Compositions


Film Scores
1930 Piano Concerto No. 1    
       
1933 Violin Sonatina (published May2010 Stainer and Bell H471)    
 

Air Outpost



The Future's in the Air (1937)
      The Birth of The Year



Monkey into Man



The Zoo and You



Zoo Babies (1938)




1938 Novelette for String Quartet

New Worlds for Old




1939

Roads across Britain
  Ballade for viola and piano    
  Sonata Impromptu for Violin and Viola    
  Violin Concerto    
  Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and string orchestra    

Rhapsody for Piano Quartet





1940     These Children are Safe
      Wings over Empire
  Divertimento for solo flute    
  Night Thoughts for Piano Solo    
  Three songs to words by Trevor Blakemore for voice and piano    
  Overture to a Masque    




1941      
      Green Girdle



Pen of Pennsylvania
      S.O.S
      Steel goes to Sea
  Sonatina for Viola and Piano    




1942

 
      Border Weave



The Countrywomen
      The Harvest will Come



Life Begins Again



They Flew Alone



Western Isles



Winter On The Farm
      W.V.S.




1943

 
      Africa Freed



Citizens of Tomorrow
      Crown of the Year



Desert Victory



Escape to Danger



Fires were Started



Medal for the General



On Approval
      Spring on the Farm
      Summer on the Farm



Squadron Leader X
      Wales
      World of Plenty

Concerto Gross in B flat





1944

 
      Atlantic Trawler



Our Country



Summer on the Farm



There's a Future in it



Tunisian Victory (with Dimitri Tiomkin)



The Way Ahead



A Welcome to Britain

Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings

  Suite for Oboe and Harp    
1945



      Atlantic Trawler
      French Town
 

Great Day



The Proud City



Soldier - Sailor



The Rake's Progress



Today and Tomorrow



The True Glory



Your Children and You
  Prelude and fugue formed on an Indian Scale for piano Solo    




1946

Green for Danger



I See a Dark Stranger



Land of Promise



Total War in Britain

Sonata alla Toccata


Suite of Scottish Dances





1947

Approach to Science



Captain Boycott



A City Speaks



October Man



Odd Man Out



Take my Life

Slum Song

 




1948

 



Escape



The Fallen Idol



So Evil my Love (with V Young)



Three Dawns to Sydney



The Winslow Boy
  Concerto Grosso No 2 in Gamjor for string orchestra    
  Sonata for flute and piano    
  Three Winter Poems for string quartet    




1949     Daybreak in Udi
 

The History of Mr Polly



The Rocking Horse Winner

Symphony No. 1





1950

The Cure for Love



The Golden Salamander



Madeleine



The Magnet



The Mudlark



Morning Departure



State Secret
  Conversations for violin, clarinet and piano    




1951

Henry Moore



The House in the Square



Lady Godiva Rides Again



The Magic Box



Night Without Stars



No Resting Place



Royal River
      Saturday Island

Festival March

  Trio for flute, cello and piano    




1952

The Card



The Crimson Pirate



Mandy



Royal Heritage

Symphonic Prelude "The Magic Island"





1953

The Long Memory



The Malta Story



Master of Ballantrae



Personal Affair



Powered Flight (with Malcolm Arnold)
  String Quartet No. 1 in D minor    

Symphony No. 2





1954

Black on White



The Million Pound Note



The Rainbow Jacket



The Seekers



Svengali
  Autumn Legend for cor anglais and string orchestra    

Lyra Angelica - Concerto for Harp and Strings





1955

Bedevilled



Geordie



The Ship that Died of Shame

Crepuscule - Harp solo


Farewell Companions - Radio Opera





1956

The Black Tent



Safari



Smiley

Fantasy Waltzes for Piano


The Moor of Venice - Overture for Brass Band


Symphony No. 3





1957

Fortune is a Woman



Manuela



The Smallest Show on Earth



Zarak

Elizabethan Dances





1958

Carve her Name with Pride



I Accuse



A Night to Remember



The Silent Enemy

Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion


Twelve Preludes for Piano





1959     Devil's Bait
 

Shake Hands with the Devil



Third Man on the Mountain

Symphony No. 4





1960

The Killers of Kilimanjaro
      The Professionals



Swiss Family Robinson

Overture - Derby Day


Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra





1961

In Search of the Castaways



The Naked Edge
  Movements for piano solo    




1962

Life for Ruth



Night of the Eagle
  Sonata for clarinet and piano    

String Trio





1963

The Running Man




1964 Concerto Grosso No.3





1970 Sinfonietta for Strings


Juan or the Libertine - Opera (composed between 1965-71)

  Mirages - Song Cycle for baritone and piano    

Moto Perpetuo - recorders





1971 Naiades - Fantasy Sonata for Flute and Harp





1973 Six Nocturnes for baritone and piano    
  Symphony No. 5 Hydriotaphia





1974 Mirages - Songs for Baritone and Piano





1975 String Quartet No.2 Spring Waters

       
1976      

Miss Julie - Opera (composed between 1973-76)


Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano

       
1977 Invocations - Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano





1978 A Leave Taking - Songs for Tenor and Piano





1980 Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind instruments


Seascapes - Song Cycle for Soprano, Treble recorder and Piano





1982 Chaconne for Tom - Descant Recorder and Piano

       
1984      

String Quartet No. 3









Data compiled by Hubert Culot (Op. cit.) revised Andrew Knowles Sept 2006



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