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Home / Compositions / Chamber music / Chamber music - mixed instrumentation

Chamber music - mixed instrumentation

This is a large section containing music for different combinations of winds, strings, percussion and keyboards, including four chamber concertos.

Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.

Beyond (2022)

12-15 minutes
for three or more trumpets and bell-plates

Commissioned by Nick Hewett

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Polly’s Dance (2019)

3 minutes
for cor anglais, French horn and cello

Commissioned by Sandy Rendel in celebration of his sister Polly Woods's 75th birthday.

First performance by Dinah Woods (cor anglais), Jules Evans (horn), Helen Mountfort (cello), Midland Hotel, Castlemaine, Victoria, 20 July 2019

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Never (2016)

11 mins
for clarinet/bass clarinet, violin and piano

1. Night Flight -- 2. Fanfares -- 3. Lullaby for Lost Children.

Commissioned by Plexus

First performance by Plexus, Melbourne Recital Hall, Melbourne, 29 May 2017

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Contradance (2015)

13 minutes
for 11 players

1(=picc)-1-1(=bass cl)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-0-0-0 / pno / 1-1-1-1-1

Commissioned by Steven Alward for the Omega Ensemble to celebrate the 60th birthday of Mark Wakely

First performance by the Omega Ensemble, City Recital Hall, Sydney, 20 April 2016

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Slow Air (2014)

8 mins
for trumpet, trombone and guitar

Commissioned for Ensemble Three by the University of Melbourne

First performance by Ensemble Three, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 10 July 2014

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The Scattering of Light (2010)

16 minutes
for piano quartet

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

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The spirit of the staircase (2009)

5 minutes
for piano trio

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

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On Winter’s Traces (2009)

6 minutes
for piccolo, bass clarinet, piano and string quartet

Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble to mark its 30th birthday

First performance by the Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 September 2009

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Oma kodu (2006)

9 minutes
for clarinet in A and string quartet

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

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Chamber Concerto No 4 (2002)

13 minutes
for flute (= piccolo), clarinet (=bass clarinet), piano and string quartet

1. Chacony
2. Salsa

Commissioned by the University of New South Wales for the Australia Ensemble

First performance by the Australia Ensemble, Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 October 2003

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