STEVIE WISHART | COMPOSER
Please contact us for purchase or hire of all Stevie Wishart's Scores
C O M P L E T E W O R K S - CHRONOLOGY
STEVIE WISHART Chronology of MUSIC COMPOSITIONS with scores and performance information
⨀ available on CD
BBC Proms Commission "The last dance?" - a Baroque tango, 2019
A new work written as an accompanying piece to one of Bach's Suites
To be performed by John Butt and the Dunedin Consort in their Bach Night as part of the 2019 BBC Proms in celebration of the centenary of Sir Henry Wood
Voicing The Dawn, 2019
Commissioned by Ex Cathedra for vocal consort or chorus
Composed in collaboration with sound engineer Ruben Nachtegaele
Weft and Warp, 2019
For hurdy-gurdy, violin, and piano, with qanun and percussion
Proem, Prelude & Fugue (Soul of a Woman), 2018
Solo piano, written for Joanna MacGregor
Sultry Songs, 2017-18
Music specially created for Barbara Raes’s (T)here & Here exhibition at the Europalia Arts Festival ‘Indonesia’, Bozar, Brussels, 10th October 2017 - 21st January 2018. For the opening for press and VIPs, including the King of Belgium, we performed Sultry Songs, which has three components: acapella songs for 4 voices, solo hurdy-gurdy improvisations based upon gamelan music and medieval chant, and the sound-track which I composed for the video based upon minimal mechanical sounds of the hurdy-gurdy.
En Fugue, 2017
Music sound-track for - A Light's Travelogue by Els van Riel (funded by the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds), Brussels
Instrumentation: hurdy-gurdy played (bowed) with off-cuts of film, July 2017
‘Gloam’ solo Hurdy-gurdy music composed and improvised on the duskish cusp of music and noise, 2017
Recorded July, 2017 and currently in progress for vinyl and CD release 2018
Out of the Mists, 2017
for harpsichord and piano 3rd August 2017
A tone poem for harpsichord and piano inspired by the mists of the River Dart
World premiere performed by Joanna Macgregor - piano, Jane Chapman - harpsichord
⨀ Strahlender Himmel, 2017
for soprano and piano 2017
Commissioned in honour of Helen Buchholtz, by Danielle Roster, Cid Femme, Luxembourg.
⨀ The Henric Songs, 2013-16
Incidental songs from Literair filmconcert ‘HENRIC’ for solo or duo alto voice and instrumental accompaniment
2013-2016
Literary film-concert / Een literair filmconcert.
Co-composed with Gerrit Valckenaers for the writer Elvis Peeters, video by Jan Weynants Commissioned by the Festival van Vlaanderen, Belgium
i. In den zî, daz die rôsen (solo alto & solo instrument accompaniment)
ii. Diu minne betwanc Salomône (2 altos & solo instrument accompaniment)
iii. Als dan de vogels vrolijk Zingen (2 altos & solo instrument accompaniment)
iv. Het hebben die kalde nechte gedaan (solo alto & solo instrument accompaniment)
On texts by Henic van Valdeke (c.1150–1210)
Between Cities in Sound (Eurostar), 2016
a tone-poem. April 2016
Instrumentation: soprano, Bb clarinet & bass clarinet, harp, double-bass.
Commissioned by the Hermes Ensemble for their Metropolis project.
Premier April 19 2016 for The Park Lane Group, St John’s Smith Square, London
Stillness, 2016
live music performed and improvised on solo hurdy-gurdy
To conclude Nik Gaffney's photographic explorations of Stillness and the beginning of our year-long transiency at FoAM Brussels, we invite you to join us for a unique event. Stillness was a year long series of experiments with ethereality, materiality and time. Prints and books from the series will be presented together for the first time in the FoAM Studio with atmospheric textures by Stevie Wishart, Maja Kuzmanovic and Rasa Alksnyte. Feb. 7. 2016
Rough with the Smooth - Concerto for double bass and orchestra in the form of a concerto grosso, 2015
For string orchestra, harp, theorbo, harpsichord, commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, premiered in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, May 2015.
