Tarik O'Regan
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Tarik O'Regan full name Tarik Hamilton O'Regan (born 1 January 1978, London), is a British composer, partly of Algeria
n extraction. His compositions number over 90 and are partially represented on 22 recordings which have been recognised with two GRAMMY nominations. He is also the recipient of two British Composer Awards. As an academic, O'Regan has served on the Faculties of Columbia University
as a Fulbright Chester Schirmer Fellow, The Radcliffe Institute
of Harvard University
as a Radcliffe Fellow, Yale University
, Trinity College
in the University of Cambridge and, since 2010, the Institute for Advanced Study
in Princeton as Director's Visitor.
in South London
, spending some of his early childhood in Morocco
, where his mother was born, and Algeria
. He was educated at Whitgift School
then Pembroke College
, Oxford, where he studied music and, in 1997, he received his first commissions from the Choir of New College, Oxford
(conducted by Edward Higginbottom) and James Bowman. Following the completion of his undergraduate studies in 1999, O'Regan began serving as the classical recordings reviewer for The Observer
newspaper, a position he held until 2003. During this time he also worked for JPMorgan Chase, the investment bank. He completed his postgraduate studies under the direction of Robin Holloway
at Cambridge, where he was appointed Composer in Residence at Corpus Christi College
in 2000 and formally began his career as a composer, with his first published works appearing in 2001 on the Finnish Sulasol imprint.
and The Pure Good of Theory with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
. In 2004 O'Regan moved to New York City to take up the Chester Schirmer Fulbright Fellowship at Columbia University
and subsequently a Radcliffe Institute
Fellowship at Harvard
. During this period, his composition Sainte won the Vocal category of the 2005 British Composer Awards and his debut disc, VOICES was released on the Collegium label. From 2007 O'Regan began dividing his time between the UK and the US when he was appointed Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge
, a position he held until 2009. During his tenure at Cambridge, his composition Threshold of Night won the Liturgical category of the 2007 British Composer Awards and Scattered Rhymes, his first CD on the Harmonia Mundi
label, performed by the Orlando Consort and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir conducted by Paul Hillier
, was released in 2008.
, appeared in late 2008 and awakened a wider interest in his work, demonstrated by the CD garnering two GRAMMY Award nominations in 2009: Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance. After this, he increased his output as a music commentator in print and on air, especially on BBC Radio 3
and BBC Radio 4
. This aspect of his career broadened with the broadcasting in 2010 on BBC Radio 4 of Composing New York, a documentary written and presented by O'Regan. In the same year, he was appointed to the Institute for Advanced Study
in Princeton as a Director's Visitor and made his BBC Proms
debut with Latent Manifest performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
. O'Regan's current major project, a chamber opera version of Joseph Conrad
’s novella Heart of Darkness
in collaboration with the artist Tom Phillips
RA, will open in late 2011 at the Royal Opera House
Linbury Theatre.
, extended-tonal and modal
languages (or a combination of all three), often with complicated rhythmic effects and dense textural variation.
An article in The Irish Times
on 23 November 2010 suggested that O'Regan is also interested in his Irish heritage. Published on the occasion of the first performance of Acallam na Senórach (a setting of The Middle Irish narrative of the same name
), the article stated that Sir William Rowan Hamilton
is a direct ancestor of O'Regan (his great-great-great-grandfather), whose middle name is Hamilton.
and Sulasol; since 2004 his music has been exclusively published by Novello & Company, part of the Music Sales
group of companies.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n extraction. His compositions number over 90 and are partially represented on 22 recordings which have been recognised with two GRAMMY nominations. He is also the recipient of two British Composer Awards. As an academic, O'Regan has served on the Faculties of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
as a Fulbright Chester Schirmer Fellow, The Radcliffe Institute
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard is an educational institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and one of the semiautonomous components of Harvard University. It is heir to the name and buildings of Radcliffe College, but unlike that historical institution, its focus is directed...
of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
as a Radcliffe Fellow, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Trinity College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
in the University of Cambridge and, since 2010, the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in Princeton as Director's Visitor.
