title: Ian Parrott
text: # Ian Parrott
  
  Ian Parrott (5 de marzo de 1916 – 4 de septiembre de 2012) fue un prolífico compositor anglo-galés y escritor de música. Sus distinciones incluyen el primer premio de la Royal Philharmonic Society por su poema sinfónico Luxor, y las comisiones de la BBC y la Universidad Yale, y para muchos músicos británicos más importantes. En 1958 su concierto en corno inglés primero fue realizado en el Cheltenham Festival, y en 1963 su concierto en violonchelo fue dada por William Pleeth y la Orquesta Hallé - Ambos conciertos fueron realizados por Sir John Barbirolli.
  
  ## Obras seleccionadas
  
  Formación
  
  * The Black Ram, Opera in 2 acts (1957); libretto by Idris Bell; Welsh text by T. H. Parry-Williams
  * Once Upon a Time, Opera (1959)
  
  Orquestal
  
  * Pensieri for string orchestra (1950)
  * Family Prelude and Fugue for strings and piano (1958)
  * Symphony No. 2 (1960)
  * Symphony No. 3
  * Partita (1967)
  * Harrow March (1970)
  * Homage to Two Masters (1970)
  * Reaching for the Light for chamber orchestra (1971)
  * El Alamein, Symphonic Prelude
  * Fanfare Overture
  * Luxor, Symphonic Poem
  * Romeo and Juliet, Solemn Overture
  * Seithenin, Concert Overture
  * Suite of Four Shakespeare Dances
  * Three Moorish Princesses
  * Variations on a Theme of Dufay
  * Y fair (Three Ladies Suite)
  
  Banda de viento
  
  * Land of Song, Fantasia on Welsh Tunes (1969)
  
  Concertante
  
  * Concerto for English horn (cor anglais) and orchestra (1958)
  * Concerto breve for cello and orchestra (1963)
  * Concerto for trombone and wind band (1968)
  * Concertino (1973)
  * Concerto for piano and orchestra
  * Prelude and Waltz for recorder or flute and string orchestra
  * Sinfonia Concertante for recorder, solo violin, string orchestra and percussion
  * Suite for violin and orchestra
  
  Música de cámara
  
  * Minuet for oboe and piano (1950)
  * Aquarelle for clarinet or viola and piano (1952)
  * Welsh Airs, Arrangements for 2 descant recorders with piano or harp ad libitum (1955)
  * String Quartet No. 2 (1955)
  * String Quartet No. 3
  * Septete 1962 for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano (1962)
  * String Quartet No. 4 (1963)
  * Pantglas for violin and piano (1967)
  * Two Dances for flute and piano (1969)
  * Fresh about Cook Strait, Wind Quintet No. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1970)
  * Devil's Bridge Jaunt for cello and piano (1974)
  * Fanfare and March for 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba (1976)
  * Gleaming Brass, for 2 trumpets (or cornets), horn, trombone and tuba (1977)
  * Rhapsody for trumpet and organ (1977)
  * Fantasy-Sonata for clarinet and piano (1982)
  * Kaleidoscope for violin, cello and piano (1985)
  * Duetto for violin and viola (1986)
  * Autumn Landscape for oboe and piano (1987)
  * Duo for 2 guitars (1988)
  * Fun Fugato and Awkward Waltz for bassoon and piano (1989)
  * Arabesque and Dance for flute and piano (or treble recorder and harpsichord) (1990)
  * Fantasising on a Welsh Tune: Dygan Caerws, Trio for recorder or flute, oboe and piano (1995)
  * Portraits for treble recorder or flute and piano (1999)
  * Rondo giocoso for bassoon and piano (1999)
  * Dialogue and Dance for recorder and organ (2002)
  * The Choral Preludes for cello and piano
  
  Arpa
  
  * Ceredigion, 3 Pieces with Interludes (1962)
  * Soliloquy and Dance (1974)
  
  Órgano
  
  * Toccata in C major (1965)
  * Suite [No. 1] (1977)
  * Suite No. 2 (1986)
  
