List of compositions by Geoffrey Bush

The British composer Geoffrey Bush wrote music across a range of genres, including orchestral, chamber, keyboard, choral works, and a large number of songs. The following is a chronological list of his compositions, from a career that lasted from his student days in the late 1930s until the 1990s.

List of works

Year	Genre	Title	Musical forces	Recordings	Notes
1938	Choral	Te Deum	Choir, organ
1939	Orchestral	A Little Concerto (on themes of Arne)	Piano, string orchestra
1939	Orchestral	Natus est Immanuel	String orchestra	Lyrita SRCD341	Revised 1954
1940	Orchestral	Rhapsody for clarinet and strings	Clarinet, string orchestra		Also versions for piano & strings and clarinet/horn/strings
1940	Chamber	Two Epigrams for viola, clarinet and piano	Viola, Clarinet, Piano		1. To Watson Forbes. 2. To the old man on the fence.
1941	Orchestral	Overture: The Spanish Rivals	Full orchestra
1942	Choral	Portraits: Thomas Morley; Henry Lawes; Giles Farnaby; Pan	Unaccompanied choir
1943	Orchestral	Divertimento	String orchestra
1943	Orchestral	Sinfonietta Concertante	Cello, orchestra	Lyrita SRCD341
1943	Orchestral	Overture: The Rehearsal	Full orchestra
1944	Vocal	Song: Now The Lusty Spring Is Seen	Voice, piano
1944	Vocal	Song: Weep You No More Sad Fountains	Voice, piano
1944	Vocal	Song cycle: Five Spring Songs	Voice, piano	Lyrita SRCD343
1945	Chamber	Sonata for violin & piano	Violin, piano	Lyrita SRCD360
1946	Keyboard	Four pieces for piano	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
1947	Choral	Christmas Cantata	Solo voices, choir, oboe and orchestra	Saydisc CDSDL352	Also version for oboe and piano accompaniment
1947	Keyboard	Nocturne and Toccata	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
1948	Orchestral	Concerto for oboe and strings	Oboe, string orchestra	Barbirolli Society SJB104546
1948	Orchestral	Two miniatures	String orchestra	Lyrita SRCD341
1948	Choral	Summer Serenade	Tenor solo, chorus, piano and orchestra
1948	Vocal	Three Elizabethan Songs	Voice and piano		Fire!Fire! - T. Campion; Sigh no more, ladies- Shakespeare; Sweet, stay awhile - J.Donne
1949	Vocal	Song cycle: Four Songs from the Hesperides	Solo baritone, orchestra
1949	Orchestral	Overture: Yorick	Full orchestra	Lyrita SRCD252 Lyrita SRCD2337
1949	Keyboard	An Oxford Scherzo	Two pianos
1949	Orchestral	Martini Fantasy	Solo violin, string orchestra
1950	Choral	Portraits: Orpheus	Unaccompanied choir
1950	Vocal	Song cycle: Farewell Earth's Bliss	Baritone and string orchestra	Atma ACD22701	Alternative version: baritone with small strings ensemble
1951	Vocal	Song: She Hath an Eye	Voice and piano
1951	Vocal	Song: Fain Would I Change That Note	Voice and piano
1951	Choral	Music When Soft Voices Die	Choir
1951	Chamber	Three Dance Variations	Harpsichord and piano	Prima Facie PFCD048
1951	Choral	Twelfth Night: An Entertainment	Tenor, chorus and chamber orchestra
1952	Keyboard	Epigrams	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
1952	Opera	The Blind Beggar's Daughter	Voices and orchestra		Ballad opera for children, revised 1964
1952	Vocal	Three Songs of Ben Jonson	Voice and piano	Lyrita SRCD343 Naxos 8571378 Chandos CHAN8830
1952	Chamber	Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano	Oboe, bassoon, piano	MSR Classics MS1597
1953	Orchestral	Concertino No. 1	Piano and orchestra
1954	Orchestral	Symphony No. 1	Full orchestra	Lyrita SRCD252
1954	Vocal	Song: My True Love Hath My Heart	Voice and piano
1954	Vocal	Song: Introspection: If You Go Deep Into the Heart	Voice and piano
1954	Vocal	Song: Far-darting Apollo	Voice and piano
1954	Vocal	Lament: Where Are Those Dazzling Hills	Voice and piano
1954	Vocal	There is a Garden in her face	Voice and piano		Words by Thomas Campion
1955	Keyboard	Toccata for organ	Organ
1955	Vocal	Song: When Daffodils Begin To Peer	Voice and piano
1955	Keyboard	Carillon for organ	Organ
1955	Choral	In Praise of Mary	Soprano, chorus and orchestra	Heritage HTGCD151
1956	Choral	O Love How Deep How Broad How High	Choir and organ
1956	Choral	It Was a Lover and His Lass	Unaccompanied choir
1956	Choral	Praise the Lord O My Soul	Choir and organ
1956	Opera	If The Cap Fits	Voices and orchestra
1956	Vocal	Though Cause for Suspicion Appears	Voice and piano		from Thomas Linley's The duenna, words by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, music arr. by Geoffrey Bush
1957	Orchestral	Symphony No. 2 (The Guildford)	Full orchestra	Lyrita SRCD252
1957	Orchestral	Matthew Locke Suite ("Psyche")	Piano and string orchestra	Lyrita SRCD341
1958	Orchestral	Concerto for Light Orchestra	Full orchestra	Lyrita SRCD341
1958	Vocal	Softly Lulling, Sweetly Thrilling	Voice and piano		from James Hook's Wilmore Castle, words by Houlton, music arr. Bush
1958	Vocal	By The Beer As Brown As a Berry	Voice and piano		from J. F. Lampe's Dragon of Wantley, words by Henry Carey, music arr. Bush.