Early life and education (1978–2001)
Tarik O'Regan was born in London in 1978. He grew up predominantly in CroydonCroydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
in South London
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
, spending some of his early childhood in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, where his mother was born, and Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. He was educated at Whitgift School
Whitgift School
Whitgift School is an independent day school educating approximately 1,400 boys aged 10 to 18 in South Croydon, London in a parkland site.- History and grounds :...
then Pembroke College
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. As of 2009, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £44.9 million.-History:...
, Oxford, where he studied music and, in 1997, he received his first commissions from the Choir of New College, Oxford
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
(conducted by Edward Higginbottom) and James Bowman. Following the completion of his undergraduate studies in 1999, O'Regan began serving as the classical recordings reviewer for The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
newspaper, a position he held until 2003. During this time he also worked for JPMorgan Chase, the investment bank. He completed his postgraduate studies under the direction of Robin Holloway
Robin Holloway
Robin Greville Holloway is an English composer.-Early life:From 1952 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral...
at Cambridge, where he was appointed Composer in Residence at Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
in 2000 and formally began his career as a composer, with his first published works appearing in 2001 on the Finnish Sulasol imprint.
Early compositional career (2002–2008)
2002 marked two important London premieres: those of Clichés with the London SinfoniettaLondon Sinfonietta
The London Sinfonietta is an English chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London. The ensemble specialises in contemporary music and works across a wide range of genres, performing modern classics alongside world premieres, and includes music by electronica artists as well as folk and...
and The Pure Good of Theory with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
. In 2004 O'Regan moved to New York City to take up the Chester Schirmer Fulbright Fellowship at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and subsequently a Radcliffe Institute
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard is an educational institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and one of the semiautonomous components of Harvard University. It is heir to the name and buildings of Radcliffe College, but unlike that historical institution, its focus is directed...
Fellowship at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. During this period, his composition Sainte won the Vocal category of the 2005 British Composer Awards and his debut disc, VOICES was released on the Collegium label. From 2007 O'Regan began dividing his time between the UK and the US when he was appointed Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, a position he held until 2009. During his tenure at Cambridge, his composition Threshold of Night won the Liturgical category of the 2007 British Composer Awards and Scattered Rhymes, his first CD on the Harmonia Mundi
Harmonia Mundi
Harmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
label, performed by the Orlando Consort and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir conducted by Paul Hillier
Paul Hillier
Paul Douglas Hillier is a conductor, music director and baritone. He specializes in early music and contemporary art music, especially that by composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Guildhall School of Music, beginning his professional career while a...
, was released in 2008.
Threshold of Night and after (2008–present)
O'Regan's second disc on the Harmonia Mundi label, Threshold of NightTarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night
Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night is the third release by the choral group Conspirare and the second recording of the work of Tarik O'Regan. The chorus is accompanied by the Company of Strings and led by musical director Craig Hella Johnson...
, appeared in late 2008 and awakened a wider interest in his work, demonstrated by the CD garnering two GRAMMY Award nominations in 2009: Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance. After this, he increased his output as a music commentator in print and on air, especially on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
and BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
. This aspect of his career broadened with the broadcasting in 2010 on BBC Radio 4 of Composing New York, a documentary written and presented by O'Regan. In the same year, he was appointed to the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in Princeton as a Director's Visitor and made his BBC Proms
The Proms
The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
debut with Latent Manifest performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
. O'Regan's current major project, a chamber opera version of Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties...
’s novella Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon.The story centres on Charles...
in collaboration with the artist Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips (artist)
Tom Phillips CBE R.A. is an English artist. He was born in London, where he continues to work. He is a painter, printmaker and collagist.-Life:...
RA, will open in late 2011 at the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
Linbury Theatre.
Style
O'Regan's music is mostly written in tonalTonality
Tonality is a system of music in which specific hierarchical pitch relationships are based on a key "center", or tonic. The term tonalité originated with Alexandre-Étienne Choron and was borrowed by François-Joseph Fétis in 1840...
