Antoinette Kirkwood

Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930) is an English composer born in London.^[1] She studied piano and composition and accompanied her mother, who was a lieder singer.^[2]

Works

Selected works include:

• Symphony No. 1 op. 8
• Alessandro op. 12 - (Music Drama after the book by Gerard McLarnon)
• Musa the Saint op. 16 - (Ballet after the book by Antoinette Kirkwood)
• Fantasia No. 1 op. 13
• Fantasia No. 2 op. 14
• Fantasia No. 3 op. 18
• Suite for Strings op. 5
• The Empty Stable op. 10 - Incidental Music
• Unhallowed op. 4 - Incidental Music
• Sonata op. 6 for Violoncello and Piano
• Petite Suite op. 20 No. 2 for Guitar
• Rapsodie No. 1 op. 21 No. 4 for Viola and Guitar
• Soliloquy op. 19 No. 3 for Guitar
• Largo op. 17 No. 1 for Flute and Piano
• Rapsodie op. 19 No. 2 for Harp solo
• Sleepy Waters in the Moonlight for 2 Violins and Violoncello
• Sonatina op. 2 No. 1, piano
• Nocturne op. 2 No. 2, piano
• Carol SATB and piano
• The Fly op. 7 No. 1 (William Blake)
• The Barrel Organ op. 7 No. 5 (Michael Ashe)
• Must she go? op. 9 No. 1 (James Forsyth)
• Morning in Bengal op. 9 No. 2 (Anthony Hayward)
• The Tourney op. 9 No. 3 (Anthony Hayward)
• Remorse op. 9 No. 4 (Michael O'Hagan)
• The Song of the Fisherman of Cacru op. 11 No. 3 (James Forsyth)
• The Oyster-Catcher’s Song op. 11 No. 4 (James Forsyth)
• Der Schiffbrüchige op. 15 (Heinrich Heine)
• Krönung op. 17 No. 2 (Heinrich Heine) High Voice and Strings^[3]

Her works have been recorded and issued on media, including:

• Six Intermezzi - A Potpourri of Piano Music
• Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
• Women Composers - Vol. I CD
• Women Composers - Vol. II CD

References