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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.

Five Studies in Radiance (2003)

13 minutes
for solo harp
  1. Misterioso
  2. Risoluto
  3. Energico
  4. Amoroso
  5. Raggiante

Commissioned by Alice Giles

First performance by Alice Giles, School of Music, Australian National University, Canberra, 19 September 2004

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The Very End of Harvest (2000)

10 minutes
for viola and piano

This piece is under revision

Commissioned by Perth New Music Week

First performance by Patricia Pollett (viola) and Roger Smalley (piano), University of Western Australia, August 2000

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Rough Magic (1996)

8 minutes
for solo harp

Commissioned by Marshall McGuire with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council

First performance by Marshall McGuire (harp), Adelaide Festival, Elder Hall, Adelaide, 12 March 1996

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Dark Side (1995)

8 minutes
for amplified double bass

Revised version, 1999.

Commissioned by Robert Nairn with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council

First performance by Robert Nairn, St Lawrence Arts Centre, Sydney, 9 JUne 1996

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Memorial (1994)

11 minutes
for cello and digital delay

Commissioned by Tall Poppies Records for David Pereira

First performance by David Pereira, Balmain Town Hall, Sydney, 24 September 1994

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A Whole Lot of Shaking (1988)

7 minutes
for cello and piano

Revised 1999

Commissioned by Lisa Moore with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council

First performance by Symeron - Adrian Wallis (cello), Daniel Herscovitch (piano), Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, May 1994

First performance of revised version by Da Capo Chamber Players - Andre Emilianoff (cello) Lisa Moore (piano), Anthology Film Archive, New York, USA April 1999

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Swansong (1987)

10 minutes
solo viola

Commissioned by Elision Ensemble with funds from the Music Board of the Australia Council

First performance by Nicole Saintilan (viola), Music Centre, University of Wollongong, NSW, 25 May 1989

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Like Icarus ascending (1984)

12 minutes
solo violin

First performance by Dene Olding (violin), Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 October 1984

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