Full score dated April 1957
 
Clytemnestra (soprano)
Cassandra (mezzo)
Agamemnon (ten)
Watchman (ten)
Herald (bass)
Old man (bass)
Citizens of Argos (SATB chorus)
4 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns , 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 3 timpani, bass drum, 3 side drums, gong, tambourine, triangle, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, strings

39 minutes

Aeschylus, abridged and adapted by the composer from Blackie's Everyman translation;  in English

unpublished

Articles

Agamemnon (1) - Textual analysis - Kate Baxter
Agamemnon (2) - Musical analysis and conclusion - Kate Baxter

Performances

28 January 1971 [first performance] . St John's, Smith Square, London
Valerie Hill (sop) Clytemnestra
Carole Rosen (mezzo) Cassandra
Richard Gandy (ten) Agamemnon/Watchman
George Macpherson (bass-bar) Herald/Old man
Opera dei Giovani, Kensington Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leslie Head

4 March 1973 . Manchester Town Hall / 16 June 1973 (BBC broadcast)
20 August 1974 (second broadcast)
Milla Andrew (sop) Clytemnestra
Ann Howard (mezzo) Cassandra
William MacAlpine (ten) Agamemnon
John Dobson (ten) Watchman
Michael Rippon (bass) Herald
Dennis Wicks (bass) Old man
BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Armstrong

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