First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (sax), Miquel Bernat (vibraphone), The Loft, Cologne, Germany, October 1994
Getting Blue (1993)
3 minutes
for alto saxophone and vibraphone
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.
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. . . les débris d’un rêve (1992)
7 minutes
for piccolo and electronic reverb
First performance by Kathleen Gallagher, Old Darlington School, Sydney, 1992
At a slight angle . . . (1991)
5 minutes
for solo bass clarinet
First performance by Bronwen Jones, Bloomingdale's House of Music, New York, NY, USA, October 1992
Clarion (1990)
5 minutes
for alto clarinet
See also James Nightingale's version for alto saxophone.
Commissioned by Harry Sparnaay with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Harry Sparnaay, De Bleeker, Haarlem, Netherlands, September 1991
Clarion (1990)
5 minutes
for alto saxophone
Version by James Nightingale, 1997. Originally composed for alto clarinet.
First performance by James Nightingale, Sydney Classical Saxophone Convention, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, April 1998
The Art of Puffing: 17 elegies for Thomas Chatterton (1989)
27 minutes
for bass clarinet (= alto sax) and percussion
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Duo Contemporain, De Link, Tilburg, Netherlands, November 1992
Spinning (1988)
5 minutes
for solo alto flute
First performance Tara Helen O'Connor (alto flute), Aspen Festival, Aspen, Colorado, 4 July 1988
Foolish Fires (1985)
9 minutes
for clarinet in a (= bass clarinet) and piano
Commissioned by Murray Khouri with financial assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Murray Khouri (clarinets) and Stephanie McCallum (piano), Music Ausitorium, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, April 1986
Boatsong (1982)
12 minutes
for bass clarinet (= alto saxophone) and percussion
percussion: marimba, vibraphone, gong, tam-tam
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain
First performance by Duo Contemporain - Henri Bok (bass clarinet), Evert le Mair (percussion), De Suite, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2 May 1983
Pictures of Lily (1981)
12 minutes
For treble recorder and harpsichord (with amplification, digital delay and pre-recorded tape)
Commissioned by the Yorkshire Arts Association
First performance by Joan Dixon and Peter Seymour, Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, 28 January 1982