SSSAATTBB
Three Songs about Singing (2005)
7 minutes
for unaccompanied chamber choir
Songs drawn from An die Musik
Choral
Music for mixed choir and male choir, with and without instruments in response to words by Les Murray, David Malouf and Gwen Harwood, C.P. Cavafy, Sappho and St John of the Cross.
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Piae cantiones (2003)
9 minutes
for unaccompanied male voice choir
1. Puer nobis nascitur
2. Personent hodie
3. Puer natus in Bethlehem
4. Gaudete!
First performance by Melbourne Cappella conducted by Nicholas Cowell, Rippon Lea, Melbourne, 17 August 2014
Beautiful Dreamer (1997)
3 minutes
for unaccompanied chamber choir
Arrangement of the song by Stephen C. Foster
In somnia (1992)
20 minutes
for tenor soloist, chorus and large ensemble
flute (= piccolo), alto flute (= bass flute), oboe (= cor anglais), soprano sax, bass clarinet, bassoon (= contrabassoon), 3 horns, trumpet (= flugelhorn), tuba, percussion (one player), piano, harp, 4 violas and double bass
Commissioned by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Gerald English (tenor), Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Alpha Ensemble conducted by Antony Walker, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 25 September 1994
The Laughter of Mermaids (1991)
13 minutes
for vocal ensemble
six solo voices: SSATBarB
Commissioned by the Song Company with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by the Song Company conducted by Roland Peelman, Hope theatre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 16 March 1992
Wassails and Lullabies (1989)
22 minutes
for SATB choir and percussion (3 players)
Commissioned by Wollongong University Singers with funds provided by the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by the University Singers. conducted by David Vance, Performance Space, University of Wollongong, NSW, 6 December 1989