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Home / Compositions / Instrumental (solo and duo) / Instrumental - strings

Instrumental - strings

There are solos and duos here for violin, viola, cello and bass, as well as harp pieces.

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

In My Solitude (2020)

8 minutes
for solo viola

Commissioned by Tim Senior

First performed by Tim Senior (viola), YouTube, 4 May 2020

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The Sea and the Mirror (2018)

12 minutes
for violin and cello

Commissioned by the Australian National University as part of the H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship

First performance by Tor Frømyhr (violin) and David Pereira (cello), Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Canberra, 4 October 2019

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Hearing Voices (2018)

9 minutes
for solo cello

Commissioned by the Australian National University as part of the H.C. Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship

First performance by David Pereira (cello), Larry Sitsky Recital Room, Australian National University, Canberra, 24 April 2018

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Cradle Song (2012)

4 minutes
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

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You Must Sleep, but I Must Dance (2010)

18 minutes
for viola and percussion

Commissioned by the University of Sydney to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

First performance by Roger Benedict (viola), Daryl Pratt (percussion), Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 17 September 2012

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Bagpipe Music (2007)

8 minutes
for alto recorder (= tenor) and harp

Commissioned by Marshall McGuire

First performance by Genevieve Lacey (recorders), Marshall McGuire (harp), Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, 23 September 2007

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Chorales from an Ox Life (2007)

9 minutes
for viola and double bass

There is another version of this piece for viola, cello and double bass

First performance by Heidi von Bernewitz (viola) and Robert Nairn (bass), Esber Recital Hall, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, 25 March 2008

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War and Peace (2004)

15 minutes
for violin and percussion
  1. March -
  2. No Man's Land -
  3. The Armed Man
  1. violin and drum (say darabuka or djembe)
  2. violin and mmetal percussion (including vibraphone)
  3. violin and drum kit

Commissioned by Claire Edwardes, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of Australia Council for the Arts

First performance by Antipoduo - Sarah Oates (violin), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Noordekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 January 2005

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Extended Radiance (2004)

12 minutes
for electroacoustic harp

This is a version of Five Studies in Radiance

Commissioned by Alice Giles

First performance by Alice Giles, Canberra Museum, Canberra, 15 March 2004

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Lullaby and Fire Dance (2003-07)

9 minutes
for 2 violins

1. Lullaby (for Lillian) 2. Fire Dance

First performance by Natsuko Yoshimoto and James Cuddeford, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 23 October 2008

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