GERALD

BARRY

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 CHRONOLOGY

1952 Born in Clarehill, Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland

1960s Receives violin and piano lessons. Pawns violin.
1969-73 Studies Music at University College Dublin
1973 Dutch Government Scholarship to study composition with Peter Schat and organ
with Piet Kee at the Amsterdam Konservatorium
1975 Danish Government Scholarship to study in Copenhagen but does not take place up
German Government Scholarship (DAAD) to study with Stockhausen at the
Hochschule fur Musik, Cologne
1976 Begins studies with Kagel in Cologne
1977 Austrian Government Scholarship to study in Vienna with Friedrich Cerha but they
rarely meet. Cerha helps him with technical aspects of his first recognised piece,
Things That Gain By Being Painted for Soprano, Speaker, Cello and Piano. 'Kitty lie
over across from the wall' for piano and orchestra.
1977-78 Moves between Vienna and Cologne.
1978-81 Lives in Cologne writing, working as a church organist and studying with Kagel
1979 'Ø’ for two pianos and ‘___________’ for ensemble
1980 The Sleeping Beauty , Cinderella , Snow White - Theater am Marienplatz, Krefeld
1981 Orchestral music and songs for 'Unkautgarten', Reinhild Hoffmann’s ballet for Tanz
Theater Bremen WDR records ‘Ø' Returns to Dublin Au Milieu and Sur les Pointes
for piano
1981-89 The Intelligence Park , opera in three acts
1982-86 Lecturer at University College Cork
1985 Joins publishers Oxford University Press String Quartet No. 1
1986 From The Intelligence Park for orchestra
1988 Chevaux-de-frise for orchestra (BBC Proms)
1989 Bob for chamber ensemble
1990 Premiere of The Intelligence Park at the Almeida Festival, London.
1991-92 The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit chamber opera in two acts for Channel 4
Television
1992 Hard D for ensemble for De Volharding Piano Quartet No. 1 German premiere of
Bob by WDR Cologne From The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit for orchestra
1995 NMC chamber music CD BBC Music Magazine Critics’ Choice 1995 and nominated
for a Classic CD Award The Conquest of Ireland for bass solo and orchestra for the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
1996 La Jalousie Taciturne for strings Piano Quartet No. 2
1997 The Road for orchestra (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) CD of orchestral
music released on Marco Polo
1998 German premiere of The Conquest of Ireland at Musica Viva (Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra)
1999 String Quartet No. 2 The Eternal Recurrence for soprano and orchestra

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2000 Festival of Barry’s music organised by RTE Wiener Blut for ensemble at the BBC
Proms God Save the Queen for children’s choir and ensemble, written to mark the
Southbank Centre’s 50th Birthday String Quartet No. 3 (Six Marches for string
quartet)
2001 Portrait concert by the Philharmonia Orchestra in London's Royal Festival Hall
2002 Dead March nominated for the 2002 Ivors Classical Music Award Featured
Composer at the Aldeburgh and Huddersfield Festivals German premiere of The
Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (Berliner Festwochen)
2003 L’Agitation des Observateurs, Les Tremblement des Voyeurs for ensemble German
premiere of 'Chevaux de frise' (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) CD of The
Intelligence Park released on NMC
2005 Stage premiere of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant opera in Five Acts at English
National Opera and released on RTE
2006 North American premiere of The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (Los Angeles
Philharmonic) Day for orchestra (BBC Symphony Orchestra) German premiere of
Wiener Blut (orchestral version) - Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
2007 La Plus Forte opera in one act for soprano and orchestra (Radio France Festival
Présence) String Quartet No 4 'First Sorrow' Portrait concerts at Miller Theatre,
Columbia University, New York and the Isabelle Gardner Museum, Boston Le
Vieux Sourd for piano commissioned by Betty Freeman Russian premiere of
Chevaux de Frise with the Mariinsky Orchestra, St Petersburg
2008 German language premiere of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant at Theater Basel
Lisbon nominated for an RPS Music Award American premiere of La Plus Forte
(New World Symphony Orchestra, Miami) No other people for orchestra
2009 Joins Schott Music Schott and Sons, Mainz for bass voice and choir Feldman's
Sixpenny Editions for ensemble
2010 UK, Canadian and Dutch premieres of La Plus Forte' (London and Toronto
Symphony Orchestras and the Netherlands Philharmonic) CD of hitherto
unreleased recordings ( Things That Gain By Being Painted , Kitty lie over across
from the wall , L’Agitation des Observateurs, Les Tremblement des Voyeurs ,
Chevaux de frise ) appears in the journal Boulevard Magenta 2 (The Irish Museum
of Modern Art), also containing sketches from The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant .
2011 World premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest , Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Los Angeles
2012 Concert performance of The Importance of Being Earnest in London, Barbican
Hall (national premiere, UK)
2013 World premiere staged production of The Importance of Being Earnest in Nancy,
France (Opéra national de Lorraine)
2013 Receives RPS Award for Large-Scale Composition for The Importance of Being
Earnest