⨀ Songs for Yuletide & Christentide, 2014-15
for upper-voice choir 2014-2015
i. Of Mary, a maide/ Te Deum Laudamus for 3-part upper-voice choir/choristers
ii. Lets be merry as bird on berry for 4-part upper-voice choir/ choristers
iii. Lullaby for Freya (after the Scottish Gaelic Christmas carol Tàladh ar Slànaigheir (the Lullaby of our Saviour) for 4-part upper-voice choir/choristers
Commissioned by St Catharine’s Girls’ Choir, University of Cambridge.
⨀ Happy Song, for three upper-voices, 2014
Commissioned by Voice, London
The Seasons - Cantata, 2013-14
for SATB choir, 2013/2014
i. Winter. Text from the poem Carol by Rowan Williams (with permission), for SATB choir
ii. Autumn. Text from the poem Autumn by Siegfried Sassoon, for SATB choir, CT, A, T soloists, strings orchestra/ensemble, 2 pianos.
iii. Summer. Text from Summer Song by Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924). SATB Choir & semi-choir
iv. Spring. Text from Dayspring by Trevor Blakemore (1879 - 1953).
For SATB Choir, tenor solo, soloists/semi-choir and string orchestra/ensemble (with thanks to Robin Zebaida).
Commissioned by the Ipswich Choral Society. Premiere by the Ipswich Choral Society, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 2014, with special thanks to Maureen Fell.
Each movement may be performed separately.
⨀ Vesperae S. Hildegardis - Vespers for St. Hildegard, 2012-13
for SATB choir, soloists/semi-choir (S,A,T), hand-bells, carillon, percussion, harp and organ 2012/2013. Also available, version for SATB choir and organ.
Commissioned for the York Early Music Festival & Decca
i. Introitus: Sancta Prelude & Karitas habundat
ii. Invitatorium: Deus in adiutorium
iii. Antiphona: O virtus sapientie
iv. Psalmus CIX: Dixit Dominus tertii toni
v. O Virtus Sapientie alio modo
vi. Antiphona: O Beata Infantia
vii. Psalmus CXI: Beatus Vir septimi toni
viii. O beata infantia alio modo
ix. Antiphona: Nunc gaudeant
x. Psalmus CX: Confitebor tibi octavi toni
xi. Antiphona: O successores
xii. Psalmus CXII: Laudate pueri secundi toni
xiii. O successores alio modo
xiv. Capitulum: Proverbia IX, v.1
xv. Responsorium: O quam preciosa
xvi. Hymnus: Iste confessor
xvii. Antiphona: O frondens virga
xviii. Magnificat primi toni
xix. O frondens Virga alio modo
xx. Commemoratio: O doctor optime
xxi. Conclusio: Deo gratias
⨀ O Choruscans Lux on a cantus firmus by Hildegard of Bingen, 2012
version1: Three upper-voices with optional SATB Choir
version 2: Three upper-voices (solo or semi-choir)
Commissioned by the Southbank Centre for Voice. Premiere by Voice at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, March 2012
Canti del Paradiso for 3 upper voices, small-harp and hurdy-gurdy, 2012
i. The song of Beatrice
ii. Credo
iii. Danza dei santi
on texts from Dante's Il canto xxiv del paradiso
Commissioned for La Fede di Dante – il canto xxiv del paradiso, at the Chiesa del Gesu, Rome in the presence of His Eminence Cardinal Ravasi Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura of the Vatican, Rome (and live for RAI TV).
Out of this World, 2011
for SATB Choir, 2011
i. O Verbum Patris, (T,B) 7'
ii. O Fili dilectissime, (S,A) 2'30
iii. O factura Dei, (S,A,T,B) 6'
iv. O eterne Deus, (S,A,T,B with additional high voices) 7'30
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Singers, premiered in the BBC PROMS on 27 August 2011 at the Cadogan Hall, performed by the BBC Singers and Sinfonye.
Each movement may be performed separately.
Prelude La Folie d’Erasmus, for solo viola d gamba, 2011
From a music-theatre miniature for reciter-vocalist, cello, viola da gamba, and hurdy-gurdy.
