Work list Alexander Goehr

1 work list

1.1 chronology
1.2 suggested work list genre

1.2.1 chamber
1.2.2 vocal
1.2.3 orchestral
1.2.4 opera


1.3 discography

work list
chronology

1951: songs of babel
1952: sonata piano, op. 2
1954: fantasias clarinet , piano, op. 3
1957: capriccio piano, op. 6
1957-8: deluge, op. 7
1959: variations flute , piano, op. 8; 4 songs japanese, op. 9; sutter s gold, op. 10
1956–57: string quartet no. 1
1959–61: hecuba s lament, op. 12
1961: suite, op. 11
1961–62: violin concerto, op. 13
1962: 2 choruses, op. 14
1963: virtutes, cycle of 9 songs , melodramas; little symphony, op. 15; little music strings, op. 16
1964: 5 poems , epigram of william blake, op. 17; 3 pieces piano, op. 18
1965: pastorals, op. 19
1966: piano trio, op. 20; arden must die (opera), op. 21
1966–67: warngedichte (for mezzo-soprano , piano), op. 22
1967: 3 pieces arden must die, op. 21a; string quartet no. 2, op. 23
1968: romanza cello , orchestra, op. 24; naboth s vineyard, op. 25
1969: konzertstück, op. 26; nonomiya, op. 27; paraphrase clarinet, op. 28; symphony in 1 movement, op. 29
1970: shadowplay, op. 30; concerto eleven, op. 32
1971: sonata jerusalem, op. 31
1972: piano concerto, op. 33
1973–74: chaconne wind, op. 34
1974: lyric pieces, op. 35; metamorphosis/dance, op. 36
1976: string quartet no. 3, op. 37; psalm iv, op. 38a; fugue on notes of psalm iv, op. 38b
1977: romanza on notes of psalm iv, op. 38c
1979: babylon great fallen (cantata), op. 40; chaconne organ, op. 34a; das gesetz der quadrille, op. 41; sinfonia, op. 42
1981: deux etudes, op. 43; behold sun (dramatic scena), op. 44a
1985: behold sun (opera); ...a musical offering (j.s.b. 1985)..., op. 46; 2 imitations of baudelaire, op. 47
1986: symphony chaconne, op. 48
1988: eve dreams in paradise, op. 49; ...in real time, op. 50
1990: sing ariel, op. 51; string quartet no. 4, op. 52
1992: death of moses (cantata), op. 53; colossos or panic orchestra, op. 55
1993: mouse metamorphosed maid unaccompanied voice, op. 54
1995: arianna, op. 58
1996: schlussgesang orchestra, op. 61; quintet 5 objects darkly, op. 62
1996: 3 songs, op. 60
1997: idées fixes ensemble, op. 63; sur terre, en l air, op. 64
1999: kantan , damask drum
2000: piano quintet, op. 69; suite, op. 70
2002: ...a second musical offering, op. 71; ...around stravinsky, op. 72; symmetry disorders reach piano, op. 73
2003: marching carcassonne, op. 74; adagio (autoporträt), op. 75
2004: dark days, op. 76
2005: fantasie, op. 77
2006: broken lute, op. 78
2008: since brass, nor stone..., fantasy string quartet , percussion, op. 80; manere, duo clarinet , violin, op. 81; overture ensemble, op. 82
2008–09: promised end, opera in twenty-four preludes (scenes) words shakespeare s king lear, op. 83
2009: broken psalm mixed choir (satb) , organ, op. 84
2010: turmmusik (tower music) 2 clarinets, brass , strings baritone solo, op. 85
2011: when adam fell orchestra

suggested work list genre
chamber

suite, op. 11
string quartet no. 2, op. 23
string quartet no. 3, op. 37
...a musical offering (j.s.b. 1985)..., op. 46
quintet 5 objects darkly, op. 62
idées fixes ensemble, op. 63
since brass, nor stone..., fantasy string quartet , percussion, op. 80

vocal

the deluge (cantata), op. 7
psalm iv, op. 38a
das gesetz der quadrille, op. 41
sing ariel (cantata), op. 51
the death of moses (cantata), op. 53
three songs, op. 60

orchestral

little symphony, op. 15
symphony in 1 movement, op. 29
metamorphosis/dance, op. 36
sinfonia, op. 42
symphony chaconne, op. 48
colossos or panic, op. 55
schlussgesang, op. 61

opera

arden must die
behold sun
arianna, op. 58
kantan , damask drum
promised end

discography

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