Jonathan Harvey

You is a short work written for the Composers' Ensemble at John Woolrich's behest, composed of nonsense syllables.

Concelebration is a ritualistic work in which the four melodic instruments go their own ways and yet from time to time meet and ‘dance’ together. A starting point was Bishop John of Winchester’s fine...

Commissioned by The Nash Ensemble with funds provided by IBM. In Buddhist writings the lotus, padma, signifies the world of form in all its individuality through which the light of reality shines. A l...

Instrumentation: ob.ob(=ca).bsn – harpsichord This is a parody of Stravinsky's parody of classical styles. Schoenberg's mockingly scornful parody of Stravinsky as "Der Kleiner Modernsky" serves as a p...

Instrumentation: ob.ob(=ca).bsn – harpsichord This is a parody of Stravinsky's parody of classical styles. Schoenberg's mockingly scornful parody of Stravinsky as "Der Kleiner Modernsky" serves as a p...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1(=ca).1.1 – hn – pno – 2 vln.vla.vlc.db Tendril (1987) is scored for eleven instruments and was commissioned and first performed by the Nash Ensemble. The work is a vivid so...

Commissioned by The Nash Ensemble with funds provided by IBM. In Buddhist writings the lotus, padma, signifies the world of form in all its individuality through which the light of reality shines. A l...

Written for soprano, 3 clarinets and piano.