This 2020 performance of hȳran, given by the dedicatee, Stephen Upshaw is kindly provided by James Layton and the ‘Into the Oceans’ Project. hȳran [premiere: Stephen Upshaw 26th March at Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London]dedicated to Stephen Upshaw | Duration: circa 5 minutes. From 6 March to 28 April 2013, Parasol unit foundation…
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Concerto for violoncello and small ensemble | dedicated to Annemarie Borg and Patrick Tapio Johnson. instrumentation: [8 players] violoncello, oboe clarinet in Bb/bass clarinet in Bb violin viola harp percussion 1: 5 different pitch temple blocks ranging from high to low / 2 differently pitched tam-tams percussion 2: 4 differently pitched suspended cymbals ranging from…
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the golden apple of discord Instrumentation: Flute Viola Harp. Duration: circa 12 minutes. context: the golden apple of discord is a development [especially through the addition of new material for harp] of the original duo for flute and viola, titled ERIS being the Greek goddess of strife and discord. The Golden Apple of Discord (Greek: μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος)…
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For Flute solo | duration circa. 11 minutes | dedicated to Jenni Hogan A piece that explores aspects of transformation, transmutation and alchemy in sound with a liberal helping of self-referential flux!‘a theft of cold moisture’ continues the journey away from material found in ERIS (flute part) and laterly, ‘lines and distances’ for solo clarinet,…
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For Bass Clarinet | commissioned by Sarah Watts | Duration circa 8.5 minutes Quarter-sounds is published by Metropolis Music Publishers and is available here: quarter-sounds is a study in the use of multiphonics. The piece was commissioned by the bass clarinettist, Sarah Watts to utilise her new multiphonic fingerings within the context of a piece…
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from manuscripts of moving song for string quartet duration: circa 18 minutes Dedicated to the El Bergersen and the Bergersen Quartet from manuscripts of moving song The information below should not imply any programmatic, emotional or imagery treatment within this piece of entirely abstract music. Both title line and later, entire poem were discovered after…
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wenhaston doom for 8 trombones: [1 alto trombone, 5 tenore trombones, 2 bass trombones] duration: circa 8 minutes Dedicated to Gordon Crosse About this score: No conductor is needed to perform this work. The instrumentalists play independently of each other. Music is cued to begin only, with no subsequent ‘fixed’ synchronisation between the parts. All…
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For solo B flat clarinet | Duration 9.5 minutes | Dedicated to Mark Hewitt Premiered by Markus Wenninger, July 2014, at Benedictine monastery of St.Stephan, Augsburg, Germany.
the need-fire Commissioned by the Pound Arts Trust for the Corsham Festival. First performance by the Hillman Quartet at Hartham Church, Wiltshire on the 19th. October 2012 Need-fire, or Wild-fire (Ger. Notfeuer, O. Ger. nodfyr, Scottish Gaelic tein’-éigin), a term used in folklore to denote a curious superstition which survived in the Scottish Highlands until…
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Dedicated to Sylvia Junge | Commissioned by Thumb Ensemble Instrumentation: flute, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, tenor trombone, bowed vibraphone, piano, viola, doublebass | Premiere scheduled for February in Birmingham. Duration circa. 14 minutes PATHOLOGIES OF BLACK BILE The Melancholic humor, or black bile, is the humor most prone to aggravation and pathology. In…
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for quartertone alto flute | dedicated to Carla Rees | duration: variable We have also divers strange and artificial echoes, reflecting the voice many times, and as it were tossing it:and some that give back the voice louder than it came; some shriller, and some deeper, yea, some renderingthe voice differing in the letters or…
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For Piano four hands. Composed for and dedicated to MusicOrba Piano Duo Etymology: From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergia, “joint work, assistance, help”), from συνεργός (sunergos, “working together”), from σύν (sun, “together”) + ἔργον (ergon, “work”). NounBehaviour of a system that cannot be predicted by the behaviours of its parts. Duration: circa 9 minutes
