Brian Elias

Meet Me In The Green Glen is a cycle of five unaccompanied songs to poems by John Clare, composed by Brian Elias. The songs can be performed individually or as a set and by any voice. The total durati...

Commissioned by the Rautio Trio and inspired by Haydn's piano trios, this five-movement work takes an opening idea and explores it through form throughout the work: Allegro, Lento, Presto, Adagio, Pre...

Commissioned by Music at Malling and first performed on 23 April 2022 in Malling Abbey, Kent, by Chamber Domaine, conducted by Thomas Kemp.

Capriccio for Bassoon and Strings was commissioned by Music at Malling. The first performance was given on 24 September 2021 in St. Mary's Church, West Malling, Kent, by Adam MacKenzie (bassoon) and C...

These three very short pieces each duet lasts just over one minute were written in the summer of 2017. The tempi are fast/slow/fast and both instruments have equal roles.

Tzigane, meaning gypsy was inspired by gypsy lore and music, and by the late romantic use of these traditions. Elias was stimulated by 'The Wind on the Heath', an anthology of writings by and about gy...

Brian Elias' Fantasia for Violin and Piano. This work was commissioned by Madeleine Mitchell with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was first performed on 2nd June 1986, at...

Three Scherzi for violin and piano follow closely the Minuet and Trio form used so often for lighter movements in eighteenth and early nineteenth century sonatas and symphonies. In each piece, the Min...

The Cello Concerto is in four main sections that are played without a break. As with most of my work, the music throughout is generated from the ideas presented in the fi rst few bars, and these ideas...

Brian Elias' Song for Medium Voice and Hurdy-Gurdy. Composed in 1986.