Magnificat is a tribute to the unaccompanied motets of favourite composers from several eras - in particular those of Dufay, the Eton Choirbook, Robert Carver, Lassus and Bach. The work is therefore f...
Commissioned by Geoffrey Webber and the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Although I had already set separate Latin versions of both the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, this is the first time I've made a setting in English of both texts for use at Evensong. I have often atten...
Der Titel von Julian Andersons erstem Werk für Gitarre bezieht sich auf ein Gemälde von Joan Miró, in dem ein strahlendes Blau die vorherrschende Farbe ist. Objektfragmente sind sichtbar: Gitarrensait...
Das Werk kann als Zyklus, in einzelnen Sätzen oder in Kombinationen ausgeführt werden:She Hears ist eine Studie des Zuhörens. Toucher ist eine Feier musikalischer Textur und Farbe. Sight Lines ist ein...
Mit der Anweisung, dass das Werk Mit unvorstellbarer Freude! zu spielen ist, eignet sich dieses frühe Werk für zwei Violinen des britischen Komponisten Julian Anderson hervorragend für Konservatoriums...
Mit der Anweisung, dass das Werk Mit unvorstellbarer Freude! zu spielen ist, eignet sich dieses Werk (Urfassung für zwei Violinen) hervorragend für Konservatoriums-Schüler, die auf eine kreative Progr...
The title is the Russian for 'round dance'. The first performance was given by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Markus Stenz, in the Barbican Hall, London, on 6 December 1994, Instrumrentation: 1(...
Full of oddities – whirring ratchets, raucous off-stage clarinets, wonky waltzes –that brilliantly capture the humour and nostalgia of the Tom Phillips drawings that inspired them. The Dai...
Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1.1(=bcl).1(=cbsn) - 1110 - perc(2): SD/whip/sleigh bells/cyms/2 anvil/2 c.bell/4 congas/3 gong/2 tam-t/tabla/vib/cast/ch.cym/almglocken/TD/BD/metal dustbin/2 rin/t.bells - p...
This piece was commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as part of Julian Anderson's Composer-In-Association residency, with generous finan...
The Bach Machine was commissioned by BBC Radio 3’s Educational Programme 'The Music Machine' in 1997. It uses the so-called 'Royal' theme by Frederick the Great which provided the starting point for B...
The first performance of 'The Bearded Lady' was given by Nicholas Daniel (oboe) and Julius Drake (piano) in the Wigmore Hall, London, on 20 October 1994.
One of Anderson's scintillating scores, rhythmically intricate, rich in unexpected and often eerie sounds, and with a vein of lyricism... Instrumentation: 4 (III & IV = picc, IV = picc detuned ¼ tone)...
The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers an...
The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of living composers and incl...
Four American Choruses was commissioned by Simon Halsey and the City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, who gave the premiere of I'm A Pilgim, the first of the four choruses, on 31st January 2004, in Symp...
Anderson's Bell Mass , for double SATB choir, was written for performance at Westminster Abbey and commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey, as part of the 450th anniversary of the Ab...
Commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund in the name of Sir Thomas Armstrong this work was first performed at Westminster Cathedral on 24 November 1999 by the Choirs of Westminster & St Paul's Ca...
