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

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)

Text: by the composer, based on Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm's story 'The Singing Bone'

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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Becalmed (1993)

11 minutes
for amplified bass flute

Commissioned by Laura Chislett

First performed by Laura Chislett (bass flute), Joseph Post Auditorium, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 12 August 1995

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Getting Blue (1993)

3 minutes
for alto saxophone and vibraphone

Commissioned by Duo Contemporain

First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (sax), Miquel Bernat (vibraphone), The Loft, Cologne, Germany, October 1994

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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

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