Gavin Bryars

Gavin Bryars

Born: January 16th, 1943
Country of origin: United Kingdom

Upcoming:

String Quartet No. 1
June 7th, 2012 | Semperoper - Dresden - Germany

Alaric I or II
June 10th, 2012 | RNCM Concert Hall - Manchester - United Kingdom

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By the Vaar


  • Bryars - By the Varr for solo double bass, bass clarinet, percussion and strings · sound clip (mp3, 699.7 KB)

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The Porazzi Fragment


  • Bryars - The Porazzi Fragment for 21 solo strings · sound clip (mp3, 692.7 KB)

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After the Requiem


  • Bryars · After the Requiem for electric guitar and strings · sound clip (mp3, 706.2 KB)

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Allegrasco


  • Bryars · Allegrasco for clarinet (or soprano saxophone) and ensemble · sound clip (mp3, 704.6 KB)

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Cadman Requiem


  • Bryars · Cadman Requiem for 4 voices and viol consort · sound clip (mp3, 694 KB)

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Creamer Études


  • Bryars · Creamer Études for chamber ensemble · sound clip (mp3, 707.9 KB)

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Double Bass Concerto


  • Bryars · Double Bass Concerto ("Farewell to St. Petersburg") · sound clip (mp3, 701.7 KB)

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Epilogue from Wonderlawn


  • Bryars · Epilogue From Wonderlawn for viola, cello, double bass and electric guitar · sound clip (mp3, 703.8 KB)

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Four Elements


  • Bryars · Four Elements for large ensemble · sound clip (mp3, 696.9 KB)

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Ian in the Broch


  • Bryars · Ian in the Broch for male choir, solo baritone, solo double bass and low strings · sound clip (mp3, 708.6 KB)

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Les Fiançailles


  • Bryars · Les Fiançailles for solo piano and small ensemble · Hörbeispiele (mp3, 701.3 KB)

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Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal)


  • Bryars · Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal) · sound clip (mp3, 703.8 KB)

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The Archangel Trip


  • Bryars · The Archangel Trip for ensmeble · sound clip (mp3, 324.9 KB)

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  • Bryars · The Archangel Trip for ensmeble · sound clip (mp3, 700.5 KB)

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The Green Ray


  • Bryars · The Green Ray for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra · sound clip (mp3, 699 KB)

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The North Shore


  • Bryars · The North Shore (for viola and ensemble) · sound clip (mp3, 701.8 KB)

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The Old Tower of Löbenicht


  • Bryars · The Old Tower of Löbenicht for violin or viola and ensemble · sound clip (mp3, 698.2 KB)

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The Sinking of the Titanic


  • Bryars · The Sinking of the Titanic · sound clip (mp3, 699.4 KB)

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Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets


  • Bryars · Three Elegies for nine clarinets · sound clip (mp3, 700.5 KB)

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Viennese Dance No.1 (M.H.)


  • Bryars · Viennese Dance No.1 (M.H.) · sound clip (mp3, 689.9 KB)

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Violin Concerto


  • Bryars · Violin Concerto ("The Bulls of Bashan") · sound clip (mp3, 697.6 KB)

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Amjad


  • Bryars (after Tchaikovsky) · Amjad for 2 violas, cello and double bass (XVI Sleeping Beauty Act 3, no. 28, Pas de Deux) · sound clip (mp3, 647.1 KB)

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The Island Chapel


  • Bryars (text Adnan) · The Island Chapel for mezzo soprano, electric keyboard and cello · sound clip (mp3, 696.4 KB)

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I have heard it said that a spirit enters


  • Bryars (text Bowering) · I have heard it said that a spirit enters (No. 1 from Three Canadian Songs) for voice and chamber orchestra · sound clip (mp3, 700.9 KB)

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A Man In A Room, Gambling


  • Bryars (text Muñoz) · A Man in a Room, Gambling for pre-recorded voice or live narrator and string quartet (Programme Four "Shifting upper pack to bottom") · sound clip (mp3, 700.6 KB)

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Planet Earth


  • Bryars (text Page) · Planet Earth (No. 2 from Three Canadian Songs) for voice and chamber orchestra · sound clip (mp3, 700.1 KB)

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The Apple


  • Bryars (text Page) · The Apple (No. 3 from Three Canadian Songs) for voice, percussion and low strings · sound clip (mp3, 648.7 KB)

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After Handel's "Vesper"


  • Bryars · After Handel's "Vesper" for harpsichord · sound clip (mp3, 700.1 KB)

