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ORCHESTRAL WORKS
THE FIRMAMENT OF TIME
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3.3.3.3:4.3.3.1:tmp:4perc:hrp:strings
(20') 2008
Commissioned by the BBC
1st perf: BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London; January 2009; BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Garry Walker
…purposeful,
even ceaseless transformation…the correlation
of incidental detail detail within
the overall picture
was
finely controlled…expressive immediacy
(classicalsource.com)
LA SETTIMA
BOLGIA (VNM) Listen:
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3.3.3.3:4.3.3.1:tmp:5perc:2hrps:strings (14') 1989
1st perf:
Southampton International New Music Week 1989; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Kees Bakels
.. always in fluctuating, often turbulent motion...brilliantly scored. (The
Guardian)
A firm sense of direction...vividly imagined and realised. (Independent)
MERCURIUS
(VNM)
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1.1.1.1:1.0.0.0:hrp:strings (12') 1989 (adapted
from chamber ensemble version of 1979)
1st perf: Southampton International New Music Week 1989; Bournemouth
Sinfonietta, conducted by Kees Bakels
A piece of many layers, shades, contrasts and transformations, as
unpredictable as quicksilver, and just as
captivating in its elusive manner (Contact)
Austere, delicate patterns... (Sunday Times)
IN
THE SILENCE OF TURNED EARTH (VNM)
solo
soprano, solo violin & strings (11') 2010
Commissioned for the Sofia Soloists, Bulgaria
1st perf scheduled: Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2010
SPRING
MUSIC
(CE)
1.1.1.1:0.2.1.0:3perc:pno:hrp:strings
(16') 1972
Commissioned by The BBC
CONCERTO
FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA
(CE)
viola solo:2.1.2.1:2.1.0.0:timp:celesta:strings (16') 1967, revised 1984
1st
perf: Royal Scottish Academy of Music 1968; soloist James Durrant
INSTRUMENTAL
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES: MIXED
HARMONIEMUSIK
(CE)
2.0.1.2sax:1.1.2.1:1perc:pf:e-gtr.b-gtr (11') 2009
1st
perf: Musis Sacrum,
Arnhem, Netherlands; October 2010; Orkest 'de ereprijs'
THE FRUIT OF CHANCE AND NECESSITY
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solo 'cello:1.1.1.1:1.1.1.0:accrdn.:solo strings (16') 2004
Commissioned by Barry Noble
1st perf: City Theatre, Basel, Switzerland; November 2004 at the ISCM World
Music Days; soloist Beat Schneider
with Ensemble Phoenix conducted by J ürg
Henneberger
MERCURIUS
(CE)
wind quintet, string quartet, harp (12') 1979
1st perf: University of York 1979; conducted by Peter Wiegold
Sparkling fragments of dialogue tossed about in explosive
flashes...constantly changing mood (The
Times)
STRATA
(CE)
2 flutes, 2 clarinets, string trio (12') 1977
Commissioned by Hotwells Music Workshop
1st perf: SPNM's 'Alive and Composing', London 1980; conducted by Buxton Orr
ENSEMBLE MUSIC FOR SIX
(CE)
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flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, 'cello (6') 1976
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1976; conducted by
Peter Wiegold
...wonderfully
idiomatic (musicalpointers.co.uk)
NEPHALAUXIS
(CE)
string quartet, 2 percussionists (15') 1977
1st perf: Warsaw Autumn Festival 1979; Royal
Lazienki Quartet, Marta Ptaszynska, Hubert Rutkowski
A striking piece (Contact)
THE VISIONS OF ZOSIMOS
(CE)
flute/alto, clarinet/bass, percussion, string trio (18') 1981
Commissioned for its inaugural concert by Uroboros
Ensemble
1st perf: October Gallery, London 1982; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
LOLLAY, LOLLAY
(CE)
cor anglais, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, viola, 'cello (13') 1983
Commissioned by Uroboros Ensemble
1st perf: 1983; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
.. cunningly evoked the terrifying
conception of a lilting lullaby, and the darkness behind its apparent innocence.
(Robert Saxton on Music in Our Time, BBC Radio 3)
MOONDANCE
(CE)
solo clarinet, string trio, percussion (20') 1982
Commissioned by Angela Malsbury
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1982; Angela Malsbury, Uroboros Ensemble, conducted
by Gwyn Pritchard
..ranged from deeply lyrical solos to frenzied 'Pierrot Lunaire' atmospheres, encapsulating in music
everything
one could associate with nocturnal adventure. Most definitely the highlight...successfully captivated the
audience. (Venue)
CHAMBER CONCERTO
(CE)
solo piano, flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, 'cello (14') 1985
Commissioned for Allan Schiller
1st perf: St John's Smith Square, London 1986; Allan Schiller, Uroboros
Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
..an accomplished work (Tempo)
MADRIGAL
(CE)
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flute/piccolo/alto, oboe/cor anglais, clarinet/bass, percussion, harp (12')
1987/8
Commissioned by Uroboros Ensemble
1st perf: The Michael Tippett Centre, Bath 1989; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by
Gwyn Pritchard
..discipline and formal simplicity ...
