Walter Wurzburger’s concerts with Kingston Philharmonia
Walter Wurzburger’s compositions 1941 to 1995
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There are also a number of instrumental studies and unfinished works
have been recorded.Where you see a
image,
you can click to play the track.Where you see a
image,
you can click to view and download the sheet music.Where you see a
image,
click to follow the link to a video recording.
Currently, these are all from the Performing the Jewish Archive project of the
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilThere are also a number of instrumental studies and unfinished works
| Opus | Year | Work | Inst | Ded |
| 1 | 1941 | Song: 'Vereinsamt' (Nietzsche) (also called 'Autumn') (plus sketches for orchestration [see also revision and orchestration Opus 53 (1991)]) First performed at (?) Kingston Liberal Synagogue, by Rachael Mills & Steven Corley 12-04-1997 | Voice and piano | Uwe Radok |
| 2 | 1940/1 | String Trio ([plus transcript of 3rd movt for keyboard]) First performed at the Gesprächkonzert in Berlin 24-04-2014 | 2 vlns & cello | |
| 3 | 1941 | String Quartet No 1 | ||
| 4 | 1941 | Quintet ('Five informal sketches') (plus some revisions 1976) | 2 tpt, 3 t sax | |
| - - | 1942 | Toccata and Fugue for Organ ((31/12/41-07/01/42)) | Uwe Radok | |
| - - | 1942 | Untitled keyboard piece | ||
| - - | 1942 | Untitled piece for tenor sax and piano (2 movements) | ||
| - - | 1943 | 3 part invention for keyboard | ||
| - - | 1943 | Passacaglia for Organ ((15/06/43)) | ||
| - - | 1943 | 3 exercises for keyboard: Allemande; Sonata entry of 1st & 2nd subj; Ground Bass | ||
| - - | 1943 | Suite for Orchestra ((1 movt complete in piano score, orchestration incomplete) (unfinished)) | ||
| - - | 1944 | ‘Another Uwe Radok Fugue on a familiar subject’ ((04/01/44)) | ||
| - - | - - | Passacaglia | ||
| - - | 1944 | Slow movement for keyboard | ||
| - - | 1944 | Piano Pieces ‘For Children’ numbers 3,5 & 6 | ||
| - - | 1944 | Sonata for keyboard (1st movement) | ||
| 6 | 1944 | String Quartet No 2 First performed at first modern performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, The Aylwin String Ensemble, 19.2.2000 30-11--0001 | ||
| 5 | 1946 | Wind Quintet ('Little Chamber Music') First performed at First perf Melbourne 1949/50) 30-11--0001 | (fl/cl/ob/hn/bn) | |
| - - | 1946 | Duo for Clarinet and Viola (unfinished) | ||
| 5a | 1946 | Piece for Clarinet and Piano | ||
| - - | 1947 | Fugue in 4 parts for keyboard | ||
| - - | 1947 | Untitled sketches for keyboard (unfinished) | ||
| - - | 1947/8 | Toccata for Organ | ||
| - - | - - | 3 untitled fugues for keyboard | ||
| - - | - - | Overture (sketches in piano score with indications for orchestration) (unfinished) | ||
| - - | - - | Sonata for Violin and Piano (unfinished) (mid 1940s) ([date based on paper used]) | ||
| - - | - - | String quartet movement sketch (1940s?) (unfinished) | ||
| - - | - - | Clarinet Quintet movements (1940s?) ((1 complete; 1 unfinished; 1 sketch)) | ||
| - - | - - | Trio for flute, clarinet and piano sketches (1940s?)(unfinished) | ||
| 7 | 1948 | Divertimento 3 movts First performed at First perf British Music Society, Melbourne 16-08-1949 | 2 cl & bn | |
| - - | 1948 | For Anne Gregory'(Yeats), song ([in 2 alternate keys]) First performed at First performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, Rachael Mills & Steven Corley, 12.04.97 30-11--0001 | voice and piano | |
| 8 | 1949 | Septet (1 movement) | fl/ob/cl/2vln/va/vc | |
| - - | 1949 | Trio for clar, vla and pno (unfinished) (also a second movt for same combination, 1951) | ||
| - - | 1950 | Sonata for unaccompanied viola (unfinished) | ||
| - - | 1951 | Clarinet studies (also some from c1955-6) (sketches) | ||
| - - | 1955/6 | Piano piece (2 movts) | ||
| 9 | 1960 | Trio (further revisions 1963) | cl/ob/bn | |
| 16 | 1960 | Movement for wind Septet ('Falmouth') | 2ob/cl/2hn/bn | |
