Brian Boydell(1917-2000): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

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BRIAN BOYDELL: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1940:      "Hearing of Harvests Rotting in the Valleys" for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.13: 25 minutes
1941/45:Fantasia "Pregaria a la Verge del Remei" for strings, op.14: 19 minutes
1942:      Overture "The Strings are False", op.16: 5 minutes
               "Laish: a Movement for Orchestra", op.17: 8 minutes
1945/46:Symphony for Strings, op.26: 23 minutes
1946/48:Five Settings of Poems by James Joyce for baritone and small orchestra, op.28a: 15 minutes
1948:      "In Memoriam Mahatma Gandhi" for orchestra, op.30: 11 minutes      +  (Marco Polo cd)
                "Magh Sleacht: The Plain of Protestations" for orchestra, op.29:20 minutes
1949:      "The Buried Moon Suite" for orchestra, op.32a: 14 minutes
1953:      Suite No.1 "The Wooing of Etain" for orchestra, op.37a: 15 minutes
1953/54:Violin Concerto, op. 36: 31 minutes    +  (Marco Polo cd)
1954:      Suite No.2 "The Wooing of Etain" for orchestra, op.37b: 15 minutes
1956:      Megalithic Ritual Dances for orchestra, op.39: 16 minutes   +  (Marco Polo cd)
                 Elegy and Capriccio for Clarinet and Strings, op.42: 14 minutes    *  +  (RTE Lyric cd)
1956/57:Meditation and Fugue for orchestra, op.40: 15 minutes   *
1958:      "Ceol Cas Corach" for orchestra, op.46: 10 minutes
1958-59:Shielmartin Suite for orchestra, op.47: 12 minutes    *
1961:      Cantata "Mors et Vita" for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra. op.50: 25 minutes
               "Richard's Riot" for percussion and orchestra, op.51: 8 minutes
1964:      "Carmen in Honorem Artis Musicae" for chorus and orchestra, op. 55: 10 minutes
1965:      Four Yeats Poems for soprano and orchestra, op.56: 11 minutes
                "A Terrible Beauty is Born" for soprano, contralto, baritone, speaker, chorus and orchestra, op.59: 30 minutes
1968:      Symphonic Inscapes for orchestra, op.64: 22 minutes     *
1976:      Jubilee Music for orchestra, op.73: 13 minutes
1977:      "Fred's Frolic" or "The Adjutant's Ball" for band, op.74: 10 minutes
1978:      Partita Concertante for Violin, Harp and orchestra, op75: 20 minutes
1982:      "A Wild Dance for Ceol-Chumann na nog" for orchestra, op.78: 6 minutes
1983:      Ceremonial March for band, op.81, No.3: 3 minutes
1984:      "The Carlow Cantata: The Female Friend" for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus, clarinet and strings, op.83: 35 minutes
1987:      "Under No Circumstances" for tenor, baritone, speaker, chorus and orchestra, op.85: 43 minutes
1988:      "Masai Mara" for orchestra, op.87: 12 minutes    +  (Marco Polo cd)
1996:      "Viking Lip-Music" for band, op.91: 9 minutes