  Piano
  
  * Betinka, Romance (1940)
  * Fanatasy and Allegro for 2 pianos (1946)
  * Theme and Six Variants (1947)
  * Westerham, Rhapsody (1948)
  * Aspects (1975)
  * Fantasy (1986)
  * Theme from a Symphony for piano 4-hands (1986)
  
  Vocal
  
  * I heard a linnet courting for voice and piano (1948); words by Robert Bridges
  * In Phaeacia for high voice and piano (1948); words by James Elroy Flecker
  * Leaves for voice and piano (1949); words by Elizabeth Ward
  * Dafydd y gareg wen for voice and piano (1969)
  * Flamingoes for medium voice and piano (1973); words by Jane Wilson
  * Two Thoughtful Songs for high voice and piano (1977); words by William Blake and Gerard Manley Hopkins
  * No Complaints for voice and piano (1984)
  * Eastern Wisdom, 3 Songs for voice and small orchestra (1987); words by Luo Yin, Rabindranath Tagore and from Ecclesiasticus
  * Song of Joy for voice and piano (1988)
  * Aphorisms and Arias of Death and Life for soprano, baritone and piano (1996)
  * Nothing like Grog for voice and piano
  
  Coral
  
  * Psalm 91 for bass solo, chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra (1946); Biblical words
  * Carol plygain (Dawn Carol) for mixed chorus and piano (1958)
  * Can mewn bar salwn (Song in a Saloon Bar), Part-Song for male voices (tenor, baritone, 2 basses) and piano (1963); words by A. S. J. Tessimond; Welsh words by T. H. Parry-Williams
  * The Song of the Stones of Saint David's for chorus and organ (1968)
  * Offeren yn arddull canu gwerin (Welsh Folk-Song Mass) for unison chorus, organ or piano and percussion (1974)
  * Surely the Lord Is in This Place, Introit for mixed chorus a cappella (1977)
  * Money Talks for male chorus and piano (1978); words by A. S. J. Tessimond; Welsh translation by T. H. Parry-Williams
  * My Cousin Alice for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, piano and optional tape of North American birds (1982)
  * Anthem of Dedication for mixed chorus and organ (1985)
  * The Christ Child (The "Mother Christmas" Carol) for mixed chorus with piano or organ (1987); words by Barbara Bonner-Morgan
  * My Sweetheart's Like Venus, Welsh Folk-Song arranged for baritone solo and mixed chorus (1987)
  * Master Hughes of Saxe-Gotha (An Unknown Musician) for mixed chorus and piano (1987); words by Robert Browning
  * Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Setting for treble voices and organ (1987)
  * Adam lay y bounden for unison voices and piano or organ (1990)
  * Arglwydd ein Iôr ni (O! Lord Our Sovereign), Psalm 8 for mixed chorus a cappella (1993)
  
  Literario
  
  * Pathways to Modern Music (A. Unwin, 1947)
  * A Guide to Musical Thought (Dennis Dobson, 1955)
  * Method in Orchestration (Dobson, 1957)
  * The Music of "An Adventure" (Regency Press, 1966)
  * The Spiritual Pilgrims (Llandybie: C. Davies, 1969)
  * Elgar (Dent, 1971)
  * The Music of Rosemary Brown (Regency Press, 1978)
  * Cyril Scott and His Piano Music (Thames Publishing, 1991)
  * The Crying Curlew: Peter Warlock, Family & Influences, Centenary 1994 (Gomer, 1994)
  * Parrottcisms: The Autobiography of Ian Parrott (British Music Society, 2003)
  
  ## Premios (selectos)
  
  * 1977, John Edwards Memorial Award from the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music;
  * 1994, the first recipient of the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales.
  
  ## Bibliografía
  
  * The Spiritual Pilgrims (C. Davies, Llandybie, 1969)
  * Elgar (Master Musicians Series) (Dent, London, 1971) ISBN 0-460-03109-0
  * The Crying Curlew: Peter Warlock, family & influences (Gomer, Llandysul, 1994) ISBN 1-85902-121-2
  * Parrottcisms (British Music Society, Upminster, 2003) ISBN 1-870536-24-X
  