Jerome_de_Bromhead

Jerome de Bromhead

Irish composer

Jerome de Bromhead (born 2 December 1945) is an Irish composer, classical guitarist, and member of Aosdána.

Selected works

Orchestral

Abstract Variations (1976)
Danzostinata (1978)
Venti Eventi (1978)
Symphony No. 1 (1985)
Concerto for Guitar and Strings (1991, rev. 1997)
Symphony No. 2 (1994)
Violin Concerto No. 1 (2008)
Corkamesca (2014) for string orchestra
A Lay for a Light Year (2014)

Chamber music

Frenetics (1971) for 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano, guitar, drumkit, double bass
String Quartet No. 1 (1971)
Rotastasis (1975) for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Parameters (1976) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano
String Quartet No. 2 (1977)
Prelude for Viola and Piano (1977)
Brass Quintet No. 1 (1979)
Magister (1981) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello
Vespertine (1981) for flute and guitar
Wind Quintet (1983)
Quondam (1985) for flute, violin, viola, piano
Brass Quintet No. 2 (1986)
Torna un Suono (1992) for oboe, viola, cello
Gym (1999) for mixed ensemble (10 musicians)
Serenade (2005) for oboe/clarinet and double bass
Baroque Restorations (2006) for accordion and piano
Augury (2009) for violin and guitar
Few Get to the Orient (2009) for 4 percussionists
Noon (2009) for clarinet and piano
Brass Canons (2014) for 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba
Farewell Fair Friend (2014) for flute, clarinet, accordion, violin, cello

Solo instrumental

Anno (1969) for guitar
Gemini (1970) for guitar
Benthos (1974) for piano
Xasolos (1975) for any treble instrument
Moto Impetuo (1977) for organ
Flux (1981) for harpsichord
Undulations (1984) for piano
Three Fresh Pieces (1989) for piano
Two Ladies Dancing (1998) film score, for piano
Guitar Sonata No. 1 (1999)
Gerousia (2006) for guitar
Charlie's Lonesome Violin Blues (2009) for violin
Fright Fight or Flight (2009) for viola
Party Games (2009) for violin
Pseudo Fugue and Presumptuous Postlude (2009) for cello

Vocal

Dirge from Donne's Devotions (1975) for mixed choir
Bláth an Aitinn (1976) for mixed choir
Iomramh (1978) for mixed choir
Hy Brasil (1980) for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed choir, small orchestra
Joy (1982) for soprano, baritone, mixed choir
Music for No Myth (1992) for mezzo, spoken chorus, flute, horn, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello
New Lands (1993) for soprano, mezzo, baritone, piano
The Assize of Sighs (1993) for mezzo and piano
Clear Light and Thunder (1996) for medium voice and piano
Lynch Triptych (1998) for mixed choir
Ring Out Ring In (2006) for mixed choir
Bridal Song (2008) for mezzo, tenor, bass (solos)
In Youth is Pleasure (2008) for mezzo, tenor, bass (solos)
My Prime of Youth (2008) for mezzo, tenor, bass (solos)
The Dawning (2008) for mixed choir
The Quip (2008) for mixed choir
Love's Gleaning Tide (2009) for mixed choir
Our Hands Have Met (2009) for mixed choir
Not Yet Begun (2011), versions for a) soprano, viola, cello, double bass; or b) soprano, clarinet, violin, piano
I Breathe a Drug (2013) for soprano, cello, organ
Gaelic Prayer (2014) for mixed choir

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Graydon, Philip: "de Bromhead, Jerome", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. by Harry White and Bara Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013), p. 285.

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The Contemporary Music Centre Ireland, accessed November 2015

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Feeley, John "Contemporary Irish Music for Classic Guitar Solo" (Pacific, Ohio: Mel Bay, 2012), p. 25.

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Jerome_de_Bromhead

Jerome de Bromhead

Biography

Music

Selected works

Scores

Recordings

References

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