, extended-tonal and modal
Musical mode
In the theory of Western music since the ninth century, mode generally refers to a type of scale. This usage, still the most common in recent years, reflects a tradition dating to the middle ages, itself inspired by the theory of ancient Greek music.The word encompasses several additional...
languages (or a combination of all three), often with complicated rhythmic effects and dense textural variation.
Influences
In various radio and print interviews, O'Regan has stated that he "came to music quite late", mentioning the age of 13 as when he first was able to read music, and has listed five primary influences on his work:- Renaissance vocal writingRenaissance musicRenaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance. Defining the beginning of the musical era is difficult, given that its defining characteristics were adopted only gradually; musicologists have placed its beginnings from as early as 1300 to as late as the 1470s.Literally meaning...
: from some of the repertoire performed by the College choirs at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge where he was educated, although O'Regan describes himself as being "a pretty bad singer". - The music of North AfricaMusic of North AfricaNorth Africa has contributed much to popular music, especially Egyptian classical and el Gil, Algerian raï and Moroccan chaabi. The broad region is sometimes called the Maghreb , and the term Maghrebian music is in use. For a variety of reasons, Tunisia and Libya do not have as extensive a...
: from his own maternal heritage and time spent in Algeria and Morocco during his youth. - British rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s: such as The WhoThe WhoThe Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
and Led ZeppelinLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, first encountered in his mother's LPLP recordThe LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
collection. - JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
: predominantly artists recorded on the Blue NoteBlue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
label in the 1950s and 1960s jazz, an interest first explored in his father's LP collection. - Minimalist musicMinimalist musicMinimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....
An article in The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
on 23 November 2010 suggested that O'Regan is also interested in his Irish heritage. Published on the occasion of the first performance of Acallam na Senórach (a setting of The Middle Irish narrative of the same name
Acallam na Senórach
Acallam na Senórach is an important prosimetric Middle Irish narrative dating to the last quarter of the 12th century...
), the article stated that Sir William Rowan Hamilton
William Rowan Hamilton
Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, who made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra. His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new mathematical concepts and techniques...
is a direct ancestor of O'Regan (his great-great-great-grandfather), whose middle name is Hamilton.
Critical reception
- His 2006 debut disc, VOICES (Collegium Records COL CD 130), recorded by the Choir of Clare College, CambridgeClare College, CambridgeClare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"...
, was released to critical acclaim, heralding O’Regan as one of the most original and eloquent of young British composers (The Observer, London), breathing new life into the idiom (The Daily Telegraph, London). International Record Review declared the recording a committed, persuasive and highly accomplished performance of an exceptional composing voice of our time, while BBC Music Magazine gave the disc a double five-star rating.
- After the June 2006 premiere of Scattered Rhymes at the Spitalfields Festival, Geoff Brown, in The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
(London), described O’Regan’s gift for lyric flight [as] boundless. You might have to reach back to Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, or even Tallis, to find another British vocal work so exultant.
- Scattered Rhymes (2008), O'Regan's first disc from Harmonia Mundi, was described as a stunning recording (BBC Radio 3 CD Review), exquisite and delicate (The Washington Post), a fascinating disc (The Daily Telegraph, London) and typically unfaultable (BBC Music Magazine).
- The 2008 release of Threshold of Night marked O'Regan's international breakthrough. The disc debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard chart and garnered two GRAMMY nominations in 2009 before going on to receive wide critical acclaim.
- The 2010 BBC PromsThe PromsThe Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
premiere of Latent Manifest performed by the Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
, conducted by Andrew LittonAndrew LittonAndrew Litton is an American orchestral conductor. Litton is a graduate of The Fieldston School, and holds both undergraduate and Masters degrees in music from Juilliard....
, was widely reviewed in London: [a] personal canvas, taking us a long way from a literal reworking into the realms of evanescent fantasy, with delicately evocative results (The Guardian, London), ...a beguiling response to response itself – a mirage of intimations and allusions to [O’Regan’s] own experience of hearing Bach’s third solo Violin Sonata (The Times, London), a gracefully-controlled meditation on a single Bach phrase (The Independent, London).
