Gavin Bryars

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member of:	Gavin Bryars Ensemble Joseph Holbrooke Trio (free jazz trio)
original member of:	The Portsmouth Sinfonia
children:	Orlanda Bryars Ziella Bryars
married:	Anna Tchernakova Angela Bryars (from 1971 until 1993)

picture:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gavin_Bryars.JPG [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117272/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/67657 [info]
official homepages:	https://gavinbryars.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90005207 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6n30hrt [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139421717 [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/12433623X [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/gavin_bryars [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr90005207 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/0lVWTWT1YdiNwuW9Gv3mUF [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/14939 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000150545 [info]
VIAF ID:	56800924 [info]
Wikidata:	Q713939 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/157694 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
2007 – 2009	A Singer Must Die		Art of Time Ensemble with Steven Page	4:20
	A Little Rain		Jess Walker	3:33
	Georgia Lee		Jess Walker	3:55
	Innocent When You Dream		Jess Walker, Gavin Bryars	2:42
	Lullaby		Jess Walker, Simon Allen	3:17
	The Briar and the Rose		Jess Walker	6:04
	Three Variations on the "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour		Brian Eno	4:18
	Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, I: Fullness of Wind		Brian Eno	9:58
	Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, II: French Catalogues		Brian Eno	5:18
	Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour		Brian Eno	8:17
	Train Song		Jess Walker	3:27
	When They Ring the Golden Bells / Ophelia (reprise)		Natalie Merchant	9:33
	Whistle Down the Wind		Jess Walker	4:22
	conducted
1975-09-12	Three Variations on the "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour		Brian Eno	4:18
1975-09-12	Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, I: Fullness of Wind		Brian Eno	9:58
1975-09-12	Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, II: French Catalogues		Brian Eno	5:18
1975-09-12	Three Variations on the “Canon in D Major” by Johann Pachelbel, III: Brutal Ardour		Brian Eno	8:17
	From Egil's Saga part I. To Erik in York: “Vestr fórk of ver…” (“By sun and moon…”) (To Erik in York)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	7:56
	From Egil's Saga part II. Lament for my Sons: “Attak gótt…” (“The spear-god shared…”)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	2:37
	From Egil's Saga part II. Lament for my Sons: “Mjök erum tregt…” (“My mouth strains…”)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	5:41
	From Egil's Saga part II. Lament for my Sons: “Nu erum torvelt” (“The end is all” reprise)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	3:06
	From Egil's Saga part II. Lament for my Sons: “Nú erum torvelt” (“The end is all”)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	3:23
	From Egil's Saga part III. In honor of Aribjorn: “Hann aldrteig…” (“A fertile field…”)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	3:57
	From Egil's Saga part IV. Late Poems: “Vals hefk vófur helsis…” (“My bald pate bobs and blunders…”)		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	3:24
	From Egil's Saga, Prologue		Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	4:09
	Irma: Aria "Irma You Will Be Mine"		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Irma: Chorus "Love Is Help Mate"		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Irma: First Interlude		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Irma: Introduction		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Irma: Overture and Aria "I Tell You That's Irma Herself"		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Irma: Postlude		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Irma: Second Interlude		Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton	?:??
	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet		Gavin Bryars	25:57
	The Sinking of the Titanic		Gavin Bryars	24:40
	Tróndur í Gøtu: “Hevjið í Homrum” (“Raise the Vociferous Chant”)		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	1:26
	Tróndur í Gøtu: “I Føroyum búðu menskir fyrr…” (“In bygone times, the Faroes…”)		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	5:56
	Tróndur í Gøtu: “Streyk Tróndur Saer Um Ennið” (“Trondur Strokes His Forehead”)		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	2:59
	Tróndur í Gøtu: “Tróndur doyði…” (“Trondur Died…”)		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	2:48
	Tróndur í Gøtu: St. Brendan’s Prayer		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	4:45
	Tróndur í Gøtu: The Island of Birds (St Brendan)		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	3:16
	Tróndur í Gøtu: The Journey Prayer (St. Brendan)		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	3:56
	Tróndur í Gøtu: Tróndur’s Creed I		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	1:53
	Tróndur í Gøtu: Tróndur’s Creed II		Eivør Pálsdóttir, Rúni Brattaberg, Eystanljóð, Aldubáran, Gavin Bryars	1:38
	When They Ring the Golden Bells / Ophelia (reprise)		Natalie Merchant	9:33
	instruments
1975-05-15	Ponukelian Melody	cello	Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, John White	11:58
