Sally Beamish - Works

Works

  • The Lost Pibroch (1991) for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Winter Journey (1996) and Mary's Precious Boy (1999) are Nativity musicals for pre-school and primary school children
  • Monster (1996), an opera based on the life of Mary Shelley, commissioned by the Brighton Festival and Scottish Opera, with a libretto by Scottish novelist Janice Galloway
  • Black, White and Blue (1997) for harpsichord and string quartet
  • Caledonian Road (1997), commissioned by the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra
  • The Day Dawn (1997), commissioned by Contemporary Music-Making for Amateurs
  • No I'm Not Afraid (1998)
  • Awuya (1998) for harp
  • Four Findrinny Songs (1998)
  • Sun and Moon (1999), an unpublished dance project for pre-school children, with choreography by Rosina Bonsu
  • The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone (1999) for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra
  • Knotgrass Elegy (2001) commissioned by the BBC Proms
  • Viola Concerto No. 2 'The Seafarer' (2001), commissioned by Swedish and Scottish Chamber Orchestras, premiered by Tabea Zimmermann and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen
  • Trumpet concerto for Håkan Hardenberger and the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, was performed at the Proms in 2003.
  • Trance o Nicht (2004), a concerto for percussionist Evelyn Glennie, received its premiere in the Northern Lights Festival, Tromsø
  • Flute concerto (2005), commissioned by the RSNO, was premiered and recorded by Sharon Bezaly in 2005
  • Shenachie, a stage musical with writer Donald Goodbrand Saunders, about the Highlands of Scotland, premiered in Gartmore in May 2006.
  • Under the Wing of the Rock (2006), a viola concerto, for Lawrence Power and the Scottish Ensemble.
  • St. Catharine's Service (2006), Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, commissioned for the choir of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
  • The Singing (2006), a concerto for classical accordion and orchestra, commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Beryl Calver Jones and Gerry Mattock. First performed by James Crabb and the Hallé Orchestra with Martyn Brabbins at the Cheltenham Festival, 2006
  • The Lion & the Deer (2007), cycle of 14th century Iranian poems, commissioned for The Portsmouth Grammar School
  • Suite pour Violoncelle et Orchestre (2007), commissioned for Steven Isserlis and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Four Songs from Hafez (2007) for tenor and piano (also version for tenor and harp). Commissioned by Leeds Lieder. First performed by Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles, Leeds 2007.

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