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 STAGE WORKS -
OPERA

The Importance of Being Earnest

opera in three acts based on the text by Oscar Wilde (2009-2010)
libretto prepared by the composer
Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director &
Barbican Centre, London
Cast of characters: John Worthing · tenor - Algernon Moncrieff · bass-baritone - Cecily Cardew ·
soprano - Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax · mezzo-soprano - Miss Prism · contralto - Lady Bracknell · bass -
Lane / Merriman · bass - male chamber choir (tenors and basses) in act 1 only, pre-recorded
Orchestra instrumentation: 1(pic).1(ca).1.bcl.2(2.cbsn)-2.2(1.Dtpt).1.1-timp.2perc(mar, vib, cym, s.d, b.d,
chimes, wind machine, lion's roar, flex, large hammer, white dinner plates, telephone, jackboots,
gun)-pno(cel)-str(1.1.1.1.1)
90' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: study score ED 13527 · vocal score ED 13424
Premiere: April 7, 2011 Los Angeles, CA, Walt Disney Concert Hall (USA) · Gordon Gietz, John Worthing; Joshua
Bloom, Algernon Moncrieff; Hila Plitmann, Cecily Cardew; Katalin Karolyi, Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax; Hilary
Summers, Miss Prism; Stephen Richardson, Lady Bracknell · Conductor: Thomas Adès · Los Angeles Philharmonic
(world première as concert) March 17, 2013 Nancy, Opéra national de Lorraine (F) · Conductor: Tito Muñoz ·
Staging: Sam Brown · Costumes: Anne-Marie Woods · Stage design: Anne-Marie Woods (World Premiere of staged
version)

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 ORCHESTRA -
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - ENSEMBLE

Feldman's Sixpenny Editions

for ensemble (2008-2009)
Co-commissioned by The London Sinfonietta and The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
I Martial Steps - II Home Thoughts - III An Afternoon Sleep - IV Free From Care - V A Bumpkin's
Dance - VI At Dusk - VII The dog barks, the caravan passes on - VIII The Innermost Secret
Orchestra instrumentation: 1(afl).1.1.bcl.1-2.1.1.0-pno(cel)-str(1.1.1.1.1)
20' 0''
Material on hire
Other editions: study score ED 13363
Premiere: March 10, 2011 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall (UK) · Conductor: Thomas Adès · London Sinfonietta

No people.
for octet (2013)
Commissioned by Ensemble 7Bridges
Orchestra instrumentation: cl.bsn-hn-str(1.1.1.1.1)
18' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: May 18, 2013 Huddersfield, St. Paul\'s Hall (UK) · Ensemble 7Bridges · Conductor: James Weeks

SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH ORCHESTRA OR ENSEMBLE - PIANO

Piano Concerto
(2012)
for piano and orchestra
Co-commissioned by Bayerischer Rundfunk / musica viva and City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: 3(2.pic; 3.pic, afl).2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-3perc(b.d, 2wind
machines)-pno-str
22' 0''
Material on hire
Premiere: November 15, 2013 München, Herkulessaal (D) · Nicolas Hodges, Klavier · Conductor: Peter Rundel ·
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

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 KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS -
PIANO - PIANO SOLO

Le Vieux Sourd
for solo piano (2008, rev. 2010)
for piano
Commissioned by Betty Freeman
6' 0''
Order number: ED 13340
Premiere: September 30, 2008 Los Angeles, CA, Zipper Hall, Colburn School (USA) Piano Spheres (15th season) ·
Gloria Cheng, piano (World premiere of original version) November 7, 2010 Los Angeles, CA, Walt Disney Concert
Hall (USA) · Gerald Barry, piano · Conductor: Thomas Adès · Los Angeles Philharmonic (World premiere of new
version)

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 VOCAL MUSIC -
VOICE AND KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT

Lady Bracknell
for voices and piano (2009)
text by Oscar Wilde
3' 0''
Order number: ED 13452

VOICE(S) AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (2-12 INSTRUMENTS)

Jabberwocky
for voice, horn and piano (2012)
text by Lewis Carroll
French translation by Frank L. Warrin, German translation by Robert Scott
Commissioned for Britten Sinfonia’s At Lunch series by Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall. This
commission has been made possible by funding from Arts Council England.
6' 0''
Order number: score and parts ED 13525
Premiere: January 20, 2013 Brighton, Brighton Dome (UK) · Mark Padmore, voice; Richard Watkins, horn; Huw
Watkins, piano

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 CHORAL MUSIC - MIXED CHOIR

Schott and Sons, Mainz

texts arranged by the composer from The Letters of Beethoven collected and translated by Emily
Anderson (2009)
for bass solo and choir (SATB)
Commissioned by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland (with funding provided by the Arts
Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon), Ars Nova Copenhagen and Coro Casa da Música,
Porto
20' 0''
Order number: choral score ED 13339
Premiere: October 21, 2010 Dublin, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Gallery (IRL) · Stephen Richardson, bass ·
Conductor: Paul Hillier · National Chamber Choir of Ireland

Long Time
for SATB choir (2011)
for mixed choir (SATB)
text from Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust
Commissioned by the Cork International Choral Festival for ‘From Composition to Performance,
the Seminar on New Choral Music’ and grant-aided by the Arts Council of Ireland / An Comhairle
Ealaoín
7' 0''
Order number: choral score ED 13474
Premiere: May 4, 2012 Cork, St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral (IRL) Cork International Choral Festival 2012 · Conductor:
Paul Hillier · National Chamber Choir of Ireland