Commissioned by the McLaren Vale Music Festival Association for the Coriole Music Festival
The Blessing (2021)
25 minutes
for mezzo-soprano and oboe
Stage - music theatre
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The Musical Child (2009)
20 minutes
for speaker, piano duet and string orchestra
Commissioned by the Australian National Academy of Music
First performance by Andrew Ford (speaker), Orchestra of Australian National Academy of Music conducted by Brett Dean, ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, 20 May 2010
Night and Dreams: the death of Sigmund Freud (1999)
60 minutes
for tenor and tape
Commissioned with funds from the Major Festivals Funding Initiative. Composed during the composer's time at Peggy Glanville-Hicks House, Paddington, Sydney.
First performance by Music Theatre Sydney, Gerald English (tenor), George Whaley (director), Eamon D'Arcy (designer), Adelaide Festival, The Opera Studio, Adelaide, 8 March 2000
Casanova Confined (1995)
35 minutes
for baritone and tape
Commissioned by Sydney Metropolitan Opera with funds from the Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council
First performance by the Sydney Metropolitan Opera: Lyndon Terracini (Casanova), John Wregg (producer), Dan Potra (designer), Barossa International Festival, Red Floor Theatre, Angaston, South Australia, 6 October 1995
Whispers (1990)
30 minutes
for tenor and chamber orchestra
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First performance by Gerald English (tenor & conductor) and the Seymour Group, Barrie Kosky (producer), Michael A R Anderson (designer), Seymour Centre, Sydney, 30 August 1990
Parabola (1989)
20 minutes
for 2 actors, bass clarinet (= penny whistle), percussion & piano
First performance by Richard Moore and Annette Tesoriero, Bronwen Jones, Daryl Pratt and Lisa Moore, School of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 7 September 1990
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