dryly
expressive, like neo-classical Stravinsky. (The Times)
WAYANG
(CE)
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flute/alto/piccolo, clarinet/bass, piano, percussion, 'cello (13') 1993
Commissioned by The Basle Soloists
1st perf: Quebec, Canada 1993; The Basle Soloists, conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
NEBULAE AND EPISODES
(CE)
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alto sax., violin, 'cello, percussion, piano (13') 2005
1st perf: The
Warehouse, London
2007; Uroboros
Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
...as
the music breathed gently...it found an elusive dialogue...
(New Notes)
DEMISE
(CE)
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percussion trio, piano, live electronics (20') 1994
Commissioned by The
Basle Percussion Trio
1st perf: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 1994; The Basle Percussion
Trio, Daniel Cholette &
Alex Buess
..made a strong case for further airings. (The Independent)
FEATURES
AND FORMATIONS
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solo violin, flute, clarinet, 'cello (10') 2003
Commissioned by the 1st Reggello International Festival of Music, Italy
1st perf: Reggello International Festival of Music, Italy 2003; Darragh Morgan
solo violin with Uroboros Ensemble,
conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
ARIEL
DREAMING (CE)
recorders, cimbalom, percussion, accordion (9') 2010
1st
perf: scheduled for
Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days,
2010, Ensemble Kozmosz
OBJECTS IN
SPACE (CE)
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clarinet, harp, percussion (10') 1978
1st perf: Purcell Room, London 1978; Gemini,
conducted by Peter Wiegold
..a taught and well pointed structure, and sonorities that were never arbitrary
or redundant. (The Guardian)
INSTRUMENTAL
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES: HOMOGENEOUS EARTHCRUST
(CE)
six
percussionists (21') 1980
1st
perf: Potsdam, New York 1982; Crane
Percussion Ensemble, conducted by James Petercsak
EIDOS
(CE)
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six
percussionists (15') 1990
Commissioned by International Percussion
Workshops, Poland
1st perf: Bydgoszcz, Poland 1990; directed by Stephen Schick
TETRAD
(CE)
four flutes (7') 1976
BREAK
APART
(CE)
four
percussionists: xylophone & marimba soli, two sets of drums (8') 1995
Commissioned by Siegfried Kutterer
1st perf: Festival Schlaglichter 96, Birsfelden, Switzerland 1996; André Morin
& The Basle Percussion Trio
CONFLUX
(CE)
four
bassoons (5') 2008
1st
perf: Rheinsberg, Germany, 2008;
Quadriga
Bassoon Ensemble
DAS
MYSTERIUM DER HEILIGEN DREIFALTIGKEIT
(CE)
three
percussionists - theatre piece (2') 1995
Commissioned by the Basle Percussion Trio
1st perf: Basle City Theatre 1995; The Basle Percussion Trio
INSTRUMENTAL DUOS
TANGENTS
(CE)
'cello
& piano (5') 1969
Commissioned by Paul Pulford
1st perf: Royal Scottish Academy of Music 1969; Paul Pulford & Stewart
Robertson
MUSIC FOR
DOUBLE BASS AND HARP
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(6'30") 1969
1st perf: BBC Christchurch Studios, Bristol 1972;
Jack Goldzweig & Meinir Heulyn
DUO
WITH A YOUNG GIRL (CE)
viola
& piano (12') 1980
Commissioned by Philip Clark
1st perf: Auckland, New Zealand 1981; Philip Clark & Brian Sayer
JANUS
(VNM)
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flute/piccolo/alto & clarinet/Eflat/bass (11') 1991
Commissioned for Philippe Racine &
Ernesto Molinari and performed by them at the Huddersfield Contemporary
Music
Festival 1994
1st perf: West of England tour 1991; Ingrid Culliford & Roger Heaton
..highly entertaining, brilliantly written,
captivating virtuosity. (Dreh Punkt Kultur,
Salzburg)
CANZONETTA
ELUSIVA
(CE)
mandolin
& doublebass (4') 1995
Commissioned by Sandy Mills
IN PASSING
(CE)
flute & marimba (6')
2005
Commissioned by The Corsham Festival
1st perf: Corsham Festival 2005; Kate Kelly & Amy Kelly
SONG FOR ICARUS
(VNM)
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flute & violin (15')
2006
Commissioned by Carin
Levine & David Alberman
1st perf: Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days
2006, Germany; Carin Levine & David Alberman
GAME
(CE)
flute & marimba and small percussion (open form 1'30" to 3'') 2007
INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS
FIVE MINIATURES
(CE)
solo
violin (8'30") 1969
Commissioned by Gail Harvey
1st perf: Arbroath, Scotland 1969; Gail Harvey
CONTOURS
(CE)
solo
violin (7') 1972 revised 2002
1st perf: Bush Hall, London 2002; Darragh
Morgan
FIVE SHORT
PIECES FOR PIANO (VNM)
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solo piano
(7') 1975
1st perf: Brno, Czechoslovakia 1979; Jaroslav Pokorny
NOCTURNE
(VNM)
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solo clarinet (6') 1982
SONATA FOR GUITAR
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solo guitar (13') 1982
1st perf: Festival
'Il Tempo Sospeso', Abruzzo, Italy 2005; Maurizio Grandinetti
DRAMALOGUE
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solo percussion (11') 1984
Commissioned by Elizabeth Davis
1st perf: British Music Information Centre 1984; Elizabeth Davis
INTERMEZZO
(VNM)
solo
flute (3') 1992
1st perf: London 2002; Nancy Ruffer
RAUM
GREIFT AUS (CE) Listen:
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solo piano (17') 1996
Commissioned by Nicolas Hodges
1st perf: St Georges Brandon Hill, Bristol 1996; Nicolas Hodges
A substantial piece, palpably honest in its music-making and most effectively
written for the instrument...an
ambitious piece... (Tempo)
FROM
TIME TO TIME (VNM) View
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solo piano (6') 1999
Commissioned by Ian Pace
1st perf: Bristol University 1999; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
1 (VNM)
solo piano (1'30") 2002
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
2
(VNM)
solo piano (1'30") 2002
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
3
(VNM)
solo piano
(1') 2008
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
4 (VNM)
solo piano (1') 2008
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
5
(VNM)
solo piano
(1') 2009
1st perf: scheduled for Borealis Festival, Norway, 2010
CAPRICCIO
INQUIETO
(VNM)
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solo oboe (5') 2006
1st perf: Kingston University 2007; Christopher Redgate
TWO
MOVEMENTS FOR SOLO VIOLA
(CE)
solo viola (6')
2007
1st perf: Sala Filarmonica, Trento, Italy
2007; Maurizio Barbetti
RICORRENZA
(CE)
solo violoncello (10')
2009
WORKS WITH
VOICE(S)BECOMING
(CE)
soprano, mezzo-soprano,
flute/piccolo/alto, sax., 2 per, harp, 'cello, bass
(13'30") 1974
Text: various poets
TO
JARDENNA
(CE)
flute,
percussion, narrator (10') 1978
Commissioned by, and text by Renate Kelly
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1983; Sebastian Bell, Elizabeth Davis & Renate
Kelly
..nervously atonal, striving, reflective... (Independent)
ENITHARMON
(CE) Listen
mezzo-soprano
& piano (8') 1973
Text: William Blake
1st perf: St Giles, Cripplegate, London 1998;
Susan Anderson & Nicolas Hodges
..extremely appealing and sensitive...a gratifying work to sing and hear...the
vocal writing is beautifully supple
and idiomatic throughout the piece (Jane
Manning in New Vocal Repertory [pub: OUP])
FORSE MI STAI
CHIAMANDO (VNM) Listen:
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mezzo-soprano & cello
(6') 1997
Text: Pinuccia Amodei
1st perf: Banff, Canada 2000
LUCHNOS
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6
solo voices (s.s.a.t.bar.b.)
(3')
2007
Text: Paulus Silentiarius
1st perf: Festival Pramidale 6, Berlin 2007; Vox
Nostra
Pritchard's
short but powerful Luchnos (musicalcriticism.com)
ARRANGEMENTS
& TRANSCRIPTIONS
FOUR
PIECES FROM THE 14TH CENTURY
(CE)
oboe,
clarinet, percussion, harp, viola, 'cello (12') 1983
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1983; Uroboros
Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
THREE
PIECES FROM THE 14TH CENTURY
(CE)
clarinet, percussion, harp (9') 1985
1st perf: St Davids Hall, Cardiff 1985;
Uroboros Ensemble
FIVE
POLISH CHRISTMAS CAROLS
(CE)
choir
(s.a.t.b.), flute, piano, strings (15') 1987
1st perf: Bristol 1987; conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
FIVE
THREE-PART INVENTIONS OF J S BACH
(CE)
flute,
oboe, marimba
1st perf: Castle Cary 1987; Uroboros Ensemble
STILL GROWING -
FOLK SONG
(CE)
voice & piano (3')
1989
FOUR
SHAKESPEARE SETTINGS AFTER THOMAS ARNE
(CE)
mezzo-soprano,
flute/piccolo, clarinet, harp, viola (15') 1991
1st perf: 1991; Claudia Klasicka &
Uroboros Ensemble
LEA; PERCHÈ NON
SEI CON ME; TI VOGLIO ORA
(CE)
voice & piano (5') 1995
3 Italian 'light-popular' songs. Texts & melody by Giuseppe Galli
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