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CROSSE, Gordon
b Bury, Lancashire, 1 December 1937

He was educated at Oxford and the Accademia di St Cecilia, Rome. From 1964 to 1966 he was on the extra-mural staff of Birmingham University; he was a Haywood Fellow from 1966 to 1969, and a Gulbenkian Fellow of Essex University in 1969.

1962 (24)

Concerto da Camera, for violin, wind and percussion

Changes, for soli voices, chorus and orchestra

1963 (25)

Meet My Folk, for children's chorus and instrumental ensemble

Ceremony, for cello and orchestra

Violin Concerto

1964 (26)

Symphony No 1 for chamber orchestra

Symphony No 2

1966 (28)

Purgatory, opera

1967 (29)

The Grace of Todd, opera

1970 (32)

The Story of Vasco, opera

1980 (43)

A Year and a Day, for solo clarinet

String Quartet

Harvest Songs, for choir and orchestra

Voice from the Tomb, for medium voice and piano

1981 (44)

Elegy and Scherzo Alla Marcia, for string orchestra

Wildboy, ballet score

Fear No More, for oboe, oboe d'amore and cor anglais

Peace, for Brass

Dreascanon 1, for choir, piano and percussion

1982 (45)

A Wake, for flute, clarinet, cello and piano

Trio: Rhymes and Reasons, for clarinet, cello and piano

1983 (46)

Wave Songs, for cello and piano

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