Edward McGuire (composer)
Edward ("Eddie") McGuire (born 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish 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.
His opera "Cullercoats Tommy", with a libretto by Michael Wilcox was premiered by Northern Sinfonia and Northern Stage in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1993
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. He 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 Gramophone magazine in 2006.
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 | ||
| Albannach, 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 Lang Syne - Arrangement | Choral Secular Accompanied | Choir Vn Cl | ||
| Autumn Moon | 1992 | Chamber 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 Mòr, 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 |
Discography
| The Very Best of the BBC: The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform McGuire's Symphonic Poem: Calgacus recorded at the BBC Proms in September 1997 on this BBC Music Magazine cover mount CD issued in November 1997. (BBC Music Vol. VI No.3) |
| Paragon Premieres 2: Paragon Wind Quartet with Linda Ormiston (mezzo soprano) perform McGuire's Songs of New Beginnings, to poems by Marianne Carey (CCD1032) Continuum 1993 |
| Point of Departure: the Alma Duo (Phyllis Kamrin, viola, and Michael Goldberg, guitar) perform McGuire's Fast Peace 3 (KA9001CD) Kamelion 1994 |
| Viola Pieces: James Durrant performs McGuire's Divertimento for 20 Violas, Prelude 6 and Martyr (ALTO CD1) Alto Records 1994 |
| Upstart Jugglers: Mr McFall's Chamber ensemble perform McGuire's Nocturnes (MMCC 003) Mr McFalls Chamber 2001 |
| Eddie McGuire: Music for Flute, Guitar and Piano (DCD34029) Delphian Records 2006: Nancy Ruffer (flute), Abigail James (guitar) and Dominic Saunders (piano) perform McGuire's Resistance Movement, Dark Cloud, Amazonia, Harbour of Harmonies, Caprice, Fountain of Tears, Prelude 13, Dancing Memories and Twelve White-Note Pieces |
| Flotilla: the Flotilla trio of 2 soprano saxophones and alto saxophone perform McGuire's Remembrance (ATKS 0802) Big Shed Music 2008 |
| Knotwork: the Fell Clarinet Quartet perform McGuire's Celtic Knotwork and Chinese Knotwork (DCD34065) Delphian Records 2008 |
| Embracing the Unknown: the Edinburgh String Quartet with John Kenny (trombone) and Catriona McKay (harp) perform McGuire's Guest Sextet (BC3010) Brass Classics 2009 |
| The Prairie Song Project: Amy Morris (flute) and Michael Heaston (piano) perform McGuire's Aria} Prairie Song Project 2012 |
| Guitar Phases: Stefan Grasse performs McGuire's Dark Cloud for 8 guitars (Xolo CD 1033) Xolo Music 2014 |
External links
- Edward McGuire at the Scottish Music Centre full biography and works list.
- The Five Centuries of Scottish Music page on Edward McGuire contains free digitised scores of his works.
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