Commissioned to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first edition of L’Éloge de la Folie d’Erasme by the Erasmushuis, Brussels. Premiere by Stevie Wishart with Sergei Istomin and Catherine Jauniaux at Erasmushuis, Brussels, 2011.
Frozen Particles version for Viola, 2010
Solo viola Commissioned by q-o2, Brussels, Belgium
Premiered by Julia Eckhardt, Netwerk, Aalst, 2010
Instrumentation: solo viola and tape
⨀ Ploschinantz, 2010
for solo soprano and hurdy-gurdy (or viola)
Commissioned by Fo.am, Brussels
Viriditas, 2009
A music piece especially composed for the formal reception for FoAM, nadine and gRig (the Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators), a society of people exploring the realities emerging from mixing art, science and technology.
Performed by Stevie Wishart - hurdy-gurdy and alto, and Penelope Turner - soprano and cello, with a solo by an archer from Grand Serment Royal et de Saint-Georges des Arbalétriers de Bruxelles, Impasse du Borgendael - Koningsplein 7-9 Place Royale, 1000 Brussels. 8.30 - 11p.m October 30, 2009.
The premiere of Stevie Wishart’s Viriditas, a musical pece for two voices, hurdy-gurdy and cello. The performance is based on Hildegard von Bingen’s Lingua Ignota and her vision of Viriditas, the greening energy behind all life.
http://grig.info/viriditas
The performance will be followed by a guided tour of Saint George’s guild-hall and initiation into the guild. With: Stevie Wishart & Penelope Turner, members of the Saint George's Guild.
http://www.arbaletriers-saintgeorges.be October
https://fo.am/grig_froesjels/
⨀ Frozen Particles for solo violin and pre-recorded violin sound-transformations, 2008
(part of Sound of Gesture: 10 solos for violin and pre-recorded violin sound-transformations, ongoing for publication July 2016) Commissioned as part of residencies at the ZKM in Karlsruhe and Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Reduction String Quartet, 2008
Allegretto con fuoco String Quartet, 2008
Commissioned as part of Sense Dance & Music project for Ipswich Schools, by Wayne Mcgregor & members of Britten Sinfonia, Ipswich 2008
⨀ The Myth Of Europa, opera-miniature for female singer, piano, theorbo, hurdy gurdy, 2007
Arrow, 2005
for Counter-tenor solo, Organ, and Strings 2005
Commissioned by Augsburg, Pax Festival (Germany). Premiered August 2005. With special thanks to Thomas Hoeft.
⨀ Iced, 2004-05
for chamber orchestra, theremin and live computer-generated sound, sound-transformation and multi-speaker sound-diffusion, 2004. Commissioned by Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Belgium and Art Zoyd, Transfrontalier de Productions et de Créations Musicales, Valenciennes & Brussels 2004-2005.
⨀ Island Universes, 2004
for instrumental ensemble: viola, alto flute, bass clarinet, Tuba, harp, live sound transformation on LexP5 and the mechanical sounds of four slide projectors. With visuals by Ludo Engels: 35mm slides using the four projectors working as cross-faded pairs being projected onto two screens, 2004.
Commissioned by the new music group Q02 in Brussels with funds from the Flemish Government, in production with Concertgebouw, Bruges, and De Singel, Antwerp.
⨀ Illuminations, for String Orchestra, 2003
Commissioned by the Ten Tors Orchestra, England, with funds from South-West Arts, UK and the Chard Festival of Women in Music. Premiered by the Ten Tors Orchestra, conducted by Simon Ible, at Holyrood Hall, Chard on 1st June, 2003. With special thanks to Angela Willes and Simon Ible.
⨀ Azeruz for Three-part upper voices with optional instrumental accompaniment, 1997
⨀ Subrosa for upper-voice choir, 1997
i. Secret spaces
ii. Twisted values in a hidden world
iii. Moniso
Commission by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, director Richard Vendome with funds from the Foundation for Sports and Arts, UK. Premiered Mansfield College Chapel, Oxford, December 2001. With special thanks to Richard Vendome.