For solo violoncello | Dedicated to Annemarie Borg for Antara Project | Duration circa 11 minutes Pathos: plural: patha or pathea; Greek: πάθος, for “suffering” or “experience;” adjectival form: ‘pathetic’ from παθητικός) representsan appeal to the audience’s emotions. Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric (where it is considered one ofthe…
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for solo tenor trombone Dedicated to Dirk Amrein Ethos is a Greek word meaning “character” that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterise a community, nation, or ideology. The Greeks also used this word to refer to the power of music to influence its hearer’s emotions, behaviours, and even morals. Early…
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Weather control is the act of manipulating or altering certain aspects of the environment to produce desirable changes in weather. Weather control can have the goal of preventing damaging weather, such as hurricanes or tornados, from occurring; of causing beneficial weather, such as rainfall in an area experiencing drought; or of provoking damaging weather against…
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Music for the Nanoqueen (from OPAQUE) – if you like, this is a concert suit of the music for chaos (though it is more hysteria, mania, thought changes, radiating energy, explosive, interrupted, impetuous, and again hysterical) – and of course digital and processed, like the Queen herself. Importantly, towards the latter third of the piece,…
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Colour Songs (2003) Mashed up with dance tracks originally created with a creative bursary from the Scottish Arts Council (2008) Colour Songs originals: 35 mins. for soprano, flute (alto, piccolo), Bass Clarinet, (Clarinet), VLn, Vla, Vc. Performed by illegal harmony for recording. 5 songs – Weathers, You Must Never Go Against The Sun, The Colours…
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circa 11 minutes The Enûma Eliš is the Babylonian creation mythos (named after its opening words). It was recovered by Austen Henry Layard in 1849 (in fragmentary form) in the ruined Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), and published by George Smith in 1876.[1] The Enûma Eliš has about a thousand lines and is…
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for piano | circa 8.30 minutes. A few years ago, my partner was studying to become a music teacher in secondary schools. Part of this experience involved extensive listening to jazz. For quite some time I became exposed to this music as it played out quietly and sometimes not so quietly, in the house. Some…
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Dedicated to Fiona Corston 15.00” August 2009 [refreshed 2015] The Ouroboros “tail-devouring snake”, also spelt Uroboros in English, is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and…
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For piano | Dedicated to Fiona Corston. 15:30” July 2009
For Antony Clare | solo piano | duration circa 7 mins.
Tacit Geometry [2009]: An enigmatic work that explores ‘the common arpeggio’ as an aspect of its material. Part of the ‘geometry’ series of pieces it takes structural shapes and resonances from other works in the series and hides them [so they become tacit] in the context of the new work whilst their underlying influence always…
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For piano. Duration: 9 minutes. Commissioned by Manchester Pride. Dedicated to Ed Cobbald. Premiered by Stephen Combes – Studio 7 BBC Manchester 18th August 2008
For piano. 8 minutes. Premiered by Sarah Nicolls in Chard, Somerset, Summer 2004. Dedicated to Stella Davies Note: Due to an upgrade in computer systems some years ago, this work is awaiting reformatting and is currently unavailable.
October Pieces are an extensive series of solo piano pieces composed of the same musical material. The pieces are designed to stand on their own, be played in full as a complete cycle, or to be combined into smaller collections of pieces at the pianist’s discretion. October Piece No.1, 3:40″ October 2000 to Kathy Stott;…
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the viciousness of circles | for piano | dedicated to Kathy Stott | 10 minutes duration Meaning A self-perpetuating process which returns to its starting point with no improvement from when it was begun. Origin A vicious circle was the name given by 18th-century logicians for a fallacious proof in this form: A depends on B B…
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Premiered by Tristen Lee at Shackleford Pianos, [Marburae Gallery] Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield, 16th June 2013 dedicated to Kathryn Stott Solo piano. Duration: 6 minutes
