Nicola LeFanu

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Nicola LeFanu (born April 28, 1947 ) is a British composer .

The daughter of Irish composer Elizabeth Maconchy to 1968 studied from 1965 at St Hilda's College of Oxford University . She continued her education at the Royal College of Music , where she won the Cobbett Prize in 1970 with an oboe quartet . Her ballet Rambert received the Gulbenkian Dance Award in 1972. A Harkness grant in 1973 enabled her to study at Harvard University .

In the 1970s, LeFanu taught at St Paul's Girls' School and Morley College , where she directed musical theater. She later taught composition at King's College London , and from 1994 to 2008 she was a music professor at the University of York . She composed more than sixty works, including several operas, instrumental concerts and other orchestral works, chamber and vocal music and works for solo instruments.

Works

  • Soliloquy for oboe, 1966
  • Preludio I for orchestra, 1967
  • Variations for oboe and string quartet, 1968
  • Il Cantico Dei Cantici II for soprano, 1968
  • Chiaroscuro for piano, 1969
  • But Stars Remaining for soprano, 1970
  • Christ Calls Man Home for two sopranos and mixed choir, 1971
  • Songs & Sketches for chamber ensemble, 1971
  • Abstracts and a Frame for violin and piano, 1971
  • Omega for organ, 1972
  • Rondeaux for tenor and horn, 1972
  • Anti-World , Opera, 1972
  • The Last Laugh , ballet, 1972
  • The Hidden Landscape for orchestra, 1973
  • The Valleys Shall Sing for choir and wind ensemble, 1973
  • Paysage for baritone, 1973
  • The Same Day Dawns for soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1974
  • Columbia Falls for orchestra, 1975
  • The Little Valleys for choir, 1975
  • Preludio II for orchestra, 1976
  • Collana for percussion, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and double bass, 1976
  • Dawnpath , Opera, 1977
  • For We Are The Stars for 16 solo voices, 1978
  • Verses From Psalm 90 for soprano and choir, 1978
  • Deva for cello and chamber ensemble, 1979
  • Ferns for orchestra, 1980
  • Trio 1 for flute, percussion and cello, 1980
  • The Old Woman of Beare for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1981
  • Like a Wave of the Sea for mixed choir and period instruments, 1981
  • A Penny For A Song for soprano and piano, 1981
  • Variations for Piano and Orchestra , 1982
  • SPNM Birthday Fanfare for two trumpets, 1983
  • Rory's Rounds for choir and melodic instruments, 1983
  • Trio 2: Song for Peter for soprano, clarinet and cello, 1983
  • Stranded on my Heart for tenor, mixed choir and strings, 1984
  • I am Bread for soprano and piano, 1984
  • Moon Over Western Ridge, Mootwingee: Quartet for Saxophones , 1985
  • Invisible Places for clarinet and string quartet, 1986
  • The Story of Mary O'Neill for soprano and choir, 1986
  • Wind among the Pines: Five Images of Norfolk for soprano and orchestra, 1987
  • Lament for oboe, clarinet, viola and cello, 1988
  • Lullaby for clarinet and piano, 1988
  • Nocturne for cello and piano, 1988
  • String Quartet I , 1988
  • Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra , 1989
  • The Silver Strand for mixed choir, 1989
  • Four Rounds From “The Green Children” for unison choir, 1990
  • The Green Children , opera, 1990
  • The Spirit Moves for mixed choir, 1992
  • Blood Wedding , Opera, 1992
  • Ervallagh for alto saxophone, 1993
  • Sundari and the Secret Message for narrator, flute, sitar, tabla, electric piano and cello, 1993
  • Dawns Dove for recorder, 1994
  • La Cancion De La Luna for countertenor and string quartet, 1994
  • The Wildman , Opera, 1995
  • Sextet for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello, 1996
  • String Quartet II , 1996
  • Concertino for Clarinet and Strings , 1997
  • On The Wind for choir, 1997
  • Duo Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, 1999

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personal data
SURNAME LeFanu, Nicola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1947