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Ian Venables: Principal
Compositions
A page from the holograph of Vitae Summa Brevis Ian Venables©
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Op.
1
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Sonata
for piano - In Memoriam D.S.C.H (1975)
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Op.
2
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Elegy
for
‘cello and piano
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Op.
2a
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Elegy
for
‘cello and piano (arranged for viola and piano)
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Op.
3
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Prelude
for piano
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Op.
4
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The
Stourhead Follies -Four romantic impressions for piano
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Op.
5
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Three
Short Pieces for piano
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Op.
6
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Midnight
Lamentation - (Harold Monro) for voice and piano
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Op.
7
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Meditation
for
clarinet and piano
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Op.
8
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‘The
Rose and the Nightingale’- A Children’s Ballet – for piano
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Op.
9
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Janis
–
Portrait for piano
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Op.
10
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Pain - (Ivor Gurney)
for voice and piano
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Op.
11
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Three
Pieces for violin and piano
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Op.
12
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Three
Short Pieces for piano (arranged for orchestra) (Withdrawn)
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Op.
13
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Three
Diversions for brass quintet
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Op.
14
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Sonatina for oboe and piano
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Op.
15
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A
Kiss
- (Thomas Hardy) for voice and piano
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Op.
15a
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A
Kiss (arranged) for voice and string quartet
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Op.
16
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Easter
Song - (Edgar Billingham) for voice and piano
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Op.
17
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Three
Romantic Impressions for Orchestra
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Op.
18
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The
Three Bridges Suite for brass decet
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Op.
19
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O
Sing Aloud to God – Anthem for SATB and organ
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Op.
20
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At
the Court of the Poisoned Rose - (Marion Angus) for voice and piano
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Op.
21
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Triptych
for
sixteen brass and two percussion
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Op.
22
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Love’s
Voice - (J. A. Symonds) – Song cycle for tenor and piano
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i. Fortunate Isles
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ii. The Passing Stranger
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iii. Invitation to the Gondola (also for Baritone)
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iv. Love’s Voice
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Op.
23
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Sonata
for
flute and piano
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Op.
24
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At
Malvern - (John Addington Symonds) for voice and piano
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Op.
25
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Rhapsody for organ
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Op.
26
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Soliloquy for viola and piano
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Op.
27
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Quintet
for
piano and string quartet
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Op.
28
no
1
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Flying
Crooked - (Robert Graves) for voice and piano
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Op.
28
no
2
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At
Midnight - (Edna St Vincent Millay) for voice and piano
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Op.28a
no.1
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Flying
Crooked (arranged) for voice and string quartet.
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Op.
28a no. 2
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At
Midnight (arranged) for voice and string quartet.
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Op.
29
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Poem for ‘cello and
piano
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Op.
30
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Acton
Burnell - (Rennie Parker) for tenor, viola and piano
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Op.
31
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Invite
to Eternity (John Clare) - Song cycle for tenor and string quartet
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i.
Born upon an Angel’s Breast
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ii.
An Invite to Eternity
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iii.
Evening Bells
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iv.
I am
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Op.
32
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String
Quartet
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Op.33
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Six
Songs for voice and piano
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i.
The Way Through - (Jennifer Andrews). (Soprano)
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ii.
It Rains - (Edward Thomas). (Soprano)
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iii.
Vitae summa brevis - (Ernest Dowson). (Soprano, Tenor or Baritone)
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iv.
November Piano - (Charles Bennett). (Soprano, Tenor or Baritone)
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v.
Break, break, break - (Alfred Tennyson). (Soprano, Tenor or
Baritone)
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vi.
The Hippo - (Theodore Roethke). (Soprano, Tenor or Baritone)
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Op.
33a no 6
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The
Hippo (arranged) for voice and string quartet.
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Op.
34
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Awake!
Awake, the World is Young (Tennyson/Flecker) – Anthem for chorus, mezzo-soprano, 3 trumpets,
percussion and organ
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Op.
34a
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Awake,
Awake, the World is Young (Tennyson/Flecker) – Anthem for chorus, mezzo-soprano, 4 trumpets,
horn, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion and organ
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Op.
35
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Caprice for piano
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Op.
36
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Songs
of Eternity and Sorrow (A.E.Housman) - Song cycle for tenor, string quartet and piano.
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i.
Easter Hymn
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ii.
When green buds hang
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iii.
Oh, who is that young sinner
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iv.
Because I liked you better.
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Op.
36a
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Songs
of Eternity and Sorrow - (A.E.Housman) - Song cycle for tenor, and piano. (arr. Graham
Lloyd)
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Op.
37
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Songs
for Soprano and piano
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i.
Love lives beyond - (John Clare). (Soprano)
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ii.
Friendship - (Elizabeth Jennings). (Soprano)
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Op.
38
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On
the Wings of Love – Six Songs for tenor, clarinet and piano.
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i.
Ionian Song - (Constantine .P. Cavafy)
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ii.
The Moon Sails Out – (Federico Garcia Lorca)
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iii.
Sonnets of Love, no XI – (Jean de Sponde)
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iv.
Animula Vagula, Blandula – (Emperor Hadrian)
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v.
Reluctance – (Robert Frost)
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vi.
When you are old – (W.B.Yeats)
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Op.
39
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The
Pine Boughs Past Music – Song cycle for baritone and piano.
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i.
The Wind – (Ivor Gurney)
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Soft rain – (Ivor Gurney)
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iii.
My heart makes songs on lonely roads – (Ivor
Gurney)
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iv.
In Memoriam – Ivor Gurney – (Leonard Clark)
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Op.
40
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Remember
This
- (Andrew Motion) – A Cantata for soprano, tenor, string
quartet, piano and (optional) percussion
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