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Alaric I or II


  • Bryars · Alaric I or II for saxophone quartet · sound clip (mp3, 699.3 KB)

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And so ended Kant's travelling in this world


  • Bryars (text Thomas de Quincy) · And so ended Kant's traveling in this world for mixed choir · sound clip (mp3, 663.8 KB)

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At Portage and Main


  • Bryars · At Portage and Main for percussion quintet · sound clip (mp3, 700.1 KB)

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Cadman Requiem


  • Bryars · Cadman Requiem (Creation Hymn Paraphrase) · sound clip (mp3, 702.5 KB)

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Die letzten Tage


  • Bryars · Die Letzten Tage (The Last Days) for two violins (I The Venetian Beginning) · sound clip (mp3, 686.2 KB)

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First Book of Madrigals


  • Bryars (text Morrison) · First Book of Madrigals (III Almond Tree) · sound clip (mp3, 701.7 KB)

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Glorious Hill


  • Bryars (text Pico della Mirandola) · Glorious Hill for 4 male voices · sound clip (mp3, 702.9 KB)

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Glorious Hill


  • Bryars (text Pico della Mirandola) · Glorious Hill for SATB choir · sound clip (mp3, 700.9 KB)

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Incipit Vita Nova


  • Bryars (text Dante) · Incipit Vita Nova for alto voice and string trio · Hörbeispiele (mp3, 696.9 KB)

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Lauda (con Sordino)


  • Bryars · Lauda (con sordino) for cello or viola, piano and optional electric guitar · sound clip (mp3, 696.8 KB)

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Laude Cortonese


  • Bryars · Lauda 13 (Stomme allegro) for soprano, tenor, viola, cello and double bass · sound clip (mp3, 704.5 KB)

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Laude Cortonese


  • Bryars (text Petrarca) · Lauda 4 (Oi me lasso) for soprano and tenor from Laude Cortonese volume 2 · sound clip (mp3, 809.3 KB)

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Laude Cortonese


  • Bryars (text Petrarca) · Laude Cortonese vol. 1 for unaccompanied female voices (Lauda 17 "Ave, vergene gaudente") · sound clip (mp3, 688.7 KB)

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New York


  • Bryars · New York for percussion quintet and chamber orchestra · sound clip (mp3, 702.1 KB)

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Old man and sea for tenor and harp


  • Bryars (text G Bruce) · Old Man and Sea for tenor and harp · sound clip (mp3, 703 KB)

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On Photography


  • Bryars · On photography SATB choir, harmonium and piano (III Hymn of St John) · sound clip (mp3, 614 KB)

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One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing


  • Bryars · One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing · 45 second extract (mp3, 702.9 KB)

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Out of Zaleski's Gazebo


  • Bryars · Out of Zaleski's Gazebo for two pianos, six or eight hands · Hörbeispiele (mp3, 663.8 KB)

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Ramble on Cortona


  • Bryars · Ramble on Cortona for piano · sound clip (mp3, 703.8 KB)

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Second Book of Madrigals


  • Bryars · Second Book of Madrigals for six voices, V Non veggio ove scampar mi possa omai · sound clip (mp3, 703.4 KB)

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Silva Caledonia


  • Bryars (text, Morgan) · Silva Caledonia · sound clip (mp3, 698 KB)

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String Quartet No. 1


  • Bryars · String Quartet No. 1 "Between the National and the Bristol" · sound clip (mp3, 685.8 KB)

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String Quartet No. 2


  • Bryars · String Quartet No. 2 · sound clip (mp3, 695.6 KB)

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Sub Rosa


  • Bryars · Sun Rosa for six players · sound clip (mp3, 700.2 KB)

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Super Flumina


  • Bryars · Super Flumina for four male voices or male choir (CtenTTBar) · sound clip (mp3, 704.6 KB)

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The Black River


  • Bryars (text Verne) · The Black River for soprano and organ · sound clip (mp3, 702.6 KB)

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The South Downs


  • Bryars · The South Downs for cello and piano · sound clip (mp3, 700.6 KB)

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The Squirrel and the Ricketty-Racketty Bridge


  • Bryars ·The Squirrel and the Ricketty-Racketty Bridge · sound clip (mp3, 694.4 KB)

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Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri


  • Bryars · Three poems of Cecco Angiolieri for mixed choir (III La stremita) · sound clip (mp3, 702.6 KB)

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Tre Laude Dolçe


  • Bryars · Tre Laude Dolçe for cello, electric guitar and double bass (No. 1) · sound clip (mp3, 703.8 KB)

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