Edward McGuire (composer)

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Edward McGuire (born 1948 in Glasgow) is a British composer.

He studied composition with James Iliff at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1966 to 1970 and then with Ingvar Lidholm in Stockholm in 1971.

He received a British Composers' Award in 2003. In 2004 he received a Creative Scotland Award which allowed him to create the work Defying Fate. Was commissioned to produce the finale for the 2006 St Magnus Festival, Ring of Strings.

McGuire plays the flute in the folk group the Whistlebinkies. In January 2006 he travelled to Hong Kong with the group to play a concert ("Scotland the Brave") with the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra.

The CD of his music, Eddie McGuire: Music for Flute, Guitar and Piano, on the Delphian Records label was Editor's Choice in Grammaphone Magazine in 2006.

[edit] List of works (A-De only)

Accordion Concerto	1999	Orchestral Concerto	Accordion/Strings	Owen Murray
Air and Dances	1995	Chamber Duo	Piano/Violin
Air and Slip Jig		Chamber Ensemble	Folk String
Albanach, The		Chamber Ensemble
Am Maraiche 'S A Leannan = Gaelic Love Songs Of The Sea	1988	Accompanied Vocal	S Fl Clar S-Smp Str	Scottish Ensemble
Amazonia	1987	Instrumental	Guitar	Philip Thorne
Aria	2004	Chamber Duo	Fl Pf	Amy Morris (assisted by SAC)
Auld Land Syne - Arrangement		Choral Secular Accompanied	Choir Vn Cl
Autumn Moon	1992	Chmaber Duet	2 Guitars
Cake-Talk - An Opera for Children	1996	Theatre Opera
Caledonian Muse, The : A Symphonic Rhapsody	1995	Chamber Orchestral	21+122 2200 Tp Perc Str	Glasgow Chamber Orchestra & Glasgow Caledonian University
Calgacus - Symphonic Poem	1976	Orchestral Concerto	Bgp / 3+22+12+12+1 4331 Tp 2 Perc Pf Hp Str	BBCSSO
Cameron's Lament	1997	Accompanied Choral	SATB / Fl Db
Caprice	1999	Chamber Duo	Fl Pf
Cauldron of Improvisations	1986	Chamber Mixed Trio	Fl Vn Gu	Philip Thorne
Celtic Knotwork - for 3 Oboes	1990	Chamber Trio Woodwind	3 Oboes	John Lebedis
Celtic Knotwork - for 3 flutes	1990	Chamber Trio Woodwind	3 Flutes
Celtic Knotwork - for 3 recorders (or 3 flutes)	1990	Chamber Trio Woodwind	3 rec (3 Fl)	John Lebedis
Celtic Knotwork - for 3 sopranos	1990	Vocal Unaccompanied	3 S
Celtic Knotwork - for 4 flutes	1990	Chamber Quartet Woodwind	4 Fl
Celtic Knotwork - for 4 clarinets	1990	Chamber Quartet Woodwint	4 Cl
Ceòl Mor, Ceòl Beag	2002	Chamber Folk Orchestral	Folk Group [Fl Vn Va Conc L-Bgp] 1+1111 1100 Str	North Ayrshire Council
Chamber Music - Guevara's Epitaph	1968/1996	Chamber Mixed Quintet	3 Cl Pf Hp
Chinese Air and Dances	2004	String Orchestral	Str
Chinese Dances : Purple Bamboo Melody, Song of Happiness (arrangement)	2000	Orchestral	1+11+122 4231 Tp 3 Perc Str	BBC Commission for BBCSSO China Tour 2000
Chinese Knotwork	2001	Chamber Quartet Woodwind	4Cl
Chun Jie
Citysongs	1983	vocal accompanied	Bar Pf	National Federation of Music Societies
Collection of music for Strings and Bagpipes : Vol 1	2001	Orchestral string concerto	Bgpipes Str
Confluence	1979			Radio Clyde
Cruel Mither	1994	vocal accompanied	S 2 Vn Va Vc
Cullercoats Tommy	1993	theatre opera	Sttbb Dancers / 1(1)1+11+12 2210 Perc Tp Str + Folk Ensemble : Fl Vn Conc N-Bgp	Northern Sinfonia / Northern Stage
Dancing Memories	2001	instrumental	Fl
Dark Cloud	1991	chamber octet string	8 Gu
De'il's Awa wi' th' Exciseman, The (arrangement)	2003	choral accompanied	Voices / Cl 2 Vn Va Vc Hp	Hector Scott
Defying Fate	2005	ballet theatre	Chinese Folk Group / Scottish Folk Group

[edit] Discography

Calgacus	BBCSSO
London Proms 1997
Songs of New Beginnings		Paragon
Fast Peace III		Alma Duo
Divertimento, Martyr (Viola Pieces)	Durrant
Nocturnes	Mr McFall's Chamber
Celtic Knotwork	Scottish Flute Trio and Chinook Clarinet Quartet	2001