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==Selected works== * ''[[The Sinking of the Titanic (Bryars)|The Sinking of the Titanic]]'' (1969, first performance: [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]], London, 1972) * ''[[Necropolis (film)|Necropolis]]'', soundtrack for Franco Brocani film (1970) * ''[[Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet]]'' (for pre-recorded tape and ensemble), 1972 * ''Medea'' (opera, libretto after Euripides), 1982, revised 1984 and 1995 * ''CIVIL WarS'' (incomplete opera collaboration with Robert Wilson), 1984. Some sections of the music exist in completed form, as follows: ** ''On Photography'' for Chorus (SATB), harmonium, piano ** ''2B'' for Percussion ensemble ** ''Arias For Marie Curie, The Queen of the Sea, Captain Nemo, The Japanese Bride'' * String Quartet No. 1 ''Between the National and the Bristol'', 1985 * ''Cadman Requiem'' (dedicated to Bill Cadman, his sound recordist, who perished in Pan Am 103), 1989 * String Quartet No. 2, 1990 * ''A Man in a Room, Gambling'', for speaking voice and string quartet (text: Juan Muñoz), 1992 * ''The War in Heaven'', cantata for soprano, counter tenor, chorus and orchestra * ''The North Shore'' for viola and piano, 1993 * ''Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets'', 1994 * ''Cello Concerto '''Farewell to Philosophy''', 1995 * ''Adnan Songbook'', 1996 * ''[[Doctor Ox's Experiment (opera)|Doctor Ox's Experiment]]'', opera, 1998 * ''String Quartet no.3'', 1998 * ''Biped – music for the dance by [[Merce Cunningham]]'', 1999 * ''When Harry Met Addie'' - music for soprano voice (vocalise) and big band, 1999 * ''G'' (''Being the Confession and Last Testament of Johannes Gensfleisch, also known as Gutenberg, Master Printer, formerly of Strasbourg and Mainz''), opera, 2002.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091216111156/http://www.blakemorrison.com/plays/gutenberg.htm ‘G' : Being the Confession and Last Testament of Johannes Gutenberg, also known as Gensfleisch, Master Printer, formerly of Strasbourg and Mainz (2002). Opera. Music by Gavin Bryars.]}} [[Blake Morrison]], 2005 (pictured)</ref> *''I Have Heard It Said That a Spirit Enters'', 2002 * ''Nothing like the Sun – 8 Shakespeare sonnets'' for soprano, tenor, speaking voice, eight instruments, 2007 * ''Piano Concerto ("The Solway Canal")'', 2010 * ''Marilyn Forever'' - opera, 2013 * ''Hövdingar hittast (Heroes Meet)'', 2014 with [[Rúni Brattaberg]] (bass) and [[Eivør Pálsdóttir]] (soprano) - A collection of pieces based on Faroese and Icelandic sagas * ''Pneuma'' - ballet, 2014, with Carolyn Carlson * ''The Seasons'' - ballet, 2014, with Edouard Lock * ''11th Floor'' - ballet with Edouard Lock * ''[[The Fifth Century]]'' - cantata for choir and saxophone quartet, text from Thomas Traherne, 2014 * ''The Heart of August'' - ballet with Eduard Lock * ''The Collected Works of Billy the Kid'', chamber opera, text by [[Michael Ondaatje]], 2018 * ''Requiem'' - ballet with David Dawson Dutch National Ballet, for full orchestra, choir and four soloists 2019 * ''A Native Hill'' - large a cappella choral work for The Crossing, setting Wendell Berry 2019 * ''Altissima Luce'' - trio for bass-clarinet, viola and cello * ''String Quartet no.4'', 2020 * ''Wittgenstein Fragments'' for soprano, flute and string quartet 2021 * ''In Là'' collaboration for installation with sculptor Massimo Bartolini, Prato, Italy 2022 * ''Strng Sextet ("The Bridges of Könisberg")'' 2022 * ''Three New Gnossiennes (after Satie)'' in memoriam Ornella Volta 2022 * ''The Bridges of Königsberg'' 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, The Consone Quartet in Haydn, Brahms and a haunting new work by Gavin Bryars |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rj7n |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>
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