Elizabeth Maconchy

A Harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed. The instrument was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music. Duri...

Instrumentation: 2 Flutes (Flute 2 doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes (Oboe 2 doubling English Horn), 2 Bassoons, 2 B-flat Soprano Clarinets, 3 Trumpets (Trumpet 1 + 2 in C, Trumpet 3 in Bb), 4 Horns in F, 2...

These were commissioned by Pamela Cook and Cantamus and were first performed in 1972. They are for unnacompanied SSA voices.

This is for soprano solo and unnaccompanied chorus. The words are by William Browne. It was written in 1974.

Set for unaccompanied chorus SATB, words by Eleanor Farjeon.

Still Falls the Rain' is perhaps Edith Sitwell's greatest poem. Maconchy set the poem for double choir, unaccompanied, with some antiphonal writing. The recurrence of the phrase 'still falls the rain'...

This piece was commissioned by the William Byrd Singers with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. The first performance was given by the William Byrd Singers with members of the Lontan...

Colloquy for flute and piano was commissioned by Ingrid Culliford with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. The first performance was given by Ingrid Culliford and Shelagh Sutherland a...

Piccola Musica is written for string trio and consists of five short movements, independent of each other, apart from the 'tie-up' between numbers I and V. The texture is in the main contrapuntal, tho...

Maconchy String Quartet No. 10 was commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival 1972. Includes score and parts. Duration 15 minutes.

Maconchy String Quartet No. 10 was commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival 1972. Duration 15 minutes. Score only edition.

Five Sketches' was commissioned by Nicholas Logie and first performed by him on 31 May 1984 at the Wigmore Hall. Quoting Maconchy: I have always had a particular affection for the viola with its dark...

For solo viola and ensemble - Wind quintet and string quintet (Piano reduction of score).

Elizabeth Maconchy composed her Sonata For Viola And Piano in 1937, which premiered the following year in London. Included in this is the Score and Parts for Viola and Piano, with the piece lasting ar...

Elizabeth Maconchy's Divertimento For Cello And Piano. Previously AL03818

This work was commissioned by Thea King with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain and first performed by her and Paula Fen at the International Clarinet Congress in Denver, Colorado, on...

Elizabeth Maconchy's Four Shakespeare Songs written for Baritone and Piano with text taken from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure and Othello. Duration: 6 minutes

Written for soprano and piano with text taken from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Measure for measure and Othello.

Words by Shakespeare set for soprano and piano Range e flat'-g'