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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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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Mondriaan (1993)

13 minutes

for flute (= piccolo, = bass flute) and percussion

1. Composition with Yellow Square

2. Female Nude

3. Composition in blue, grey and pink

piccolo and metal percussion
alto flute and wooden percussion (inc. marimba)
bass flute and 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

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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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