List of compositions by Benjamin Britten

This list of compositions includes all the published works by English composer Benjamin Britten with opus number.

Operas
Paul Bunyan, Op. 17:


 * Operetta in two acts, 114'.
 * Libretto by W. H. Auden, after the American folktale.
 * Premiered on 1941-05-05 at Brander Matthews Hall, New York.
 * Published by Faber Music.

Peter Grimes, Op. 33:


 * Opera in a prologue and three acts, 147'.
 * Libretto by Montagu Slater, after the poem The Borough by George Crabbe.
 * Premiered on 1945-06-07 at Sadler's Wells, London.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37:


 * Opera in two acts, 107'.
 * Libretto by Ronald Duncan, after the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey.
 * Premiered on 1946-07-12 at Glyndebourne.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Albert Herring, Op. 39:


 * Comic opera in three acts, 137'.
 * Libretto by Eric Crozier, loosely after the short story Le Rosier de Mme. Husson by Guy de Maupassant.
 * Premiered on 1947-06-20 at Glyndebourne.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43:


 * Ballad opera, 108'.
 * Libretto after the ballad opera by John Gay.
 * Premiered on 1948-05-24 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep), Op. 45:


 * An Entertainment for Young People, 130'.
 * Libretto by Eric Crozier.
 * Premiered on 1949-06-14 at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Billy Budd, Op. 50:


 * Opera in four acts, 162'.
 * Libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after the novella by Herman Melville.
 * Premiered on 1951-12-01 at the Royal Opera House, London.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Billy Budd (revised):


 * Opera in two acts, 158'.
 * Premiered on 1964-01-09 at the Royal Opera House, London.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Gloriana, Op. 53:


 * Opera in three acts, 148'.
 * Libretto by William Plomer, after Elizabeth and Essex by Lytton Strachey.
 * Premiered on 1953-06-08 at the Royal Opera House, London.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54:


 * Opera in a prologue and two acts, 101'.
 * Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the novella by Henry James.
 * Premiered on 1954-09-14 at Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Noye's Fludde, Op. 59:


 * Music-theatre for community performance, 50'.
 * Libretto after the Chester Miracle Play as published in English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes
 * Premiered on 1958-06-18 at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64:


 * Opera in three acts, 144'.
 * Libretto by the composer and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare.
 * Premiered on 1960-06-11 at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival.
 * Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Owen Wingrave, Op. 85:


 * Opera for television in two acts, 106'.
 * Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the short story by Henry James.
 * Premiered on 1971-05-16 in a BBC2 TV broadcast. First staged on 1973-05-10 at the Royal Opera House, London.
 * Published by Faber Music.

Death in Venice, Op. 88:


 * Opera in two acts, 145'.
 * Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the novella by Thomas Mann.
 * Premiered on 1973-06-16, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival.
 * Published by Faber Music.

Church parables

 * Curlew River (Op. 71; 1964), based on a Japanese Noh play
 * The Burning Fiery Furnace (Op. 77; 1966), after the Book of Daniel, Chapter 3
 * The Prodigal Son (Op. 81; 1968), after the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15

Ballets

 * Plymouth Town (ballet for small orchestra; 1931)
 * The Prince of the Pagodas (1956)
 * Les Sylphides after Chopin (1940)

Orchestral

 * "Two Portraits" for string orchestra (1930). No. 2 is subtitled "E.B.B" – his own initials, and thus a self-portrait (also arr. for viola and strings). No. 3 was unrealised.
 * Sinfonietta Op. 1, for five winds and five strings (1932), revised for chamber orchestra (1936)
 * Simple Symphony for string orchestra (1934)
 * Soirées musicales, after Rossini (1936)
 * Russian Funeral (1936)
 * King Arthur (suite for orchestra, arranged from incidental music for a BBC Radio production by Paul Hindmarsh, 1937/ 2005)
 * Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra (1937)
 * Mont Juic, a suite of Catalan Dances, jointly composed with Lennox Berkeley (1937)
 * Canadian Carnival (1939)
 * Sinfonia da Requiem (1940)
 * Matinées musicales, after Rossini (1941)
 * An American Overture (1941)
 * Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings (1943)
 * Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, for orchestra (1945)
 * The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946)
 * Occasional Overture (1946)
 * Men of Goodwill – variations on a Christmas carol (1947)
 * Variations on an Elizabethan Theme, jointly composed with Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Oldham, Humphrey Searle, Michael Tippett and William Walton (1953)
 * Symphonic Suite from Gloriana (1954)
 * Suite on English Folk Tunes, A Time There Was... for chamber orchestra (1966/1974)

