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Gavin Bryars

cb, *1943 GB, Goole
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Richard Gavin Bryars

Gavin Bryars (born 16 January 1943, Goole, East Yorkshire, England) is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism. His music has been published on Mnemonic Publishing.

     
Instruments
  • Double bass
  • Violoncello
  • Bass
  • Keyboards
  • Piano
Genres
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Spoken Word
  • Jazz
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet on Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Gavin Bryars
The Sinking of the Titanic on Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Gavin Bryars
Tre Laude Dolce: I on Around Britten by Matthew Barley
The Sinking of the Titanic: 10. Last Hymn on Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic by Gavin Bryars & Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet on Gavin Bryars Anniversary Album by Gavin Bryars & Various Artists
The Sinking of the Titanic: 3. Hymn II on Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic by Gavin Bryars & Gavin Bryars Ensemble
One Last Bar Then Joe Can sing: (Bar 238) Freely on Work From Home with British Classics by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst & Edward Elgar
The Sinking of the Titanic: 2. Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All strings on Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic by Gavin Bryars & Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet: 1. Tramp with Orchestra (string quartet) on Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Gavin Bryars & Gavin Bryars Ensemble
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet: 5. Tramp and Tom Waits with full Orchestra on Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Gavin Bryars & Gavin Bryars Ensemble

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Stopping TrainGavin Bryars And Blake Morrison2017Album
I Tatti MadrigalsGavin Bryars - Singer Pur2016Album
Nothing Like The SunGavin Bryars - Gavin Bryars Ensemble2016Album
Adelaide Town HallGavin Bryars, Howard Skempton, Arvo Pärt - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra2016Album
The Fifth CenturyGavin Bryars2016Album
Ensemble PiecesGavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs2015Compil.
Tre Laude DolçeAudrey Riley With James Woodrow - Gavin Bryars2015Album
Hövdingar Hittast ("Heroes Meet") - Music From The Faroe IslandsGavin Bryars2014Album
The Sinking Of The TitanicGavin Bryars, Gavin Bryars Ensemble2014Album
The War In HeavenGavin Bryars2014Album
Around BrittenMatthew Barley - Benjamin Britten, Gavin Bryars, John Tavener2013Album
Mercy And GrandJess Walker, Gavin Bryars, Joe Townsend, Jim Holmes2012Album
Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal) • After Handel’s Vesper • Ramble On CortonaGavin Bryars, Ralph van Raat, Cappella Amsterdam, Radio Kamer Filharmonie • Otto Tausk2011Album
I Send You This Cadmium RedGavin Bryars - John Berger And John Christie2010Album
New YorkGavin Bryars - Percussions-Claviers De Lyon And L'Ensemble De Basse-Normandie2010Album
Al Suon Dell'Acque Scriva - Madrigals Volume 1Gavin Bryars - Vox Altera Ensemble2010Album
Sentieri Selvaggi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip GlassSentieri Selvaggi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass2009Album
The Church Closest To The SeaGavin Bryars / Mr McFall's Chamber2009Album
Silva CaledoniaGavin Bryars / Toivo Tulev, Estonian National Male Choir2008Album
AmjadGavin Bryars and David Lang - La La La Human Steps2008Album
Season Of MistGavin Bryars, Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Petr Nalich2008Album
The Marvellous Aphorisms Of Gavin Bryars - The Early YearsGavin Bryars2007Album
Glorious HillGavin Bryars, Pēteris Vasks, Eriks Ešenvalds - Latvian Radio Choir2007Album
The Sinking Of The TitanicGavin Bryars / Alter Ego, Philip Jeck2007Album
A Listening Room (Chambre D'Écoute)Gavin Bryars2007Album
Surprised By Beauty: Minimalism In Choral MusicBoston Secession, Jane Ring Frank / Arvo Pärt - Gavin Bryars - William Duckworth - Ruth Lomon2007Album
Oi Me LassoGavin Bryars - Anna Maria Friman and John Potter2005Album
On PhotographyGavin Bryars, Artūrs Maskats, Valentin Silvestrov - Latvian Radio Choir2005Album
Lockerbie Memorial ConcertGavin Bryars, The Hilliard Ensemble, Fretwork2003Album
A PortraitGavin Bryars2003Compil.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me YetGavin Bryars With Tom Waits2003Album
A Man In A Room, GamblingGavin Bryars & Juan Muñoz2003Album
g - Beichte Und Letzter Wille Des Johannes Gensfleisch, Bekannt Auch Als Gutenberg, Meisterdrucker, Ehedem Aus Straßburg Und Mainz. Oper in zwei AktenGavin Bryars, Blake Morrison2002Album
I Have Heard It Said That A Spirit Enters...Gavin Bryars2002Album
Three String QuartetsGavin Bryars2002Album
BipedGavin Bryars2001Album
The North Shore. Intermezzo. AllegrascoGavin Bryars / Harmonia Ensemble1999Album
Soaring With AgamemnonAmanda Forsyth, Peter Longworth - Malcolm Forsyth Plus Arvo Pärt And Gavin Bryars1998Album
Minimal TendenciesSteve Reich, Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, Terry Riley - Delta Saxophone Quartet1998Album
Allegresco / Alaric I or II / Three ElegiesGavin Bryars1998Album
Cadman RequiemGavin Bryars / The Hilliard Ensemble / Fretwork1998Album
A Man In A Room, GamblingGavin Bryars1997Album
Steve Reich Gavin Bryars Lukas Ligeti Robert CarlWiener Saxophon-Quartett, Steve Reich, Gavin Bryars, Lukas Ligeti, Robert Carl1997Album
Farewell To PhilosophyGavin Bryars - Charlie Haden, Julian Lloyd Webber, Nexus1996Album
Farewell To PhilosophyGavin Bryars, Julian Lloyd Webber, Charlie Haden, Nexus1996Single
Raising The Titanic - The Aphex Twin MixesGavin Bryars1995Single
The Last DaysGavin Bryars, The Balanescu Quartet1995Album
Raising The TitanicAphex Twin / Gavin Bryars1995Album
The Sinking Of The TitanicGavin Bryars1994Album
New York Counterpoint / Three Elegies / Bass Clarinet & Percussion / Cinema Paradiso / 25 Kärwa-Melodien / Rational Melodies / Like He Never Was / Stone: Wind: Rain: SunRoger Heaton - Steve Reich, Gavin Bryars, Morton Feldman, Ennio Morricone, Walter Zimmermann, Tom Johnson, Glyn Perrin, Christopher Fox1994Album
Vita NovaGavin Bryars1994Album
The Sinking of the TitanicGavin Bryars1994Album
The Sinking Of The Titanic · Radio EditsGavin Bryars1994Album
O Domina NostraHenryk Górecki / Erik Satie / Darius Milhaud / Gavin Bryars - Sarah Leonard, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent1993Album
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me YetGavin Bryars With Tom Waits1993Single
"Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" / "Low" SymphonyGavin Bryars With Tom Waits / Philip Glass1993Single
After The RequiemGavin Bryars1991Album
The Sinking Of The TitanicGavin Bryars1990Album
Myths 3. La Nouvelle Sérénité.Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, Gavin Bryars1987Compil.
Three Viennese DancersGavin Bryars, Arditti Quartet, Pascal Pongy, Charles Fullbrook1986Album
HommagesGavin Bryars1981Album
Machine MusicJohn White / Gavin Bryars1978Album
IrmaTom Phillips, Gavin Bryars, Fred Orton1978Album
Ensemble PiecesChristopher Hobbs / John Adams / Gavin Bryars1975Album
The Sinking Of The TitanicGavin Bryars1975Album
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