Orchestra it was inspired by the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. Cresswell's music is recorded on the Naxos Records label. He died in Edinburgh on 19 March 2022, from liver cancer complicated by a COVID-19 infection. He was 77. Awards Ian Whyte Award (1978) – for the orchestral work Salm APRA Silver Scroll (1979) – for his contribution to New Zealand music Recommendation by the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1979, 1981 and 1988) Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Award (2001) Honorary DMus degree from the Victoria University of Wellington (2002) The inaugural Royal Philharmonic Society Elgar Bursary (2002) Creative New Zealand/School of Music Composer in Residence in Wellington (2006–2007) SOUNZ Contemporary Award (2011) – for his first piano concerto dedicated to Edward Harper Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award (2016) List of compositions Concertos Concerto for cello (commissioned for Musica Nova, Glasgow, 1984) Concerto for accordion, Dragspil (BBC Proms, 1995) Concerto for orchestra and string quartet (commissioned by the City of Aberdeen, 1996) Concerto for trombone, Kaea (Scottish Chamber Orchestra, 1997) Concerto for violin and soprano (commissioned by the BBC, 2001) Concerto for chamber orchestra (SCO, 2002) Concerto for piano (2009) (dedicated to Scottish composer Edward Harper and commissioned by pianist Steven de Pledge) Other orchestral Salm (1977) O! for Orchestra (1983) A Modern Ecstasy (1986) Voices of Ocean Winds (Radio New Zealand, 1989) Ylur (St Magnus Festival, 1991) Ara Kopikopiko (2005) – written with the Elgar Bursary I Paesaggi dell’anima (Landscapes of the soul), 2008 Chamber Le Sucre du Printemps, for clarinets Vocal The Voice Inside, for soprano, violin and orchestra The Clock Stops (2013) Stage Shadows Without Sun (2003) The Money Man (2010) References Further reading Elizabeth Kerr Lyell Cresswell: a personal tribute on Five Lines, 12 April 2022 External links Lyell Cresswell Papers at the Alexander Turnbull Library 1944 births 2022 deaths 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers New Zealand classical composers People from Wellington City Scottish classical composers British male classical composers 20th-century Scottish musicians 20th-century British composers 20th-century British male musicians 21st-century British male musicians Deaths from cancer in Scotland