Commissioned by Duo Stump-Linshalm
First performance by Duo Stump-Linshalm - Petra Stump and Heinz-Peter Linshalm, Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria, 13 June 2008
The Tears of Geertje Dirx (2007)
3 minutes
for 2 clarinets
Instrumental (solo and duo)
This largest section of the site contains solos and duos for most instruments in various combinations. The pieces range from solo piano works to a piece for carillon, a solo for sleighbells and a duo for recorder and harp.
Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.
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
Chorales from an Ox Life (2007)
9 minutes
for viola and double bass
There is another version of this piece for viola, cello and double bass
First performance by Heidi von Bernewitz (viola) and Robert Nairn (bass), Esber Recital Hall, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, 25 March 2008
Folly (2006)
13 minutes
for solo piano
Composed for Michael Kieran Harvey as part of a fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council.
First performance by Michael Kieran Harvey (piano), Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, Hobart, 11 October 2007
Broadway Boogie-Woogie (2005)
3 minutes
for solo piano
Composed for Marcel Worms as part of a fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council
First performance by Marcel Worms (piano), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 15 October 2005
Soave sia il vento (2005)
4 minutes
for duo of vibraphone and marimba
Commissioned by Callum Moncrieff
First performance by Kitt Byfield (vibraphone) and Callum Moncrieff (marimba), West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 9 September 2005
The Crantock Gulls (2004)
7 minutes
for 2 drummers
For two drummers, situated as far apart as possible, each playing five drums of varying size, from bass drum to bongo
First performance by Match Percussion, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 23 March 2005
War and Peace (2004)
15 minutes
for violin and percussion
- March -
- No Man's Land -
- The Armed Man
- violin and drum (say darabuka or djembe)
- violin and mmetal percussion (including vibraphone)
- violin and drum kit
Commissioned by Claire Edwardes, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Antipoduo - Sarah Oates (violin), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Noordekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 January 2005
The Armed Man (2004)
6 minutes
solo for drum kit
This is the third movement of War and Peace, minus the violin
side drum, 5 tom-toms. sizzle cymbal, hi-hat, bass drum
Commissioned by Claire Edwardes
First performance by Claire Edwardes, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, 14 August 2005
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