Concertante

 * Rondo Concertante for piano and strings (1930)
 * Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (1932). "Instrumentation...virtually 100% Britten" (Matthews, Erato sleeve note, 1999 – Colin Matthews realised the orchestration).
 * Piano Concerto (1938; rev. 1945, the original third movement – Recitative and Aria – replaced by an Impromptu)
 * Violin Concerto (1939; rev. 1958)
 * Young Apollo for piano, string quartet and string orchestra (1939)
 * Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (1940; rev. 1954)
 * Scottish Ballad for two pianos and orchestra (1941)
 * Clarinet Concerto (incomplete: 1st movement only, 1942/3, orch. by Colin Matthews, who later added two further movements from 1940s Britten sketches, incl. Sonata for Orchestra; resulting work, Movements for a Clarinet Concerto, first published 2008)
 * In memoriam Dennis Brain (c. 1958), unfinished sketch for four horns and orchestra.
 * Cello Symphony (1963)

Vocal/choral orchestral

 * Quatre Chansons Françaises for soprano and orchestra (1928)
 * Two Psalms for chorus and orchestra (1931)
 * Our Hunting Fathers for soprano or tenor and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden and others; 1936)
 * The Company of Heaven for speakers, soloists, chorus and orchestra (BBC, September 1937, not performed again until 1989)
 * The World of the Spirit for speakers, SATB soloists, chorus and orchestra (BBC, May 1938)
 * Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14, for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden and Randall Swingler; 1939)
 * Les Illuminations for soprano or tenor and strings (words by Arthur Rimbaud) (1939; three further songs, not included in the cycle, also exist — another setting also called 'Phrase', and 'Aube' and 'A une raison'; they have been orchestrated by Colin Matthews; there also exists a sketch for a further Rimbaud setting)
 * Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1943)
 * The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard for male voice choir and piano (1943)
 * Saint Nicolas for tenor soloist, children's chorus, chorus, and orchestra (1948)
 * Spring Symphony for soprano, contralto, and tenor soloists, mixed chorus, boys' choir and orchestra (1949)
 * Nocturne for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings (1958)
 * Cantata academica for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1959)
 * War Requiem for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chamber ensemble, boys' chorus, mixed chorus, and orchestra (1961)
 * Cantata misericordium for tenor and baritone soloists, small chorus, string quartet, string orchestra, piano, harp, timpani (1963)
 * Phaedra for mezzo-soprano, cello, harpsichord, percussion, and string orchestra (words by Robert Lowell; after Jean Racine's Phèdre; 1975)
 * Praise we great men for soloists, chorus and orchestra (words by Edith Sitwell; 1976. Completed by Colin Matthews, 1985)
 * Welcome Ode for young people's voices and orchestra (1976)
 * The Rescue of Penelope for voices and orchestra

Vocal

 * Beware! Three Early Songs for voice and piano (1) "Beware!" (words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 1922) (2) "O that I had ne'er been Married" (words by Robert Burns; 1922) (3) "Epitaph: The Clerk" (words by Herbert Asquith; 1926; rev. 1968, published 1985
 * Tit for Tat for voice and piano (words by Walter de la Mare; 1928–31; (1) "A Song of Enchantment" (2) "Autumn" (3) "Silver" (4) "Vigil" (5) "Tit for Tat"; rev. and published 1969; premiered by John Shirley-Quirk and the composer at the 1969 Aldeburgh Festival)
 * The Birds (Belloc; 1929, rev. 1934)
 * On this Island for high voice and piano (1937) (words by W. H. Auden)
 * Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (1937-1947) (words by W. H. Auden – includes songs originally intended for, but ultimate not used in, On this Island )
 * Cabaret Songs for medium voice and piano (words by W. H. Auden: "Tell Me the Truth About Love", "Funeral Blues", "Johnny", and "Calypso"; 1940)
 * Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for tenor and piano, Op. 22 (1940)
 * The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for tenor and piano, Op. 35 (1945)
 * Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his for high voice and piano, Op. 40 (one of the Canticles; 1947)
 * A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and piano (1947)
 * Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac for alto (or countertenor), tenor, and piano (one of the Canticles; 1952)
 * Canticle III: Still falls the rain for tenor, horn and piano (words by Edith Sitwell; one of the Canticles; 1954)
 * Winter Words for tenor and piano, poetry by Thomas Hardy (1954)
 * The Heart of the Matter for narrator, tenor, horn, and piano (1956)
 * Songs from the Chinese for soprano or tenor and guitar, Op. 58 (translations by Arthur Waley; 1957)
 * Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for tenor and piano, Op. 61 (1958)
 * Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano, Op. 74 (1965)
 * The Poet's Echo for soprano or tenor and piano, Op. 76 (words by Alexander Pushkin; 1965)
 * Who Are These Children? for tenor and piano, Op. 84 (words by William Soutar; 1969)
 * Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi for countertenor, tenor, baritone, and piano (one of the Canticles; 1971)
 * Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus for tenor and harp (one of the Canticles; 1974)
 * A Birthday Hansel for high voice and harp (1975)
 * Eight books of Folksong Arrangements from the British Isles and France, for voice and piano, guitar and harp
 * Britten's Purcell Realizations, many realizations of songs by Henry Purcell for voice(s) and piano