1975	1, 2, 1–2–3–4	double bass	Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, Cornelius Cardew, Derek Bailey, Mike Nichols, Celia Gollin, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay, Stuart Deeks, Paul Nieman	14:28
1975	Aran	cymbal	Christopher Hobbs, John White, Gavin Bryars	3:38
1975	Aran	wood block	Christopher Hobbs, John White, Gavin Bryars	3:38
1975	Aran	reed organ	Christopher Hobbs, John White, Gavin Bryars	3:38
1975	Aran	triangle	Christopher Hobbs, John White, Gavin Bryars	3:38
1975	McCrimmon Will Never Return	reed organ	Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs	9:01
1976	The Squirrel and the Ricketty Racketty Bridge	classical guitar [concert guitar]	Brian Eno, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars	21:10
1986-02	Epilogue	crotales [bowed crotales], glockenspiel [bowed glockenspiel] and gong [plate gongs]	Gavin Bryars	4:37
1986-02	Prologue	crotales [bowed crotales], glockenspiel [bowed glockenspiel] and gong [plate gongs]	Gavin Bryars	4:45
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song I	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	3:25
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song II	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	4:24
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song III	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	3:17
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song IV	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	1:34
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song V	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	4:04
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song VI	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	3:15
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song VII	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	3:08
1997-11	Adnan Songbook: Song VIII	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Valdine Anderson	5:33
1997-11	Epilogue from Wonder Lawn	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	7:18
2008-09-05	Lauda (con sordino)	piano	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	12:24
2008-09-05	Lauda 13 "Stomme allegro"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:01
2008-09-05	Lauda 19 "Omne homo"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	2:23
2008-09-05	Lauda 28 "Amor dolçe sença pare"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:41
2008-09-05	Lauda 29 "O divina virgo, flore"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	3:19
2008-09-05	Lauda 35 "L'alto prençe archangelo"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:09
2008-09-05	Lauda 36 "Gloria in cielo"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	4:48
2008-09-05	Lauda 37 "Ciascun ke fede sente"	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	9:00
2008-09-05	No. 1 from Tre Laude Dolçe	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	7:24
	Autumn Countdown Machine	double bass	Gavin Bryars, Sandra Hill, Christopher Hobbs, John White	?:??
	Autumn Countdown Machine	percussion [metronome]	Gavin Bryars, Sandra Hill, Christopher Hobbs, John White	?:??
	Drinking and Hooting Machine	percussion [bottle]	Gavin Bryars, Susan Dorey, Brian Eno, Christopher Hobbs, John White	?:??
	Hymn IV Aughton (“He leadeth me”)	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:59
	Hymn V Autumn	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	7:56
	Hymn VI, last hymn	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	8:29
	Infraudibles	double bass	Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars, Richard Howe, Evan Parker, Bernard Rands	?:??
	Innocent When You Dream	harmonium	Jess Walker, Gavin Bryars	2:42
	Jew’s Harp Machine	mouth harp	Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, Michael Nyman, John White	?:??
	So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain	vibraphone	Father John Misty	9:58
	Sub Rosa	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	9:58
	The Sinking of the Titanic	double bass	Alter Ego, Gavin Bryars, Philip Jeck	1:12:35
	The Sinking of the Titanic	piano	Gavin Bryars	24:40
	Titanic Hymn I Autumn	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	4:33
	Titanic Hymn III Autumn	double bass	Gavin Bryars Ensemble	6:07
	instruments arranged
	Leaving LA	strings	Father John Misty	13:12
	Pure Comedy	brass [horns]	Father John Misty	6:25
	produced
	A Little Drop of Poison		Jess Walker	3:11
	A Little Rain		Jess Walker	3:33
	Alice		Jess Walker	5:36
	Barbara Allen		Jess Walker	3:31
	Broken Bicycles		Jess Walker, Simon Allen	4:00
	Georgia Lee		Jess Walker	3:55
	Gypsy Tango		[traditional]	2:22
	Innocent When You Dream		Jess Walker, Gavin Bryars	2:42
	Johnsburg, Illinois		Jess Walker	2:02
	La Partida		Jim Holmes	2:59
	Lauda (con sordino)		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	12:24
	Lauda 4 "Oi me lasso"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	4:28
	Lauda 13 "Stomme allegro"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:01
	Lauda 19 "Omne homo"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	2:23
	Lauda 28 "Amor dolçe sença pare"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:41
	Lauda 29 "O divina virgo, flore"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	3:19
	Lauda 35 "L'alto prençe archangelo"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	5:09
	Lauda 36 "Gloria in cielo"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	4:48
	Lauda 37 "Ciascun ke fede sente"		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	9:00
	Lullaby		Jess Walker, Simon Allen	3:17
	No. 1 from Tre Laude Dolçe		Gavin Bryars Ensemble	7:24
	Pony		Jess Walker	5:58
	Poor Edward		Jess Walker, Simon Allen	3:24
	Pull Down Lads		Jess Walker	5:00
	The Briar and the Rose		Jess Walker	6:04