1959	Vocal	The Little Nut Tree	Voice and piano
1959	Vocal	Songs of Wonder	Voice and piano	Chandos CHAN8830	Alt. version with strings accompaniment
1960	Chamber	Dialogue for oboe and piano	Oboe and piano
1961	Choral	Four Simple Songs: The Sweet Season	Unaccompanied choir	Lyrita SRCD343
1961	Vocal	A Lover's Progress	Tenor, clarinet and oboe
1961	Choral	Spring, The Sweet Spring	Unaccompanied choir
1961	Keyboard	Whydah Variations	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
1961	Vocal	Song: It Was A Lover And His Lass	Voice and piano	Two Pianists TP1039077
1961	Choral	How Should I Your True Love Know?	Unaccompanied choir
1962	Chamber	Homage to Matthew Locke	3 trumpets, 3 trombones
1962	Chamber	Air and Round-O	Clarinet, French horn, flute, oboe		Arranged from Homage to Matthew Locke
1962	Orchestral	Concerto for trumpet, piano & strings	Trumpet, piano, string orchestra	Lyrita REAM1131
1962	Vocal	Song: I Saw a Peacock	Voice and piano
1963	Choral	Two Latin hymns: O Salutaris hostia; Tantum ergo	Unaccompanied choir
1963	Chamber	Wind Quintet	Bassoon, clarinet, flute, French horn, oboe
1964	Orchestral	Finale for a Concert	Full orchestra	Lyrita SRCD341
1964	Orchestral	Two fragments from The Merchant of Venice: Fanfare and March, the Prince of Morocco	Full orchestra
1964	Choral	Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred	Choir, soprano, tenor, cello
1964	Vocal	Greek Love Songs	Baritone and piano	Lyrita SRCD343 Chandos CHAN8830
1965	Keyboard	Sonatina No. 1	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
1965	Choral	Cantata Piccola	Baritone, choir, piano and strings
1967	Opera	The Equation - Musical drama	Voices and orchestra
1967	Orchestral	Music for Orchestra	Full orchestra	Lyrita SRCD252
1969	Choral	A Menagerie	Choir
1969	Choral	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis	Choir and organ	OxRecs OXCD130
1969	Choral	Missa Brevis (Salisburiensis)	Choir, organ		short Communion service
1970	Vocal	Five Medieval Lyrics	Voice and piano	Lyrita SRCD343
1970	Choral	Seven Limericks	Two-part Choir and small orchestra		Words chiefly from Edward Lear. London, Novello
1971	Choral	A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs	Choir
1972	Opera	Lord Arthur Savile's Crime	Voices and orchestra	Lyrita REAM1131
1973	Orchestral	Concertino No. 2	Piano & chamber orchestra
1974	Choral	Three Songs: Dafydd in Love	Baritone, choir, piano
1976	Vocal	Song cycle: A Little Love Music	Soprano and tenor voices	Chandos CHAN8830
1977	Choral	Gabriel of High Degree	Choir and organ
1977	Choral	Advent Carol: Twas in the Year that King Uzziah Died	Choir and organ
1978	Choral	"Phantoms"	Choir and small orchestra
1978	Choral	Holy Innocents	Choir, percussion and piano
1979	Vocal	Sigh No More, Ladies	Voice and piano	Collect CHAN6653
1981	Vocal	Stevie Smith songs	Tenor, piano, cello, oboe	Lyrita SRCD343
1981	Keyboard	Trumpet March	Organ	Priory PRDVD8 Priory PRCD6006
1982	Vocal	Cuisine Provençale	Soprano and piano	Naxos 8571378
1982	Choral	Daystar in Winter	Choir and organ
1982	Chamber	Pavanes and Galliards wind quintet
1984	Vocal	Love for Such a Cherry Lip	soprano and piano	Naxos 8571378
1984	Choral	Two Legends	Choir, organ, piano
1984	Vocal	Venus and Adonis	Piano and voice
1985	Vocal	Mirabile Misterium (A Great and Mighty Wonder)	Voice and piano	Naxos 8571378	Alt. version with strings, harpsichord and piano accompaniment
1986	Chamber	Tributes	Clarinet and piano
1987	Vocal	Four Chaucer Settings	Voice, oboe and piano
1987	Orchestral	Music for Orchestra
1988	Opera	Love's Labours Lost
1988	Opera	The Cat Who Went to Heaven	Voices, chorus, wind orchestra and piano
1989	Orchestral	Consort music	String orchestra	Naxos 8555068	Dedicated to Roderick Swanston
1989	Vocal	Songs of the Zodiac	Voice and piano
1990	Vocal	Cradle Song	Soprano and piano
1990	Vocal	Yesterday	Soprano and piano	Naxos 8571378
1990	Keyboard	Suite Champêtre	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
1991	Choral	A Little Triptych for a Birthday	Choir
1994	Vocal	Song cycle: Archy at the Zoo	Soprano and piano	Naxos 8571378
n.d.	Vocal	The End of Love	Baritone and piano	Lyrita SRCD343 Chandos CHAN8830
n.d.	Choral	I Saw Three Ships (carol)	Choir and organ
n.d.	Orchestral	Overture: The Miller and his Men	Chamber orchestra
n.d.	Vocal	Three Songs from The Ballad Operas	Baritone and orchestra
n.d.	Choral	Castle Gordon	Choir
n.d.	Vocal	Merciless Beauty	Baritone and piano	Lyrita SRCD343
n.d.	Choral	Psalm 24	Choir
n.d.	Keyboard	Novelette	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
n.d.	Keyboard	Sonatina	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
n.d.	Keyboard	Matthew's Tunes	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3
n.d.	Keyboard	Rudi's Blues	Piano	Ismeron JMSCD3

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