Thea Musgrave

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...

Songs For A Winter's Evening to poems by Robert Burns. Arranged for soprano and piano. Duration 21 minutes.

Make Ye Merry For Him That Is Come was commissioned by the London Co-operative Society Ltd in 1961, and dedicated to the British conductor and educator Graham Treacher (b. 1932). It is scored for Sopr...

Memento Creatoris, an anthem for SATB choir was comissioned by the BBC Transcription Service for the Aldeburgh Festival in 1967.

Thea Musgrave's O Caro M'e Il Sonno was first published in Musical Times supplement, December 1978. Arranged for SATB chorus the piece has a duration of approximately 2 minutes.

Musgrave's setting of The Lord's Prayer, for SATB and organ. Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists National Convention, San Francisco. Duration: 4 minutes.

Thea Musgrave's Collect for the Birth of John the Baptist for SATB.

This is the Vocal Score for The Voices Of Our Ancestors by Thea Musgrave. This work is scored for a chorus with soloists (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and Baritone) as well as a semi-chorus, drawn fr...

A setting of the final stanza of By the River by the New Zealand poet Mary Ursula Bethell. The river's flow, which is used as a metaphor for life's journey, is echoed in the music's gently swirling co...

Thea Musgrave's arrangement of the Anonymous 15th century text 'Adam Lay Ybounden' is scored for Children's Voices, SATB Choir and Piano, a performance of which lasts around 2 minutes.

Going North was commissioned by the Young People's Chorus of New York for 'Transient Glory, the Voices of Children', Francisco J. Nunez, artistic director. First performed at the Transient Glory Conce...

Excursions for piano duet are a group of eight short pieces written in 1965, and intended for children or those who are learning to play the piano.

This is a short work lasting only five minutes. It was written for Margaret Kitchen in 1960.

Cantilena was commissioned by the London Chamber Music Society to celebrate their move to King's Place in October 2008. First performed by Nicholas Daniel and members of the Chilingirian Quartet at K...

Arranged for Nicholas Daniel.

In Greek mythology Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion, King of Thebes. She unwisely boasted to Leto about her many sons and daughters. Leto, who only had two children, Apollo and A...

Primavera is a short virtuosic work for Flute and Coloratura Soprano. It was written in 1971, and premiered by Dorothy Dorow at her concert at the Zagreb Festival of Contemporary Music. It takes its l...

Chamber Concerto No 1 was written in the winter of 1961-62. It is scored for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola and cello. It is dedicated to Robin and Margaret Orr and wa...