⨀ available on CD
BBC Proms Commission "The last dance?" - a Baroque tango, 2019
A new work written as an accompanying piece to one of Bach's Suites
To be performed by John Butt and the Dunedin Consort in their Bach Night as part of the 2019 BBC Proms in celebration of the centenary of Sir Henry Wood
Voicing The Dawn, 2019
Commissioned by Ex Cathedra for vocal consort or chorus
Composed in collaboration with sound engineer Ruben Nachtegaele
Weft and Warp, 2019
For hurdy-gurdy, violin, and piano, with qanun and percussion
Proem, Prelude & Fugue (Soul of a Woman), 2018
Solo piano, written for Joanna MacGregor
Sultry Songs, 2017-18
Music specially created for Barbara Raes’s (T)here & Here exhibition at the Europalia Arts Festival ‘Indonesia’, Bozar, Brussels, 10th October 2017 - 21st January 2018. For the opening for press and VIPs, including the King of Belgium, we performed Sultry Songs, which has three components: acapella songs for 4 voices, solo hurdy-gurdy improvisations based upon gamelan music and medieval chant, and the sound-track which I composed for the video based upon minimal mechanical sounds of the hurdy-gurdy.
En Fugue, 2017
Music sound-track for - A Light's Travelogue by Els van Riel (funded by the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds), Brussels
Instrumentation: hurdy-gurdy played (bowed) with off-cuts of film, July 2017
‘Gloam’ solo Hurdy-gurdy music composed and improvised on the duskish cusp of music and noise, 2017
Recorded July, 2017 and currently in progress for vinyl and CD release 2018
Out of the Mists, 2017
for harpsichord and piano 3rd August 2017
A tone poem for harpsichord and piano inspired by the mists of the River Dart
World premiere performed by Joanna Macgregor - piano, Jane Chapman - harpsichord
⨀ Strahlender Himmel, 2017
for soprano and piano 2017
Commissioned in honour of Helen Buchholtz, by Danielle Roster, Cid Femme, Luxembourg.
⨀ The Henric Songs, 2013-16
Incidental songs from Literair filmconcert ‘HENRIC’ for solo or duo alto voice and instrumental accompaniment
2013-2016
Literary film-concert / Een literair filmconcert.
Co-composed with Gerrit Valckenaers for the writer Elvis Peeters, video by Jan Weynants Commissioned by the Festival van Vlaanderen, Belgium
i. In den zî, daz die rôsen (solo alto & solo instrument accompaniment)
ii. Diu minne betwanc Salomône (2 altos & solo instrument accompaniment)
iii. Als dan de vogels vrolijk Zingen (2 altos & solo instrument accompaniment)
iv. Het hebben die kalde nechte gedaan (solo alto & solo instrument accompaniment)
On texts by Henic van Valdeke (c.1150–1210)
Between Cities in Sound (Eurostar), 2016
a tone-poem. April 2016
Instrumentation: soprano, Bb clarinet & bass clarinet, harp, double-bass.
Commissioned by the Hermes Ensemble for their Metropolis project.
Premier April 19 2016 for The Park Lane Group, St John’s Smith Square, London
Stillness, 2016
live music performed and improvised on solo hurdy-gurdy
To conclude Nik Gaffney's photographic explorations of Stillness and the beginning of our year-long transiency at FoAM Brussels, we invite you to join us for a unique event. Stillness was a year long series of experiments with ethereality, materiality and time. Prints and books from the series will be presented together for the first time in the FoAM Studio with atmospheric textures by Stevie Wishart, Maja Kuzmanovic and Rasa Alksnyte. Feb. 7. 2016
Rough with the Smooth - Concerto for double bass and orchestra in the form of a concerto grosso, 2015
For string orchestra, harp, theorbo, harpsichord, commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, premiered in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, May 2015.
