Thea Musgrave

Voices of Power and Protest was first performed on March 26th 2007 by The New York Virtuoso Singers, conducted by Harold Rosenbaum, at the Hall of the New York Society of Ethical Culture, New York.

Die zwei Lieder von Thea Musgrave wurden für Bariton und Klavier auf Texte von Ezra Pound geschrieben.

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the Postcards from Composers series in 2020. Written during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, the solo viola reacts to the journey through life during the pandemic with de...

Thea Musgrave's Postcards From Spain is a fascinating travelogue of Spain without being overly Spanish, from the tranquility of sunlight reflecting off still pools to the dramatic song of the Cantaor...

This very short work, written in 1997, is for unaccompanied viola. It is intended as a moment of peaceful contemplation after the day's activities cease.

Score and parts for Thea Musgrave's Pierrot, arranged for Violin, Clarinet and Piano. Duration 17 minutes.

For The Time Being is a setting of the first section of W. H. Auden's poem of the same title, written in 1945. This work was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC singers, who gave the first performance...

The Clarinet Concerto was written in 1968 in response to a commission from the Royal Philharmonic Society. It was first performed in February 1969 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davi...

This was composed in 1971.

This work was commissioned by the BBC (Scotland) and the Saltire Society to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of Beethoven. The first performance was by the BBC Scottish Orchestra, 1970, condu...

A concerto for Percussion and Orchestra. Full Score. Commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. First performance: Tuesday 4 January 2005, Usher Hall, Edinburgh by Colin Currie (solo...

Die drei schottischen Lieder von Thea Musgrave basieren alle auf Melodien und Texten von Robert Burns. Die Lieder können als Zyklus, einzeln oder als Sammlung in einer anderen Reihenfolge aufgeführt w...

Rorate Coeli for unaccompanied chorus, was written in 1973 in response to a commission from the National Federation of Music Societies in Great Britain. It was first performed by the Thomas Tallis cho...

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Proms. First performed by the BBC singers, conducted by David Hill on 4th September 2010 at Cadogan Hall, London. For SATB a cappella.

The six poems set here are all to be found in '100 Poems on the Underground'. For SATB (divisi) A Cappella.

On The Underground (or 'A Medieval Summer') is based upon texts from Poems On The Underground, and was commissioned by the Ionian Singers with funds from The Holst Foundation. Written by Thea Musgrave...

This short choral work was written to celebrate the twenty-fifth season (2012/2013) of The New York Virtuoso Singers.

Midnight by Thea Musgrave was commissioned by Laura Lane & the Nova Singers for the American Choral Directors National Convention in San Antonio, Texas, March 4th 1993. Set to text by John Keats. Scor...

Part-song for SATB Choir A Cappella by the award-winning Scottish composer.

This was commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival in 1964. It was first performed by the Festival Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras.

Two Christmas Carols in Traditional Style were composed in 1966. It sets two poems by the British poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987): the Carol for the Watchers and the WiseMan'sCarol. They are scored...

Nurse's Songs was originally written as part of a volume entitled Innocence and Experience, which takes its texts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an illustrated collection of poems by Willi...

Innocence and Experience takes its texts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake, which was first published in two volumes in 1789 and 1794. Each...