Michael Murray

Compositions


Note: All audio files are in mp3 format.

Nurse's Song (for Pearl Yeadon) (2008)
SATB Chorus
Nether Music (2008)
viola, cello, bass
I. Allegro energetico
II. Tranquillissimo
III. Presto
IV. Allegro
Songs of War (1996/revised 2007)
baritone, string quartet
1. A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak
2. In the Prison Pen
3. War Is Kind
Four Songs of Solomon (2007)
tenor and orchestra
I. Oh, You Are Beautiful
II. Beautiful As Tirzah
III. Your Love Is Beautiful
IV. How Beautiful
Fantasia Concertante on Old American Tunes (2004)
solo viola, piano, string orchestra
I. Wondrous
II. Fly
III. Plenty
The Wild Winds Weep (2004)
soprano, horn, piano
I. To a Child dancing in the Wind (Yeats)
II. Nightpiece (Joyce)
III. Mad Song (Blake)
What Is It For? (2003)
trumpet, organ
I. Prelude
II. Elegy
III. Chaos
Translations (2002) (incidental music for theater)
synthesized sound, soprano, bodhrain
After the Fall (2002)
SATB choir
I. After the Fall
II. We
III. Changing Home
Blindness (2002) (incidental music for theater)
synthesized sound, soprano, piano
audio excerpts:
radio song
the Minister's speech
rape
Five Blake Songs (2001)
soprano, clarinet
I. The Smile
II. I heard an Angel singing
III. The Fly
IV. Holy Thursday
V. The Little Vagabond
The Tempest (2000) (incidental music for theater)
tenor, SSA choir, tape
Drei lebendes bilder (2000)
soprano, violin, cello
I. Ich liege wo am Wegrand
II. Leb wohl, Frau Welt
III. Wie grau es auch regnet
Psalm 92 (1999)
baritone solo, SATB chorus, orchestra
On the Beach at Night Alone (1999)
soprano, tenor, piano
The Lover Mourns (1998)
tenor, horn, viola
I. He Tells of a Valley Full of Lovers
II. The Lover Tells of the Rose in his Heart
III. The Lover Mourns for the Loss of Love
An Unforeseen Remedy (1997)
marimba solo
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Two Crane Songs (1996)
SATB chorus
I. Should the Wide World
II. In a Place of Blackness
Blackened Variations #2 (1996)
computer-generated tape
Come, thou Holy Spirit (1996)
SAB chorus, organ
Variance in a Box (1995)
multi-media installation
Agnus Dei (1994)
SATB chorus
Dialectic/Teem Spirit (1994)
collaborative gallery installation
String Quintet (1992)
two violins, two violas, cello
In The Penal Colony (1990-92)
chamber opera, based on the story by Franz Kafka
Three Tableaus for Solo Viola (1991-94)
 
Communion (1990)
vibraphone, viola, cello
Rhubarb (1989)
viola, computer-controlled synthesizer
Five Movements for Brass Quintet (1989)
two trumpets, horn ,trombone, tuba
Three Joyce Songs (1988)
soprano, oboe, viola, piano
Music for Three (1988)
flute, clarinet, marimba/xylophone
Two Songs (1988)
alto, flute, clarinet, violin, cello
Festive Overture (1987)
orchestra
Sextet (1986)
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello
Piano Sonata (1985)
 
Kingfisher (1984)
soprano, piano

Michael Murray