Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, Order of Merit (Commonwealth) (Londres 2 de janeiro de 1905 — 8 de janeiro de 1998) foi um compositor inglês do século XX.

Obras

Stage

• The Midsummer Marriage (opera, 1946-52)
• King Priam (opera, 1958-61)
• The Knot Garden (opera, 1965-70)
• The Ice Break (opera, 1975-76)
• New Year (opera, 1985-88)

Sinfonias

• Symphonies
  • Symphony No. 1 (1944-45)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1956-57)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1970-72)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1976-77)
• Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1938-39)
• Suite in D (written for the birthday of Prince Charles, 1948)
• Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (string orchestra, 1953)
• Divertimento on Sellinger's Round (chamber orchestra, 1953-54)
• Concerto for Orchestra (1962-63)
• The Rose Lake (1991-93)

Concertante

• Fantasia on a Theme of Handel (piano and orchestra, 1939-41)
• Piano Concerto (1953-55)
• Triple Concerto (violin, viola, cello and orchestra, 1978-79)

Coral/Vocal

• A Child of Our Time (oratorio, 1939-41)
• The Heart's Assurance (tenor and piano, 1951, premiered by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears)
• Crown of the Year (cantata, 1958)
• Songs for Ariel (high voice and piano, 1962)
• Songs for Achilles (tenor and guitar, related to King Priam)
• The Vision of St Augustine (baritone, chorus and orchestra, 1963-65)
• The Shires Suite (orchestra and chorus, 1965-70, written for the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra - see Ligações externas below)
• Songs for Dov (tenor and chamber orchestra, 1970, related to The Knot Garden)
• The Mask of Time (oratorio, 1980-82)
• Byzantium (soprano and orchestra, 1988-90)
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis St John's College, Cambridge Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense (choir and organ, 1961), commissioned by George Guest for the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge.
• Dance, Clarion Air (A Madrigal for Five Voices)

Câmara/Instrumental

• String Quartets
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1934-35, revised 1943)
  • String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp (1941-42)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1945-46)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (1977-78)
  • String Quartet No. 5 (1990-91)
• Piano Sonatas
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1936-37, revised 1942 and 1954), originally entitled Fantasy Sonata
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1962)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1972-73)
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1983-84)
• Sonata for Four Horns (1955)
• The Blue Guitar (solo guitar, 1982-83)
• Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi (Organ Solo, 1946)

Band

• Praeludium (brass, bells and percussion, 1962)

Referências

• Kemp I (1984) "Tippett: the composer and his music, Eulenberg, London
• "The selected letters of Michael Tippett" (2005), Schuttenhelm T (ed.), Faber and Faber, 2005

Ligações externas

• Official website of Michael Tippett
• Excerpts from audio interviews with Tippett from the BBC
• Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra website—contains articles and a few photographs of Tippett, who was their patron and conducted them regularly in the UK and Europe, as well as some interesting Tippett memorabilia
• Shires Suite—information and a short audio excerpts from various LSSO recordings
• Suite in D—information and short audio excerpts from the 1967 Pye recording
• Tippett's Midsummer Marriage—an exploration of the spiritual and psychological dimensions
• Tippett's Percussion Repertoire from Bell Percussion's Composer Repertoire Resource