Mark-Anthony Turnage

An Invention on 'Solitude' is typical of much of the music Turnage has written for chamber ensembles: in contrast to the flamboyant contrasts and dangerous edge to his orchestral music, this is quiet,...

Greek is a translation of the Oedipus myth into the contemporary East End of London. Racism, violence and mass unemployment appear as metaphors for the plague that afflicts London, and form the backgr...

Mark Anthony Turnage, who celebrates his 50th birthday this summer, composed On Opened Ground for one of the world's most celebrated viola soloists, Yuri Bashmet, and the Cleveland Orchestra. The titl...

3 Lullabies for Violoncello and Piano.

Voici l'exemple le plus récent des petites pièces que Turnage compose pour ses amis ou pour des occasions particulières. Plus intimes et tendres que ses oeuvres pour orchestre, ces compositions sont f...

Kai a été écrit à la mémoire de Kai Scheffler, premier violoncelliste et membre central de l'Ensemble Modern en Allemagne, après sa mort tragique et prématurée en 1989.Cette oeuvre de 18 minutes se co...

Vocalise, composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage for cello with piano accompaniment. Taken from the Unbeaten Tracks series edited by Steven Isserlis, 8 intermediate contemporary pieces for cello and piano.

Musique émouvante, au lyrisme pénétrant, pour le jeu en solo.

Des émotions allant d'une intense colère au désespoir morbide sont exprimées dans cette oeuvre vocale puissante qui décrit la vision des poètes sur la Grande Guerre. The Torn Fields de Mark-Anthony Tu...

Commissioned by Washington Performing Arts Society for Leif Oves Andnes who gave the first performance. They are attractive and not too difficult, clearly stamped with Turnage`s lyrical style.

This short trio combines angular lines and troubling chromaticism to create a highly effective piece of mood music with an empty, eerie feel to it. A beautiful and poignant work in memory of the celli...

This short trio combines angular lines and troubling chromaticism to create a highly effective piece of mood music with an empty, eerie feel to it. A beautiful and poignant work in memory of the celli...

Les trois délicieux chants de Noël de Turnage révèlent en miniature toute l'originalité harmonique et mélodique caractéristique du compositeur. La riche texture des voix mixtes, sans accompagnement, d...

This work was commissioned by Ensemble Modern. It was composed in 2003 and first performed on 26 March 2004 at Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany by Ensemble Modern, conducted by Oliver Knussen. The UK edi...

This work was composed in 2017-18 and first performed on 20 September 2019 at Milton Court, Barbican, London, by Allan Clayton (tenor) with the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Andrew Gourlay. This 22 m...

This work was commissioned by the Canary Islands Festival, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It was composed in 2009 and first performed on 21 January 2010 at Audit...

Speranza ist wohl bislang Turnages bedeutendstes Orchesterwerk und kommt der Form einer Symphonie wohl so nahe, wie keine andere seiner Kompositionen. Die vier Sätze sind überschrieben mit dem arabisc...

This work was commissioned by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in honour of Silvia Tóth and dedicated to Hans Werner Henze. It was composed in 2012-13 and first performed on 10 October 2013 at De...

Das Stück startet mit einem Satz im eruptivsten und scharfkantigsten Stil des Komponisten und setzt sich fort mit einer Musik von prahlerischer Überschwänglichkeit, deren eigensinnige Lyrik Turnages c...