Name that piece! The game

[Coco]

OK! Here it is.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/ynETZOAd/mystery.html

[DavidW]

That sounds fairly low key, I would think a solo harp piece from perhaps the 20th century.  It's not a transcription right?

[Drasko]

Takemitsu - All in Twilight?

[Coco]

It's not harp, but it is from the 20th Century. It's not Takemitsu.

It's not a transcription as far as I know.

[DavidW]

Oh man that sucks!  I didn't even identify the instrument right!  Is it a lute?

[Coco]

No, but the dedicatee of the piece was famous for playing the lute.

[DavidW]

No, but the dedicatee of the piece was famous for playing the lute.

Oh wait classical guitar like Rodrigo?

[Coco]

Oh wait classical guitar like Rodrigo?

Yep, not Rodrigo though.

[Parsifal]

Lennox Berkeley - Guitar sonata dedicated to Julian Bream?

[Coco]

Lennox Berkeley - Guitar sonata dedicated to Julian Bream?

It's not Berkeley, but Bream assisted with the guitar parts (and wasn't the dedicatee as I'd mistakenly thought).

[Parsifal]

 Benjamin Britten?

[Coco]

Nope!

Hint: This composer is still alive.

[Parsifal]

How about Richard Rodney Bennett?

[Coco]

No — the composer is not British, and was born somewhat earlier than Bennett (new name to me, by the way).

The composer has written a lengthy autobiography.

[Drasko]

Henze?

[Coco]

Yes. The excerpt is from his Kammermusik 1958, for tenor, guitar and 8 solo instruments.

[Drasko]

Ok, not to waste time here is the next one

http://www.4shared.com/audio/OYvdAZpT/gameIV.html

[Coco]

Harrison Birtwistle - Chronometer

[Drasko]

Yep! That was easy. Can hardly be mistaken for some other piece

[Coco]

Haha, sorry to guess so quickly. I just happened to have downloaded it not too long ago.

I don't want to hog all the questions, so someone else can post one. If no one does I'll think of something.