Choral

 * A Hymn to the Virgin for chorus and soli (1930; revised 1934)
 * Christ's Nativity for unaccompanied chorus (1931)
 * A Boy Was Born for treble voices and choir (1933; revised 1955)
 * Jubilate Deo in E-flat for chorus and organ (published posthumously; 1934)
 * Te Deum in C for treble solo, chorus, trumpet, and organ (1934)
 * Friday Afternoons for children's voices and piano (1935)
 * Advance Democracy for unaccompanied choir (1938)
 * A.M.D.G. (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam), seven settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins for unaccompanied SATB (1939)
 * A Ceremony of Carols for treble voices and harp (1942); an alternative arrangement for mixed voices and harp (or piano) is popular as well
 * Hymn to St Cecilia for unaccompanied choir (poem by W. H. Auden; 1942)
 * Rejoice in the Lamb for four soloists, choir, and organ (text by Christopher Smart; 1943)
 * Festival Te Deum in E for chorus and organ (1944)
 * A Wedding anthem 'Amo Ergo Sum'  for soprano, tenor, SATB and organ (1949)
 * Five Flower Songs for SATB (1950)
 * Hymn to St Peter for treble soloist, SATB and organ (1955)
 * Antiphon for SATB and organ, (1955)
 * Missa Brevis for boys' voices and organ (1959)
 * Jubilate Deo for chorus and organ (1961)
 * A Hymn of St Columba for chorus and organ (1962)
 * The Golden Vanity for five boy soloists, treble chorus and piano (1966)
 * The Building of the House for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra (1967)
 * Children's Crusade for nine boy soloists and chorus, percussion, organ and two pianos (text by Bertolt Brecht, trans. Hans Keller; 1968)
 * Sacred and Profane for SSATB (1974–5)

Solo piano

 * Five Waltzes, for piano (1923–25, rev. 1969)
 * Three Character Pieces, for piano (1930)
 * Twelve variations on a theme, for piano (1930)
 * Holiday Diary for piano (1934)
 * Sonatina romantica for piano (rejected by the composer; 1940)
 * Night-Piece (Notturno) for piano (written for Leeds International Pianoforte Competition; 1963)
 * Variations for piano (1965)

Two pianos

 * Two Lullabies for two pianos (1936)
 * Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca for two pianos (1940)
 * Mazurka elegiaca for two pianos (written as part of the collaborative album Homage to Paderewski; 1941)

Organ

 * Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria for organ (1946)

String quartet

 * String Quartet in F major (1928)
 * Rhapsody (1929)
 * Quartettino (1930)
 * String Quartet in D major (1931, revised 1974)
 * Alla Marcia (1933)
 * Three Divertimenti, for string quartet (1933, revised 1936): March, Waltz, Burlesque
 * String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1941)
 * String Quartet No. 2 in C major (1945)
 * String Quartet No. 3 in G major (1975)

Violin and piano

 * Suite for Violin and Piano (1935)
 * Reveille, Concert Study (1937, published 1983)

Viola and piano

 * Reflection for viola and piano (1930)
 * Lachrymae for viola and piano, after "If my complaints could passions move" by John Dowland; for William Primrose; 1950)
 * arranged for viola and string orchestra (for Cecil Aronowitz; 1976)
 * There is a willow grows aslant a brook (1932), an arrangement of the orchestral poem by Frank Bridge. The title is taken from Shakespeare, and the arrangement by Britten is dedicated to Bridge.

