Edward McGuire's main compositions at a glance, with orchestra at premiere:
ORCHESTRAL WORKS Calgacus (symphonic poem for full orchestra including Highland Bagpipes) BBCSSO Source Reflections on Niel Gunn's novel Highland River (symphonic poem) BBCSSO The Caledonian Muse (symphonic rhapsody for orchestra) Glasgow Chamber Orchestra The Meadow's Muse (symphonic rhapsody for orchestra) Meadows Chamber Orchestra Clyde Built (overture for full orchestra The Ulster Orchestra Hall of Memories (overture for orchestra) BBCSSO Encores en Suite (3 sets of folk dances & tunes for full orchestra) BBCSSO The Spirit of Wallace (short symphonic poem) BBCSSO A Glasgow Symphony (for full orchestra) National Youth Orchestra of Scotland Homage to Glasgow (for full orchestra) Really Terrible Orchestra Peter Pan: Suite (from the ballet score) Strathclyde University Orchestra Junk Shop Blues (on Joan Eardley's Rag and Bone Shop) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Riverside (for folk group and orchestra) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Symphonies of Scots Song (with bagpipes) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Symphonies of Trains (for chamber orchestra) Camerata Scottish Dances on Original Themes (full orchestra) RSAMD Junior Orchestra
CONCERTOS Guitar Concerto Phillip Thorne / Glasgow Festival Strings at Glasgow Garden Festival Trombone Concerto John Kenny / Glasgow Festival Strings at Aix en Provence Festival Violin Concerto Cleo Gould / RSNO at Perth Festival of the Arts Viola Concerto Gillianne Haddow / Glasgow Festival Strings at International Viola Congress Cello Concerto Robert Irvine / string ensemble TBC Doublebass Concerto Alice Durrant / Glasgow Schools Symphony Orchestra Accordion Concerto Owen Murray / Goldberg Ensemble at RNCM Manchester Harp Concerto (in preparation)
BALLET SCORES Peter Pan (ballet in 3 acts) for orchestra Scottish Ballet / Hong Kong Ballet Defying Fate (Tian Di Yuan) ballet in 1 act Harmony Ensemble / The Whistlebinkies OPERAS The Loving of Etain in 3 acts, libretto by Marianne Carey, 14-piece orchestra Paragon Opera Cake-Talk youth opera in 2 acts, libretto by Marianne Carey, full orchestra, chorus RSNO Helen of Braemore in 2 acts, libretto by Peter Isaac, fl/va/harp/perc/pipes Country Opera Cullercoats Tommy in 1 act, libretto by Michael Wilcox, orch, chorus, dancers Northern Sinfonia MUSIC FOR ENSEMBLES Celtic Knotwork versions for 3 recorders; 3 women's voices (Scottish Voices); 3 flutes (Scottish Flute Trio); 4 flutes; 4 clarinets (Fell Quartet); 3 saxophones (Flotilla); flute, clarinet and bassoon (for the Cuillin Sound trio) Chinese Knotwork for 4 clarinets (recorded by the Fell Quartet) Chamber Music: Guevara's Epitaph 3 cl/hp/piano (won National Young Composers Competition 1969) Dangerous Orations (Martin Luther King Jr memorial) fl/cl/vn/va/vc/pf/hp/3 perc for Paragon Ensemble Dark Cloud for guitar octet commissioned by Phillip Thorne recorded by Stefan Grasse Divertimento for 20 violas for Scottish Viola International, recorded by James Durrant Elegy violin, cello, piano for Coker-Manson Trio recorded on Delphian 'Entangled Fortunes' Entangled Fortunes cl, vn, vc, piano for Sir James Mirrlees, recorded on Delphian 'Entangled Fortunes' Euphoria Fl,Cl, Vn, Vc, Piano, Perc for The Fires of London, on Delphian 'Entangled Fortunes' (Red Note Ensemble) Fantasy Quartet Vn Va Vc Piano commissioned by the Naxos Piano Quartet Five Stars in Auriga brass quintet for Fine Arts Brass, recorded by Alba Brass on their own label Flute Octet 5 Fl 2 AltoFl Bfl for Scottish International Flute Summer School Guest Quintet for Edinburgh String Quartet with a guest soloist: guitar, cor anglais, trombone or clarinet Guest Sextet same string quartet part but with trombone and harp (recorded on Brass Classics by John Kenny) Harp Octet in honour of Sanchia Pielou on her retirement. Performed at Edinburgh International Harp Festival Interregnum 2Fl Cl Vn Va Vc Harp for the New Music Group of Scotland, broadcast BBC Radio 3 Kist O' Whistles folk ensemble/organ for The Whistlebinkies and Michael Bonaventure Lament (Bassoon Octet) for British Music Information Centre open day. Performed Sound festival Aberdeen Liberation Fl Cl Va Harp for New Music Group of Scotland, broadcast BBC Radio 3 Movement Fl Va Harp for the New Music Group of Scotland Nocturne and Sunrise 5 guitars for Schwabach Guitar Society (Saitenwirbel) Quintet 1 Cl Vn Va Vc Piano for Quintessence Quintet 2 Fl Cl Vn Vc Piano for Lontano; recorded on Delphian 'Entangled Fortunes' by Red Note ensemble Remembrance for 3 oboes composed for the Park Lane Series at the Purcell Room Resistance Movement for Flute, guitar and piano recorded on Delphian 'Eddie McGuire: Music' String Quartet won competition for quartet for SPNM 40th anniversary gala (Arditti Quartet) Lochrian Quartet Three Comic Sketches for 4 bass clarinets for Jane Forder, premiered by Calum Robertson June 2020 Rebirth Fl Cl Vn Vc Pf Perc for New Music Group of Scotland premiered at Edinburgh International Festival Trio Fl Ob Bn commemorating the end of the Vietnam war Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano Recorded by Daniel's Beard on their own label Western Light 3 Fl Guitar for the Scottish Flute Trio and Alan Neave Wild Woods viola, trombone, percussion, electronic sounds Wind Octet 2 Ob 2 Cl 2 Bn 2 Hn McEwen commission for BBCSSO players; recorded by Paragon Ensemble Winds at Sea Fl Ob Cl Bn for the Illuminati Wind Quartet Zephyr for trombone and string quartet, recorded by John Kenny and Chamber Group on Brass Classics
CHORAL WORKS Celtic Knotwork 3 sopranos (or 2 sop/1 alto) in C for Cappella Nova; in A for Scottish Voices. Text by composer.
Eastern Light SATB for Cappella Nova to text by Yusef al-Khatib Lifesongs SATB/strings for the John Currie Singers to texts by Alan Bold
Memory SATB for Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener to poems by Simon Steel On Inchcolm SATB with optional instruments Heriot Watt New Music/Steve King to poem by Tom Furniss
Pipes of Peace for large chorus with bagpipes (small, Lowland & Highland) RSNO Chorus/Robert Wallace Three Chorales of Struggle SATB for Cadenza Choir/Graham Lovatt to texts by composer
Three Donne Lyrics SATB for Paisley Abbey Choir and bass flute (Ewan Robertson) to sonnets by John Donne
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