Humphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle was a pioneer of twelve-tone music in Britain, whose distinctive work combines hyper-romantic rhetoric with a fastidious ear for instrumental colour.
Works
Title | Year | Description | Duration | Composer |
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Prelude, Nocturne and Chase | 1979 | four horns | 8 | Humphrey Searle |
Contemplations | 1975 | mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra | 20 | Humphrey Searle |
Five | 1974 | guitar | 19 | Humphrey Searle |
Kubla Khan | 1974 | tenor solo, SATB chorus and orchestra | 12 | Humphrey Searle |
Fantasia | 1972 | cello and piano | 10 | Humphrey Searle |
Cat Variations | 1971 | clarinet in A and piano | 6 | Humphrey Searle |
Labyrinth | 1971 | orchestra | 20 | Humphrey Searle |
Zodiac Variations | 1970 | small orchestra | 10 | Humphrey Searle |
Divertimento | 1970 | 7 clarinets | 6 | Humphrey Searle |
Sinfonietta | 1969 | chamber ensemble of 9 players | 18 | Humphrey Searle |
Hamlet Suite | 1968 | baritone and orchestra or orchestra alone | 15 | Humphrey Searle |
Hamlet | 1968 | opera in 3 acts | 155 | Humphrey Searle |
Oxus | 1967 | scena for high voice and orchestra | 6 | Humphrey Searle |
Little Hymn to Mary, A | 1966 | carol for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 3 | Humphrey Searle |
Prelude for Piano | 1965 | piano | 4 | Humphrey Searle |
The Canticle of the Rose | 1965 | unaccompanied double SATB chorus | 11 | Humphrey Searle |
Counting the Beats | 1963 | high voice and piano | 4 | Humphrey Searle |
Three Songs of Jocelyn Brooke | 1954 | high voice and ensemble of 13 players | 18 | Humphrey Searle |