Jonathan Dove

Productions

Productions of Dove's works include:

• Airport Scenes, an orchestral suite from the airport-comedy opera Flight, was premiered by the University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra on 7 March 2006.
• The Australian premiere (the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production) of Flight in March 2006, at the Adelaide Festival under the artistic direction of Brett Sheehy, won Australia's Best Opera award at the national Helpmann Awards.
• The Enchanted Pig, libretto by Alasdair Middleton, was premièred at the Young Vic, London in December 2006 and toured parts of the UK in early 2007.
• The Adventures of Pinocchio, libretto by Alasdair Middleton, was commissioned by Opera North and Sadler's Wells Theatre, and premièred at the Grand Theatre Leeds on 21 December 2007. The US première was performed by the Minnesota Opera on 28 February 2009 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• The London premiere of Flight was performed by British Youth Opera in September 2008.
• Swanhunter, a chamber opera based on the Lemminkäinen legend, was premiered by Opera North in late 2009.
• Mansfield Park, a chamber opera based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name, was premiered by Heritage Opera in summer 2011.
• NZ Opera staged Mansfield Park at Settlers Country Manor in Waimāuku in April 2024 as part of its New Zealand season.
• Life Is a Dream, a full-scale opera with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was premiered by Birmingham Opera Company in March 2012.

Works

Dove's works include:

Operas

• Hastings Spring (community opera) (1990)
• Siren Song (1994) First performance on 14th July 1994 at the Almeida Theatre, London
• Flight (1998)
• Tobias and the Angel (church opera), to a libretto by David Lan (1999). Premiered at St Matthew's, Perry Beeches.
• The Palace in the Sky (community opera) (2000)
• L'altra Euridice (2002)
• When She Died... (Death of a Princess) (television opera, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales) (2002)
• Man on the Moon (television opera, about Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the Moon, and the effects the experience had on him and his marriage) (2006)
• The Enchanted Pig (chamber opera) (2006)
• Hear Our Voice (community opera) in partnership with Matthew King (2006), libretto by Tertia Sefton-Green. http://www.hmdt.org.uk/inschool_hearourvoice_1.html
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (2007)
• Swanhunter (2009)
• Mansfield Park (2011)
• Life Is a Dream (2012)
• The Day After (2015)
• The Monster in the Maze (2015)
• Marx in London (2018)
• Itch (2023)
• Uprising (community opera) (2025)

Other works

• Figures in the Garden (wind serenade) (1991)
• The Passing of the Year (song cycle for double chorus and piano) (2000) 20th-century
• The Magic Flute Dances (flute concerto) (2000)
• The Three Kings, written for the service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge in 2000
• Stargazer (a trombone concerto written for Ian Bousfield)
• Köthener Messe, for choir and chamber ensemble
• Out of Winter (song-cycle)
• "Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars" (choral work; setting of Amos 5:8)
• His Dark Materials Part I & II (incidental music) (2003)
• On Spital Fields (community cantata) (2005)
• Hojoki – "An Account of my Hut" (Counter-Tenor and Orchestra)
• I am the day (Carol – SATB)
• Vadam et circuibo civitatem
• Missa Brevis
• Ecce Beatam Lucem (composed for Ralph Allwood and the 1997 Eton Choral Course)
• There Was a Child (oratorio for soprano, tenor, chorus, and children's choirs) (2009)
• In Damascus, a song-cycle for tenor and string quartet inspired by the Syrian refugee crisis, commissioned by the Sacconi Quartet and performed by the Sacconi Quartet and Mark Padmore.
• Unknown Soldier. (Choral and Orchestral Music)
• Sappho Sings, written for Ralph Woodward and Fairhaven Singers (2019)
• Between Friends (2019) for two pianos – commissioned for the London Piano Festival and written in memory of Dove's friend Graeme Mitchison
• Gaspard's Foxtrot (2020) A Musical Tale for Narrator and Orchestra from the book by Zeb Soanes
• In Exile for baritone, cello and orchestra, libretto Alasdair Middleton (2020), written for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
• String Quartet No. 2, On the streets and in the sky (2021)

References

References

1. [http://www.fabermusic.com/composers/jonathan-dove/biography Faber Music: Profile]. Retrieved 23 March 2016
2. {{London Gazette. (8 June 2019)
3. Taylor, Mark. (2024-10-15). "Nominations for The Ivors Classical Awards 2024 announced".
4. (2025-10-14). "The Ivors Classical Awards".
5. "University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra: Flight".
6. (2006-03-06). "Spectacle and song take flight".
7. "Past nominees and winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards".
8. "The Young Vic and The Opera Group {{!}} Theatricalia".
9. "Production of The Enchanted Pig {{!}} Theatricalia".
10. "Adventures of Pinocchio {{!}} Opera Scotland".
11. (2014-06-17). "Minnesota Opera's The Adventures of Pinocchio Program".
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13. Hall, George. (2015-04-06). "Swanhunter review". The Guardian.
14. "Heritage Opera {{!}} Opera Scotland".
15. "William Dart review: NZ Opera’s Mansfield Park at Waimāuku’s Settlers Country Manor".
16. Clements, Andrew. (2012-03-22). "Life Is a Dream – review". The Guardian.
17. "Siren Song".
18. Mynheer, Nicholas. (7 October 2011). "Blog – Mynheer-art: the fine art site of painter and sculptor Nicholas Mynheer".
19. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/06/the-monster-in-the-maze-review-doves-score-is-lively-and-direct "The Monster in the Maze review – Dove’s score is lively and direct", ''The Guardian'', 6 July 2015]. Retrieved 23 March 2016
20. (September 2022). "2023 Season".
21. "New community opera, Uprising, at Glyndebourne".
22. (2000). "Nine Lessons and Carols 2000". Provost and Fellows of [[King's College, Cambridge]].
23. "Programme notes for ''Ecce Beatam Lucem''". Gerontius.net.
24. (2016). "In Damascus". jonathandove.com.
25. London Piano Festival 2019 Programme Notes p 22
26. [https://www.musicwebinternational.com/2023/03/dove-in-exile-lyrita/ ''In Exile'', Lyrita SRCD413 recording, reviewed at ''MusicWeb International'']
27. [https://musicwebinternational.com/2025/01/dove-on-the-streets-and-in-the-sky-signum-classics/ Recorded by the Sacconi Quartet on Signum Classics SIGCD793]