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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
3 (=picc)-2-2 (II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 2-2-0-1 / piano / perc / timps / strings
Composed for the Australian National Academy of Music, funded by a fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by Orchestra of the Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean, ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 28 November 2008
2-picc-2-cor ang-2-bass cl-2-contrabsn / 4-3-3-1 / timps / 3 perc / cel / hp / strings
Commissioned by Symphony Australia for the Sydney Symphony with financial assistance from the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
First performance by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Jeffrey Tate, Sydney Opera House, 1 August 2007
i . Children's Games
ii. Hunters in the Snow
iii. The Peasant Wedding Dance
1(=picc)-1(=cor ang)-1(=bs clar)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-1-1-1 / 2 perc / accord / pno / hp / strings*
* String parts may be played by small sections (say, 5-5-3-3-2), or by soloists
Commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble, funded by a composer fellowship from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts
First performance by the New Juilliard Ensemble conducted by Joel Sachs, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 24 April 2006
2(II=picc)-2-2(II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 4-2(I=cornet)-2-euph / timps / 2 perc / piano (ad lib) / strings (incl. solo back-desk violin)
First performance by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Barlow (Leanne Bear, solo violin), Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, 22 September 1999
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
Text: Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal (formerly Kath Walker) and Capt James Cook
First performance by Russell Harcourt (counter-tenor), Lorna McGhee (flute and boatswain's call), William Barton (didgeridoo), Camerata of St John's conducted by Federico Mondelci, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Riverway Arts Centre, Townsville, Queensland, 4 August 2009
1(=alto fl, picc)-1(=cor ang)-1(=bs clar)-1(=contrabsn) / 1-1-1-1 / 2 perc / pno / hp / 1-1-1-1-1
First performance by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble conducted by the composer, Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 20 January 1997
i Motherwell at the Guggenheim
ii Rothko I
iii Utopia Parkway: 13 Cornell Boxes
iv Rothko II
v Blue Poles
N.B. Individual movements may be performed separately
5-5-3-3-1 (also toy instruments in 'Utopia Parkway')
First performance of Rothko I & II by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Roger Smalley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 25 September 1994;
First performance of Utopia Parkway by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer, Huntington Festival, Huntington Estate Winery, Mudgee, NSW, 1 December 1994;
First performance of Blue Poles by Canberra School of Music Chamber Orchestra conducted by Tor Fromyhr, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, October 2002;
First performance of Motherwell at the Guggenheim by Len Amadio Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Harding, Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, 17 January 2004