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Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 Jul 1934 - 18 Apr 2022)

Male Person - United Kingdom

 Also known as (1)

Releases (4)

Official

Album

  1. The Fields of Sorrow / Verses for Ensembles / Nenia: The Death of Orpheus 09 Sep 2008
  2. Night's Black Bird / The Shadow of Night / The Cry of Anubis 16 May 2011
  3. The Triumph of Time 22 Jun 2012 (as Harrison Birtwistle)

Promotion

Album

  1. The Last Supper - Guide

Relationships (9)

Students

  1. Erika Fox
  2. Paul Newland
  3. Richard Hall
  4. Giles Swayne
  5. Naomi Pinnock composition

Conductor For

  1. The Fires of London (1967 - 1970)

Founded

  1. The Fires of London

Married

  1. Sheila Birtwistle (1958)

Children

  1. Adam Birtwistle

Recordings by (15)

  1. The Mask of Orpheus: Act III, Scene 2: Third Song of Magic (a) 0:34 (2006)
  2. The Mask of Orpheus: Eurydice Puppet / Eurydice Singer 2:31 (2006)
  3. The Ring Dance of the Nazarene 24:11 (17 Feb 2014)
  4. Three Latin Motets from 'The Last Supper': I. O bone Jesu 3:40 (17 Feb 2014)
  5. Three Latin Motets from 'The Last Supper': II. Pange lingua 2:49 (17 Feb 2014)
  6. Three Latin Motets from 'The Last Supper': III. In supremae nocte cenae 3:23 (17 Feb 2014)
  7. Carmen Paschale 5:48 (17 Feb 2014)
  8. Lullaby 2:07 (17 Feb 2014)
  9. On the Sheer Threshold of the Night 13:12 (17 Feb 2014)
  10. The Moth Requiem 18:31 (17 Feb 2014)
  11. Grimethorpe Aria 10:03 (15 Sep 2023)
  12. Introduction to the story and music 41:49 ()
  13. Harrison Birtwistle talks with Jonathon Cross about The Last Supper 11:51 ()
  14. Vision 1: The Crucifixion 4:54 ()
  15. Birtwistle in Context 12:09 ()

On Recordings (7)

Vocals

  1. Interview 3:14 Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Stephan Meier (01 Jun 2015) spoken vocals
  2. The Soldier's Tale: Part One: Airs by a Stream (Reprise) 4:18 Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Harriet Walter, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen (14 Apr 2017) spoken vocals
  3. The Soldier's Tale: Part One: Music for Scene 1. Airs by a Stream 6:51 George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Harriet Walter, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen (14 Apr 2017) spoken vocals
  4. The Soldier's Tale: Part Two: Royal March 7:14 George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Harriet Walter, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen (14 Apr 2017) spoken vocals
  5. The Soldier's Tale: Part One: Introduction. The Soldier's March 2:38 Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Harriet Walter, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen (14 Apr 2017) spoken vocals
  6. The Soldier's Tale: Part One: Music for Scene 2. Pastorale 4:54 George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen (14 Apr 2017) spoken vocals

Produced

  1. ...AGM... 27:10 Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez (1995)

Credited as (35)

