Guto Puw
List of compositions
A list of Puw's major compositions.

Guto Puw

Section Title: List of compositions
Table Section Text: A list of Puw's major compositions.

Date Composed	Title	Instrumentation	Notes

1993	Ffantasia	violin

1993	Becoming	soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass	Words by R. S. Thomas; first performed by the London Sinfonietta Voices on 27 March 1994

1995	Ffantasia II	harp	Winner of the Composer's Medal at the 1995 National Eisteddfod

1996	Sonata	oboe and piano	Commissioned by the North Wales Music Festival

1997	Mecanwaith ("Mechanism")	string quartet	Winner of the Composer's Medal at the 1997 National Eisteddfod

1998	X-ist	harp, cello and double-bass	Commissioned and recorded by IST (Improvising String Trio)

1998	Capel Celyn	tenor/high voice and piano	Commissioned by the North Wales Music Festival

1998	The Loch Ness Monster's song	unaccompanied SATB choir	Commissioned by Adlais. View selected pages at Orianna Publications

1998–9	Ad Noctum	flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano	Commissioned by MusicFest Aberystwyth

1999	Iddi Hi	tenor and piano/harp	Recorded by John Eifion (Sain)

1999	Visages	tuba quartet	Commissioned and recorded by Tubalaté

1999	Cylch Gwag ("Empty Cycle")	piano

2000	Blodeuwedd	baritone and piano	Words by Nesta Wyn Jones; commissioned by Jeremy Huw Williams and recorded by him on "Songs for Jeremy" (Sain, 2000)

2000	"Swyn i estyn bywyd..."	harp

2000	Ffantasia III	solo piano	Commissioned by the Bangor New Music Festival, premiered by Ian Pace

2000	different light	clarinet, violin, cello and piano	Commissioned by the Vale of Glamorgan Festival

2001	Trioled ("Triolet")	Improvisation for saxophone, guitar, harp, keyboard, cello, piano and optional dancer	Commissioned by the Bangor New Music Festival

2001	Dawns y Sêr ("Dance of the Stars")	baritone and piano	Words by Nesta Wyn Jones, commissioned by Jeremy Huw Williams and the Arts Council of Wales; a version for baritone and orchestra was first performed on 16 March 2007 by Jeremy Huw Williams and BBC NOW conducted by Grant Llywellyn.

2002	Reservoirs	orchestral work for BBC NOW	Commissioned by BBC Radio 3

2003	Ffantasia IV (Canon)	solo organ	Commissioned by North Wales International Music Festival, premiered by Huw Tregelles Williams

2005	Stereo Type	amplified typewriters and tape	Commissioned by the Bangor New Music Festival

2006	Concerto for Oboe and orchestra	oboe and orchestra	Commissioned and premiered by BBC NOW, with oboist David Cowley.

2007	... onyt agoraf y drws ... ("... unless I open the door ...")	orchestra	Orchestral work for BBC NOW for 2007 Proms

2009	Chwyrnu (yn EN) (Snoring (in NY))	SSAATTBB a cappella choir	Commissioned by the Bangor New Music Festival. Premiered by Exaudi, directed by James Weeks, during the BNMF at Bangor Cathedral on 18 March 2009.

2009	Hadau	narrator, mezzo-soprano and harp	Commissioned by the 2009 National Eisteddfod, Y Bala

2009	Agorawd 'Torri'r Garreg'	orchestra	Commissioned by Bangor University as part of their 125th anniversary celebrations, premiered by BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Listen to an extract here

2010	Music for Prams	two percussionists	Commissioned by The Bangor New Music Festival, 20 March 2010

2010	Hologram	orchestra	Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, premiered during the Bangor New Music Festival, Prichard-Jones Hall by BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Grant Llywellyn on 26 March 2010

2010	Noson Tân Gwyllt (Bonfire Night)	baritone and piano	Commissioned by Jeremy Huw Williams and premiered at the North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph Cathedral 22 September 2010

2012	Digwyddiad Sugnwr Llwch (Vacuum Event)	three performers	Premiered by the Bangor New Music Ensemble at the Bangor New Music Festival, Powis Hall, 15 March 2012

2012	Naid Sgi (Ski Jump)	one performer	Premiered by the Bangor New Music Ensemble at the Bangor New Music Festival, Powis Hall, 15 March 2012

2013	Trio (lliw) (Trio (colour))	violin, cello and piano	Premiered by the Mozart-Vienner Trio, North Wales International Music Festival, St Asaph, 23 September 2013

2012–2014	Concerto i'r Ffidil – Llonyddwch Tyner (Violin Concerto – Soft Stillness)	solo violin and chamber orchestra	Commissioned by Madeleine Mitchell and Ty Cerdd for the Bangor New Music Festival. Premiered by Madeleine Mitchell and Orchestra of the Swan, conducted by David Curtis, Bangor New Music Festival, Prichard-Jones Hall, Bangor, 14 March 2014

2014	Tair Cerdd Dylan Thomas (Three Dylan Thomas Poems) I - Light breaks where no sun shines II - Should lanterns shine III - Sometimes the sky's too bright	SATB choir a cappella	Commissioned by The School of Music, Bangor University and Pontio. Premiered by the Bangor University Singers during the 'My Friend Dylan Thomas' Festival, Powis Hall, Bangor, 29 October 2014

2016	Fy nghangen lân, fy nghowled glyd (My pure bough, my warm embrace)	flute, clarinet, violin, cello	Commissioned by Reuben Pace for the 'Hearing Orpheus Today' event. Premiered by the Orpheus Ensemble at the Gozo Ministry Hall, Malta on 28 May 2016

2011-17	Y Tŵr (The Tower)	chamber opera in 3 Acts	Commissioned by Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. Premiere at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff during the Vale of Glamorgan Festival on 19 May 2017

2017	(Ymdeithgan) Clystyrau Parhaus ('Sustained Clusters (March)')	for brass quintet and fairground organ	Commissioned by The Vale of Glamorgan Festival. Premiered by Onyx Brass at the Eastern Shelter, Barry during the Vale of Glamorgan Festival on 21 May 2017

2017	'A gwaedd y bechgyn...' ('And the outcry of the boys...')	flute, clarinet, harp	Commissioned by Community Music Projects with financial support from Tŷ Cerdd. Premiered by Ellie Lighton, Sioned Eleri Roberts and Mared Emlyn at Beaumaris Parish Church, Anglesey on 18 November 2017

2017-18	Camouflage ('Cuddliw')	full orchestra	A co-commission by BBC Radio 3 and Tŷ Cerdd. Premiered by BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac van Steen as part of the Contemporary Evenings series at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff on 28 March 2018

2018	Uwchsonig (Ultrasonic)	ensemble	A commission by UPROAR. Premiered by UPROAR under Michael Rafferty at Chapter, Cardiff on 26 October 2018

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Guto Puw has won the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod twice, winning it first in 1995 for a harp piece, Ffantasia II.
Guto Puw has won the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod in 1995 for his harp piece Ffantasia II.
Guto Puw has won the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod twice, winning it first in 1995 for a harp piece, Ffantasia II.

final_sentence: Guto Puw has won the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod twice, winning it first in 1995 for a harp piece, Ffantasia II.
final_sentence: Guto Puw has won the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod in 1995 for his harp piece Ffantasia II.
final_sentence: Guto Puw has won the Composer's Medal at the National Eisteddfod twice, winning it first in 1995 for a harp piece, Ffantasia II.