Thea Musgrave at 100: Chamber
Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1966) 14 min
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A piece for five players, in homage to Charles Ives.
Space Play (1974) 19 min
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A concerto for nine instruments, intended to be performed without a conductor.
Thea Musgrave's bracing Space Play, given without a conductor...the energy and precision were startling…a lucid model of instrumental role play and surefooted musical drama. — Andrew Clements, The Guardian
Voices from the Ancient World (1998) 15 min
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Each of six sections corresponds to a figure from classical mythology.
Lamenting with Ariadne (1999) 16 min
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Mythological Ariadne is represented by a solo viola in this programmatic work for eight players.
Power Play (2015) 7 min
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Power Play is a musical portrait of the Energy Hall at the Science Museum, London.
Elegy (1970) 8 min
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It grew from one simple, initial idea, a rather sombre chord heard at the outset. But this soon leads to a more dramatic and virtuosic style of music, mostly written in a freer type of notation, to encourage the two performers to play in a more soloistic way. — Thea Musgrave
Sir Patrick Spens (1961) 7 min
tenor, guitar
A short work originally commissioned by Sir Peter Pears and Julian Bream.
Music for Horn and Piano (1967) 9 min
horn, pf
A short and dramatic piece written for Barry Tuckwell and Margaret Kitchin.
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