Watkins, Michael Blake
Watkins, Michael Blake (b Ilford, 1948). Eng. composer. Fellow in television comp. with London Weekend TV 1981–3. His double conc. won Menuhin comp. prize 1975. Works incl.:ORCH.: Proem (1972); Double Conc. (After Psallein), ob., gui., orch. (1972); Concertante, 11 players (1973); Clouds and Eclipses, gui., str. (1973); hn. conc., str., opt. hp. (1974); Dreams (1975); vn. conc. (1977); Étalage (1979); Sinfonietta (1982); tpt. conc. (1988); vc. conc. (1991–2).ENS.: Psallein, gui., with gui. ens. of 6 players, clavichord, perc. (1971); The Magic Shadow-Show, vc., ens. (1980).VOICE(S) & INSTR(S).: Those Dancing Days Are Gone, ten., vn., cl., gui. (1969); Invocation, ten., lute (1972); Before the Beginning of Years, sop., ten., pf. (1972); Youth's Dream and Time's Truth, ten., tpt., hp., str. (1973); Solarium, school ch., orch. (1974); All That We Read in Their Smiles (5 Songs), ten., hn., pf. (1977); The Spirit of the Universe, sop., ens. (1978); The Bird of Time, ten., ob. (1979); The Spirit of Night, ten., gui. (1980).CHAMBER MUSIC: Synthesis, pf. (1969); Cavatina, vc. (1972); gui. qt. (4 guitars) (1972); Solus, gui. (1975); The Wings of Night, vn. (1975); The Spirit of the Earth, gui. (1978); str. qt. (1979); quintet, cl., vn., va., vc., pf. (1981); ob. qt. (1984).BRASS: Aubade, brass band (1973); From the High Towers, 2 tpt., hn., ten. tb., tuba (1976).
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