Violin, viola and piano

 * Two Pieces (1929; first performance 2003)

Solo viola

 * Etude (1929)
 * Elegy (1930)

Cello and piano

 * Cello Sonata in C major (1961)

Solo cello

 * Cello Suite No. 1 (1964)
 * Cello Suite No. 2 (1967)
 * Cello Suite No. 3 (1972)
 * Tema "Sacher" for cello solo (1976)

Oboe and piano

 * Two Insect Pieces for oboe and piano (1935)
 * Temporal Variations for oboe and piano (1936)

Oboe and strings

 * Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello (1932)

Solo oboe

 * Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe (1951), with quotations from Ovid's poem Metamorphoses

Flute, violin and piano 4-hands

 * Gemini Variations for flute, violin, and piano four hands (1965)

Solo timpani

 * Timpani Piece for Jimmy, timpani solo (1955) for James Blades

Three trumpets

 * Fanfare for St Edmundsbury, short antiphonal and polytonal piece for three trumpets (1959)

Guitar

 * Nocturnal after John Dowland for guitar (1963)

Harp

 * Suite for Solo Harp (1969)

Film & drama music

 * Night Mail (1936), with words by W. H. Auden
 * The Agamemnon of Aeschylus (1936), play by Louis MacNeice
 * Love from a Stranger (1937), film directed by Rowland V. Lee
 * Out of the Picture (1937), play by Louis MacNeice
 * The Sword In The Stone (1939), six-part radio drama
 * The Dark Tower (1946), radio play by Louis MacNeice

