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Home / Compositions / Orchestral / Symphony orchestra

Symphony orchestra

These works are mostly for standard symphony orchestra, though they range in size.

Please click work titles for more information and resources (audio, sheet music, program note etc.) about individual works in this category.

The Meaning of Trees (2019-20)

16 minutes
for orchestra

Picc(=fl).2(=picc).3.2.bass clar.2.contrabsn/4.3.3.1/timps/4 perc/harp/strings

Commissioned by the Australian Youth Orchestra

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Big Bang (2019)

8 minutes
for orchestra

2 (II=picc)-2-2 (II=bass clar)-2 / 4-3-3-1 / timps / 4 perc / harp / strings

Commissioned by the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra with backing from Create NSW’s Country Arts Support Program, a devolved funding program administered by Regional Arts NSW and Southern Tablelands Arts on behalf of the NSW Government

First performance by the Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Ford, Bowral Memorial Hall, Bowral, NSW, 30 November 2019

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Blitz (2011)

28 minutes
for orchestra, optional chorus and prerecorded voices

Commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with support from the Sidney Myer Fund

First performance by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Marko Letonja, Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, 18 August 2012

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Symphony (2008)

18 minutes

3 (=picc)-2-2 (II=bass cl)-2(II=contrabsn) / 2-2-0-1 / piano / timps / 2 perc / 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

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Headlong (2006)

7 minutes
for orchestra

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

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The Furry Dance (1999)

8 minutes
for orchestra

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

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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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Patapan (1992)

1 minute
for orchestra

2(2+picc)-2-2-2 / 4-2-3-1 / 2 perc /hp / strings

Commissioned by Tall Poppies Records

First performance by Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by Graham Abbott, Eugene Goossens Hall, Sydney, 

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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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The Big Parade (1985-1986)

20 minutes
For concertino group, string quintet, string octet and three orchestras

Concertino: bass clarinet, mandolin, guitar, celesta, harp, violin, viola and cello
String quintet: 1-1-1-2-0
String octet: 2-2-2-2-0
Orchestra I: 4(1=bass fl, picc; 2=picc; 4=alto fl)-3-0-3(3=contrabsn) / 0-0-0-0 / pno / 0-0-0-0-8
Orchestra II: 0-0-4(=bass cl)-0 / 0-0-0-0 / elec.org / hp / 0-0-10-0-0
Orchestra III: 0-0-0-0 / 6-6-4-2 / 6 perc / 0-0-0-0-0

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