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List of compositions by Geoffrey Bush

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The British composer Geoffrey Bush wrote music across a range of genres, including orchestral, chamber, keyboard, choral works, and a large number of songs. The following is a chronological list of his compositions, from a career that lasted from his student days in the late 1930s until the 1990s.

List of works

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Year Genre Title Musical forces Recordings Notes
1938 Choral Te Deum Choir, organ
1939 Orchestral A Little Concerto (on themes of Arne) Piano, string orchestra
1939 Orchestral Natus est Immanuel String orchestra Lyrita SRCD341 Revised 1954
1940 Orchestral Rhapsody for clarinet and strings Clarinet, string orchestra Also versions for piano & strings and clarinet/horn/strings
1940 Chamber Two Epigrams for viola, clarinet and piano Viola, Clarinet, Piano 1. To Watson Forbes. 2. To the old man on the fence.
1941 Orchestral Overture: The Spanish Rivals Full orchestra
1942 Choral Portraits: Thomas Morley; Henry Lawes; Giles Farnaby; Pan Unaccompanied choir
1943 Orchestral Divertimento String orchestra
1943 Orchestral Sinfonietta Concertante Cello, orchestra Lyrita SRCD341
1943 Orchestral Overture: The Rehearsal Full orchestra
1944 Vocal Song: Now The Lusty Spring Is Seen Voice, piano
1944 Vocal Song: Weep You No More Sad Fountains Voice, piano
1944 Vocal Song cycle: Five Spring Songs Voice, piano Lyrita SRCD343
1945 Chamber Sonata for violin & piano Violin, piano Lyrita SRCD360
1946 Keyboard Four pieces for piano Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
1947 Choral Christmas Cantata Solo voices, choir, oboe and orchestra Saydisc CDSDL352 Also version for oboe and piano accompaniment
1947 Keyboard Nocturne and Toccata Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
1948 Orchestral Concerto for oboe and strings Oboe, string orchestra Barbirolli Society SJB104546
1948 Orchestral Two miniatures String orchestra Lyrita SRCD341
1948 Choral Summer Serenade Tenor solo, chorus, piano and orchestra
1948 Vocal Three Elizabethan Songs Voice and piano Fire!Fire! - T. Campion; Sigh no more, ladies- Shakespeare; Sweet, stay awhile - J.Donne
1949 Vocal Song cycle: Four Songs from the Hesperides Solo baritone, orchestra
1949 Orchestral Overture: Yorick Full orchestra Lyrita SRCD252
Lyrita SRCD2337
1949 Keyboard An Oxford Scherzo Two pianos
1949 Orchestral Martini Fantasy Solo violin, string orchestra
1950 Choral Portraits: Orpheus Unaccompanied choir
1950 Vocal Song cycle: Farewell Earth's Bliss Baritone and string orchestra Atma ACD22701 Alternative version: baritone with small strings ensemble
1951 Vocal Song: She Hath an Eye Voice and piano
1951 Vocal Song: Fain Would I Change That Note Voice and piano
1951 Choral Music When Soft Voices Die Choir
1951 Chamber Three Dance Variations Harpsichord and piano Prima Facie PFCD048
1951 Choral Twelfth Night: An Entertainment Tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra
1952 Keyboard Epigrams Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
1952 Opera The Blind Beggar's Daughter Voices and orchestra Ballad opera for children, revised 1964
1952 Vocal Three Songs of Ben Jonson Voice and piano Lyrita SRCD343
Naxos 8571378
Chandos CHAN8830
1952 Chamber Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano Oboe, bassoon, piano MSR Classics MS1597
1953 Orchestral Concertino No. 1 Piano and orchestra
1954 Orchestral Symphony No. 1 Full orchestra Lyrita SRCD252
1954 Vocal Song: My True Love Hath My Heart Voice and piano
1954 Vocal Song: Introspection: If You Go Deep Into the Heart Voice and piano
1954 Vocal Song: Far-darting Apollo Voice and piano
1954 Vocal Lament: Where Are Those Dazzling Hills Voice and piano
1954 Vocal There is a Garden in her face Voice and piano Words by Thomas Campion
1955 Keyboard Toccata for organ Organ
1955 Vocal Song: When Daffodils Begin To Peer Voice and piano
1955 Keyboard Carillon for organ Organ
1955 Choral In Praise of Mary Soprano, chorus and orchestra Heritage HTGCD151
1956 Choral O Love How Deep How Broad How High Choir and organ
1956 Choral It Was a Lover and His Lass Unaccompanied choir
1956 Choral Praise the Lord O My Soul Choir and organ
1956 Opera If The Cap Fits Voices and orchestra
1956 Vocal Though Cause for Suspicion Appears Voice and piano from Thomas Linley's The duenna, words by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, music arr. by Geoffrey Bush
1957 Orchestral Symphony No. 2 (The Guildford) Full orchestra Lyrita SRCD252
1957 Orchestral Matthew Locke Suite ("Psyche") Piano and string orchestra Lyrita SRCD341
1958 Orchestral Concerto for Light Orchestra Full orchestra Lyrita SRCD341
1958 Vocal Softly Lulling, Sweetly Thrilling Voice and piano from James Hook's Wilmore Castle, words by Houlton, music arr. Bush