⨀ Songs for Yuletide & Christentide, 2014-15
for upper-voice choir 2014-2015
i. Of Mary, a maide/ Te Deum Laudamus for 3-part upper-voice choir/choristers
ii. Lets be merry as bird on berry for 4-part upper-voice choir/ choristers
iii. Lullaby for Freya (after the Scottish Gaelic Christmas carol Tàladh ar Slànaigheir (the Lullaby of our Saviour) for 4-part upper-voice choir/choristers
Commissioned by St Catharine’s Girls’ Choir, University of Cambridge.
⨀ Happy Song, for three upper-voices, 2014
Commissioned by Voice, London
The Seasons - Cantata, 2013-14
for SATB choir, 2013/2014
i. Winter. Text from the poem Carol by Rowan Williams (with permission), for SATB choir
ii. Autumn. Text from the poem Autumn by Siegfried Sassoon, for SATB choir, CT, A, T soloists, strings orchestra/ensemble, 2 pianos.
iii. Summer. Text from Summer Song by Edith Nesbit (1858 – 1924). SATB Choir & semi-choir
iv. Spring. Text from Dayspring by Trevor Blakemore (1879 - 1953).
For SATB Choir, tenor solo, soloists/semi-choir and string orchestra/ensemble (with thanks to Robin Zebaida).
Commissioned by the Ipswich Choral Society. Premiere by the Ipswich Choral Society, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 2014, with special thanks to Maureen Fell.
Each movement may be performed separately.
⨀ Vesperae S. Hildegardis - Vespers for St. Hildegard, 2012-13
for SATB choir, soloists/semi-choir (S,A,T), hand-bells, carillon, percussion, harp and organ 2012/2013. Also available, version for SATB choir and organ.
Commissioned for the York Early Music Festival & Decca
i. Introitus: Sancta Prelude & Karitas habundat
ii. Invitatorium: Deus in adiutorium
iii. Antiphona: O virtus sapientie
iv. Psalmus CIX: Dixit Dominus tertii toni
v. O Virtus Sapientie alio modo
vi. Antiphona: O Beata Infantia
vii. Psalmus CXI: Beatus Vir septimi toni
viii. O beata infantia alio modo
ix. Antiphona: Nunc gaudeant
x. Psalmus CX: Confitebor tibi octavi toni
xi. Antiphona: O successores
xii. Psalmus CXII: Laudate pueri secundi toni
xiii. O successores alio modo
xiv. Capitulum: Proverbia IX, v.1
xv. Responsorium: O quam preciosa
xvi. Hymnus: Iste confessor
xvii. Antiphona: O frondens virga
xviii. Magnificat primi toni
xix. O frondens Virga alio modo
xx. Commemoratio: O doctor optime
xxi. Conclusio: Deo gratias
⨀ O Choruscans Lux on a cantus firmus by Hildegard of Bingen, 2012
version1: Three upper-voices with optional SATB Choir
version 2: Three upper-voices (solo or semi-choir)
Commissioned by the Southbank Centre for Voice. Premiere by Voice at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, March 2012
Canti del Paradiso for 3 upper voices, small-harp and hurdy-gurdy, 2012
i. The song of Beatrice
ii. Credo
iii. Danza dei santi
on texts from Dante's Il canto xxiv del paradiso
Commissioned for La Fede di Dante – il canto xxiv del paradiso, at the Chiesa del Gesu, Rome in the presence of His Eminence Cardinal Ravasi Presidente del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura of the Vatican, Rome (and live for RAI TV).
Out of this World, 2011
for SATB Choir, 2011
i. O Verbum Patris, (T,B) 7'
ii. O Fili dilectissime, (S,A) 2'30
iii. O factura Dei, (S,A,T,B) 6'
iv. O eterne Deus, (S,A,T,B with additional high voices) 7'30
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Singers, premiered in the BBC PROMS on 27 August 2011 at the Cadogan Hall, performed by the BBC Singers and Sinfonye.
Each movement may be performed separately.
Prelude La Folie d’Erasmus, for solo viola d gamba, 2011
From a music-theatre miniature for reciter-vocalist, cello, viola da gamba, and hurdy-gurdy.
Commissioned to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first edition of L’Éloge de la Folie d’Erasme by the Erasmushuis, Brussels. Premiere by Stevie Wishart with Sergei Istomin and Catherine Jauniaux at Erasmushuis, Brussels, 2011.
