Brian Elias

The authorship of the six poems used in this song cycle is generally attributed to Petronius Arbiter (died ca AD66), Nero's Arbiter of Elegance and author of the Satyricon, a comic novel with poems in...

Lullaby was written in January 2006 for A Small World, an anthology of fifty new carols to be published in August 2006 by Gonzaga Music.

First performance on 11th August 2012 at the Cadogan Hall, London, by Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais) and the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Clark Rundell, as part of the B...

Brian Elias' Song for Medium Voice and Hurdy-Gurdy. Composed in 1986.

Five Piano Pieces for Right Hand by Brian Elias, written between 1969 and 1972 by this modern British composer.

Commissioned by the Rautio Trio and inspired by Haydn's piano trios, this five-movement work takes an opening idea and explores it through form throughout the work: Allegro, Lento, Presto, Adagio, Pre...

Commissioned by Music at Malling and first performed on 23 April 2022 in Malling Abbey, Kent, by Chamber Domaine, conducted by Thomas Kemp.

Capriccio for Bassoon and Strings was commissioned by Music at Malling. The first performance was given on 24 September 2021 in St. Mary's Church, West Malling, Kent, by Adam MacKenzie (bassoon) and C...

Three Scherzi for violin and piano follow closely the Minuet and Trio form used so often for lighter movements in eighteenth and early nineteenth century sonatas and symphonies. In each piece, the Min...

The Cello Concerto is in four main sections that are played without a break. As with most of my work, the music throughout is generated from the ideas presented in the fi rst few bars, and these ideas...