By opus number

 * Op. 1, Sinfonietta, for five winds and five strings 1932, revised for chamber orchestra 1936
 * Op. 2, Phantasy Quartet, oboe quartet, 1932
 * Op. 3, A Boy was Born for mixed chorus with organ ad lib, 1933, revised 1955
 * Op. 4, Simple Symphony for strings, 1934 (+ also version for string quartet)
 * Op. 5, Holiday Diary for piano, 1934
 * Op. 6, Suite for violin and piano, 1935
 * Op. 7, Friday Afternoons for children's voices and piano, 1935
 * Op. 8, Our Hunting Fathers for soprano or tenor and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden), 1936
 * Op. 9, Soirées musicales for orchestra (after Rossini), 1936
 * Op. 10, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, 1937
 * Op. 11, On this Island for soprano or tenor and piano (words by W. H. Auden), 1937
 * Op. 12, Mont Juic, suite of Catalan dances, with Lennox Berkeley, 1937
 * Op. 13, Piano Concerto, 1938, revised 1945
 * Op. 14, Ballad of Heroes for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra (words by W. H. Auden and Randall Swingler), 1939
 * Op. 15, Violin Concerto, 1939, revised 1958
 * Op. 16, Young Apollo for piano and strings, 1939 (withdrawn, published 1982)
 * Op. 17, Paul Bunyan, opera (libretto by W. H. Auden), 1941, revised 1976
 * Op. 18, Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings (words by Arthur Rimbaud), 1939
 * Op. 19, Canadian Carnival overture, 1939
 * Op. 20, Sinfonia da Requiem, 1940
 * Op. 21, Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra, 1940, revised 1954
 * Op. 22, Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for tenor and piano, 1940
 * Op. 23
 * No. 1, Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca for two pianos, 1940
 * No. 2, Mazurka elegiaca for two pianos, 1941
 * Op. 24, Matinées musicales for orchestra (after Rossini), 1941
 * Op. 25, String Quartet No. 1, 1941
 * Op. 26, Scottish Ballad for two pianos and orchestra, 1941
 * Op. 27, Occasional Overture, 1941; retitled An American Overture when first performed, 1983
 * Op. 27, Hymn to St Cecilia for SSATB, 1942 (replaced Occasional Overture as Op. 27)
 * Op. 28, A Ceremony of Carols for trebles and harp, 1942
 * Op. 29, Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, 1943
 * Op. 30, Rejoice in the Lamb for soloists, chorus and organ, 1943
 * Op. 31, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, song cycle, 1943
 * Op. 32, Festival Te Deum for chorus and organ, 1945
 * Op. 33, Peter Grimes, opera (libretto by Montagu Slater, after George Crabbe), 1945
 * Op. 33a, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
 * Op. 33b, Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
 * Op. 34, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra), 1946
 * Op. 35, The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for soprano or tenor and piano, 1945
 * Op. 36, String Quartet No. 2, 1945
 * Op. 37, The Rape of Lucretia, opera (libretto by Ronald Duncan, after André Obey), 1946, revised 1947
 * Op. 38, Occasional Overture, 1946 (withdrawn, published 1984)
 * Op. 39, Albert Herring, opera (libretto by Eric Crozier, after Guy de Maupassant), 1947
 * Op. 40, My beloved is mine (Canticle I) for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Francis Quarles), 1947
 * Op. 41, A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo soprano and piano, 1947
 * Op. 42, Saint Nicolas for soloists, chorus, strings, piano (4 hands), percussion and organ, 1948
 * Op. 43, The Beggar's Opera after John Gay, 1948
 * Op. 44, Spring Symphony for soloists, mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra, 1949
 * Op. 45, The Little Sweep, opera (libretto by Eric Crozier), 1949
 * Op. 46, A Wedding anthem Amo Ergo Sum for soprano, tenor, SATB and organ (words by Ronald Duncan), 1949
 * Op. 47, Five Flower Songs for SATB, 1950
 * Op. 48, Lachrymae for viola and piano, 1950
 * Op. 48a, Lachrymae for viola and strings, 1976
 * Op. 49, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe, 1951
 * Op. 50, Billy Budd, opera (libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after Herman Melville), 1951, revised 1960
 * Op. 51, Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II) for alto, tenor and piano (Chester miracle play), 1952
 * Op. 52, Winter Words for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Thomas Hardy), 1953
 * Op. 53, Gloriana, opera (libretto by William Plomer, after Lytton Strachey), 1953
 * Op. 53a, Symphonic Suite "Gloriana" for tenor or oboe and orchestra, 1954
 * Op. 54, The Turn of the Screw, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after Henry James), 1954
 * Op. 55, Still Falls the Rain (Canticle III) for tenor, horn and piano (words Edith Sitwell), 1954
 * Op. 56a, Hymn to St Peter for treble, SATB and organ, 1955
 * Op. 56b, Antiphon for SATB and organ, 1955
 * Op. 57, The Prince of the Pagodas, ballet, 1956
 * Op. 57a, Pas de six from The Prince of the Pagodas
 * Op. 58, Songs from the Chinese for soprano or tenor and guitar, 1957
 * Op. 59, Noye's Fludde, opera (Chester mystery play), 1957
 * Op. 60, Nocturne for tenor, 7 obbligato instruments and string orchestra, song cycle, 1958
 * Op. 61, Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for voice and piano, 1958
 * Op. 62, Cantata academica, 1959
 * Op. 63, Missa brevis for boys' voices and organ, 1959
 * Op. 64, A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera (libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after William Shakespeare), 1960
 * Op. 65, Sonata for cello and piano, 1961
 * Op. 66, War Requiem, 1961
 * Op. 67, Psalm CL for children's chorus and instruments, 1962
 * Op. 68, Cello Symphony, 1963
 * Op. 69, Cantata misericordium, 1963
 * Op. 70, Nocturnal after John Dowland for guitar, 1963
 * Op. 71, Curlew River, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after Noh), 1964
 * Op. 72, Cello Suite No. 1, 1964
 * Op. 73, Gemini Variations for flute, violin and piano four hands, 1965
 * Op. 74, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano, 1965
 * Op. 75, Voices for Today for boys' voices, chorus and organ ad lib, 1965
 * Op. 76, The Poet's Echo for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Alexander Pushkin), 1965
 * Op. 77, The Burning Fiery Furnace, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after the Book of Daniel), 1966
 * Op. 78, The Golden Vanity for boys' voices and piano (words by Colin Graham), 1966
 * Op. 79, The Building of the House overture, for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra, 1967
 * Op. 80, Cello Suite No. 2, 1967
 * Op. 81, The Prodigal Son, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after the Gospel of Luke), 1968
 * Op. 82, Children's Crusade (words Bertolt Brecht/Hans Keller), 1968
 * Op. 83, Suite for Harp, 1969
 * Op. 84, Who Are These Children? for tenor and piano (words by William Soutar), 1969
 * Op. 85, Owen Wingrave, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on Henry James), 1970
 * Op. 86, The Journey of the Magi (Canticle IV) for countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano (words by T. S. Eliot), 1971
 * Op. 87, Cello Suite No. 3, 1971
 * Op. 88, Death in Venice, opera (libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on Thomas Mann), 1973
 * Op. 89, The Death of Saint Narcissus (Canticle V) for tenor and harp (words by T. S. Eliot), 1974
 * Op. 90, A Suite on English Folk Tunes "A Time There Was" for chamber orchestra, 1974
 * Op. 91, Sacred and Profane for five voices (SSATB), 1975
 * Op. 92, A Birthday Hansel for high voice and harp (words by Robert Burns), 1975
 * Op. 93, Phaedra, cantata (words by Robert Lowell, after Jean Racine), 1975
 * Op. 94, String Quartet No. 3, 1975
 * Op. 95, Welcome Ode for young people's voices and orchestra, 1976