Jonathan Harvey
One of the most important British Composers of the 20th Century, Jonathan Harvey composed music of radiant beauty. His works often involve a pioneering fusion of acoustic and electronic sounds and always strive to embrace both the outer world and inner spiritual experience.
Works
| Title | Year | Description | Duration | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cirrus Light | 2012 | solo clarinet | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Plainsongs for Peace and Light | 2012 | for sixteen voices | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Fanfare | 2012 | clarinet in Bb and trumpet in Bb (the trumpet placed at a distance) | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| The Annunciation | 2011 | unaccompanied SSATTB choir | 3½ | Jonathan Harvey |
| Weltethos | 2009-11 | speaker, large chorus, children’s choir and large orchestra | 90 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Little Duo | 2010 | violin and cello | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| 80 Breaths for Tokyo | 2010 | orchestra | 18 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Vajra | 2009 | chamber ensemble of ten players | 7 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Sringara Chaconne | 2009 | chamber ensemble of 15 players | 12 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Es Blühn Drei Rosen | 2009 | four male voices | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Cello Octet | 2008 | String ensemble (octet) | 7 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Speakings | 2008 | large orchestra and electronics | 27 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ah! Sun-flower | 2008 | soprano and piano | 2 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Sprechgesang | 2007 | oboe/cor anglais and chamber ensemble of 13 players | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Messages | 2007 | SATB chorus and orchestra | 25 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Two Interludes and a Scene for an Opera | 2006 | soprano & tenor soloists, chamber ensemble of 22 players with live electronics | 25 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Other Presences | 2006 | trumpet and electronics | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Body Mandala | 2006 | orchestra | 13 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Wagner Dream | 2006 | soloists, actors, chorus and ensemble of 22 players with electronics | 105 | Jonathan Harvey |
| At a Cloud Gathering | 2005 | percussion & electronics | 35 | Jonathan Harvey |
| ...towards a pure land | 2005 | large orchestra | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Songs and Haiku | 2005 | female voice and piano | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Stabat Mater | 2004 | arranged for 8 voices and live electronics | 14 | Jonathan Harvey, Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina |
| Moving Speeds | 2004 | semi-improvisational piece for 14 players - 7 winds (wind and brass) & 7 strings | variable | Jonathan Harvey |
| Climbing Frame | 2004 | about 12-15 instruments | no fixed duration | Jonathan Harvey |
| String Trio | 2004 | violin, viola and cello | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Run Before Lightning | 2004 | flute and piano | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Buddhist Song No 2 | 2004 | mezzo-soprano and piano | 5 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Clarinet Trio | 2004 | violin, clarinet and piano | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (clarinet) | 2003 | clarinet and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Two Interludes for an Opera | 2003 | chamber ensemble of 22 players with live electronics | 20 | Jonathan Harvey |
| The Royal Banners Forward Go | 2003 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 4 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Remember, O Lord | 2003 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Jubilus | 2003 | viola and chamber ensemble of 8 players | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (viola) | 2003 | viola and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Buddhist Song No 1 | 2003 | mezzo-soprano and piano | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| String Quartet No.4 | 2003 | string quartet with live electronics | 36 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Pre-echo for Jean-Guihen | 2003 | solo cello | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Songs of Li Po | 2002 | mezzo soprano, strings, percussion and harpsichord | 13 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Moving Trees | 2002 | chamber ensemble of 18 players | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Chu | 2002 | soprano, clarinet and cello | 12 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (ensemble version) | 2002 | double chorus and ensemble | 12 | Jonathan Harvey |
| The Summer Cloud's Awakening | 2001 | SATB choir, flute, cello and electronics | 32 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Bird Concerto with Pianosong | 2001 | piano, ensemble of 17 players and live electronics | 30 | Jonathan Harvey |
| sweet/winterhart | 2001 | SATB chorus and violin | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Mythic Figures | 2001 | tape | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Mothers Shall Not Cry | 2000 | soprano and tenor soloists, female semi-chorus, female chorus, orchestra and electronics | 37 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Vers | 2000 | piano | 4 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Marahi | 1999 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Hidden Voice 2 | 1999 | chamber ensemble of 12 players and CD | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| White as Jasmine | 1999 | soprano and large orchestra | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Death of Light, Light of Death | 1998 | chamber ensemble of 5 players after Grunewald's Crucifixion in the Issenheim Altarpiece | 17 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Tranquil Abiding | 1998 | chamber orchestra | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Homage to Cage, … Chopin (und Ligeti ist auch dabei) | 1998 | prepared piano and CD | 2 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Calling Across Time | 1998 | chamber orchestra | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ashes Dance Back | 1997 | choir and electronics | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Sufi Dance | 1997 | solo guitar | 4 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Little Concerto for Strings | 1997 | string orchestra | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Still | 1997 | tuba and electronics | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Wheel of Emptiness | 1997 | chamber ensemble of 16 players | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Percussion Concerto | 1997 | solo percussion and orchestra | 23 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Haiku | 1997 | piano | variable | Jonathan Harvey |
