Robin Orr was born in Brechin. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Following studies with Casella and Boulanger he returned to Cambridge in 1938 as Organist of St John's College. After the War, he became a lecturer at Cambridge and a professor at the Royal College of Music, then Professor of Music at Glasgow University from 1956 until 1965. In 1965 he became Professor of Music at Cambridge University, a post he held until his retirement in 1976 (now Emeritus).
Liste des oeuvres
Three Songs of Innocence (1932)
Instrumentation: für Stimme und Streichquartett
Durée: 7' 00" Manuscrit
Jesu, Sweet Son Dear (1934)
Instrumentation: für Chor
Texte: Anonymus
Durée: 2' 30"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Toccata Alla Marcia (1937)
Instrumentation: für Orgel
Durée: 5' 30"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
A Prayer To The Trinity (1938)
Instrumentation: für Chor
Texte: Richard Stanyhurst
Durée: 3' 30"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Laudate Dominum (1939)
Instrumentation: für 8-stimmigen Chor (SSAATTBB)
Texte: Bibel / Liturgie
Text: Psalm 117.
Durée: 3' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Sonatina For Violin And Piano (1941)
Durée: 10' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Three Chinese Songs (1943)
Instrumentation: für Stimme und Klavier
Texte: Chinesisch (Arthur Waley)
Chinesische Texte in der englischen Uebersetzung von Arthur Waley.
1. An Thou Were My Ain Thing 2. Ay Wakin O 3. The Blythsome Bridal 4. The Bonny Earl Of Murray 5. My Daddy's A Delver Of Dykes 6. Our Gudeman Cam' Hame At E'en 7. There's Nae Luck About The House
Durée: 20' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Duo für Violine und Violoncello (1953-1965)
Durée: 16' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis (Short Service) (1967)
Instrumentation: für Chor und Orgel
Durée: 7' 00"
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Elegy (1968)
Instrumentation: für Orgel
Durée: 2' 30"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Full Circle (1968)
Kammeroper
Texte: Sydney Goodsir Smith
Besetzung: MS, T, Bar, B - Klar, Fag, Trp, Pos, Schlgz(1), V, Va, KB.
Instrumentation: für Mezzosopran, Streichquartett und Kontrabass
Texte: Edwin Muir
1. The Threefold Place 2. The Grave of Prometheus 3. The Late Wasp 4. The Road.
Durée: 16' 00"
Edition Peters
Postfach 746 D-04007 Leipzig
Liebeslied (1972)
Instrumentation: für Mezzosopran und Orgel (oder Klavier)
Texte: Rainer Maria Rilke
Komposition nach Richard Strauss.
Durée: 3' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Hermiston (1975)
Oper in 3 Akten
Texte: Robert L. Stevenson (Bill Bryden)
Libretto von Bill Bryden nach dem Roman "Weir of Hermiston" von R.L. Stevenson. Besetzung: S, MS, 2 T, 4 Bar, 2 B, Chor und Orchester (2,2,2,2 - 3,2,2,0 - Schlgz(3), Cel - Str)
Text: Ogden Nash. 1. Pastoral 2. The Seagull and the Ea-gull
Durée: 9' 00"
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Versus From Ogden Nash (1978)
Instrumentation: für Stimme und Streicher
Texte: Ogden Nash
1. Who Did Which? 2. Pastoral 3. The Seagull and the Ea-gull
Durée: 15' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
O God, Ruler Of The World (1982)
Instrumentation: für Chor und Orgel
Texte: Bibel / Liturgie, Byrthnoth
Text nach Byrthnoth (991) und 2. Buch Makkabäer.
Durée: 4' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
On The Razzle (1986)
Oper in 3 Akten
Texte: Johann Nestroy (Tom Stoppard, Robin Orr)
Text: Robin Orr nach dem Stück von Tom Stoppard (Johann Nestroy: Einen Jux will er sich machen). Besetzung: 2 S, 6 MS, A, 2 T, 3 Bar, B, Chor und Orchester (2,2,2,2 - 3,2,2,0 - Schlgz(3), Klav, Cel - Str).
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Trinity Blessed (1987)
Instrumentation: für Chor a cappella
Durée: 4' 00" Manuscrit
Sinfonietta Helvetica (1990)
Instrumentation: für Orchester (2 (Picc),2,2,2 - 4,3,3,1 - Schlgz(3), Cel - Str)
Durée: 17' 00"
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1 Bowmont Gardens Glasgow G 12 9 LR
Rondeau des Oiseaux (1994)
Instrumentation: für Blockflöte oder Flöte
Durée: 9' 00" Manuscrit
Three Lyric Pieces (An Alpine Triptych video) (1994)