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Stage Works
89 tracks
- The Mask of Orpheus (opera)
69 tracks
- Punch and Judy (opera)
20 tracks
- The Mask of Orpheus (opera)
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Chamber Works
54 tracks
- Saraband: The King's Farewell, for recorder and ensemble
1 track
- An Interrupted Endless Melody, for oboe and piano ('To the Memory of Janet Craxton')
3 tracks
- Chorale from a Toy-Shop, for 5 instruments
1 track
- 5 Distances for 5 Instruments, for wind quintet
2 tracks
- Duets for Storab, for 2 flutes
6 tracks
- Hoquetus Petrus, for 2 flutes and piccolo trumpet
1 track
- Linoi, for clarinet and piano
1 track
- Refrains and Choruses, for wind quintet
1 track
- Secret Theatre, for 14 instruments
16 tracks
- Tragoedia, for chamber ensemble
8 tracks
- Verses for Ensembles, for 5 winds, 5 brass, and 3 percussion
1 track
- Verses for Ensembles, for wind quintet
1 track
- Trio, for violin, cello and piano
1 track
- Orpheus Elegies, for oboe and harp
8 tracks
- Fantasia III, for chamber ensemble
1 track
- Frieze I, for chamber ensemble
1 track
- Cantus Iambeus, for chamber ensemble
1 track
- Saraband: The King's Farewell, for recorder and ensemble
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Piano Works
4 tracks
- Berceuse de Jeanne (lullaby)
1 track
- Hector's Dawn
1 track
- Oockooing Bird
1 track
- Sad Song
1 track
- Berceuse de Jeanne (lullaby)
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Orchestral Works
49 tracks
- Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum, for orchestra
1 track
- Earth Dances
2 tracks
- Endless Parade, for trumpet, vibraphone, and strings
1 track
- Gawain's Journey, for orchestra
14 tracks
- Melancolia 1, for clarinet, harp, 2 string orchestras
5 tracks
- Night's Black Bird, for orchestra
1 track
- Panic, for saxophone, drum kit, and orchestra
2 tracks
- Ritual Fragment, for ensemble
1 track
- Ritual Fragment, for ensemble
2 tracks
- Silbury Air, for chamber orchestra
6 tracks
- The Cry of Anubis, for tuba (or euphonium) and orchestra
1 track
- The Shadow of Night, for orchestra
1 track
- The Triumph of Time
11 tracks
- Responses. Sweet Disorder, for piano and orchestra
1 track
- Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum, for orchestra
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Vocal Works
50 tracks
- 3 Settings of Celan, for soprano and 5 instruments
3 tracks
- White and Light, for soprano and 5 instruments
1 track
- Meridian, for mezzo-soprano, horn, cello, chorus or 6 sopranos, and instrumental ensemble
11 tracks
- Nenia: the Death of Orpheus, for soprano and ensemble
1 track
- Three Settings Of Lorine Niedecker, for soprano and cello
3 tracks
- Bogenstrich (Meditations On A Poem Of Rilke), for voice and piano
5 tracks
- Nine Settings Of Lorine Niedecker, for soprano and cello
18 tracks
- Nenia, for voice and ensemble
1 track
- Songs by Myself, for voice and ensemble
6 tracks
- Lullaby, for two sopranos
1 track
- 3 Settings of Celan, for soprano and 5 instruments
Below are works by S.Birtwistle that every music lover should explore:
- Chamber Works
- Orchestral Works
- Earth Dances
2 tracks
- Panic, for saxophone, drum kit, and orchestra
2 tracks
- Earth Dances