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