Frozen Particles version for Viola, 2010
Solo viola Commissioned by q-o2, Brussels, Belgium
Premiered by Julia Eckhardt, Netwerk, Aalst, 2010
Instrumentation: solo viola and tape
⨀ Ploschinantz, 2010
for solo soprano and hurdy-gurdy (or viola)
Commissioned by Fo.am, Brussels
Viriditas, 2009
A music piece especially composed for the formal reception for FoAM, nadine and gRig (the Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators), a society of people exploring the realities emerging from mixing art, science and technology.
Performed by Stevie Wishart - hurdy-gurdy and alto, and Penelope Turner - soprano and cello, with a solo by an archer from Grand Serment Royal et de Saint-Georges des Arbalétriers de Bruxelles, Impasse du Borgendael - Koningsplein 7-9 Place Royale, 1000 Brussels. 8.30 - 11p.m October 30, 2009.
The premiere of Stevie Wishart’s Viriditas, a musical pece for two voices, hurdy-gurdy and cello. The performance is based on Hildegard von Bingen’s Lingua Ignota and her vision of Viriditas, the greening energy behind all life.
http://grig.info/viriditas
The performance will be followed by a guided tour of Saint George’s guild-hall and initiation into the guild. With: Stevie Wishart & Penelope Turner, members of the Saint George's Guild.
http://www.arbaletriers-saintgeorges.be October
https://fo.am/grig_froesjels/
⨀ Frozen Particles for solo violin and pre-recorded violin sound-transformations, 2008
(part of Sound of Gesture: 10 solos for violin and pre-recorded violin sound-transformations, ongoing for publication July 2016) Commissioned as part of residencies at the ZKM in Karlsruhe and Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Reduction String Quartet, 2008
Allegretto con fuoco String Quartet, 2008
Commissioned as part of Sense Dance & Music project for Ipswich Schools, by Wayne Mcgregor & members of Britten Sinfonia, Ipswich 2008
⨀ The Myth Of Europa, opera-miniature for female singer, piano, theorbo, hurdy gurdy, 2007
Arrow, 2005
for Counter-tenor solo, Organ, and Strings 2005
Commissioned by Augsburg, Pax Festival (Germany). Premiered August 2005. With special thanks to Thomas Hoeft.
⨀ Iced, 2004-05
for chamber orchestra, theremin and live computer-generated sound, sound-transformation and multi-speaker sound-diffusion, 2004. Commissioned by Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Belgium and Art Zoyd, Transfrontalier de Productions et de Créations Musicales, Valenciennes & Brussels 2004-2005.
⨀ Island Universes, 2004
for instrumental ensemble: viola, alto flute, bass clarinet, Tuba, harp, live sound transformation on LexP5 and the mechanical sounds of four slide projectors. With visuals by Ludo Engels: 35mm slides using the four projectors working as cross-faded pairs being projected onto two screens, 2004.
Commissioned by the new music group Q02 in Brussels with funds from the Flemish Government, in production with Concertgebouw, Bruges, and De Singel, Antwerp.
⨀ Illuminations, for String Orchestra, 2003
Commissioned by the Ten Tors Orchestra, England, with funds from South-West Arts, UK and the Chard Festival of Women in Music. Premiered by the Ten Tors Orchestra, conducted by Simon Ible, at Holyrood Hall, Chard on 1st June, 2003. With special thanks to Angela Willes and Simon Ible.
⨀ Azeruz for Three-part upper voices with optional instrumental accompaniment, 1997
⨀ Subrosa for upper-voice choir, 1997
i. Secret spaces
ii. Twisted values in a hidden world
iii. Moniso
Commission by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, director Richard Vendome with funds from the Foundation for Sports and Arts, UK. Premiered Mansfield College Chapel, Oxford, December 2001. With special thanks to Richard Vendome.
T : +44 (0) 141 404 7444 M : +44 (0) 7841 582 851 | E : info@loganartsmanagement.com | W : www.loganartsmanagement.com