1958 Vocal By The Beer As Brown As a Berry Voice and piano from J. F. Lampe's Dragon of Wantley, words by Henry Carey, music arr. Bush.
1959 Vocal The Little Nut Tree Voice and piano
1959 Vocal Songs of Wonder Voice and piano Chandos CHAN8830 Alt. version with strings accompaniment
1960 Chamber Dialogue for oboe and piano Oboe and piano
1961 Choral Four Simple Songs: The Sweet Season Unaccompanied choir Lyrita SRCD343
1961 Vocal A Lover's Progress Tenor, clarinet and oboe
1961 Choral Spring, The Sweet Spring Unaccompanied choir
1961 Keyboard Whydah Variations Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
1961 Vocal Song: It Was A Lover And His Lass Voice and piano Two Pianists TP1039077
1961 Choral How Should I Your True Love Know? Unaccompanied choir
1962 Chamber Homage to Matthew Locke 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
1962 Chamber Air and Round-O Clarinet, French horn, flute, oboe Arranged from Homage to Matthew Locke
1962 Orchestral Concerto for trumpet, piano & strings Trumpet, piano, string orchestra Lyrita REAM1131
1962 Vocal Song: I Saw a Peacock Voice and piano
1963 Choral Two Latin hymns: O Salutaris hostia; Tantum ergo Unaccompanied choir
1963 Chamber Wind Quintet Bassoon, clarinet, flute, French horn, oboe
1964 Orchestral Finale for a Concert Full orchestra Lyrita SRCD341
1964 Orchestral Two fragments from The Merchant of Venice: Fanfare and March, the Prince of Morocco Full orchestra
1964 Choral Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred Choir, soprano, tenor, cello
1964 Vocal Greek Love Songs Baritone and piano Lyrita SRCD343
Chandos CHAN8830
1965 Keyboard Sonatina No. 1 Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
1965 Choral Cantata Piccola Baritone, choir, piano and strings
1967 Opera The Equation - Musical drama Voices and orchestra
1967 Orchestral Music for Orchestra Full orchestra Lyrita SRCD252
1969 Choral A Menagerie Choir
1969 Choral Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Choir and organ OxRecs OXCD130
1969 Choral Missa Brevis (Salisburiensis) Choir, organ short Communion service
1970 Vocal Five Medieval Lyrics Voice and piano Lyrita SRCD343
1970 Choral Seven Limericks Two-part Choir and small orchestra Words chiefly from Edward Lear. London, Novello
1971 Choral A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs Choir
1972 Opera Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Voices and orchestra Lyrita REAM1131
1973 Orchestral Concertino No. 2 Piano & chamber orchestra
1974 Choral Three Songs: Dafydd in Love Baritone, choir, piano
1976 Vocal Song cycle: A Little Love Music Soprano and tenor voices Chandos CHAN8830
1977 Choral Gabriel of High Degree Choir and organ
1977 Choral Advent Carol: Twas in the Year that King Uzziah Died Choir and organ
1978 Choral "Phantoms" Choir and small orchestra
1978 Choral Holy Innocents Choir, percussion and piano
1979 Vocal Sigh No More, Ladies Voice and piano Collect CHAN6653
1981 Vocal Stevie Smith songs Tenor, piano, cello, oboe Lyrita SRCD343
1981 Keyboard Trumpet March Organ Priory PRDVD8
Priory PRCD6006
1982 Vocal Cuisine Provençale Soprano and piano Naxos 8571378
1982 Choral Daystar in Winter Choir and organ
1982 Chamber Pavanes and Galliards wind quintet
1984 Vocal Love for Such a Cherry Lip soprano and piano Naxos 8571378
1984 Choral Two Legends Choir, organ, piano
1984 Vocal Venus and Adonis Piano and voice
1985 Vocal Mirabile Misterium (A Great and Mighty Wonder) Voice and piano Naxos 8571378 Alt. version with strings, harpsichord and piano accompaniment
1986 Chamber Tributes Clarinet and piano
1987 Vocal Four Chaucer Settings Voice, oboe and piano
1987 Orchestral Music for Orchestra
1988 Opera Love's Labours Lost
1988 Opera The Cat Who Went to Heaven Voices, chorus, wind orchestra and piano
1989 Orchestral Consort music String orchestra Naxos 8555068 Dedicated to Roderick Swanston
1989 Vocal Songs of the Zodiac Voice and piano
1990 Vocal Cradle Song Soprano and piano
1990 Vocal Yesterday Soprano and piano Naxos 8571378
1990 Keyboard Suite Champêtre Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
1991 Choral A Little Triptych for a Birthday Choir
1994 Vocal Song cycle: Archy at the Zoo Soprano and piano Naxos 8571378
n.d. Vocal The End of Love Baritone and piano Lyrita SRCD343
Chandos CHAN8830
n.d. Choral I Saw Three Ships (carol) Choir and organ
n.d. Orchestral Overture: The Miller and his Men Chamber orchestra
n.d. Vocal Three Songs from The Ballad Operas Baritone and orchestra
n.d. Choral Castle Gordon Choir
n.d. Vocal Merciless Beauty Baritone and piano Lyrita SRCD343
n.d. Choral Psalm 24 Choir
n.d. Keyboard Novelette Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
n.d. Keyboard Sonatina Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
n.d. Keyboard Matthew's Tunes Piano Ismeron JMSCD3
n.d. Keyboard Rudi's Blues Piano Ismeron JMSCD3

Sources

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