Editing Michael Berkeley (section)

==Works==
Berkeley's compositions include ''Meditations for Strings'' (1975), String Trio (1976) and an [[oratorio]] ''Or Shall We Die?'' (libretto by [[Ian McEwan]], 1982).<ref name="Ian McEwan music">{{cite web |title=Ian McEwan Website: Text for Music ~ Or Shall We Die? and For You: A Libretto |url=http://www.ianmcewan.com/books/music.html |website=www.ianmcewan.com |publisher=Ian McEwan |access-date=5 September 2024 |ref=ian_mcewan_music}}</ref> His orchestral works include ''Flames'' (RLPO/Atherton 1981), ''Gregorian Variations'' (Philharmonia/Pittsburgh/Previn 1984), ''Secret Garden'' (LSO/Davis, Barbican 1997) and ''The Garden of Earthly Delights'' (NYO/Rostropovich, Proms 1998) plus concerti for clarinet, violin, oboe, 'cello and organ.<ref name="OUP orchestral and ensemble">{{cite web |title=Orchestral & Ensemble works by Michael Bekeley |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/category/arts-and-humanities/sheet-music/composers/berkeleym/orchestral-and-ensemble/?lang=en&cc=us |website=global.oup.com |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=5 September 2024 |ref=oup_orchestral_ensemble}}</ref>

He has written three operas. ''Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (libretto by [[David Malouf]]) is based on the childhood of [[Rudyard Kipling]] and was recorded by the Opera North Chorus and English Northern Philharmonia in 1993.<ref name="Baa Baa Black Sheep Chandos">{{cite web |title=Berkeley: Baa Baa Black Sheep |url=https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010186 |website=Chandos Records |publisher=Chandos Records |access-date=4 September 2024 |ref=baa_baa_black_sheep}}</ref> [[Jane Eyre (21st century opera)|''Jane Eyre'']] (2000, libretto also by David Malouf), premiered at the [[Cheltenham Music Festival]] by [[Music Theatre Wales]]<ref name="Jane Eyre Opera premiere">{{cite web |last1=Maddocks |first1=Fiona |title=Eyre we go, Eyre we go... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/jul/09/featuresreview.review4 |website=The Guardian |publisher=The Observer |access-date=4 September 2024 |ref=jane_eyre_opera |date=8 July 2000}}</ref> and subsequently toured around the UK. The Australian premiere took place in Canberra and the American in St. Louis where it was directed by [[Colin Graham]]. The original drafts for ''Jane Eyre'', representing one year's worth of work and the only copy of them, were stolen from outside his London home in May 1999.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/13/libbybrooks | title=Lost opera tragedy for composer | work=The Guardian | author=Libby Brooks | date=12 May 1999 | access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> The [[chamber opera]] ''For You'', with Ian McEwan the librettist,<ref name="Ian McEwan music"/> was premiered by Music Theatre Wales in the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.<ref name="For You opera">{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Neil |title=For You at Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/for-you-at-linbury-studio-royal-opera-house-zsmtvl0jkmv |website=www.thetimes.com |publisher=The Times |access-date=4 September 2024 |ref=for_you_the_times |language=en |date=30 October 2008}}</ref> A proposed opera of McEwan's novel ''Atonement'' with libretto by [[Craig Raine]] for [[Opernhaus Dortmund|Dortmund Opera]] was set for premiere in 2013, but was shelved.<ref>{{cite news |title=Atonement opera in the pipeline |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8576243.stm |date=19 March 2010 |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article7067778.ece "We’ve had the book and film, now it’s ''Atonement'' the opera"] by Ben Hoyle, ''[[The Times]]'' (London), 19 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010. Subscription required.</ref>

Berkeley has written scores for films including [[Captive (1986 film)|''Captive'']] (with the Edge of U2, 1986), [[Goldeneye (1989 film)|''Goldeneye'']] (1989) and ''[[Twenty-One (1991 film)|Twenty-One]]'' (1991). He arranged the choral sequences for Hello Earth, a song written by [[Kate Bush]] which appeared on her studio album ''Hounds of Love'' in 1985.<ref name="Hello Earth">{{cite web |title=Hello Earth |url=https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/hello-earth/ |website=Kate Bush Encyclopedia |access-date=6 September 2024 |ref=hello_earth |date=16 August 2017}}</ref>

Berkeley has written a considerable amount of chamber music for artists including [[Julian Bream]] (''Guitar Sonata'', Edinburgh Festival, 1980), the Takas Quartet (''Torque and Velocity'', 1997)<ref name="Torque and Velocity">{{cite web |title=Torque and Velocity |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/torque-and-velocity-9780193556546?cc=us&lang=en& |website=global.oup.com |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=6 September 2024 |ref=torque_and_velocity}}</ref> and Nicholas Daniel with the Carducci Quartet (''Into the Ravine''). The harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani premiered Berkeley's ''Haiku 2: Insects'', composed for Esfahani, at the [[Snape Maltings Concert Hall]] in April 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clements |first=Andrew |date=2023-04-09 |title=Anna Dennis / Nicholas Daniel / Mahan Esfahani review – poetry and animal magic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/09/anna-dennis-nicholas-daniel-mahan-esfahani-review-snape-maltings |access-date=2024-06-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Berkeley has written much choral music, including the specially commissioned ''Listen, listen O my child'' for the enthronement of [[Justin Welby]] as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013<ref>{{cite book |title=Listen, listen, O my child |year=2013 |url=http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780193397675.do |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-339767-5 |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> and the ''Magna Carta Te Deum'', for the 800th anniversary of [[Magna Carta]] in 2015 in Lincoln Cathedral. He wrote ''This Endernight'' for the 2016 King’s College Festival of nine Lessons and Carols and ''Super Flumina Babylonis'' for the St. Cecilia Day Service in Westminster Cathedral in 2017.

In June 2024 Orchid Classics released ''Collaborations'', a CD of Berkeley's music featuring artists he had worked closely with and written for.<ref name="Michael Berkeley Collaborations">{{cite web |last1=Achenbach |first1=Andrew |title=Michael Berkeley Collaborations |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/m-berkeley-collaborations |website=Gramophone |publisher=Mark Allen Group |access-date=6 September 2024 |ref=michael_berkeley_collaborations |language=en}}</ref> These included Mahan Esfahani, Clare Hammond, Madeleine Mitchell, Alice Coote, Julius Drake and the BBC Singers. The album includes a song for Ukraine, Zero Hour, with lyrics and vocals from [[Neil Tennant]] and guitar solos from [[David Gilmour]].