Publications and works list
Tarik O'Regan’s earliest works were published by Oxford University PressOxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
and Sulasol; since 2004 his music has been exclusively published by Novello & Company, part of the Music Sales
Music Sales
Music Sales Group is Europe's largest printed music publisher, with headquarters in Berners Street, London. It owns the rights to hundreds of thousands of songs, imprints both for books and sheet music, operates the UK's largest chain of music shops, and sells sheet music, instruments and...
group of companies.
Orchestra
- (2010) Latent Manifest
- (2008) Maybe we have time
- (2006) Raï (orchestral version, arranged 2011)
- (2004) Hudson Lullaby
Orchestra with soloist
- (2000) The Pure Good of Theory for violin and orchestra
Orchestra with chorus
- (2011) Solitude Trilogy
- (2008) Care Charminge Sleepe (orchestra version, arranged 2008)
- (2008) Martyr
- (2007) Stolen Voices
- (2006) The Ecstasies Above (orchestral version, arranged by Daniel Moreira 2011)
- (2005) And There Was a Great Calm
- (2005) Triptych
- (2004) Threnody
Chamber ensemble
- (2011) A Ducal Fanfare
- (2010) A Drifting Life
- (2008) Darkness Visible
- (2008) The Woven Child
- (2006) Raï
- (2005) Fragment for String Quartet
- (2005) Fragments from a Gradual Process
- (2002) Lexington 767
- (2000) Clichés
Chamber ensemble with chorus
- (2010) The Night's Untruth
- (2009) The Eyes of the Stars
- (2009) Where all is buried
- (2008) Threshold of Light
- (2007) The Taxi
- (2006) The Ecstasies Above
Chorus
- (2011) Beloved, all things ceased
- (2011) fleeting, God
- (2010) Acallam na Senórach
- (2010) Death is gonna lay his cold icy hands on me
- (2010) Swing Low, sweet chariot
- (2009) Jubilate Deo (Latin setting)
- (2009) Martyr Dei (Martyr of God) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2009) No Matter
- (2009) The Great Silence
- (2009) That music always round me
- (2008) Nunc Dimittis (for double chorus)
- (2008) Se lamentar augelli
- (2008) The Spring from Acallam na Senórach
- (2008) The St Andrews Responsories
- (2008) Voce mea
- (2007) A Light Exists in Spring
- (2007) Ipsa vivere
- (2007) Jubilate Deo (English Version)
- (2007) Puer natus est
- (2007) Tal vez tenemos tiempo
- (2007) Two Emily Dickinson Settings
- (2007) Virelai: Douce dame jolie
- (2006) Hymnus de Sancte Andree Apostole (Hymn of Saint Andrew the Apostle) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2006) I sleep, but my heart waketh
- (2006) Israfel
- (2006) Scattered Rhymes
- (2006) Threshold of Night
- (2006) The Windows
- (2005) Haec deum celi (Thou the true Virgin Mother of the Highest) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2005) Lamentation
- (2005) We Remember Them
- (2004) Alleluia, laus et gloria
- (2004) Bring rest, sweet dreaming child
- (2004) De Sancto Ioanne Baptista
- (2004) Dorchester Canticles
- (2004) Gloria
- (2003) Beatus auctor sæculi (Blest author of this earthly frame) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2003) O vera digna hostia (O Thou from whom hell's monarch flies) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2003) Tu claustra stirpe regia (O Thou, from regal ancestry) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2003) Tu, trinitatis unitas (You oneness of the Trinity) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
- (2002) Cantate Domino
- (2002) Surrexit Christus
- (2001) Agnus Dei
- (2001) Corpus Christi Service
- (2001) I Saw Him Standing
- (2001) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
- (2000) Care Charminge Sleepe
- (2000) Gratias tibi
- (1999) Ave Maria
- (1999) Columba aspexit
- (1999) Locus iste
Solo keyboard
- (2010) Parsing Variations
- (2008) Postlude for organ from Threshold of Light
- (2005) Lines of Desire
- (2004) Textures
- (1999) Colimaçon
- (1999) Three Piano Miniatures
Solo voice
- (2009) The Sorrow of True Love
- (2009) Love raise your voice
- (2005) Thre Motion Settings
- (2002) Sainte
- (1999) The Appointment
- (1998) The Tongue of Epigrams
Discography
| Date of release | Title | |Works contained | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acallam na Senórach: An Irish Colloquy | National Chamber Choir of Ireland (Paul Hillier Paul Hillier Paul Douglas Hillier is a conductor, music director and baritone. He specializes in early music and contemporary art music, especially that by composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Guildhall School of Music, beginning his professional career while a... ) |
