Cresswell, Lyell, 1944-2022

Born Wellington, New Zealand and studied in Wellington, Toronto, Aberdeen and Utrecht. He was Forman Fellow in Composition at the University of Edinburgh from 1980 to 1982 and for the follow three years he was Cramb Fellow in Composition at Glasgow University.

Lived in Edinburgh, Scotland where he was a freelance composer.

Lyell Cresswell
Lyell Cresswell (Wikipedia)

Nationality:

New Zealand

Works

"Equi-poise" for violoncello and piano

"The Blackness of Darkness"

Acquerello for solo pianoforte

Chiaroscura for solo pianoforte

Inventions

Prayer for the Cure of a Sprained Back (1979)

Six Poems by Amy Lowell

Song-cycle: Snatches, from Baptized Generations

String Quartet b

String Quartet no. 3 (a and/or b)

The Silver Pipes of Ur for wind quintet

The Urim and the Thummim (1986)

Variations on a theme of Charles Ives

Variations on General Reid's March of the 42nd or Old Highland Regiment: 'In the garb of old Gaul'

Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue for solo pianoforte

Concerts

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