Jonathan Dove
Few composers working today have embraced the modern opera house as consistently and successfully as Jonathan Dove. His incomparable catalogue of more than twenty diverse operatic works is indicative of a practical and lively theatrical mind, steeped in operatic experience. In all his music, Dove has a strong desire to communicate, to entertain, and to provoke transformative experiences. His musical language is at once immediately appreciated by listeners new to the concert hall and has provided performers, audiences and directors with rich possibilities for interpretation; several of his major operatic works have been performed in multiple productions all over the world, and his list of commissioners includes some of the world's greatest musicians. He is one of the only living composers able to write successful comic opera, to sustain a company through 150 performances of a single opera, or to captivate a million viewers with a single performance.
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Works
Title | Year | Description | Duration | Composer |
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Tribute to The Queen Mother, A | 2002 | orchestra | 9 | Jonathan Dove |
The Ringing Isle (symphonic wind band) | 2002 | symphonic wind band | 6 | Jonathan Dove |
The Ringing Isle (full orchestra) | 1997 | Fanfare for orchestra | 6 | Jonathan Dove |
The Ringing Isle (chamber orchestra) | 1997 | Fanfare for chamber orchestra | 6 | Jonathan Dove |
Ecce Beatam Lucem | 1997 | double SATB choir and organ | 6 | Jonathan Dove |
Into thy Hands | 1996 | unaccompanied SATB choir | 6 | Jonathan Dove |
Seaside Postcards | 1995 | Two seascapes based on traditional songs of the sea for children's voices and orchestra | 15 | Jonathan Dove |
Who Killed Cock Robin? | 1995 | a fable for unaccompanied choir | 7 | Jonathan Dove |
Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars | 1995 | double SATB choir and organ | 7 | Jonathan Dove |
Figures in the Garden | 1991 | Serenade for wind octet | 17 | Jonathan Dove |
Wellcome, all Wonders in One Sight! | 1990 | unaccompanied double SATB choir | 4 | Jonathan Dove |
Fairest Isle | Jonathan Dove | |||
Breadline | Incidental music for TV | Jonathan Dove | ||
Carlo Scarpa | TV documentary | Jonathan Dove |