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Archive for January, 2005

Siegfried Interlude No. 1 (1999)

for brass ensemble size: 4.2.2.1 or 1.4.4.1 percussion (1 player) optional duration: 4 minutes Audio Excerpt: performance of piece by AURA ensemble from the University of Houston, cond. Rob Smith Programme Notes Siegfried Interlude No. 1 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 2000 Season. It uses [...]

Flash (2010)

for solo marimba duration: 4 1/2 minutes Audio Excerpt Coming soon Programme Notes This work was commissioned by Ars Musica Australis, and was extensively revised for premiere performance and this recording by Claire Edwardes in 2010. Flash is a very fast, virtuosic showpiece, continually changing between regular sets of repeated notes and arpeggios, and more [...]

Lament (1996)

for cello and piano duration: 8-10 minutes Audio Excerpt Available on my Myspace page. Programme Notes Lament was written not long after the memorial service for the victims of the Port Arthur massacre of May 1996. It is not so much a direct response to this event in particular, but rather an attempt to capture [...]

Velvet Dreams (2000)

for SATB choir and orchestra also available in a version for SATB and piano duration: 6 minutes Audio Excerpt Programme Notes During a period of correspondence with the reclusive Australian violist-turned-truck-driver Jock Reby, my attention was directed towards a notepad of graffiti that Reby had transcribed from the toilet walls of an English Language School [...]

In Search of Ecstasy (1995)

for alto saxophone and piano also available for tenor saxophone and piano duration: 6 minutes Audio Excerpt Programme Notes In Search of Ecstasy was written in 1996 at the request of a young saxophonist who wanted a piece that was not phenomenally difficult for the instrument, and yet was still effective and which fitted into [...]

Night Pieces (1998)

for oboe and piano also available in a version for soprano saxophone and piano duration: 7 minutes Audio Excerpt Mvt. 1: Night Song Mvt. 2: Night Dance Programme Notes The two Night Pieces were written as contrasting movements. The first movement, “Night Song” contains a lyrical quality, and in particular there is a sense of [...]