Noten für Kammerorchester

The harmonic basis for this composition is found from analysing sounds of individual instruments, with the non-harmonic sounds produced on double bass and bass flute, these provide a model for the cho...

Programme Note SIRENENGESANG was composed in the spring 1994 and was commis-sioned by the AVANTI! Chamber Orchestra. The work was written with support from NOMUS. The music is not a romantic reflectio...

For chamber or small orchestra. Published 1979 Commissioned by Festival Nieuwe Muziek, Middelburg, the Netherlands. First performance: Chamber Version: Middelburg (Nieuwe Muziek), 1979, Xenakis Ensem...

Tutti e soli is scored for a chamber orchestra consisting of flute, clarinet, bassoon, percussion and strings. It is a work in four movements examining, as its name suggests, the tension and dialogue...

This volume presents new editions of Facade Entertainment, and Facade 2, and four hitherto unpublished numbers all in new, clear engraving. A detailed preface explains the fascinating history of the w...

KamOrch (1981/82) 8'

... fresh as paint in its firing of a melodic line that just goes on in a kind of angular strain, shuttled from one instrumental colouring to another. Paul Griffiths, The Times, 12 February 1991 Instr...

. . . lush chords and sonorities, ecstatic rhythmic energy within constantly changing metres, intricate birdsong-like arabesques and a primary-coloured approach to the orchestra. Stephen Banfield, The...

... a stunning palette of orchestral colour which transforms the 16th-century material without abusing its essential character. Michael John White, The Independent, 1 April 1988 Instrumentation: 2(I=p...

... a model of concision and concentration. San Francisco Examiner (Timothy Pfaff), September 1996, Instrumentation: 2(I=picc.II=picc+afl).1(=ca).2(I=Bb+A.II=Bb+bcl).bcl(=cbcl).1(=cbsn) - 2.1(=flhn+pt...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1(=ca).1.1 - 1000 - perc(1): 6 crot/3 timp/3 tuned gong/2 conga/tamb/shaker/tam-t - harp - strings

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 2210 – perc(1): tamb/susp.cym/ch.cym/tam-t/BD – harp – strings

Parts are also available to hire from Faber Music, please contact [email protected] . Instrumentation: 2222 - 2000 - strings

The title of this bracing 10-minute work for trumpet, horn, timpani and strings was inspired by the fact that 'esperance' is not only a reassuring Old English sentiment of hope but also the na...