List of Works
Choral
Solo Voice(s)
String Orchestra / Ensemble
Large Ensemble
Chamber Music
Piano(s)
Other Solo Instruments
Music for Young People
Works with Live Electronics
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Scores of works marked * are held in the British Music Collection. Sonata for female voice, flute and percussion is published by Schott & Co/ Ars Viva Verlag London (AVV201). Other works are available from the composer.
Choral
Les Pyrenées* (1967) (sop solo, reciter,
small chorus [SATB], fl, ob, cl, hn, perc (4 players), pno, strs (no
DB) [7’] poems by Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas and René Char
Composed for the opening of the Central Hall, University of York
Motet a 3* (homage to James Joyce) for unaccompanied voices (3 parts) (1968) [3’ 30”]
Veni, Sancte Spiritus* (SATB & strings – no
DB) (1975) [14’ 30”]
Commissioned by the Merton Festival with funds from the Arts Council of
Great Britain
Lux Aeterna* (SATB & organ) (1999) [9’]
Commissioned by the West Barnes Singers
Instruments and voices (any
number of performers) (2008) [variable duration, but at least 10']
Solo Voice(s) (see also choral)
Sonata for female voice, flute and percussion* (1966) [7’] four poems by E.E. Cummings
click on movement titles to listen:
1. in just
3. because it's
4. listen
Three Shakespeare Songs* (sop & fl [or vln])
(1968) [7’ 30”]
1.Tell me where is fancy bred, 2. Take, O take those
lips away, 3. The poor soul sat sighing
Motet a 3* (homage to James Joyce) for unaccompanied voices (3 parts) (1968) [3’ 30”]
Six chansons bas* (sop & pno) (1968, rev 2002)[3’ 45”] poems by Stéphane Mallarmé
Passages IV for singer/actor/actress (1972) [variable] (may use more than 1 performer and live electronics)
Night Music* (sop & st qt or st orch) (1995, rev.
2000) [10’] 7 poems of John Gracen Brown
Being Beauteous (sop, with piano resonance, & live
electronics (Kaoss Pad)) (2004) [5’ 15”]
Tramezzino al cagliata di limone (sop, alto flute, piano - 4 hands) (2013) [5']
String Orchestra / Ensemble
Veni,
sancte Spiritus* (SATB
& strings – no DB) (1975) [14’ 30”]
Commissioned by
the Merton Festival with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain
Night Music* (sop & str orch) (1995,
rev.
2000) [10’] 7 poems of John Gracen Brown
Memoriale*
Landscape (44 x 121)*
.....un dolce lume.....* for 16 solo strings (10 vlns, 3 vlas, 2 vlcs, db) (2004 [10']
... a l'armonia si intento ... for six cellos (2103) [10']
Large Ensemble
Antiphonies
Hauptweg
und Nebenwege* (cl, bcl, sop sax, alt sax, ten sax, hn, tba,
acc, man, pno, glock/vibra/mar, st qt) (2003) [12’ 40”]
Commissioned by
Stephen Phillips
Commissioned by
Stephen Phillips
Urban
Developments (any number of performers – unspecified
instruments) (2006) [variable]
Towards
Equilibrium (2fls,cl,
sop sax, alt sax, trpt, trbne, hp, pno, el gtr, el pno, acc, st
qt) (2006, rev 2007) [8'] to listen click here
rhythmical
study - abstract construction
Instruments
and voices (any
number of performers) (2008) [variable duration, but at least 10']
Untitled
(2013) for orchestra (unspecified instruments) (2013) [35']
Passages X + for cello and ensemble (flexible scoring) (2014)
[9']
Fanfare in Three Parts (flexible scoring) (2014) [1'] to listen click here
for Adam Swayne and the University of Chichester Sinfonietta
Chamber Music
Colloquy*
for clarinet, violin, cello, piano (1967) [8’ 30”] to listen click here
Mobile
for 5 players (1968) [variable]
Concatenation
Windows
I
My regards to Mr Gibbons for violin, viola & violone/double
bass (2002) [4’]
Commissioned by
Stephen Phillips / Notturno
...a glimpse of a white bird...* for flute, clarinet, violin, cello
& perc (2002) [5’ 45”] to listen click here
Objects
in Space for 4 to 20 players – unspecified instruments (2003)
[variable]
Secondary
Lines for clarinet & piano (2004) [5’ 30”] see also
A Klee Diptych
...dreams, shadows, and smoke* for flute, viola &
harp or guitar (2005) [9’]
to listen click here
Commissioned by
Brake Drum Assembly
A
Klee Diptych* (i Secondary Lines, ii Snake Paths) for
clarinet & piano (2005) [8’]
Passages
IX* ’ 30”] to listen click here
…the
mind wanders, and moves and mingles with the night* for
double bass duo (2006) [6’]
Quartet
Movement for
percussion (4 players) (2006) [5' or longer]
rhythmical
study - abstract construction (for four to any number of unspecified instruments) (2007) [variable]
piano,violin & cello
A Klee Diptych (i Secondary Lines, ii Snake Paths) version for clarinet & string quartet (2014) [8'] to listen click here
String Quartet no. 2
untitled 2016.1 for 5 flutes (flute, 3 alto flutes and bass flute) or string quintet (2016) [7' 30"] to listen (string quintet version) click here
for the Riot Ensemble to listen click here
Piano(s)
Sampler
(2000) [8’]
Piano
Pie* (2003) [6’]
Commissioned by
John Alexander for Andrew Melvin
Corale
interrotto* (piano duet/ 4 hands) (2005) [ca. 9’ + (variable)]
jeu de cartes (3 or more players at one or more pianos) (2010) [variable duration]
for CoMA Sussex
untitled 2016.2 (2016) [7"]
for Adam Swayne
Other Solo Instruments
Passages
V* for organ (1974) [5’]
Commissioned by
Andrew Charity
Aria
(Passages VII)* for solo trumpet (2002) [6’ 30”]
Commissioned by
Christopher Gasson
Canzone*
for solo double bass (2005) [7’] (from Chorale II for double
bass & eight instruments) to listen click here
Invention
(Passages VIII)
Commissioned by
Jonathan Warburton
Passages X for solo cello (2013) [7']
Music for Young People
Commissioned by
Argo Records
Commissioned by
Brighton & Hove Music and Performing Arts as part of its Connecting
programme
Works with Live Electronics
Composed as part
of New Music Brighton’s Colour Variations project, funded by
Arts Council England
Discography
Sonata for female voice, flute and percussion: CBC Radio Canada SM148 (recording of live broadcast; Mary Morrison, soprano, Robert Aitken, flute, John Wyre, percussion) - deleted
Sonata for female voice, flute and percussion: New Music Brighton NMBCD002 - '... because it's spring': Debbie Bridge, soprano, Anne Hodgson, flute, Adam Bushell, percussion: newmusicbrighton.bandcamp/
Hauptweg und Nebenwege: Editions LGNM No 403, recording of a live performance by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta conducted by Marcel Wengler (may be ordered by e-mail: info@luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu)
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