| How could the soul not take flight | 1996 | double unaccompanied SATB chorus | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Dum transisset sabbatum | 1995 | Motet for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 4 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Fanfare for Utopia | 1995 | chamber orchestra | 1 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Missa Brevis | 1995 | SATB unaccompanied chorus | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Soleil Noir/Chitra | 1995 | chamber ensemble of 9 players and electronics (2 operators) | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| String Quartet No 3 | 1995 | string quartet | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Hidden Voice 1 | 1995 | chamber ensemble of 13 players | 7 | Jonathan Harvey |
| ff | 1995 | piano | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Advaya | 1994 | cello, electronic keyboard and electronics | 22 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Chant | 1994 | solo cello | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Pastorale | 1994 | cello and harp | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| One Evening... | 1994 | soprano, mezzo soprano, chamber ensemble of 8 players, 2 technicians and electronics | 35 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Chant | 1994 | solo viola | 3 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Tombeau de Messiaen | 1994 | Piano and CD | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| The Angels | 1994 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 4 | Jonathan Harvey |
| The Riot | 1993 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| You | 1992 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 4 players | 2 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Inquest of Love | 1992 | Opera in two acts | 135 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Lotuses | 1992 | flute quartet | 17 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Scena | 1992 | violin and chamber ensemble of 9 players | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Fantasia | 1991 | organ | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Serenade | 1991 | wind ensemble of 10 players | 10 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Praise Ye the Lord | 1990 | SATB chorus and organ | 4 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ritual Melodies | 1990 | quadraphonic tape | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Cello Concerto | 1990 | cello and orchestra | 19 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Cello Concerto (2005 version) | 2005 | cello and orchestra with revised scoring and additional cadenza | 19 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Thou Mastering Me God | 1989 | SATB chorus and organ | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| String Quartet No 2 | 1989 | string quartet | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Three Sketches | 1989 | solo cello | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| From Silence | 1988 | soprano, 6 players and tape | 21 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Valley of Aosta | 1988 | chamber ensemble of 13 players and electronics | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Lauds | 1987 | SATB chorus and solo cello | 13 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Tendril | 1987 | chamber ensemble of 11 players | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Timepieces | 1987 | orchestra (with two conductors) | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Lightness and Weight | 1987 | tuba and orchestra | 14 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Madonna of Winter and Spring | 1986 | orchestra, synthesizers and electronics | 37 | Jonathan Harvey |
| God is Our Refuge | 1986 | SATB chorus and organ | 5 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Forms of Emptiness | 1986 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 13 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Song Offerings | 1985 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 8 players | 17 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Come, Holy Ghost | 1984 | unaccompanied double SATB chorus | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Gong-Ring | 1984 | chamber ensemble of 20 players and electronics | 22 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (saxophone) | 1984 | saxophone and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Nachtlied | 1984 | soprano, piano and pre-recorded CD (or tape) | 25 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una Melodia (trumpet) | 1984 | Trumpet and electronics (or tape-delay system) | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (flute) | 1984 | flute and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (oboe) | 1984 | oboe and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (cello) | 1984 | cello and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Ricercare una melodia (trombone) | 1984 | trombone and electronics | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Nataraja | 1983 | Flute/piccolo and piano | 8 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Flight Elegy | 1983-89 | violin and piano | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Easter Orisons | 1983 | chamber orchestra | 19 | Jonathan Harvey |
| The Path of Devotion | 1983 | SATB chorus and small orchestra | 20 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Bhakti | 1982 | chamber ensemble of 15 players and quadraphonic tape (or CD-ROM) | 50 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Curve with Plateaux | 1982 | solo cello | 12 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Lullaby for the Unsleeping | 1982 | medium voice and piano | 5 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Concelebration | 1979/81 | chamber ensemble of 5 players | 16 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Modernsky Music | 1981 | chamber ensemble of 4 players | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Whom Ye Adore | 1981 | orchestra | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Passion and Resurrection | 1981 | church opera in twelve scenes for soloists, chorus and ensemble of 20 (or 21) players | 90 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Resurrection | 1980 | double SATB chorus and organ | 18 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco | 1980 | computer-manipulated concrete sounds (pre-recorded quadraphonic tape) | 9 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Toccata | 1980 | organ and CD | 6 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Be(com)ing | 1979 | clarinet and piano | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| O Jesu Nomen Dulce | 1979 | Motet for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 5 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Hymn | 1979 | SATB chorus and orchestra | 21 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Album | 1978 | Seven miniatures for wind quintet | 18 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis | 1978 | double SATB chorus and organ | 12 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Smiling Immortal | 1977 | chamber ensemble of 11 players and CD | 17 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Inner Light 2 | 1977 | SSATB soli, instrumental ensemble and ADAT | 36 | Jonathan Harvey |
| String Quartet No 1 | 1977 | string quartet | 15 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Song of June | 1960 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 5 | Jonathan Harvey |
| Interludes & Excerpts from 'Wagner Dream' | 32 | Jonathan Harvey | ||
| Imaginings | cello and live electronics | Jonathan Harvey |