BRIAN WRIGHT

 

For additional details and audio samples:

Brian Wright: lute song page

Brian Wright: lute solos, duos & ensemble music page

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Lutenist Brian Wright has to date written about 80 songs, including all 42 songs in the Shakespeare plays. His songs are in English, French and Italian, with some of the English songs translated into Czech. In addition to lute songs, he has written works for one and two lutes, lute and melody instrument, and for guitar. He is a published composer, and has provided music for TV films. He has made a number of recordings, and his compositions and arrangements have been played by leading lutenists and guitarists.

 

He is a Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London, and studied with Anthony Rooley, Adele Kramer, Michael Jessett and Anthony Gilbert (composition). He has given recitals at music societies, festivals, and independent schools. He has performed on radio and television, and for the National Trust throughout the UK. International recitals, adjudication at competitions, radio and TV have taken place throughout Europe, Asia and the USA. Many of his international concerts have been supported by the British Council. He has performed frequently with the Czech singer Jarmila Chaloupkova, with whom he made a film for Czech TV in 2003. Some of his performance can be viewed by searching for 'Brian Wright lutenist on YouTube.

 

Since 1992 he has taught at the International Summer School of Early Music in Valtice, Czech Republic: www.early-music.cz

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LIST OF COMPOSITIONS

Music for solo lute

 

Suite in 8 movements *

 

Suite No 2 Variations and Fugue on an original theme*

 

Tombeau pour Monsieur Reinhardt*

 

3 Jazz Sketches*

 

Metamorphosis on a Galliard of John Dowland ##

 

Epigrams ##

 

Five Fugues ##

 

Lutecosmos: A Method for Renaissance Lute in 6 books ##

 

Music for two lutes

 

Chasing Shadows: Seven easy pieces *

 

 

Music for lute and melody instrument

 

Three for Two: for lute and renaissance flute*

 

3 Dialogues for lute and treble viol*

 

n.b. Some of these pieces can be heard on  on www.youtube.com                   (search for brian wright, lute).

 

 

Lute Songs

 

The Complete Shakespeare Songs in five books

 

bk.1  Sigh again Shakespeare *

 

bk.2  A New Varietie of Shakespeare Songs *

 

bk.3  O Mistress Mine*

 

bk.4  Orpheus with his Lute ##

 

bk.5  Love, love, nothing but love ##

 

 

A Chinese Lachrimae (a song cycle)*

 

Claire de Lune (a song cycle in French with poems by Paul Verlaine)*

 

Melodies pour Colette (a song cycle in French, various poets) #

 

Three Lyric Poems of Torquato Tasso (in Italian)*

 

Five Medieval Carols on Medieval texts*

 

Valse Melancolique (a song cycle in French, various poets) ##

 

Sister Awake (a song cycle, various poems by women)

 

Songs from the Sanskrit (a song cycle) ##

 

Hommage to Caccini (three dramatic monodies, poems by Thomas Hardy) ##

 

 

Arrangements for the lute

 

Three songs by Petr Eben for voice and lute ##

 

Four songs by Bohuslav Martinu for voice and lute ##

 

Moravian Folk Songs by Leos Janacek for voice and lute ##

 

Three Religious Songs by Antonin Dvorak for voice and lute ##

 

Reigious Songs by Adam Michna for voice and lute##

 

The Jazz Waltz, thirteen pieces by Dave Brubeck, John Lewis, Jim Hall, Bill Evans and others

arranged for solo lute ##

 

The Entertainer by Scott Joplin arranged for solo lute ##

 

Music for the Guitar

 

Sonata no1 for solo guitar ##

 

Sonata no2 for solo guitar ##

 

Sonatina alla Spagnuola for solo guitar ##

 

Changes: easy pieces for 1 or 2 guitars ##

 

Elegy for guitar and orchestra ##

 

The Jazz Waltz: thirteen pieces by Dave Brubeck,John Lewis, Jim Hall, Bill Evans and others

arranged for solo guitar ##

 

3 songs of George Gershwin arranged for solo guitar ##

 

*  Published by the Lute Society

#  Published by the Société Francaise de Luth 

## available from the composer  lutewright(at)hotmail.com