Acallam na Senórach: An Irish Colloquy | Harmonia Mundi HMU807486 |
|
| Sing Freedom! | Conspirare Conspirare Conspirare is a choral ensemble based out of Austin, Texas. They were formed in 1991 by conductor and musical director Craig Hella Johnson as New Texas Festival but did not begin to regularly perform until 1999... (Craig Hella Johnson) |
Swing low, sweet chariot | Harmonia Mundi HMU807525 |
|
| O Guiding Night | The Sixteen The Sixteen The Sixteen are a choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers in 1979.The group's special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, bringing fresh insights into Baroque and early Classical music and a diversity of 20th century... (Harry Christophers Harry Christophers Harry Christophers is an English conductor. He attended the King's School, Canterbury and was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under choirmaster Allan Wicks and played clarinet in the school orchestra alongside Andrew Marriner... ) |
fleeting, God; Beloved all things ceased; O vera digna hostia | Coro COR16090 | |
| Absolute Masters, Volume 2 | Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Brno Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Brno, the Czech Republic. Its predecessor was the Czech Symphony Orchestra, dating from the 1870's. The current Brno Philharmonic was formed in 1956 with the merger of the Radio Orchestra and the Brno Region Symphony Orchestra, with Břetislav... |
Maybe we have time | Smith & Co | |
| Talescapes | YL Male Voice Choir YL Male Voice Choir YL Male Voice Choir was founded by P.J. Hannikainen in 1883 to become the choir of the Helsinki University. It is also the oldest Finnish-language choir. Nowadays the choir is not completely tied to the university, but all applicants are expected to have passed the matriculation exam or study at... (Matti Hyökki) |
Lamentation | Ondine ODE1155-2 | |
| New Horizons | Ebor Singers (Paul Gameson) | Beatus auctor sæculi; O vera digna hostia | Boreas BMCD901 | |
| A Company of Voices | Conspirare Conspirare Conspirare is a choral ensemble based out of Austin, Texas. They were formed in 1991 by conductor and musical director Craig Hella Johnson as New Texas Festival but did not begin to regularly perform until 1999... (Craig Hella Johnson) |
Triptych (version for percussion) | Harmonia Mundi HMU907534 |
|
| The NMC Songbook | Andrew Watts (countertenor), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Lucy Wakeford (harp) | Darkness Visible | NMC D150 | |
| Songs of the Sky | Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra ensemble based in Cambridge, UK. It was created in 1992, following an initiative from Eastern Arts and a number of key figures including Nicholas Cleobury, who recognised the need for an orchestra in the East of England. It is a flexible ensemble composed of... |
Raï | Signum Records SIGCD149 | |
| A Song More Silent | The London Mozart Players London Mozart Players The London Mozart Players is a British chamber orchestra founded in 1949. The LMP is the longest-established chamber orchestra in the United Kingdom whose performances and recordings focus largely on the core repertoire from the Classical era... (Nicolae Moldoveanu) |
And there was a great calm | Avie AV2147 | |
| Sanctum est verum lumen | National Youth Choirs of Great Britain National Youth Choirs of Great Britain The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain is the name given to a family of choirs for young singers in the United Kingdom. It comprises a total of eight choirs and in the 2009/2010 season almost 800 young people between the ages of 8 and 23 participated in the choirs.-About the choirs:The... (Michael Brewer) |
I sleep, but my heart waketh | Delphian DCD34045 | |
| Threshold of Night Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night is the third release by the choral group Conspirare and the second recording of the work of Tarik O'Regan. The chorus is accompanied by the Company of Strings and led by musical director Craig Hella Johnson... |
