Joby Talbot

A one-act work for Dallas Opera based on the tragic climbing disaster on Mount Everest in 1996.

Part of 'A Sheen of Dew on Flowers'

Released in 2005, the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence, Talbot composed a new piece of music each month, scoredfor up...

Released in 2005, the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence, Talbot composed a new piece of music each month, scoredfor up...

Scored for Saxophone Quartet. Duration 5 minutes. Parts are also available on sale.

The Dying Swan, a score to a 1916 Russian silent film made by Yevgeny Bauer, was commissioned by the British Film Institute in 2002. The Dying Swan is intriguing because its heroine is a mute. She tur...

For String Quartet. Duration 5 minutes.

Joby Talbot's String Quartet was premiered at the 1999 Brighton Festival by the Duke Quartet.

The second String Quartet by Joby Talbot, in full score with parts.

Commissioned by Theatre Cryptic for Optical Identity, a presentation co-commissioned by Theatre Cryptic and Singapore Arts Festival. First performance given by the T'ang Quartet on 31 May 2007 in Sing...

Commissioned by Theatre Cryptic for Optical Identity, a presentation co-commissioned by Theatre Cryptic and Singapore Arts Festival. First performance given by the T'ang Quartet on 31 May 2007 in Sing...

Genus Quartet (For String Quartet), by Joby Talbot, was commissioned by the Barbican, London. was first performed on May 12th 2013 at LSO St. Luke's, London, by the Calder Quartet. Duration c. 10 minu...

Joby Talbot's Genus Quartet for String Quartet. Parts.

Composer's note:I composed Falling specifically for Phillip Sheppard and his amazing blue cello at a time when I was experiencing a strange sensation of wakelessness and plummeting, of things being we...

Released in 2005, the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence, Talbot composed a new piece of music each month, scoredfor up...

Motion Detector pits Maya Beiser's cumulative cello loops against an endlessly ascending choral glissando. The choral sample is a stylized version of the famous Pasiputput of the Bunun tribe of Taiwan...

Joby Talbot's Trumpet Concerto, Desolation Wilderness was commissioned by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. First performed on 28th October 2006 by the R...

Scored for piano and Baritone. Duration 9 minutes.

Written for SATB choir and orchestra. Commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and first performed on Saturday 6 May 2006 by the Festival Chorus and Academy of Ancient Music conducted by John...

Commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen for the Universe of Sound project. First perfromed at the Royal Festival Hall on 8th July 2012, by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Phil...