| 17 | 1962 | Wind Septet 3 movts First performed at First perf Morley College, London, cond Peter Racine Fricker ?1964 30-11--0001 | ||
| - - | 1963 | String Quartet no 3 (unfinished - 2 movts) | ||
| - - | 1963 | Piece for oboe solo (4 short movts) | ||
| - - | 1963 | Piano piece (unfinished) | ||
| 14 | 1963/4 | Study for piano | ||
| 15 | 1964 | Dialogue for Clarinet and Piano | ||
| - - | 1965 | ‘Mosaic’ for orchestra (unfinished) (revised 1978,1980, 1986 (unfinished)) | ||
| - - | 1965 | Concertino for tenor saxophone & wind (unfinished) | ||
| 12 | 1965 | Study for Guitar First performed at First performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, Thomas Hartman, 12.04.97 30-11--0001 | ||
| - - | 1965 | 'Chance music' for 4 horns (unfinished) | ||
| 10 | 1965 | Two single movements for Horn Quartet (‘Jazz quartets for 4 horns’) | ||
| 11 | 1965 | Horn Quartet (revised 1973) | 4 horns | |
| - - | 1966 | Dallapiccola Variations | 2fl/2ob/CA/2cl/BCl/2Hn/2bn | |
| - - | 1966 | Piano piece (unfinished) | ||
| 13 | 1967 | 'The Plate' for voices and small orchestra | ||
| - - | 1966 | Reveille (written for Music Camp) | Oboe 2 Cl, Bass Cl & perc; also 1974 version for Oboe and 2 bassoons | |
| - - | 1966 | Study for Clarinet | ||
| 26 | 1967 | Double wind quintet 'Sequences' First performed at First perf Twickenham College of Technology 1967 30-11--0001 | Julie Friedeberger | |
| 18 | 1971 | Ensemble study 1 (ES1) (Originally titled ‘Occasional Piece 1’) | tpt/2 a sax/2 t sax | |
| 19 | 1971 | Ensemble study 2 ([published Janus
publ as ‘Fanfare – Toccata’]) First performed at First perf Morley College 30-11--0001 | ob/cl (originally tpt/sax) | |
| 29 | 1971 | Klavierstück 1 ((revised 1973) publ 1973 Thames Publishing) | ||
| - - | 1971 | Saxophone studies (numbers 6,7,8,10,11,13,14,15) | ||
| 20 | 1972 | Ensemble study 3 First performed at First perf Leighton House 30-11--0001 | 3cl or tpt/a sax/t sax | |
| 21 | 1972 | Ensemble study 4 ((ES 3&4 publ 1983 Janus Music as 2 bagatelles for 3 cl)) | 3cl or tpt/a sax | |
| 28 | 1972 | Happy Birthday variations for piano ((plus revisions 1973 & 1975); orchestration of intro) | ||
| - - | 1972 | 12 Recorder pieces | ||
| - - | 1972 | Duo for 2 bassoons (unfinished) | ||
| 22 | 1973 | Ensemble study 5 | a and t sax, or 2 cl | |
| 27 | 1973 | ENS-B1 (Ensemble study B1) | cl/tpt/2 a sax/t sax/b sax | |
| - - | 1973 | Concertino for Bassoon and orchestra ((unfinished - based on sketches from 1965)) | ||
| - - | 1976 | Duo for viola and clarinet or bassoon and cello (1 movt) | ||
| 30 | 1977 | Klavierstück II (for Libby Crandon) | ||
| - - | 1977/8 | Canons ([no 1 publ in ‘book of rounds’ 1977]) | ||
| - - | 1977 | Round for 4 recorders | ||
| - - | 1977 | Book of Rounds (a) WW & Chris Gordon (publ Janus Music) | ||
| - - | 1978 | 2 pieces for recorder ((no 1 unfinished)) | ||
| 23 | 1978 | Ensemble study 6 | 2 desc rec/treb rec or 3 cl | |
| 24 | 1978 | Ensemble study 7 | 2 fl/2 cl | |
| 31 | 1978 | Klavierstück III First performed at 1st perf October Gallery, London, Sally Mays, 21.1.89 30-11--0001 | ||
| 33 | 1978 | Piece for 2 pianos ((started April 1975)) | ||
| 25 | 1979 | Ensemble study 8 | fl/ob/cl/bn | |
| - - | 1980 | The red balloon - children's incidental music | recorder guitar and accordion | |
| 32 | 1981 | Klavierstück IV First performed at 1st perf BMIC, London, Peter Lawson 8.3.83 30-11--0001 | ||
| 34 | 1981 | Saxophone Quartet (private demo tape made, no public performance) | ||
| - - | 1981 | Little Anthem for Ruth and Madeleine | ||
| 35 | 1981 | Ten studies for clarinet solo | ||
| 36a | 1981 | 3 pieces for clarinet | ||
| 36b | 1982 | 3 pieces for viola solo (adapted from 36a) First performed at First perf Sussex University, Matt Kelly, 1983 30-11-1982 | ||
| 37 | 1982 | Piece for viola and piano First performed at the BMIC by Matt Kelly & Libby Crandon 17-01-1989 | Matt Kelly | |
