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Revised version 2013
i. Grazioso
ii. Subito animato
iii. Maestoso
iv. Dolce
v. Adagio
vi. Tranquillo e dolce
vii. Allegro appassionato
viii. Moderato
xi. Più animato
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
violin, viola, cello and piano
Commissioned by the University of Queensland to mark its centenary
First performance by Elizabeth Sellars, violin, Patricia Pollett, viola, Patrick Murphy, cello and Liam Viney, piano, Customs House, Brisbane, 10 December 2010
Commissioned by Arts in the Valley 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 version of Chorales from an Ox Life for viola and double bass
First performance by Christa Jardine (viola), Richard Vaudrey (cello) and Douglas Rutherford (bass), Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne, 23 April 2009
Commissioned by the Grainger Quartet for its inaugural series of concerts in October 2006. The commission was generously funded by Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson.
First performance by the Grainger Quartet, Vebrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 2005
Commissioned by Colin Gray and Jenny Kena
First performed by Catherine McCorkill (clarinet), Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney 19 May 2007
2 violins, viola, cello and double bass.
This piece may also be played by a string orchestra.
Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra through Symphony Australia with funds from the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Fellows of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium, 5 July 2005
1. Niin mina neitonen -- 2. The great silkie of Sules Skerry -- 3. Den fortrollade barnafoderskan -- 4. The Bay of Biscay -- 5. The house carpenter -- 6. The unquiet grave -- 7. Niin minä neitonen.
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
An elaboration, more than an arrangement, of Epithalamium for tenor and violin (with bell). See also Epithalamium for tenor, flute and cello.
Text:
William Shakespeare, Act IV of The Tempest
First performance by Jenny Duck-Chong and Halcyon, 6 October 2007, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney
3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and double bass
Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by the Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players, St Helens, Tasmania, September 1991