Mark-Anthony Turnage

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Turnage, Mark-Anthony (b Grays, Essex, 1960). Eng. composer. Comp.-in-association with CBSO 1989–93. Distinctive if eclectic style deriving from many sources incl. rock and jazz. Prin. comps.:OPERAS: Greek (1986–8); Killing Time (TV) (1991).ORCH.: Let us sleep now, chamber orch. (1979, rev. 1982); Night Dances (1980–1); Kind of Blue (1981–2); Ekaya (1984); Gross Intrusion, amp. str. qt., str., 14 players (1987); Three Screaming Popes (1988–9); Momentum (1990–1); Drowned Out (1992–3); Your Rockaby, sax. conc. (1993).VOICE(S) & ENS.: Lament for a Hanging Man, sop., ens. (1983); One Hand in Brooklyn Heights, 16 vv., perc. (1986); Greek Suite, mez., ten., ens. (1989); Some Days, mez., orch. (1989); Leaving, sop., ten., ch., ens. (1990, rev. 1992); Her Anxiety, sop., ens. (1991).CHAMBER ENS.: And Still a Softer Morning, fl., vib., hp., vc. (1978, rev. 1983); After Dark, wind quintet, str. quintet (1982–3); On All Fours, chamber ens. (1985); Sarabande, sop. sax., pf. (1985); Release, 8 players (1987); Kai, vc., ens. (1989–90); 3 Farewells, fl., cl., hp., str. qt. (1990); Are You Sure?, str. qt. (1990, rev. 1991); 3 Lullabies, vc., pf. (1992); This Silence, cl., hn., bn., str. qt. (1992–3); Set To, brass ens. (1992–3); Blood on the Floor, large ens. (1993–4); Two Elegies Framing a Shout, sop. sax., pf. (1994).PIANO: Entranced (1982).