First performance by Lina Andonovska, Kaleidoscope Night, Bello Bar, Dublin, 2 April 2025
Sad Steps (2024)
11 minutes
for solo flute
Instrumental - wind
This section contains a lot of frequently played music for flute (Including piccolo, alto and bass flutes), as well as solos for oboe, clarinet and bass clarinet.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
Once upon a time there were two brothers… (2013)
16 minutes
for solo flute (and speaking voice)
Commissioned for Sally Walker under the terms of the Albert H Maggs Prize (2012)
First performance by the Sally Walker, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne, 21 October 2013
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
The Tears of Geertje Dirx (2007)
3 minutes
for 2 clarinets
Commissioned by Duo Stump-Linshalm
First performance by Duo Stump-Linshalm - Petra Stump and Heinz-Peter Linshalm, Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria, 13 June 2008
d’amore (2004)
5 minutes
for oboe d'amore and harpsichord
Commissioned by Geoffrey Burgess
First performance by Geoffrey Burgess (oboe d'amore) and Elaine Funaro (harpsichord), Old Darlington School, Sydney, 8 August 2004
Sounds and sweet airs (2003)
6 minutes
for flute and clarinet
First performance by Nano - Karina Erhard (flute) and Fie Schouten (clarinet), Ars Musica, Aub, Germany, 14 February 2004
Asides on the oboe (2002)
11 minutes
for solo oboe
First performance by David Nuttall (oboe), School of Music, Australian National University, Canberra, 10 December 2003
Published by Wise Music G. Schirmer Australia
Snatches of Old Lauds (2002)
6 minutes
for bass clarinet, with or without drone
Commissioned by Henri Bok
First performance by Henri Bok (bass clarinet), Aspekte Festival, Salzburg, Austria, 2 March 2003.
Female Nude (1993)
5 minutes
for amplified alto flute
Solo version of Female Nude for alto flute and percussion (the second movement of Mondriaan)
First performance by Kathleen Gallagher (alto flute), Small Hall, University of Bradford, UK, June 1995
Mondriaan (1993)
13 minutes
duo for piccolo, alto flute and bass flute (one player) and percussion
1. Composition with Yellow Square
2. Female Nude
3. Composition in blue, grey and pink
- piccolo and metal percussion (temple bowl, 5 brake drums, tubular bells, crotales)
- alto flute and wooden percussion (marimba, 5 temple blocks, 4 log drums, claves)
- bass flute and 5 hand drums
Commissioned by Strange Attractions
First performance of movements 1 and 2 by Strange Attractions - Kathleen Gallagher (flutes), Sue Dennis (percussion), Old Darlington School, Sydney, 29 October 1993
First performance of third movement by Lamorna Nightingale (bass flute), Joshua Hill (drums), Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, 9 August 2009
N.B. Female Nude also exists in a version for solo alto flute; Composition in Blue, Grey and Pink also exists as a piece for five drums
The BUY/HIRE below takes you to the Australian Music Centre's page for Composition with Yellow Square. The other movements are also available separately from the AMC.