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Title: Gerard Victory(1921-95): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music
Post by: Dundonnell on Monday 04 June 2012, 18:45
GERARD VICTORY: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1950:        Ballet Suite "The Enchanted Garden"
1951/72:Elegy for orchestra: 7 minutes
1954:      "An Old Woman of the Roads" for contralto and orchestra: 3 minutes
                 Piano Concerto No.1
1956:      "Gaelic Galop" for orchestra: 3 minutes
1961:      Symphony No.1: 22 minutes    *
1963:      "Improbable Prelude" for orchestra: 4 minutes
                Five Mantras for string orchestra: 18 minutes
1964:      "The River of Heaven" for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra: 17 minutes
1965:      "Mirage" for Piano and Orchestra: 5 minutes
                "Celine" for orchestra: 3 minutes
                Ember Songs for voice and orchestra: 8 minutes
1966:      "Favola di Notte" for orchestra: 13 minutes
                "Voyelles" for soprano, flute, vibraphone and strings: 13 minutes
1967:      Prelude for orchestra: 3 minutes
1968:      Four Tableaux for orchestra: 24 minutes
                Accordion Concerto: 17 minutes
1969:      "Miroirs" for small orchestra: 8 minutes
1970:      "Jonathan Swift: a Symphonic Portrait" for orchestra: 31 minutes    *
                Overture "Cyrano de Bergerac": 7 minutes
1970/83:"The Magic Trumpet" for speaker and small orchestra: 15 minutes
1971:      "The Spirit of Moliere" for orchestra: 17 minutes
                Concerto for Harp and Chamber Orchestra: 17 minutes
                "Chanson Rose" for egui-solo and orchestra
                "Circe 1991" for contralto, baritone, bass, speaker, chorus and orchestra: 35 minutes
1972:      "Tetragon" for Oboe and Small Orchestra: 17 minutes
                 Piano Concerto No.2: 27 minutes      *
1973:      Concert March "The Europeans" for orchestra
                "From Renoir's Workshop" for orchestra: 18 minutes
1975:      Olympic Festival Overture: 9 minutes    *
                Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra: 12 minutes
                "An Evening for Three" for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 56 minutes
                "Sailing to Byzantium" for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: 22 minutes     *
1975-81:"Ultima Rerum" for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 82 minutes    + (Marco Polo cd)
1977:      Symphony No.2 "Il Ricorso": 39 minutes
                "Der Irische Husar" for strings
1978:      Cello Concerto
1979:      "Nine Variations on 'The Cravat'" for orchestra
1980:      Three Irish Pictures for orchestra: 12 minutes     +  (Marco Polo cd)
                "Vienna Derby" for band: 4 minutes
1981:      "Six Epiphanies of the Author; a Symphonic Memorial to James Joyce" for orchestra: 30 minutes
                "Fearless and Free" for band: 4 minutes
1982:      Five Inventions for Violin and Strings: 14 minutes
                "Trumpets and Toreros" for military band
1983:     "Navan Rhapsody" for band: 8 minutes
1984:      Symphony No.3: 40 minutes     *
                 "Andromeda" for band
1985:     "Tightrope" for band: 3 minutes
               "Marche Bizarre" for band: 3 minutes
1986:      Fantasy Overture "Monte Cristo" for orchestra: 9 minutes
1988:      Symphony No.4: 21 minutes
                Overture "Dubliners" for orchestra
1989:      "The Rendezvous" for soprano, tenor, baritone and orchestra: 60 minutes
                "St.James's Suite" for band: 10 minutes
1990:      "Omos don Uachtaran" for orchestra: 9 minutes
1991:      "Eblana: Symphonic Portrait of Dublin" for orchestra: 45 minutes

and

"The Blacksmith" for orchestra: 3 minutes
"The Broad and the Narrow Ways" for orchestra and optional voices: 26 minutes
"The Evening Star" for tenor, chorus and orchestra

Title: Re: Gerard Victory(1921-95): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music
Post by: Dundonnell on Monday 04 June 2012, 22:42
It may be worth noting that the List of Compositions by Gerard Victory at the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland's website is, surprisingly, incomplete.
The catalogue I have posted may therefore not be fully comprehensive :(