	The Threepenny Opera: Ballad of Sexual Dependency		Jess Walker	2:53
	Train Song		Jess Walker	3:27
	What Keeps Mankind Alive		Jess Walker	5:31
	Whistle Down the Wind		Jess Walker	4:22
	instruments
	The Sinking of the Titanic	double bass [bass (occasionally with octave pedals)]	Gavin Bryars
	liner notes
1993-04	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet		Gavin Bryars
1994-07	The Sinking of the Titanic		Gavin Bryars
	Live at Punkt		Gavin Bryars Ensemble
	Three Viennese Dancers		Gavin Bryars; Arditti String Quartet, Pascal Pongy, Charles Fullbrook
	Vita Nova		Gavin Bryars
	produced
	Cadman Requiem	executive	Gavin Bryars; The Hilliard Ensemble, Fretwork
	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet	executive	Gavin Bryars
	Live at Punkt	executive	Gavin Bryars Ensemble
	The Sinking of the Titanic		Gavin Bryars
	dedications
	20′ to 2000.April: Into Memories of S‐Tone. For Gavin Bryars		CoH
	composed
1971	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
1971	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Coda: Tom Waits With High Strings
1971	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp and Tom Waits With Full Orchestra
1971	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra I (string quartet)
1971	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra II (low strings)
1971	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra III (no strings)
1971	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra IV (full strings)
1971	The Squirrel and the Ricketty Racketty Bridge
1975-04 – 1975-05	Ponukelian Melody
1983	On Photography
1985	String Quartet no. 1 "Between the National and the Bristol"
1986	Sub Rosa
1988	Glorious Hill
1989-02	Incipit Vita Nova
1989-02 – 1989-05	Cadman Requiem (for voices, two violas and cello with double bass ad lib)
1990	Four Elements
1990	String Quartet no. 2
1990	String Quartet no. 2
1991	The Black River
1992	Die Letzten Tage ("The Last Days"): I. The Venetian Beginning
1992	Die Letzten Tage ("The Last Days"): II. The Corinthian Middle
1992	Die Letzten Tage ("The Last Days"): Intermezzo I
1992	Die Letzten Tage ("The Last Days"): Intermezzo II
1992	Die Letzten Tage ("The Last Days"): Prelude (The Roman Ending)
1992	The Archangel Trip
1993	Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets
1993	Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets: No. 1
1993	Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets: No. 2
1993	Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets: No. 3
1994	Epilogue from Wonder Lawn
1994	One Last Bar Then Joe Can Sing
1995	After Handel's Vesper
1996	Adnan Songbook
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song I
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song II
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song III
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song IV
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song V
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song VI
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song VII
1996	Adnan Songbook: Song VIII
1997-09 – 1997-11	Cadman Requiem (for voices and viols)
1997-09 – 1997-11	Cadman Requiem: I. Requiem
1997-09 – 1997-11	Cadman Requiem: II. Caedmon Paraphrase (Bede)
1997-09 – 1997-11	Cadman Requiem: III. Agnus Dei
1997-09 – 1997-11	Cadman Requiem: IV. Caedmon's "Creation Hymn"
1997-09 – 1997-11	Cadman Requiem: V. In Paradisium
1997	And So Ended Kant's Travelling in this World
1997	Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri
1997	Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri: No. 1. La mia malinconia
1997	Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri: No. 2. S'i' fosse foco
1997	Three Poems of Cecco Angiolieri: No. 3. La stremità
1998	String Quartet no. 3
2000	Super flumina
2002	Double Bass Concerto "Farewell to St Petersburg"
2006	Silva Caledonia
2007	Tre Laude Dolce
2007	Tre Laude Dolce: I.
2007	Tre Laude Dolce: II.
2007	Tre Laude Dolce: III.
2008	Ian in the Broch
2008	Memento
2008	The Summons
2012	After the Underworlds
2015	The Other Side of the River
– 1993	A Listening Room ("Chambre d'écoute")
	1, 2, 1–2–3–4
	1,2,1-2-3-4
	A Native Hill
	A Native Hill: No. 1, The Sense of the Past
	A Native Hill: No. 2, The Path
	A Native Hill: No. 3, Sea Level
	A Native Hill: No. 4, The Pool
	A Native Hill: No. 5, The Road
	A Native Hill: No. 6, The Music of Streams
	A Native Hill: No. 7, Questions
	A Native Hill: No. 8, Top Soil
	A Native Hill: No. 9, The Hill
	A Native Hill: No. 10, Animals and Birds
	A Native Hill: No. 11, Shadow
	A Native Hill: No. 12, At Peace
	Ave donna santissima (Lauda III)
	Ave regina gloriosa (Lauda VII)
	Benedicamus Domino
	Cage du grand escalier
	Coda
	Credo
	Cuisine
	Espace de la cour
	Galerie des peintures
	Hi-Tremolo
	Hymn II
	Hymn III
	Hymn IV (Aughton)
	Interlude
	Irma	additional
	Irma: Aria "Irma You Will Be Mine"	additional
	Irma: Chorus "Love Is Help Mate"	additional
	Irma: First Interlude	additional
	Irma: Introduction	additional
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	revised
1993	Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
1993	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Coda: Tom Waits With High Strings
1993	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp and Tom Waits With Full Orchestra
1993	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra I (string quartet)
1993	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra II (low strings)
1993	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra III (no strings)
1993	Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp With Orchestra IV (full strings)
	wrote
2002 –	Laude Cortonese
	She Can’t Love You

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