List of Works
Choral
Solo Voice(s)
String Orchestra / Ensemble
Large Ensemble
Chamber Music
Piano(s)
Other Solo Instrments
Music for Young People
Works with Live Electronics
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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
Solo Voice(s) (see also choral)
Sonata for female voice, flute and percussion* (1966) [7’] four poems by E.E. Cummings
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”]
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* (solo clarinet & strings) (2002) [5’]
Landscape (44 x 121)* for 11 solo strings (6 vlns, 2 vlas,
2 vlcs, db) (2002) [7’]
.....un dolce lume.....* for 16 solo strings (10 vlns, 3
vlas, 2 vlcs, db) (2004) [10‘]
Large Ensemble
Antiphonies for two wind quintets (I: fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, II: alto fl, ob/ca, cl/b cl, bn, hn) (1967) (16’)
Hauptweg und Nebenwege* (cl, bcl, sop sax, alt sax, ten sax, hn, tba, acc, man, pno, glock/vibra/mar, st qt) (2003) [12’ 40”]
Objects in Space (4 to 20 players – unspecified instruments) (2003) [variable]
Chorale II for double bass and eight instruments (ca, b cl, bn, hn, vln, 2 vlas, vlc) (2004) [7’]
Commissioned by Stephen Phillips
Consolamentum (arrangement of Dudley Hyams’
Consolamentum: concerto for double bass) for double bass and nine
players ( ob/ca, Bb/Eb/b cl, bn, hn, pno, str qt) (2005) [17’]
Commissioned by Stephen Phillips
Elaborations for mixed ensemble (any number of players) (2006) [ca. 8']
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']
Chamber Music
Colloquy* for clarinet, violin, cello, piano (1967) [8’ 30”]
Mobile for 5 players (1968) [variable]
Night Music* (sop & str qt) (1995, rev. 2000) [10’] 7 poems of John Gracen Brown
Résonances* for viola, with clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1999) [9’ 30”]
Concatenation for clarinet, horn, violin and cello (2000,
revised 2005) [14’ 30”]
Duo* for violin and piano (2000) [15’]
Windows I for vibraphone, piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello (2001) [8’ 15”]
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”]
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 & guitar
(2005) [9’]
Rhythm of Black Lines* for 8 brake drums + tam-tam –
4 players (2005) [4’ to 6’]
Commissioned by Brake Drum Assembly
Connecting Lines for alto flute, clarinet, violin & piano (2005) [5’ 30”]
A Klee Diptych* (i Secondary Lines, ii Snake Paths) for
clarinet & piano (2005) [8’]
Passages IX* for guitar duo (2005) [5’ 30”]
…the mind wanders, and moves and mingles with the light* for
double bass duo (2006) [6’]
Quartet Movement for percussion (4 players) (2006) [5' or longer]
fortepiano, violin & cello (2008) [10']
written for Concerto Cristofori
Piano(s)
Sampler (2000) [8’]
Conjugation* ...a little journey... for two pianos (2001) [4’ 45”]
Piano Pie* (2003) [6’]
Haiku* (2005) [30”]
Commissioned by John Alexander for Andrew Melvin
Corale interrotto* (piano duet/ 4 hands) (2005) [ca. 9’
+ (variable)]
fortepiano (2008) [10']
for Sharona Joshua
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)
Invention (Passages VIII) for bass trombone solo (2005) [5’]
Commissioned by Jonathan Warburton
Music for Young People
Narnian Suite (speaking chorus, 1020, 2210, pno, timps, perc, vlns, vlcs – some of the wind insts optional) (1968) [5’]
Commissioned by Argo Records
Nexus [with Jason Pegg] for any instruments and voices (2006) [ca 10’ - variable]
Commissioned by Brighton & Hove Music and Performing Arts as part of its
Connecting programme
Works with Live Electronics
Pastorale (Colour Variations: Green) [with Anna
Tabor] (clarinet/ bass clarinet, flute, trumpet, vibraphone, cello,
live electronics (Kaoss Pad) and soundtrack) (2003) [6’ 45”]
Composed as part of New Music Brighton’s Colour Variations project, funded by Arts Council England
Being Beauteous (sop, with piano resonance, & live electronics) (2004) [5’ 15”]
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
Narnian Suite: Argo Record Co. DA91 – performed by children from Heslington Primary School and students of the University of York, conducted by the composer - deleted
Sampler: New Music Brighton NMBCD001 – on ‘new piano music from a Sussex shore’ performed by Stephanie Cant (may be ordered by e-mail: nmb@newmusicbrighton.co.uk)
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)