| 38 | 1982 | Concertino for violin and orchestra First performed at 1st perf Kingston Parish Church, John Crawford & Kingston Philharmonia, cond WW, 26.3.83 30-11--0001 | John Crawford | |
| - - | 1983 | 15 Rounds ((several appear in book of rounds 1984)) | ||
| 39 | 1983/4 | Piano Concerto First performed at 1st perf Kingston Parish Church, Sally Mays & KP/WW, 30.6.84 30-11--0001 | Sally Mays | |
| - - | 1984 | Book of Rounds (b) WW, Chris Gordon and Elizabeth London | ||
| 40a | 1984 | Suite in baroque style for Flute and Clarinet | ||
| 40b | 1984 | Sonata in Classical style | fl/cl | |
| 40c | 1985 | Duo In the romantic style | fl/cl | |
| 42 | 1986 | Klavierstück V First performed at First perf October Gallery, Sally Mays, 21.1.89 30-11--0001 | ||
| 43 | 1986 | Duo for clarinet and Bassoon (Rondo - Fugato on BACH) | ||
| 41 | 1987 | String Quartet No 4 First performed at First perf RNCM Hanson Str Qu 7.7.89 30-11--0001 | ||
| 44 | 1988 | Violin Sonata First performed at the BMIC by John Crawford & LibbyCrandon 17-01-1989 | Madeleine Wurzburger | |
| 45 | 1988 | Quartet 'Quovnvap' First performed at First perf BMIC, Andrew Westrop/John Crawford/Matt Kelly/Libby Crandon 30-11--0001 | ob/vln/va/pno | |
| - - | 1988 | 4 Clarinet Studies | ||
| 46 | 1989 | Klavierstück VI | Hannah Wurzburger | |
| 47 | 1989 | Cello sonata First performed at First performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, Sarah Hedley-Miller & Mary Beat, 12.04.97 30-11--0001 | Betty Lewis | |
| 48 | 1989 | Danse Russe for String Quartet | ||
| 49 | 1990 | String Quartet No 5 First performed at first performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, The Aylwin String Ensemble, 19.2.2000 30-11--0001 | ||
| 50 | 1990 | Quartet for Clarinet and strings First performed at Kingston Parish Church by Richard Stockall, Graham Maidment, Matt Kelly and Vivian Williams. 17-05-2014 | ||
| 51 | 1990 | Overture for string orchestra First performed at First Perf St Andrews Church, Surbiton, Kingston Philharmonia, cond Tom Hartman 12.10.96 30-11--0001 | ||
| 52a | 1991 | The art of losing' (Emily Jackman) First performed at Kingston Liberal Synagogue, by Rachael Mills & Steven Corley 12-04-1997 | Voice and piano | Kathryn Harries |
| 52b | 1991 | 'The art of losing' | Voice and 7-piece ensemble | |
| 53a | 1991 | 'Exile', voice and piano (revision of 1 (1941)) | Uwe Radok | |
| 53b | 1991 | Exile', voice and orchestra (orchestration of 53a) First performed at First perf St Andrew's Church, Surbiton, Ann Liebeck (sop), Kingston Philharmonia cond Tom Hartman 30-11--0001 | Uwe Radok | |
| 54 | 1991 | 7 Short pieces for Piano (Kleine Klavierstücke) First performed at Kingston Parish Church (first complete performance) by Sally Mays 17-05-2014 | ||
| 55 | 1991 | Organ Prelude and Fugue ((partly adapted from Opus 54 no 7)) | Uwe Radok | |
| - - | 1991 | GKK (‘Gar klein’ Klavierstücke) (Very short piano pieces) (1,2,3,5,6 complete) | ||
| 56 | 1992 | Klavierstück VII | ||
| 57 | 1993 | Violin Concerto (3 movements) (ded John Crawford) (first movt revised version of 39) First performed at First perf 1993 30-11--0001 | John Crawford | |
| 58 | 1992 | Klavierstück VIII ('Classical Sonata') | Julie Friedeberger | |
| 59 | 1993 | Klavierstück IX First performed at First perf Kingston Synagogue, Libby Crandon, 30.3.95 (WW's funeral) 30-11--0001 | Libby Crandon | |
| 60 | 1993 | Elevation' song for voice and piano (Franz Werfel First performed at First performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, Rachael Mills & Steven Corley, 12.04.97 30-11--0001 | ||
| 61 | 1994 | Klavierstück X('Sonata classica anachronistica') | ||
| 62 | 1994 | Suite for String Orchestra | ||
| 63 | 1994 | Klavierstück XI First performed at First performance Kingston Liberal Synagogue, Libby Crandon, 12.04.97 30-11--0001 | ||
| - - | 1995 | Passacaglia keyboard/str trio ((complete but unedited draft in notebook IV)) | ||