Composer, Writer & Broadcaster
This section includes a wind quintet, a saxophone quartet, and a piece for massed flutes that is part of a continuing series (see Chamber Music: brass for similar pieces for cornet and trombones).
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
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
1. Golden Summer 2. Near Heidelberg 3. The Selector's Hut (Whelan on the Log) 4. The Spirit of the Drought 5. After Streeton
Text: interviews with Eda Ritchie, Bruce Pascoe, Vivienne Ritchie, Ian Langford and Gwenda Langford. Editing and sound engineering by Russell Stapleton.
Commissioned in celebration of the Melbourne Recital Centre's 10th anniversary.
First performance by Arcadia Winds, Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, 9 October 2019.
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music for the Melbourne International Arts Festival
First performance by Taryn Richards, Dominique Chaseling and Agatha Yip, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 14 October 2009
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
Commissioned by Het Trio with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Het Trio, De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 1990
Revised 1999
Commissioned by Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet
First performance by Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet, Delft, Netherlands, 28 September 1985
First performance of revised version by Continuum Sax, Four Winds Festival, Bermagui, NSW, April 1996
First performance by the Park Lane Music Players conducted by Edwin Roxburgh, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK, October 1979