Orchestra with solo instrument

Concertos for viola, cello, piano and electric guitar, as well as smaller works with solo instruments.

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Raga (2016)

23 minutes

for solo electric guitar and orchestra

Introduction: Abrupt, volatile, dynamic

Alap: gentle and very flexible

Jor: luminous

Gat (Vilambit): with great energy

Cadenza

Drut: fast, urgent

Coda

3(=picc)-3-3(III=bass cl)-3(III=contrabsn)/ 4-3-3-1 / timps / 3 perc / pno / hp / strings

Commissioned by Kim Williams AM in partnership with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Guitar Festival

First performance by Zane Banks (electric guitar), Adelaide Symphony orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, Adelaide Guitar Festival, Town Hall, Adelaide, 13 August 2016

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Bright Shiners (2009)

5 minutes

for solo violin and string orchestra

Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra to mark Richard Tognetti's 20th anniversary season

First performance by Pekka Kuusisto (violin) and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, City Hall, Newcastle, NSW, 12 March 2009

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The Unquiet Grave (1997-98)

17 minutes

for solo viola and chamber orchestra

1(=picc)-1-alto sax (=sop sax)-0-1 / 1-1-0-0 / 1 perc / hp / strings* * String parts may be played by small sections (say, 5-5-3-3-2), or by soloists

Commissioned by the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts

First performance by Patricia Pollett and the Biennial Sinfonietta conducted by James MacMillan, Queensland Biennial Festival of Music, Queensland Art Gallery, 25 July 1999

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The Great Memory (1994)

24 minutes

for solo cello and orchestra

2(I=bass fl; II=picc)-2(II=cor ang)-2(I=Ebcl; II=bass cl)-sop sax-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / timps (=lion's roar) / elec org (=cel, pno) / hp / 14-0-0-4-3

First performance by Sue-Ellen Paulsen and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by En Shao, Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 22 August 1995

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The Widening Gyre (1993)

20 minutes

for 2 solo violins, solo cello and chamber orchestra

0-2-0-1(=contrabsn) / 2-0-0-0 / 4-4-3-2-1

Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra

First performance by Richard Tognetti and Julian Shevlin (violins), Cameron Retchford (cello), Australian Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 23 July 1993

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Piano Concerto: Imaginings (1990-91)

26 minutes

for solo piano, concertino group and orchestra

Concertino: vibraphone (also side drum), celesta, harp, electronic organ

Orchestra: 2(II=picc)-2(II=cor ang)-2(I=Ebcl; II=bass cl)-sop sax-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc / pno / strings

Commissioned by Lisa Moore with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts

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