Giles Swayne

Commisioned by Julian Bream and written in 1986. First performed by Gary Ryan iat a concert in honour of the composer's 50th birthday on 14th October 1996.

A rare work for the Lute-based Theorbo. Below is the programme note from the composer. In July 1998 I decided that I would use a theorbo in Havoc, a piece I was writing for the 1999 Proms (premiere Se...

Four Christmas carols that capture the distinctive, contradictory and unmistakable choral style of Giles Swayne. Always plain-speaking, challenging, intense and emotionally honest, Swaynes music also...

Giles Swayne's third string quartet was commissioned by Lord Harewood for the 1993 season of concerts at Harewood House, Leeds. The first performance was given by the Skampa Quartet at Harewood House...

Score Op. 19 for String Quartet. Work suitable for amateur performance.

Swayne Giles Freewheeling Baryton Viola & Cello Book

This Liverpudlian modern classical composer is recognised for his musical compositions of Shakesperian action, such as 'Full Fathom Five thy Father lies' from 'The Tempest' and 'Ophelia Drowning' from...

This Liverpudlian modern classical composer is recognised for his musical compositions of Shakesperian action, such as 'Full Fathom Five thy Father lies' from 'The Tempest' and 'Ophelia Drowning' from...

Includes a Piano score and a separate Violin part also.

The Good-morrow, which was written in 1971, is a setting for mezzo-soprano and piano of five poems by John Donne. These are not songs in the closed sense: the settings deliberately blur one poem into...

Modern Liverpudlian composer Giles Swayne's 'Murder Of Gonzago' score gains inspiration from Shakespeare's scene in 'The Tempest. '

Composed in 1995, commissioned by Matthew Owens. For Countertenor (Alto) and Organ.

A set of three songs for Tenor voice and Piano by Giles Swayne. In 1967, while recovering from an illness, Swayne sent some compositions to the Royal Academy of Music in London, and won a scholarship....