestra, Op. 17 (1966)
  • Clydefair Overture (1972)
  • Ane Gentill Chantecleir (1990)
  • Bannockburn
  • Epitaph
  • Variations on an Irish Folk-Tune for string orchestra
Concertante
  • Concertino for piano and orchestra (1986)
  • Concerto for viola and string orchestra
Chamber music
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 11 (1964–1965)
  • Dances of Ilion for clarinet and piano, Op. 24
  • Suite for Unaccompanied Violin, Op. 29
  • Three Studies for horn and piano (1976)
  • Carrier Strike for piccolo, trumpet and harpsichord (1977)
  • String Quartet (1981)
  • Prelude and Toccata for guitar (1985)
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1988)
  • Sonata for violin and piano (1989)
  • Skyelines for tenor trombone and organ (1994)
  • Skyeline III for string quartet (1995)
  • Sonata for trombone and piano (2002)
  • In Memory of Michael Miles for flute solo (2005)
  • Piobaireachd "Wai Taheke" for flute solo (2005)
  • The Butterfly for flute, harp and organ
  • Lament for a Chickadee for carillon
Keyboard
  • Toccata for organ (1968, revised 2003)
  • Circus Suite for Nick for piano (1975)
  • Clavier Sonata for chamber organ (or piano) (1984)
Vocal
  • Johnnie Faa, Variation 6 for soprano, flute, cello and harp (1988)
  • The Seal of the City for soprano, tenor, bass, clarinet, trumpet, horn, percussion and organ (1996)
  • Ave Atque Vale for alto and baritone
  • Five Landscapes for voice and piano
  • Love My Lewd Pilot for soprano, baritone, flute and piano; words by Edmund Spenser
  • Lovely Molly for voice and piano
  • Six Sea Songs for tenor and piano
  • Throat for soprano, carnyx and percussion
Choral
  • Magnificat for mixed chorus a cappella (1964)
  • The Wren Boys for mixed chorus, 2 piccolos, string orchestra and organ (1983)
  • Epithalamion for mixed chorus a cappella (1984)
  • If All You Gave for mixed chorus a cappella
  • Nunc Dimittis for mixed chorus a cappella
  • Love in Season for mixed chorus a cappella
  • Simplon Pass for mixed chorus a cappella

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