  1. Sir Harrison Birtwistle
  2. Frank Bridge / Sir Harrison Birtwistle
  3. Harrison Birtwistle
  4. Birtwistle
  5. Birtwistle; Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
  6. Harrison Birtwistle; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
  7. Harrison Birtwistle; Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth
  8. Harrison Birtwistle; Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth, London Sinfonietta
  9. Sir Harrison Birtwistle; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös
  10. Stravinsky; Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Harriet Walter, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, George Benjamin
  11. Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Harriet Walter, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  12. George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Harriet Walter, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  13. George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
  14. Harrison Birtwistle; Claron McFadden, Arditti Quartet, Nash Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw
  15. Harrison Birtwistle; The London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth
  16. Harrison Birtwistle; Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, Stephen Roberts, David Wilson-Johnson, John Tomlinson, The London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
  17. Harrison Birtwistle; Galliard Ensemble, Richard Shaw
  18. Harrison Birtwistle; Nash Ensemble, Claron McFadden, Julia Watson, Martyn Brabbins
  19. Harrison Birtwistle; Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Till Fellner, Amy Freston, Roderick Williams
  20. Harrison Birtwistle; Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Percussion Group The Hague
  21. Birtwistle; Ensemble Modern, Brabbins, Valade, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Boulez
  22. Black Moth Super Rainbow / Belbury Poly / Ricardo Villalobos / AFX / Isolée / Mordant Music / Ducktails / Dolphins Into the Future / Oneohtrix Point Never / High Places / Henri Sauguet / Harrison Birtwistle / Lily Greenham / Animal Collective / Moon Wiring Club / The Advisory Circle / Sean McCann / The Focus Group / Gang Gang Dance / J Dilla / Blectum From Blechdom / Ariel Pink
  23. Sir Harrison Birtwistle; Alice Rossi, Das Neue Ensemble, Stefan Asbury, Kuss Quartet, Soloists of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
  24. Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Stephan Meier
  25. Sir Harrison Birtwistle; London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
  26. Sir Harrison Birtwistle; Arditti Quartet
  27. Sir Harrison Birtwistle; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Ryan Wigglesworth
  28. Frank Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Gustav Holst
  29. Helen Grime, Elliott Carter, Sir Harrison Birtwistle; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth
  30. Birtwistle, Jost, Roger, Arutiunian; Philippe Schartz, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen
  31. Harrison Birtwistle; Cleveland, Dohnányi, Harle, Clarvis, Davis, BBCSO
  32. Harrison Birtwistle; Nicolas Hodges, Claire Edwardes
  33. Peter Zinovieff, Harrison Birtwistle
  34. Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta / David Atherton, The Matrix / Alan Hacker, Jane Manning
  35. David Hackbridge Johnson, Michael Halstenson, Harrison Birtwistle, Edward Gregson, Robert Bernat, Jack Stamp, Ben Gaunt, Liz Lane; Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp, Ben Palmer

Works (223)

Arranged

  1. Ut heremita solus (1969)
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Composed

  1. Refrains and Choruses (1957)
  2. Chorales (1960 - 1963)
  3. Précis (1960)
  4. Three Movements with Fanfares (1964)
  5. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: X. Entr'acte III (2nd version) (1964)
  6. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XI. Cantus III (1964)
  7. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XII. Entr'acte V (2nd version) (1964)
  8. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XIII. Cantus IV (1964)
  9. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: XIV. Cantus V (1964)
  10. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: IV. (1964)
  11. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: V. (1964)
  12. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: VI. Untitled (1964)
  13. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: VII. Cantus I (1964)
  14. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: VIII. Entr'acte II (2nd version) (1964)
  15. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: IX. Cantus II (1964)
  16. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments (1964)
  17. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: I. (1964)
  18. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: II. (1964)
  19. Entr'actes and Sappho Fragments: III. (1964)
  20. Ring a Dumb Carillon (1964 - 1965)
  21. Tragoedia (1965)
  22. Tragoedia: I. Prologue (1965)
  23. Tragoedia: II. Paradox (1965)
  24. Tragoedia: III. Episodion: Strophe I - Anapaest I (1965)
  25. Tragoedia: IV. Antistrophe I (1965)
  26. Tragoedia: V. Stasimon (1965)
  27. Tragoedia: VI. Episodion: Strophe II - Anapaest II (1965)
  28. Tragoedia: VII. Antistrophe II (1965)
  29. Tragoedia: VIII. Exodos (1965)
  30. Verses (1965)
  31. Punch and Judy (1966 - 1967)
  32. Chorale from a Toy Shop (1967)
  33. Chorale from a Toy Shop (1967)
  34. Chorale from a Toy Shop (1967)
  35. Nomos (1967 - 1968)
  36. Linoi (1968)
  37. Verses for Ensembles (1968 - 1969)
  38. Down by the Greenwood Side (1968 - 1969)
  39. Meridian (1970 - 1971)
  40. Nenia: The Death of Orpheus (1970)
  41. Dinah and Nick's Love Song (1970)
  42. The Fields of Sorrow (1971 - 1972)
  43. The Triumph of Time (1971 - 1972)
  44. Sad Song (1971)
  45. Tombeau in memoriam Igor Stravinsky (1971)
  46. La Plage (1972)
  47. The Mask of Orpheus (1973 - 1984)
  48. Grimethorpe Aria (1973)
  49. For O, for O, the Hobby-Horse is Forgot (1976)
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Links (15)

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  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138915322

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Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/843041

Allmusic

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Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083803/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/36906604

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354335

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Biographies

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