for saxophone quartet
total duration: 23 minutes
Audio Excerpts Click to listen to a live recording of the last movement, GameBoy Music.
Programme Notes
The Five Movements for Saxophone Quartet were composed for the Senarius Saxophone Quartet, and were performed by them at the International Saxophone Festival in Wakefield, England.
Saxophone quartets seem to be overtaking string quartet in sheer numbers [...]
for two guitars duration: 3 minutes
Audio Excerpt
Programme Notes
Velvet was especially written for the Australian Guitar Miniatures book published by Red House Editions in Melbourne. For two guitars, it was described by the Melbourne reviewer Joel Crotty as “an effective exploration of the composer’s merging of popular and contemporary music styles”. notes by Matthew Hindson.
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This work [...]
for violin, cello and piano duration: 16 minutes
Audio Excerpt: not at present.
Programme Notes
The structure of this Piano Trio follows that of many classical and romantic works for the same instrumentation: fast, slow, fast.
The work opens with a spirited, very fast movement that is scherzo-like in most of its character: light, airy and playfully rhythmic. It [...]
aka. Ride of the Viola Valkyries
for 8 violists
duration: 4 minutes
based upon The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner
Programme Notes
Siegfried Interlude No. 4 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 1999 Season. At the time, the SSO viola section was made up exclusively by women, and since [...]
for string orchestra duration: 4 minutes
Audio Excerpt: performed by MLC School Chamber Orchestra
Programme Notes
At the end of 2002 I was at my Aunt and Uncle’s farm near Bathurst, NSW, supposedly writing my Ph.D. exegesis. However, as sometimes happens, a certain melody entered my head and refused to leave. I felt that it had the [...]
for four violins
duration: 3-4 minutes
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Programme Notes
FourScore was written in 1992 specifically for the Geelong Orchestral Composers Competition, where it was the winning work. As an ex-string player I wanted to write an energetic and up-tempo work based upon motor-type rhythms that would be both challenging and fun to play - it has been [...]