Jonathan Rutherford

List of compositions

Score and Parts of all Titles available on request
(see Contact Information at bottom of page)

Concertos:

• ´Double Concerto´ for Accordion and Saw and String Quartet (2002) duration 45 minutes

Brass Quintet:

• ´Gospelsong´ for Brass Quintet (1998) duration 15 minutes
• ´The Last Flower´ for Brass Quintet, Synthesizer, Reciter and 3 Female Backing Singers (1998) duration 12 minutes

Wind Ensemble:

• ´The Pied Piper of Hamelin´ for Wind Octet and Reciter (1978) duration 19 minutes

Chamber Music:

• ´Requiescat´ for Soprano, clarinet and piano (1978) duration 8 minutes
• ´My Cat Jeoffry´ for String Quartet and Horn (1987) duration 25 minutes
• Rhapsody for Violoncello and Piano (1991) duration 19 minutes
• String Quartet no. 1 (1995) duration 28 minutes
• ´GospelSong´ for Brass Quintet (1998) duration 15 minutes
• ´An Intake of Breath´ for Saw, Violin and Soprano (1999) duration 23 minutes
• Oboe Quartet (1999) duration 16 minutes
• Rilke String Quartet (1995) duration 10 minutes
• Lament for Saw and Accordion (2001) duration 6 minutes
• Double Concerto for Accordion and Saw and String Quartet (2002) duration 45 minutes
• Little Minuet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Violin and Piano (2002) duration 5 minutes
• Piano Quintet In Memoriam Janet Owen Thomas (2002) duration 8 minutes

Chamber Orchestra:

• ´The Star Child in Solitude´ (Part One) (version without Mezzo-Soprano) (1983) duration 30 minutes

Violoncello and Piano:

• Rhapsody for Violoncello and Piano (1991) duration 19 minutes

Opera:

• ´The Nightingale and the Rose´ (1965-8; 1973; 1989) (one act) duration 60 minutes
• ´The Star Child´ (1979-85) (three acts) duration 187 minutes (Act One 67 minutes - Act Two 75 minutes - Act Three 45 minutes) (WITHDRAWN)

Piano:

• Assorted Piano Pieces including the ´Weather Partita´ (1963-1981)
• ´The Hardy Sailor´ (1968; rev; 1989)
• Sonata in A major (1963; revised 1989) duration 16 minutes
• Sonatina in D flat major (1963; revised 1989) duration 8 minutes
• Suite in D flat major (1963; revised 1989) duration 5 minutes
• Suite in E flat major (1966; revised 1990) duration 19 minutes
• Sonata (1969; revised 1990) duration 19 minutes
• Sonata (´Courtly Dance´) (2000-2001) duration 30 minutes
• Sonata (2002) duration 29 minutes

Piano (four hands):

• Symphony four hands at one piano (1988) duration 55 minutes

Symphony Orchestra:

• ´The Pied Piper of Hamelin´ (with Reciter) (1978) duration 19 minutes
• Variation from ´Bouquet for Lennox´ (1983) duration 1½ minutes
• Symphony (1988) duration 55 minutes
• Scherzo (1988) duration 7 minutes
• ´Final Parting´ (with Choir) (1996) duration 7 minutes

Oboe:

• Oboe Quartet (oboe and String Trio) (1999) duration 16 minutes
• Scherzo Arabesque for oboe and piano (2001) duration 8 minutes

Violin:

• Sonata for Violin solo (1975) duration 18 minutes
• ´An Intake of Breath´ for Saw, Violin and Soprano (1999) duration 24 minutes

Organ:

• ´Fantasy on Salve Regina´ celebrating the 650th anniversary of Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge (2002) duration 7 minutes

Solo Vocal:

• ´The Whole Garden will Bow´ for Baritone and Piano (1975) duration 35 minutes
• ´All Skies Fall´ for Rock Singer and Piano (1976) duration 30 minutes
• ´O Sweet Spontaneous Earth´ for solo Mezzo-Soprano (1977) duration 8 minutes
• ´The Star Child in Solitude´ (Part One) for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (1983) duration 30 minutes
• ´Behold This Dreamer´: fourteen songs for Soprano, Clarinet, Viola and Piano (1986)
• ´From Rilke´s Book of Hours´ for Mezzo-Soprano and Violoncello and Piano (1996) duration 10 minutes
• ´From Rilke´s Book of Hours´ (as above without Violoncello) (1996) duration 10 minutes
• ´An Intake of Breath´ for Saw, Violin and Soprano (1999) duration 24 minutes
• ´An Intake of Breath´ for Counter-Tenor, Saw and Piano (1999) duration 3 minutes
• ´Journey of the Magi´ for 3 Basses (2001) duration 5 minutes

Choral:

• Psalm 13 for Chorus and Triple String Orchestra (1978) duration 14 minutes
• ´The Star Child in Solitude´ (Part Two) for Choir and Orchestra (1983) duration 20 minutes
• ´Final Parting´ for Choir and Violoncello solo and small ensemble (2 versions) (1996) duration 7 minutes
• ´Final Parting´ (as above with orchestra instead of small ensemble (1996) duration 7 minutes
• ´Three Advent Carols´ for Choir and Organ (1998) duration 14 minutes

Arrangements:

• Arrangement of Mahler´s Adagietto from the 5th Symphony for string quartet (1973) duration 6 minutes
• Mahler´s 4th Symphony for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1974) duration 55 minutes
• Bach´s Ricercare a 6 for violin, horn, piano and chamber organ (1978) duration 5 minutes

For Reciter: