Stage
Rembrandt's Wife (2007-09) 75 mins
Opera
Libretto by Sue Smith
Principal roles:
Saskia van Uylenburgh (soprano)
Henrickje Stoffels (soprano)
Geertje Dircx (mezzo-soprano)
Govert Flinck (tenor)
Rembrandt van Rijn (bass-baritone)
Titus van Rijn (non-singing child)
Five other small roles may all be taken by the tenor who sings Flinck
N.B. Saskia and Hendrickje may be sung by the same soprano
1(=picc, alto fl)-0-1(=bass cl)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-0-0-0 / 1 perc / hp / 0-0-1-1-1
Commissioned by Victorian Opera
First performance by Victorian Opera
Gary Rowley (Rembrandt van Rijn), Jacqueline Porter (Saskia van Uylenburgh/Hendrickje Stoffels), Roxane Hislop (Geertje Dircx), Paul Biencourt (Govert Flinck/Torquinius/Judge etc.), Richard Gill (conductor), Talya Masel (director), Adam Gardnir (designer)
Merlyn Theatre, CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, 18 April 2009
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Night and Dreams: the death of Sigmund Freud (1999) 60 mins
Music-theatre
For tenor and tape
Libretto by Margaret Morgan
First performance by Music Theatre Sydney
Gerald English (tenor), George Whaley (director), Eamon D'Arcy (designer)
Adelaide Festival, The Opera Studio, Adelaide, 8 March 2000
See also the Night and Dreams netpage at www.heliotrope.com.au
Casanova Confined (1995) 35 mins
Music-theatre
For baritone & tape
Libretto by Margaret Morgan
First performance by the Sydney Metropolitan Opera
Lyndon Terracini (Casanova), John Wregg (producer), Dan Potra (designer)
Barossa International Festival, Red Floor Theatre, Angaston, South Australia, 6 October 1995
Whispers (1990) 30 mins
Music-theatre
For tenor & chamber orchestra
Libretto by Rodney Hall
1(=picc)-1(=cor ang)-1(=bass cl)-0 / 1-0-1-0 / 1 perc / pno / 1-0-1-1-1
First performance by Gerald English (tenor & conductor) and the Seymour Group, Barrie Kosky (producer), Michael A R Anderson (designer)
Seymour Centre, Sydney, 30 August 1990
Program note
Parabola (1989) 20 mins
Music-theatre
For 2 actors, bass clarinet (=penny whistle), percussion & piano
Poems by Barbara Blackman
First performance by Richard Moore and Annette Tesoriero, Bronwen Jones, Daryl Pratt and Lisa Moore
School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 7 September 1990
Poe (1981-83) 90 mins
Opera
Libretto by Graham Devlin
Principal roles:
Edgar Allan Poe (bass-baritone)
Virginia Clemm (soprano)
Elizabeth Poe (soprano)
Rufus Griswold (bass)
Frances Allan/Maria Clemm (mezzo-soprano)
John Allan (baritone)
Other roles: S-Ms-A-T-Bar-B
2(=picc)-0-1(=bass cl)-0 / 1-2-2-0 / 1 perc / hp / pno(=cel) / elec org(=hpsd) / 0-0-0-2-1
First performance by the Australian Opera (National Opera Workshop)
Garrick Jones (Poe), Keith Hempton (Griswold), Luise Napier (Virginia Clemm), Rosemary Gunn (Frances Allan/Maria Clemm), Bernadette Cullen, Nicola Ferner-Waite (Literary Ladies), Gregory Tomlinson, John Antoniou, Clifford Grant (Pressgang/Washington Senators), Gordon Kember (conductor), Brian FitzGerald and John Wregg (producers), Neil Tapner (designer)
Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House, 1 November 1985
Pictures of Lily (1981) 12 mins
Music-theatre
For treble recorder and harpsichord (with amplification, digital delay and pre-recorded tape)
First performance by Joan Dixon and Peter Seymour
The Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, 28 January 1982
Orchestra
Blitz (2011) 28 mins
For orchestra and prerecorded voices
2(=picc)-2-2(II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / timps / 3 perc / cel / hp / SATB chorus (optional) / strings
Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with support from the Sidney Myer Fund
First performance by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Marko Letonja
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, 18 August 2012
Symphony (2008) 18 mins
3 (=picc)-2-2 (II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 2-2-0-1 / piano / perc / timps /strings
Composed for the Australian National Academy of Music, funded by a fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Orchestra of the Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean
ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 28 November 2008
Program note
Headlong (2006) 7 mins
2-picc-2-cor ang-2-bass cl-2-contrabsn / 4-3-3-1 / timps / 3 perc / cel / hp / strings
Commissioned by Symphony Australia for the Sydney Symphony with financial assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
First performance by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Jeffrey Tate
Sydney Opera House, 1 August 2007
Program note
Scenes from Bruegel (2006) 20 mins
For chamber orchestra and prerecorded sounds
1(=picc)-1(=cor ang)-1(=bs clar)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-1-1-1 / 2 perc / accord / pno / hp / strings*
* String parts may be played by small sections (say, 5-5-3-3-2), or by soloists
Commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble, funded by a composer fellowship
from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by the New Juilliard Ensemble conducted by Joel Sachs
Alice Tully Hall, New York, 24 April 2006
Program note
The Furry Dance (1999) 8 mins
2(II=picc)-2-2(II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2(I=cornet)-2-euph / timps / 2 perc / piano (ad lib) / strings (inc. solo back-desk violin)
First performance by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Barlow (Leanne Bear, solo violin)
Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, 22 September 1999
Program note
Dance Maze (1996) 13 mins
For large ensemble
1(=alto fl, picc)-1(=cor ang)-1(=bs clar)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-1-1-1 / 2 perc / pno / hp / 1-1-1-1-1
First performance by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble conducted by the composer
Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 20 January 1997
Program note
The Big Parade (1985-86) 20 mins
For concertino group, string quintet, string octet and three orchestras
Concertino: bass clarinet, mandolin, guitar, celesta, harp, violin, viola and cello
String quintet: 1-1-1-2-0
String octet: 2-2-2-2-0
Orchestra I: 4(1=bass fl, picc; 2=picc; 4=alto fl)-3-0-3(3=contrabsn) / 0-0-0-0 / pno / 0-0-0-0-8
Orchestra II: 0-0-4(=bass cl)-0 / 0-0-0-0 / elec.org / hp / 0-0-10-0-0
Orchestra III: 0-0-0-0 / 6-6-4-2 / 6 perc / 0-0-0-0-0
Epilogue to an Opera (1982) 7 mins
For small orchestra
1(=picc)-1(=cor ang)-1(=bass cl)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-1-0-0 / 1 perc / hp / 4-4-2-2-2 (or 1-1-1-1- 1)
First performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Thomas
Arcadia Theatre, Sydney, 1 November 1985
Program note
Concerto for Orchestra (1980) 15 mins
2(=picc)-2(1=cor ang)-2(1=bass cl)-2 / 4-1-1-1 / 3 perc / pno / 0-0-0-0-8
First performance by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Oliver Knussen
St John's, Smith Square, London, 5 April 1982
Solo instrument and orchestra
The Unquiet Grave (1997-98) 17 mins
For solo viola and chamber orchestra
1(=picc)-1-alto sax (=sop sax)-0-1 / 1-1-0-0 / 1 perc / hp / strings*
* String parts may be played by small sections (say, 5-5-3-3-2), or by soloists
Commissionned by the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by Patricia Pollett and the Biennial Sinfonietta conducted by James MacMillan
Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, Queensland Art Gallery, 25 July 1999
Program note
The Great Memory (1994) 24 mins
For solo cello and orchestra
2(I=bass fl; II=picc)-2(II=cor ang)-2(I=Ebcl; II=bass cl)-sop sax-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / timps (=lion's roar) / elec org (=cel, pno) / hp / 14-0-0-4-3
First performance by Sue-Ellen Paulsen and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by En Shao
Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 22 August 1995
The Widening Gyre (1993) 20 mins
For 2 solo violins, solo cello and chamber orchestra
0-2-0-1(=contrabsn) / 2-0-0-0 / 4-4-3-2-1
First performance by Richard Tognetti, Julian Shevlin, Cameron Retchford and the Australian Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer
Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 23 July 1993
Piano Concerto: Imaginings (1990-91) 26 mins
For solo piano, concertino group and orchestra
Concertino: vibraphone (also side drum), celesta, harp, electronic organ
Orchestra: 2(II=picc)-2(II=cor ang)-2(I=Ebcl; II=bass cl)-sop sax-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / pno / strings
Commissioned by Lisa Moore
Voice and orchestra
A Dream of Drowning (2009) 6 mins
For baritone, vibraphone, harmonium, celesta, harp, strings
Text by Tim Winton from his novel Breath
Commissioned by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
First performance by Teddy Tahu Rhodes and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel
Perth Concert Hall, 12 March 2010
Program note
The Musical Child (2009) 20 mins
For speaker, piano duet and string orchestra
Words by Cathryn Strickland
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music
First performance by Andrew Ford (speaker), Orchestra of Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean
ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 20 May 2010
Program note
The Past (1997) 18 mins
For counter-tenor, flute (=boatswain's whistle) & string orchestra (also optional didgeridoo)
Words by Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal (formerly Kath Walker) and Capt James Cook
First performance by Russell Harcourt (counter-tenor), Lorna McGhee (flute and boatswain's call), William Barton (didgeridoo), Camerata of St John's conducted by Federico Mondelci
Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Riverway Arts Centre, Townsville, Queensland, 4 August 2009
Harbour (1992) 18 mins
For tenor and 17 solo strings
Poems by Margaret Morgan
5-5-3-3-1 (double bass also plays tubular bell)
First performance by Gerald English and the Australian Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Stanhope
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 10 May 1992
Prologue, Chorale and Melodrama (1981) 12 mins
Concert suite from Poe
For Soprano & chamber orchestra
2-0-1(=bass cl)-0 / 1-2-2-0 / 1 perc / pno (=cel) / elec org (=hpsd) / 1-1-1-2-1
String orchestra
Bright Shiners (2009) 5 mins
For solo violin and string orchestra
Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra to mark Richard Tognetti's 20th anniversary season
First performance by Pekka Kuusisto (violin) and the Australian Chamber Orchestra
City Hall, Newcastle, NSW, 12 March 2009
Program note
Sad Jigs (2005) 7 mins
For string orchestra
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
First performance by John Hopkins Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helena Rathbone
AYO National Music Camp, Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Canberra, 14 January 2006
(see also under Ensemble)
Program note
Manhattan Epiphanies (1994-99) 32 mins
For 17 solo strings
5-5-3-3-1 (also toy instruments in Utopia Parkway)
i Motherwell at the Guggenheim
ii Rothko I
iii Utopia Parkway: 13 Cornell Boxes
iv Rothko II
v Blue Poles
N.B. Individual movements may be performed separately
First performance of Rothko I & II by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Roger Smalley
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 25 September 1994
First performance of Utopia Parkway by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Huntington Festival, Huntington Estate Winery, Mudgee, NSW, 1 December 1994
First performance of Blue Poles by Canberra School of Music Chamber Orchestra conducted by Tor Fromyhr
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, October 2002
First performance of Motherwell at the Guggenheim by Len Amadio Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Harding
Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, 17 January 2004
Program note
Wind and brass
Uproar (2013) 12 mins
For 11 or more trombones and four or more bass drums
Commissioned by Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
The First Hundred: march (2012) 5 mins
For sop crnt, crnt (9), flhn, t.hn (3), bar (2), t.tbn (2), bass tbn, euph (2), tuba (4), perc (3) Commissioned by Brisbane Excelsior Band
to celebrate its centenary
The Rising (2010) 5 mins
For
sop crnt, crnt (9), flhn, t.hn (3), bar (2), t.tbn (2), bass tbn, euph (2), tuba (4), timp, perc (3)
Commissioned by the Black Dyke Band
First performance by the Black Dyke Band, conducted by Nicholas Childs
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 28 January 2011
Program note
The Cloths of Heaven (2010) 7 mins
for 10 or more cornets
First performance RNCM Cornet Ensemble, dir. Richard Marshall
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 6 April 2011
Rauha (2009) 18 mins
3.2.2.2 / 2.2.0.0 / piano / 2 perc / 0.0.0.0.2
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music
First performance by Orchestra of Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean
ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 20 May 2010
Program note
“ . . . in Paradiso” (2009) 6 mins
For nine or more flutes (minimum 3 flutes with digital delay)
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music for the Melbourne International Arts Festival
First performance by Taryn Richards, Dominique Chaseling and Agatha Yim
St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 14 October 2009
Choral
Australian Aphorisms (2010-13) 13 mins
For six solo voices (S-S-A-T-Bar-B)
1. The Averted (Les Murray) (also see below)
2. Death, an Ode (John Forbes)
3. At Night on the Beach (Judith Wright)
4. Sleep (David McCooey)
5. Spring (Maria Takolander)
6. The Highest Form of Love (Barbara Blackman)
7. Hear the Bird of Day (David Campbell) (also see below)
Commissioned by Father Arthur E. Bridge for Ars Musica Australis, Barbara Blackman, The Song Company, Penny LeCouteur and Greg Dickson.
Hear the Bird of Day (2012) 3 mins
For six voices (S-S-A-T-Bar-B)
Words by David Campbell
Commissioned by Penny LeCouteur and Greg Dickson for the Song Company
First performance by the Song Company conducted by Roland Peelman
Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sydney, 26 February 2012
Waiting for the Barbarians (2011) 9 mins
SATB
Words freely adapted by the composer from the poem by C.P. Cavafy
Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
First performance by Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir conducted by Graham Abbott
St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, NSW, 20 July 2012
Program note
The Averted (2010) 6 mins
For six voices (S-S-A-T-Bar-B)
Words by Les Murray
Commissioned by Father Arthur E Bridge for Ars Musica Australis
First performance by the Song Company conducted by Roland Peelman
ISCM World New Music Days/Aurora Festival, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney, 6 May 2010
Program note
A Singing Quilt (2008) 21 mins
SATB, Percussion ensemble (5 players) and pre-recorded speaking voices
Commissioned by Wingecarribee Shire Council with financial assistance from Regional Arts ACT through STARTS (Southern Tablelands Arts)
First performance by Combined Southern Highlands Choirs (Berrima Singers, Highlandaires, SHACappella, Serendipity, Singing for Leisure, Southern Highlands Sing Australia, Southern Highlands Voices in Harmony, WENCHEs), ANU DRUMatiX, conducted by Andrew Ford, sound projection by Belinda Webster and Brian Banting
Soldiers Memorial Hall, Bundanoon, NSW, 1 November 2008
Program note
Elegy in a Country Graveyard (2007) 25 mins
For mixed choir, band (flexible instrumentation) and prerecorded sounds
Funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts in association with ABC Radio
First performance by Berry Court House Choir, Daryl Pratt (percussion), Southern Highlands Concert Band conducted by Andrew Ford, sound projection by Christo Curtis
Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley Hall, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 22 April 2007
(see also: Radiophonic)
Program note
Chimney-sweepers (2006) 4 mins
SATB
Text from Act IV of Shakespeare's Cymbeline
(Arrangement of the song for soprano and piano, see vocal)
First performance by the Gotlands Körförbunds Kör conducted by Ingvar Stagling
St Mary's Cathedral, Visby, Sweden, 27 September 2009
Program note
An die Musik (2005) c. 25 mins
SATB
Words by David Malouf, Thomas Shapcott and Gwen Harwood, and Malay, Finnish and Pueblo Indian folk poetry
Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Singers with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by the Adelaide Chamber Singers conducted by Carl Crossin
St. Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, 10 December 2005
Program note
Piano Pieces (from An die Musik) 5 mins
SATB
Words by Thomas Shapcott
Three Songs about Singing (from An die Musik) 7 mins
SSSAATTBB
Words from Malay, Finnish and Pueblo Indian folk poetry
Piae cantiones (2003) 9 mins
TTBB
Arrangements of four Christmas carols from the Piae cantiones collection (1582)
i. Puer nobis nascitur
ii. Personent hodie
iii. Puer natus in Bethlehem
iv. Gaudete!
Beautiful Dreamer (1997) 3 mins
SATB
Arrangement of the song by Stephen C Foster
In somnia (1992) 20 mins
For tenor, SATB chorus and large ensemble
Texts by Christina Rossetti, Thomas Campion, Goethe, St John of the Cross, A.D.Hope, Sappho
1(=picc)-alto fl(=bass fl)-1(=cor ang)-sop sax-bass cl-1(=contrabsn) / 3-1(=Flügelhorn)-0-1 / 1 perc / pno / hp / 0-0-4-0-1
First performance by Gerald English (tenor), the Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir and the Sydney Alpha Ensemble conducted by Antony Walker
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 25 September 1994
The Laughter of Mermaids (1991) 17 mins
For six voices (S-S-A-T-Bar-B)
Poems by Maria Blakey
First performance by the Song Company conducted by Roland Peelman
Hope Theatre, University of Wollongong, 16 March 1992
Wassails and Lullabies (1989) 22 mins
For SATB chorus and percussion (3 players)
Texts from English mediaeval carols
First performance by the University Singers conducted by David Vance
Performance Space, University of Wollongong, 6 December 1989
Voice and ensemble
Last Words (2013) 40 minutes
For soprano, violin, cello and piano
Texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Henry Ward Beecher, Alban Berg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Falcon Scott, Adelaide Crapsey, Chidiock Tichborne, Sappho, Dorothy Porter, Maurice Chevalier, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Sullivan Balou, Florenz Ziegfeld, Tim Winton (from Cloudstreet), Virginia Woolf and Noël Coward.
Commissioned by Jane Sheldon with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
Three Northumbrian Songs (2011-12) 9 minutes
For soprano, harp and string quartet
1. Bonny at Morn
2. Maa Bonny Lad
3. Dance to Thi Daddy
Commissioned by Jane Sheldon
Willow Songs (2009) 20 mins
For soprano and mezzo-soprano, alto flute (=piccolo), clarinet in A (=bass clarinet), percussion and piano
Poems by Anne Stevenson
Commissioned by Halcyon with the generous financial support of Barbara Blackman
First performance by
Halcyon (Alison Morgan, Jenny Duck-Chong , Sally Walker, Jason Noble, John Douglas, Sally Whitwell)
Trackdown Scoring Stage, Fox Studios, Sydney, 26 September 2009
Program note
Barleycorn (2006)
18 mins
For folksinger, oboe (=cor anglais), clarinet (=bass clarinet), bassoon, horn and piano
Commissioned by the Southern Cross Soloists, funded by a composer fellowship
from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by Warren Fahey and Dave de Hugard (folk singers) and the Southern Cross Soloists
Bangalow St Park, Brisbane, 15 July 2006
Program note
Tales of the Supernatural: folksongs for voice and string quartet (2002)
31 mins
Commissioned by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust
First performance by Jane Edwards and the Australian String Quartet
Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, 5 March 2004
Program note
Learning to Howl (2001) 36 mins
For soprano, soprano saxophone (=clarinet, bass clarinet), harp and percussion
Texts from Lorrie Moore, Sappho, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, The Kanteletar, Ian Munro, Ann Timoney Jenkin, Queen Elizabeth I, Emily Brontë, Wang Wei and Elizabeth Smart
First performance by Belinda Montgomery (soprano), Margery Smith (Soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet), Daryl Pratt (percussion) and Marshall McGuire (harp)
Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 9 March 2003
Program note
Epithalamium 3 mins
For tenor, flute and cello (1994)
First performance by Gerald English, Kathleen Gallagher and Sue-Ellen Paulsen
Piper's Brook Vineyard, Piper's Brook, Tasmania, February 1994
Epithalamium 5 mins
For mezzo-soprano and string quartet (1998)
First performance by Jenny Duck-Chong and Halcyon
The Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 6 October 2007
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home (1986) 12 mins
For tenor, horn and piano
Poem by Craig Raine
First performance by Gerald English, Gregory Hill and Peter Clarken
University of Tasmania, Hobart, 13 June 1987
Five Cabaret Songs (1985) 10 mins
For voice and variable instrumentation
Poems by Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud and Anon. (13th-century)
First performance by Marjanne Kweksilber and the Mini Dekkers Trio
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1 March 1987
Sacred Places (1985) 12 mins
For tenor, flute (=picc, bass fl), bass clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, cello and double bass
Poems by Christopher Reid
First performance by Gerald English and the Seymour Group conducted by the composer
Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House, 9 August 1986
Est il paradis? (1981) 10 mins
For soprano, clarinet in C(=bass cl) and percussion (1 player)
Texts Anon. 13th-century French
First performance by Poppy Holden, Ian Mitchell and Nic Shipp
The Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, 30 November 1981
Program note
Voice and piano
Nonsense (2012)
For medium voice and piano
Poems by Edward Lear
1. The Owl and the Pussy-cat
2. The Quangle Wangle's hat
3. The Jumblies
Little Star (2010) 4 mins
For medium voice and piano
Words by Ann and Jane Taylor
Three Shakespeare Songs (2006/09) 9 mins
For soprano and piano
1. Orpheus with his Lute (Henry VIII)
2.
Chimney-sweepers (Cymbeline)
3.
Winter Song (Love's Labours Lost)
Nos 1 and 3 commissioned by the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. For details of No 2, see below.
First performance by Margaret Schindler and Kevin Power
Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Ballroom, Jupiter's Casino, Townsville, Queensland, 7 August 2009
Golden Slumbers (2008) 3 mins
For voice and piano
Poem by Thomas Dekker
First performance by Iva Bittová and Lisa Moore
Canberra International Music Festival, The Street Theatre, Canberra, 16 May 2008
Domestic Advice (2007) 16 mins
For soprano and piano
Texts from the Book of Proverbs, the Kanteletar and the Girl's Own Annual (1919)
Commissioned by Jane Edwards, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Jane Edwards and David Miller
Manly Council Chambers, Sydney, 14 September 2008
Sung texts
Chimney-sweepers (2006) 4 mins
For soprano and piano
Text from Act IV of Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Commissioned by the Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival (Arts in the Valley) with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Andrea Katz (piano)
Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 21 April 2007
Program note
And now (1998) 2 mins
For high voice and piano
Words by Cathryn Strickland
First performance by Merlyn Quaife (soprano), Stephen Delaney (piano)
Neuer Konzertsaal, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna, Austria, 12 January 2007
A Salt Girl (1994) 5 mins
For high voice and piano
Poems by Onakatomi no Yoshinobu, Oshikochi no Mitsune, The Emperor Koko, Akahito (trans. Kenneth Rexroth)
First performance by Gerald English and Helen O'Brien
Piper's Brook Vineyard, Piper's Brook, Tasmania, February 1994
A Terrible Whiteness (1984) 8 mins
For mezzo-soprano and piano
Poems by Elizabeth Smart
First performance by Elizabeth Campbell and Anthony Fogg
The National Library, Canberra, 16 November 1986
Voice and other instrument
Little Star (2010) 4 mins
For medium voice and harp
Words by Ann and Jane Taylor
The Birthday of My Life (from Learning to Howl) (2001) 3 mins
For soprano and harp
Words by Christina Rossetti
First performance by Jane Edwards (soprano), Marshall McGuire (harp)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 18 March 2005
A Walk to the Japanese Garden (from Learning to Howl) 4 mins
For soprano and vibraphone (or harp)
Words by Ian Munro
First performance by Justine Anderson (soprano), Peter Neville (vibraphone)
Toorak Uniting Church, Melbourne, 25 September 2005
Three Songs for the Lady Pan (from Learning to Howl) 5 mins
For soprano and soprano saxophone
Words by Wang Wei, trans. G.W. Robertson
First performance by Belinda Montgomery (soprano) and Margery Smith
(soprano sax)
Government House, Sydney, 3 November 2004
Dancing with Smoke (1995) 9 mins
For high voice and harp
Poems by Christopher Reid, Martin Turner, Anne Ridler, Craig Raine, Thomas Shapcott
First performance by Gerald English and Marshall McGuire
Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 5 November 1995
Epithalamium (1991) 3 mins
For tenor, violin and tubular bell
Text from Act IV of Shakespeare's The Tempest
First performance by Gerald English, Alice Evans and Michael Askill
Huntington Estate Winery, Mudgee, NSW, 30 November 1991
See also: voice and ensemble
Rap (1984) 6 mins
For baritone (and digital delay)
Poem by John Donne
First performance by Austin Allen
De IJsbreker, Amsterdam, February 1984
Wedding Songs (1981) 12 mins
For high voice and violin, or low voice and cello
Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Beaumont & Fletcher, George Chapman, Robert Burns
First performance of low-voice version by Austin Allen and Ann Hart
St Patrick's Church, Finglas West, Dublin, 8 July 1981
Ensemble
String Quartet No 5 (2013) 15 mins
Commissioned by the Australian String Quartet
String Quartet No 4 (2012) c. 10 mins
Commissioned by Julian Burnside QC for the NOISE
Cradle Song (2012) 4 minutes
from String Quartet No 3
String Quartet No 3 (2012) 18 minutes
Commissioned by the Brodsky Quartet with with financial assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
The Scattering of Light (2010) 15 minutes
for violin, viola, cello and piano
Commissioned by the University of Queensland
First performance by Elizabeth Sellars, violin, Patricia Pollett, viola, Patrick Murphy, cello and Liam Viney, piano
Customs House, Brisbane, 10 December 2010
Program note
Nine Fantasies about Brahms (2009–10) 20 mins
For violin, cello and piano
Commissioned by TriOz with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by TriOz
Chevalier College, Bowral, NSW, 4 September 2010
Program note
The Spirit of the Staircase (2009) 4 mins
For violin, cello and piano
Commissioned by TriOz with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by TriOz
City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, 17 November 2009
Variation on a Waltz by Schubert (2009) 2 mins
For violin, cello and piano
Commissioned by the Seraphim Trio with the support of Ars Musica Australis
First performance by the Seraphim Trio
Independent Theatre, North Sydney, 8 October 2009
On Winter's Traces (2009) 5 mins
For piccolo, bass clarinet, piano, 2 violins, viola and cello
Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble in celebration of its 30th birthday
First performance by the Australia Ensemble
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Sydney, 18 September 2009
Chorales from an Ox Life (2007/09) 9 mins
For viola, cello and double bass
First performance by Christa Jardine (viola), Richard Vaudrey (cello), Douglas Rutherford (double bass)
Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne, 23 April 2009
Program note
See also: Instrumental
Sculthorpe Dreaming (2009) 2 mins
For string quartet
Commissioned by Arts in the Valley (Kangaroo Valley, NSW) to mark Peter Sculthorpe's 80th birthday
First performance by the Goldner Quartet
Kangaroo Valley Golf and Country resort, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 3 May 2009
A Reel, a Fling and a Ghostly Galliard (String Quartet No. 2) (2006) 10 mins
Commissioned by Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson
First performance by Grainger Quartet
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 5 November 2006
Program note
Oma kodu (2006) 8 mins
For clarinet in A and string quartet
Commissioned by Colin Gray and Jenny Kena
First performance by Catherine McCorkill (clarinet), Australia Ensemble
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Sydney, 19 May 2007
Program note
Sad Jigs (2005) 7 mins
For 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
Commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra for its 2005 fellows.
(see also Chamber Orchestra)
First performance by String Fellows of Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 10 July 2005
Program note
After the Ball Was Over (2003) 6 mins
For percussion quartet
Five waltzes from The Waltz Book arranged for tuned percussion.
First performance by students of the Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp
Australian National University, Canberra, 16 January 2004
Chamber Concerto No. 4 (2002) 13 mins
For flute (=picc); clarinet (=bass cl), piano, 2 violins, viola and cello
Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble
First performance by the Australia Ensemble
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 October 2003
Program note
Hymn to the Sun (1999) 2 mins
After Mesomedes of Crete
For clarinet, celesta and harp
First performance by Peter Jenkin, Daryl Pratt and Alice Giles
Kowmung Music Festival, Abercrombie Caves, NSW, 27 March 1999
Icarus drowning (1998) 18 mins
For clarinet (=bass cl), percussion (=celesta), harp, string quartet and two off-stage percussionists
First performance by Kowmung Music Festival Ensemble conducted by the composer
Kowmung Music Festival, Abercrombie Caves, NSW, 27 March 1999
Program note
Tattoo (1998) 20 mins
For 12 timpani (6 players) and 4 pianos
First performance by Sprung Percussion, Stephanie McCallum, Robert Curry, James Rydge and Tamara Anna Cislowska, conducted by Daryl Pratt
Sydney Spring International Festival, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 29 August 1998
Program note
Jouissance (1993) 3 mins
For 2 trumpets and vibraphone
First performance by members of Australian Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Tognetti
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, 10 July 1993
Palindrome: Jesus Meets St Veronica (1993) 4 mins
For clarinet, percussion and double bass
First performance by Peter Jenkin, David Montgomery and Kees Boersma
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 9 April 1993
Alchemy (1991) 11 mins
For percussion quartet
First performance by Synergy
Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 3 May 1992
Pastoral (1991) 11 mins
For 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and double bass
First performance by the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players
St Helens, Tasmania, 30 September 1991
Ringing the Changes (1990) 10 mins
For piccolo, bass clarinet and piano
First performance by HET Trio
De IJsbreker, Amsterdam, October 1990
Chamber Concerto No.3: In Constant Flight (1988) 15 mins
For solo violin, flute (=picc, alto fl), clarinet (=bass cl), percussion (1 player), piano and cello
Solo part is virtually identical to Like Icarus Ascending (see under Instrumental)
First performance by Robert Davidovici and Terra Australis Incognita conducted by Matthias Kriesberg
Houston International Festival, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 10 April 1988
On Canaan's Happier Shore (1987) 12 mins
For clarinet (=bass cl), mandolin, guitar, percussion (1 player), violin, viola, double bass and tape
First performance by ELISION Ensemble conducted by Robert Smallwood
Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, 28 April 1987
Deep Blue (1986) 15 mins
For flute (=picc), clarinet (=bass cl), trombone, percussion (1 player), piano (=elec org), violin and cello
First performance by the Magpie Musicians conducted by the composer
Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House/ABC-FM Stereo, October 1986
String Quartet No 1 (1985) 11 mins
First performance by the Sydney String Quartet
ABC-FM Stereo, September 1989
Four Winds (1984, rev. 1999) 12 mins
For saxophone quartet
First performance by Het Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet
Delft, Netherlands, 28 September 1985
Program note
Chamber Concerto No.2: Cries in Summer (1983) 10 mins
For flute (=picc, alto fl, bass fl), clarinet (=bass cl), violin, viola and cello
First performance by the Australia Ensemble conducted by the composer
University of NSW, Sydney, 28 October 1984
Pit (1981, rev. 1999) 9 mins
For bass clarinet, piano and double bass (all amplified)
First performance by AustraLYSIS
Joseph Post Auditorium, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 21 September 1990
Bright Ringing Morning (1981) 12 mins
For 2 flutes (=picc), bass clarinet, trombone, percussion (3 players), 2 cellos and 2 double basses
First performance by Lontano conducted by Odaline de la Martinez
BBC Radio 3, March 1984
Chamber Concerto No.1 (1979) 16 mins
For flute (=picc), clarinet, piano, violin (=viola) and cello
First performance by the Aulos Ensemble conducted by the composer
The Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, 7 June 1980
Instrumental
(solo and duo)
Untuning the Sky (2013) 37'30''
Two solo instruments, pre-recorded voices and instruments
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(see also Radiophonic)
On Reflection (2012 - 13) 10 mins
For two pianos
Commissioned by the School of Music, University of Queensland
Cradle Song (2012) 4 mins
For violin and piano
First performance by Michele Walsh (violin), Stephen Emmerson (piano)
Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane, 24 August 2012
You Must Sleep, but I Must Dance (2010) 20 mins
For viola and percussion
Commissioned by the University of Sydney and the Dean and Principal of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
First performance by Roger Benedict (viola), Daryl Pratt (percussion)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 17 October 2012
The Tears of Geertje Dircx (2008) 3 mins
For two clarinets
Commissioned by Duo Stump-Linshalm
First performance by Petra stump and Heinz-Peter Linshalm
Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria, 13 June 2008
Program note
Chorales from an Ox Life (2007) 9 mins
For viola and double bass
First performance by Heidi von Bernewitz and Robert Nairn
Esber Recital Hall, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, 25 March 2008
(see also: Ensemble)
Program note
Lullaby and Fire Dance (2003/07) 8 mins
For 2 violins
For Tor Fromyhr
First performance by James Cuddeford and Natsuko Yoshimoto
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 23 November 2008
Program note
Bagpipe Music (2007) 8 mins
For recorder (alto/tenor) and harp
Commissioned by Marshall McGuire
First performance by Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, 23 September 2007
Folly (2007) 15 mins
For solo piano
Commissioned by Michael Kieran Harvey, funded by a composer fellowship
from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Michael Kieran Harvey
The Recital Hall, University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, 11 October 2007
Thin Air (2007) 6 mins
For solo piano
Commissioned by the Sydney International Piano Competition
First performance by Hoang Pham
Sydney International Piano Competition, Seymour Centre, Sydney, 21 July 2008
Soave sia il vento (2005) 4 mins
For vibraphone and marimba
Commissioned by Callum Moncrieff, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by
Defying Gravity (Callum Moncrieff, marimba, and Kitt
Byfield, vibraphone)
West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth, 9 September 2005
Program note
Broadway Boogie-Woogie (2005) 4 mins
For solo piano
Commissioned by Marcel Worms, funded by a composer fellowship
from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
First performance by
Marcel Worms (piano)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15 October 2005
Program note
War and Peace (2004) 15 mins
For violin and percussion
Commissioned by Claire Edwardes, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Antipoduo (Sarah Oates, violin & Claire Edwardes, percussion)
Noordekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 January 2005
Program note
The Crantock Gulls (2004) 8 mins
For 2 drummers, each with five drums
First performance by Match Percussion (Daryl Pratt & Alison Eddington)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 23 March 2005
Program note
The Armed Man (2004) 6 mins
For snare drum, 5 tom-toms, sizzle cymbal, hi-hat and bass drum (one player)
First performance by Claire Edwardes
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 14 August 2005
Program note
Robertson Fanfare (2004) 30 secs
For 2 trumpets
First performance by David Ricketts and Fiona Thomas
Robertson Community Technology Centre, Robertson NSW, 30 April 2004
Extended Radiance (2004) 13 mins
For electroacoustic harp
First performance by Alice Giles,
Canberra Museum, Canberra, 15 March 2004
d'amore (2004) 5 mins
For oboe d'amore and harpsichord
Commissioned by Geoffrey Burgess
First performance by Geoffrey Burgess (oboe d'amore) and Elaine Funaro (harpsichord)
Old Darlington School, Sydney, 8 August 2004
Five Studies in Radiance (2003) 13 mins
For harp
First performance by Alice Giles
ANU School of Music, Canberra, 19 September 2004
Sounds and sweet airs (2003) 6 mins
For flute and clarinet
First performance by Nano,
Ars Musica, Aub, Germany, 14 February 2004
Program note
Fear no more... (2003) 5 mins
For piano
Commissioned by Ananda Sukarlan
First performance by Ananda Sukarlan,
Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 July 2003
Program note
Snatches of Old Lauds (2002) 5 mins
For solo bass clarinet (with optional drone)
First performance by Henri Bok
Aspekte Festival, Salzburg, Austria, 2 March 2003
Program note
The Waltz Book (1998-2002) 60 mins
For solo piano
Commissioned by Ian Munro
First performance by Ian Munro
Recital Hall, Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, 22 March 2003
Program note
Asides on the Oboe (2002) 9 mins
For solo oboe
First performance by David Nuttall, School of Music
Australian National University, Canberra, 10 December 2003
Program note
The very end of harvest (2000, under revision) 10 mins
For viola and piano
First performance by Patricia Pollett and Roger Smalley
University of Western Australia, Perth, August 2000
Winterreise (2000) 2 mins
For sleigh bells
First performance by Peter Neville Rechabite Hall, Melbourne, November 2000
Rough Magic (1996) 8 mins
For harp
Commissioned by Marshall McGuire.
First performance by Marshall McGuire
Adelaide Festival, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 12 March 1996
Dark Side (1995, rev. 1999) 8 mins
For amplified double bass
First performance by Robert Nairn
St Lawrence Arts Centre, Sydney, 9 June 1996
Female Nude (1994) 5 mins
For amplified alto flute
Solo version of second movement of Mondriaan
First performance by Kathleen Gallagher
Small Hall, University of Bradford, June 1995
Memorial (1994) 11 mins
For amplified cello and digital delay
First performance by David Pereira
Balmain Town Hall, Sydney, 25 September 1994
Program note
Getting Blue (1993) 3 mins
For alto saxophone and vibraphone
First performance by Duo Contemporain
The Loft, Cologne, October 1994
Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink (1993) 5 mins
For five drums (different sizes, same family)
Solo version of third movement of Mondriaan
First performance by Sue Dennis
Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 5 August 1994
Mondriaan (1993) 15 mins
For flutes (1 player) and percussion
i Composition with Yellow Square
For piccolo and metal percussion
ii Female Nude
For amplified alto flute and wooden percussion (also alto flute solo: see above)
First performance of movements i-ii by Strange Attractions
Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 29 October 1993
iii Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink
For bass flute and drums (also percussion solo: see above)
First performance of movement iii by Lamorna Nightingale and Josh Hill
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 9 August 2009
N.B. Individual movements may be performed separately
Becalmed (1993) 11 mins
For amplified bass flute
First performance by Laura Chislett
Joseph Post Auditorium, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 12 August 1995
. . . les débris d'un rêve (1992) 7 mins
For piccolo (and electronic reverb)
First performance by Kathleen Gallagher
Old Darlington School, University of Sydney, 9 October 1992
At a slight angle . . . (1991) 5 mins
For bass clarinet
First performance by Bronwen Jones
Bloomingdale's House of Music, New York City, October 1992
Clarion (1990) 5 mins
For alto clarinet
First performance by Harry Sparnaay
De Bleeker, Haarlem, September 1991
Clarion
Arranged for alto saxophone (by James Nightingale 1997)
First performance by James Nightingale
Sydney Classical Saxophone Convention, Recital Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, April 1998
The Art of Puffing: 17 elegies for Thomas Chatterton (1989) 27 mins
For bass clarinet (=alto sax) and percussion (1 player)
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain.
First performance by Duo Contemporain
De Link, Tilburg, Netherlands, November 1992
Tuba mirum (1989) 12 mins
For 2 bass trombones
Commissioned by Charles MacInnes
First performance by Charles MacInnes and Trevor Jones
The Kirk, Sydney, 30 May 1989
Spinning (1988) 5 mins
For alto flute
First performance by Tara Helen O'Connor
Aspen Festival, Aspen, Colorado, 4 July 1988
A Whole Lot of Shaking (1988, rev. 1999) 7 mins
For cello and piano
First performance by Symeron
Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, May 1994
First performance of revised version by André Emilianoff and Lisa Moore
Anthology Film Archive, New York City, April 1999
Swansong (1987) 5 mins
For viola
First performance by Nicole Saintilan
Music Auditorium, University of Wollongong, 25 May 1989
Program note
A Kumquat for John Keats (1987) 8 mins
For piano
First performance by Lisa Moore
The National Library, Canberra, June 1987
Foolish Fires (1985) 11 mins
For clarinet in A(=bass cl) and piano
First performance by Murray Khouri and Stephanie McCallum
Music Auditorium, University of Wollongong, April 1986
Like Icarus ascending (1984) 12 mins
For violin
First performance by Dene Olding
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 October 1984
Boatsong (1982) 12 mins
For bass clarinet(=alto sax) and marimba(=vibes, gongs)
First performance by Duo Contemporain
De Suite, Amsterdam, 2 May 1983
Program note
Portraits (1981) 8 mins
For piano
First performance by Peter Donohoe
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, 25 November 1982
Radiophonic
Untuning the Sky (2013) 37'30''
Text by John Dryden
In collaboration with Genevieve Lacey (recorders), Phil Slater (trumpet), Gondwana Voices, the musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music, Jim Atkins (sound engineering/production)
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
(see also Instrumental)
Elegy in a Country Graveyard (2007) 25 mins
For mixed choir, band (flexible instrumentation) and prerecorded sounds
Funded by the NSW Ministry for the Arts in association with ABC Radio
Program note
(see also: Choral)
Deirdre of the Sorrows (1989) 28 mins
Text by Martin Buzacott
In collaboration with Martin Buzacott (voice), Gerald English (ten), Geoffrey Collins (picc/bfl), Michael Askill (perc), Sydney Children's Choir conducted by Lyn Williams, David Chandler (producer), Belinda Webster (technical producer)
Tape made in Studio C, 2MBS-FM, Sydney
First broadcast 2MBS-FM, June 1989
Music for young performers
24 Unusual Things to Do with a Violin (1994)
Violin (approx. Grade 3)
Eight Australian Birds Discover the Music of the Twentieth Century (1989)
Piano (Grades 2/3/4)
i) An emu emulates Alban Berg
ii) A brolga behaves like Bartók
iii) A lyre-bird in love with Ligeti
iv) A parrot preens to Arvo Pärt
v) A kookaburra considers Cage
vi) A galah gawps at Glas$
vii) A scrub fowl succumbs to Sculthorpe
viii) A common mynah mocks Messiaen The World Knot (1987-88) 75 mins
Opera
Libretto by Graham Devlin
Principal roles:
Rev. Henry Smallmind (largely spoken)
Victoria Smallmind (largely spoken)
Igjugarjuk (baritone)
There are many other small roles (some of which may be doubled), which should be taken from a chorus of 20-40 singers
On-stage instruments: 2-1-1-1 / 1-1-0-0 / 3 perc / 1-0-0-0-1
Off-stage string orchestra (or tape)
First performance by students and staff of Sydney Grammar School, Theodore Piekos, Susan Khouri (conductors), James Hannah (producer)
Sydney Grammar School, 28 October 1988
The Piper's Promise (1986-87) 55 mins
Opera
Libretto by Sue Rowley and Jim Falk
Principal roles:
Piper (dancer)
The Chairman (tenor)
Jack (tenor)
Joy, the Crane Chaser (soprano)
Joy's Daughter (soprano)
Fool (spoken)
All roles except Piper and The Chairman may be taken by young (9-18 years) and/or inexperienced performers
Chorus
2-0-2-0 / 0-2-0-0 / 4 recorders / elec guit / 1 perc / pno (4 hands) / strings / tape
(N.B. 1st trumpet, percussion and string section leaders should be professional or experienced players; other parts are relatively simple.)
First performance by School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong
Bill Paton (Piper), Gerald English (The Chairman), David Vance (conductor), Des Davis (producer), Richard Hook (designer)
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, 30 September 1988
Arrangements
Estampie (1999) 2 minutes
13th century English
For clarinet, darabouka, harp and string quartet
First performance by the Kowmung Music Festival Ensemble
Kowmung Music Festival, Abercrombie Caves, NSW, 27 March 1999
Beautiful Dreamer (1997) 3 mins
by Stephen C. Foster
SATB chorus
Patapan (1992) 1 min
Anon. 17th-century Burgundian Christmas carol
2 (2=picc)-2-2-2 / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / hp / strings
First performance by the Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Graham Abbott
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