Ian Parrott
# Ian Parrott

Ian Parrott (5 de marzo de 1916 – 4 de septiembre de 2012) fue un prolífico compositor anglo-galés y escritor de música. Sus distinciones incluyen el primer premio de la Royal Philharmonic Society por su poema sinfónico Luxor, y las comisiones de la BBC y la Universidad Yale, y para muchos músicos británicos más importantes. En 1958 su concierto en corno inglés primero fue realizado en el Cheltenham Festival, y en 1963 su concierto en violonchelo fue dada por William Pleeth y la Orquesta Hallé - Ambos conciertos fueron realizados por Sir John Barbirolli.

## Obras seleccionadas

Formación

* The Black Ram, Opera in 2 acts (1957); libretto by Idris Bell; Welsh text by T. H. Parry-Williams
* Once Upon a Time, Opera (1959)

Orquestal

* Pensieri for string orchestra (1950)
* Family Prelude and Fugue for strings and piano (1958)
* Symphony No. 2 (1960)
* Symphony No. 3
* Partita (1967)
* Harrow March (1970)
* Homage to Two Masters (1970)
* Reaching for the Light for chamber orchestra (1971)
* El Alamein, Symphonic Prelude
* Fanfare Overture
* Luxor, Symphonic Poem
* Romeo and Juliet, Solemn Overture
* Seithenin, Concert Overture
* Suite of Four Shakespeare Dances
* Three Moorish Princesses
* Variations on a Theme of Dufay
* Y fair (Three Ladies Suite)

Banda de viento

* Land of Song, Fantasia on Welsh Tunes (1969)

Concertante

* Concerto for English horn (cor anglais) and orchestra (1958)
* Concerto breve for cello and orchestra (1963)
* Concerto for trombone and wind band (1968)
* Concertino (1973)
* Concerto for piano and orchestra
* Prelude and Waltz for recorder or flute and string orchestra
* Sinfonia Concertante for recorder, solo violin, string orchestra and percussion
* Suite for violin and orchestra

Música de cámara

* Minuet for oboe and piano (1950)
* Aquarelle for clarinet or viola and piano (1952)
* Welsh Airs, Arrangements for 2 descant recorders with piano or harp ad libitum (1955)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1955)
* String Quartet No. 3
* Septete 1962 for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano (1962)
* String Quartet No. 4 (1963)
* Pantglas for violin and piano (1967)
* Two Dances for flute and piano (1969)
* Fresh about Cook Strait, Wind Quintet No. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1970)
* Devil's Bridge Jaunt for cello and piano (1974)
* Fanfare and March for 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba (1976)
* Gleaming Brass, for 2 trumpets (or cornets), horn, trombone and tuba (1977)
* Rhapsody for trumpet and organ (1977)
* Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano (1982)
* Kaleidoscope for violin, cello and piano (1985)
* Duetto for violin and viola (1986)
* Autumn Landscape for oboe and piano (1987)
* Duo for 2 guitars (1988)
* Fun Fugato and Awkward Waltz for bassoon and piano (1989)
* Arabesque and Dance for flute and piano (or treble recorder and harpsichord) (1990)
* Fantasising on a Welsh Tune: Dygan Caerws, Trio for recorder or flute, oboe and piano (1995)
* Portraits for treble recorder or flute and piano (1999)
* Rondo giocoso for bassoon and piano (1999)
* Dialogue and Dance for recorder and organ (2002)
* The Choral Preludes for cello and piano

Arpa

* Ceredigion, 3 Pieces with Interludes (1962)
* Soliloquy and Dance (1974)

Órgano

* Toccata in C major (1965)
* Suite [No. 1] (1977)
* Suite No. 2 (1986)

Piano

* Betinka, Romance (1940)
* Fanatasy and Allegro for 2 pianos (1946)
* Theme and Six Variants (1947)
* Westerham, Rhapsody (1948)
* Aspects (1975)
* Fantasy (1986)
* Theme from a Symphony for piano 4-hands (1986)

Vocal

* I heard a linnet courting for voice and piano (1948); words by Robert Bridges
* In Phaeacia for high voice and piano (1948); words by James Elroy Flecker
* Leaves for voice and piano (1949); words by Elizabeth Ward
* Dafydd y gareg wen for voice and piano (1969)
* Flamingoes for medium voice and piano (1973); words by Jane Wilson
* Two Thoughtful Songs for high voice and piano (1977); words by William Blake and Gerard Manley Hopkins
* No Complaints for voice and piano (1984)
* Eastern Wisdom, 3 Songs for voice and small orchestra (1987); words by Luo Yin, Rabindranath Tagore and from Ecclesiasticus
* Song of Joy for voice and piano (1988)
* Aphorisms and Arias of Death and Life for soprano, baritone and piano (1996)
* Nothing like Grog for voice and piano

Coral

* Psalm 91 for bass solo, chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra (1946); Biblical words
* Carol plygain (Dawn Carol) for mixed chorus and piano (1958)
* Can mewn bar salwn (Song in a Saloon Bar), Part-Song for male voices (tenor, baritone, 2 basses) and piano (1963); words by A. S. J. Tessimond; Welsh words by T. H. Parry-Williams
* The Song of the Stones of Saint David's for chorus and organ (1968)
* Offeren yn arddull canu gwerin (Welsh Folk-Song Mass) for unison chorus, organ or piano and percussion (1974)
* Surely the Lord Is in This Place, Introit for mixed chorus a cappella (1977)
* Money Talks for male chorus and piano (1978); words by A. S. J. Tessimond; Welsh translation by T. H. Parry-Williams
* My Cousin Alice for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, piano and optional tape of North American birds (1982)
* Anthem of Dedication for mixed chorus and organ (1985)
* The Christ Child (The "Mother Christmas" Carol) for mixed chorus with piano or organ (1987); words by Barbara Bonner-Morgan
* My Sweetheart's Like Venus, Welsh Folk-Song arranged for baritone solo and mixed chorus (1987)
* Master Hughes of Saxe-Gotha (An Unknown Musician) for mixed chorus and piano (1987); words by Robert Browning
* Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Setting for treble voices and organ (1987)
* Adam lay y bounden for unison voices and piano or organ (1990)
* Arglwydd ein Iôr ni (O! Lord Our Sovereign), Psalm 8 for mixed chorus a cappella (1993)

Literario

* Pathways to Modern Music (A. Unwin, 1947)
* A Guide to Musical Thought (Dennis Dobson, 1955)
* Method in Orchestration (Dobson, 1957)
* The Music of "An Adventure" (Regency Press, 1966)
* The Spiritual Pilgrims (Llandybie: C. Davies, 1969)
* Elgar (Dent, 1971)
* The Music of Rosemary Brown (Regency Press, 1978)
* Cyril Scott and His Piano Music (Thames Publishing, 1991)
* The Crying Curlew: Peter Warlock, Family & Influences, Centenary 1994 (Gomer, 1994)
* Parrottcisms: The Autobiography of Ian Parrott (British Music Society, 2003)

## Premios (selectos)

* 1977, John Edwards Memorial Award from the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music;
* 1994, the first recipient of the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales.

## Bibliografía

* The Spiritual Pilgrims (C. Davies, Llandybie, 1969)
* Elgar (Master Musicians Series) (Dent, London, 1971) ISBN 0-460-03109-0
* The Crying Curlew: Peter Warlock, family & influences (Gomer, Llandysul, 1994) ISBN 1-85902-121-2
* Parrottcisms (British Music Society, Upminster, 2003) ISBN 1-870536-24-X