Conspirare Conspirare Conspirare is a choral ensemble based out of Austin, Texas. They were formed in 1991 by conductor and musical director Craig Hella Johnson as New Texas Festival but did not begin to regularly perform until 1999... (Craig Hella Johnson) |
Two Emily Dickinson Settings: Had I Not Seen the Sun / I Had No Time to Hate; The Ecstasies Above; Threshold of Night; Tal vez tenemos tiempo; Care Charminge Sleepe; Triptych | Harmonia Mundi HMU807490 |
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| Scattered Rhymes | The Orlando Consort Orlando Consort The Orlando Consort is a British vocal consort which is best known for performing renaissance choral music one voice to a part. The Consort was founded in 1988 as part of the activities of the Early Music Centre of Great Britain, a forerunner of the NCEM, York.... , Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is a professional choir based in Estonia. It was founded in 1981 by Tõnu Kaljuste, who was its conductor for twenty years. In 2001, Paul Hillier followed Kaljuste's tenure, becoming the EPCC's principal conductor and artistic director until September 2008,... (Paul Hillier Paul Hillier Paul Douglas Hillier is a conductor, music director and baritone. He specializes in early music and contemporary art music, especially that by composers Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Guildhall School of Music, beginning his professional career while a... ) |
Scattered Rhymes; Douce dame jolie | Harmonia Mundi HMU807469 |
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| Fiddlesticks | Madeleine Mitchell (violin), ensemblebash (percussion quartet) | Fragments from a Gradual Process | Signum Records SIGCD111 | |
| The Quiet Room | John Lenehan (piano) | Lines of Desire | Sony Classical 82876821452 | |
| MacMillan and his British Contemporaries | The Choir of New College, Oxford (Edward Higginbottom) | Surrexit Christus | Avie AV2085 |
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| Regina Caeli | The Choir of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Daniel Soper) | Sub tuum praesidium | Lammas LAMM188 | |
| Tarik O'Regan: VOICES | The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge (Timothy Brown) | Three Motets from Sequence for St Wulfstan: Beatus auctor sæculi / O vera digna hostia / Tu claustra stripe regia; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Variations for Choir; Two Upper Voice Settings: Bring rest sweet dreaming child / Columba aspexit; Dorchester Canticles: Cantate Domino / Deus Misereatur; Four Mixed Voice Settings: Gratias tibi / Ave Maria / Care Charminge Sleepe / Locus iste; Colimaçon for organ. | Collegium COLCD130 | |
| New French Song | Alison Smart (soprano), Katharine Durran (piano) | Sainte | Metier MSVCD92100 | |
| St John the Baptist | The Choir of St John's College, Oxford (Ryan Wigglesworth) | De Sancto Ioanne Baptista | Cantoris CRCD6080 | |
| Love and Honour | The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge (Samuel Hayes) | Cantate Domino; Tu claustra stirpe regia | Guild GMCD7287 |
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| Carmina Saeculi | The Elisabeth Singers, Hiroshima, Japan (Timo Nuoranne) | Gratias tibi | Brain Music OSBR20025 |
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- The artwork for O'Regan's 2008 disc, Threshold of Night, is by Ed Ruscha.
- The artwork for O'Regan's 2008 disc, Scattered Rhymes, is by Günter Fruhtrunk (1923–1982).
- The artwork for O'Regan's 2006 disc, VOICES, is by Tom PhillipsTom PhillipsThomas Phillips was an English painter.Thomas Phillips or Tom Phillips may also refer to:-Culture:* Sir Thomas Phillipps , British antiquary and book collector...
, librettist of the opera based on Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness written in collaboration with O'Regan.
Awards and recognition
- 2005 British Composer Award (Vocal category) for Sainte
- 2007 British Composer Award for (Liturgical category) for Threshold of Night
- 2009 Two Grammy Award nominations (Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance) for 'Threshold of Night
- 2009 NEANational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Artistic Excellence Grant for Heart of Darkness - 2011 Bronze Award at the 2011 World's Best Radio Programs Awards in New York.