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Catalogue and Recordings


Orchestras, choirs, concert bands
Wind and brass chamber ensembles
String chamber ensembles
Vocalist - accompanied
Other chamber ensembles
Keyboards
Open scored music

Orchestras, choirs, concert bands

NEW Chamber Symphony 5, 9 mins
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NEW The Light Fading in the West, 6 mins
MIDI recording
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Cancion a la Tierra, for chamber orchestra, 10 mins
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El Crimen Fue En Granada, for chamber orchestra, 6 mins
MIDI recording
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Sevilla, for symphony orchestra, 9 mins
MIDI recording
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Where Will The West Wind Blow You?, for chamber orchestra, 9 mins
MIDI recording
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To The Edge, for concert band, 10 mins
MIDI recording
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Chamber Symphony No 4, 19 mins
Recording - Ensamble Rosario, Argentina, 2004
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Chamber Symphony No 3, 20 mins
MIDI Recording
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Chamber Symphony No 2, 22 mins
Recordings by the Forum London Chamber Symphony
1st movement
2nd movement
3rd movement
4th movement
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"strained almost to breaking point", for string orchestra, 5 mins
Recording - Ensamble Rosario, Argentina, 2003
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Cold Eye, for chamber orchestra, 11 mins
Recording - Ensamble Rosario, Argentina, 2003
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Three Modern Tasters for Strings, for string orchestra, 3 mins each
Number One - MIDI recording
Number Two - MIDI recording
Number Three - MIDI recording
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Solemn Processional, for string orchestra, 2 mins
MIDI Recording - MIDI recording
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Wordsworth' Ode, for choir, 2 mins
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For the troubled dead of Northern Ireland, open scored ensemble + voices, 6 mins
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Wind and brass chamber ensembles

NEW Five Incomplete Episodes, for brass quintet, 8mins
Episode One
Episode Two
Episode Three
Episode Four
Episode Five
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Lugubrian Dances, for double wind quintet, 10 mins
Dance 1 - Nintrice Three-Step
Dance 2 - Zabije-Mycsaj Lament
Dance 3 - Matransi Serenade
Dance 4 - Domsne Gallop
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Voices, for clarinet choir, 5 mins
MIDI Recording
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In Remembrance of a Passing Generation, for wind nonet, 8 mins
MIDI Recording
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Travel Together To..., for sax quartet and vibraphone, 6 mins
MIDI Recording
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One Step Forward, One Back, for wind quintet, 5 mins
MIDI Recording
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Repetitive Strain, for trombone trio, 8 mins
MIDI Recording
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Four Unwritten Love Songs, for various instrumentations, including clarinet quartet, 8 mins
MIDI Recordings
1, Decay
1, Deserted
3, Rediscovery
4. Final Parting
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Solemn Processional, for recorder quartet, 2 mins
MIDI Recording
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Waltz, Trio, and Lament, for wind quintet, 5 mins
MIDI Recording
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Four European Dances, for recorder trio, 2 mins each
MIDI Recordings
First Dance
Second Dance
Third Dance
Fourth Dance
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String chamber ensembles

NEW Ground Bass Day, 5 mins
MIDI Recording
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NEW To catch the floating sighs, 5 mins
MIDI Recording - No. 1
MIDI Recording - No. 2
MIDI Recording - No. 3
MIDI Recording - No. 4
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NEW Dance to this if you can!, 8 mins
MIDI Recording
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Sequenzas Sensatas y Faciles, guitar and string quartet, 7 mins
MIDI Recording
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String Trio, 5 mins
Recording - Ensamble Rosario, Argentina, 2004
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String Quartet No. 3, 7 mins
MIDI Recording
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Seeds of Destruction, for cello duo, 15 mins
1st movement - MIDI recording
2nd movement - MIDI recording
3rd movement - MIDI recording
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Four Unwritten Love Songs, for various instrumentations, including string quartet, 8 mins
MIDI Recordings
1, Decay
2, Deserted
3, Rediscovery
4. Final Parting
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A Rather Tired Duet, for violas, violins, or mixed ensemble, 3 mins
MIDI Recording
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Solemn Processional, for string quartet, 2 mins
MIDI Recording
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Vocalist - accompanied

Those Voices, for mezzo soprano and piano, 9 mins
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Love and War in the Poetry of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880 -1918, for soprano, male voices, piano, percussion, flute, trumpet, cello, 12 mins
Live Recording
Cornelius Cardew Ensemble
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River and Field, for tenor and piano, OR quartet of tenor, piano, horn, and double bass, 6 mins
MIDI Recordings
The River - tenor and piano
The Field - tenor and piano
The River - quartet
The Field - quartet
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Regretful Songs of the Sea, for baritone, cello, and oboe, 25 mins
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Other chamber ensembles

NEW Communique
for clarinet, cello, and piano, 6 mins
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NEW Running From The Waves, for piano quintet, 7 mins
MIDI Recording
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NEW Conversation IV, for Bb or bass clarinet and piano, 5 mins
Bb Clarinet - MIDI Recording
Bass Clarinet - MIDI Recording
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NEW Conflict? Resolution?, for flute, violin, clarinet, and cello, 5 mins
MIDI Recording
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Midnight Abstract, for fl, vln, cl, vlc, pno, perc, 5 mins
Recording - Vamos, London, 2004
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Conversation III, for viola and piano, 5 mins
Recording - Ensamble Rosario, Argentina, 2004
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For the people of East Timor, for sextet of fl, cl, vln, vlc, pno, perc, OR recorder and piano, 6 mins
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Recordings of sextet version, Ensamble Rosario, Argentina, 2003
First Movement
Second Movement
Third Movement
MIDI recordings of the recorder and piano version
First Movement
Second Movement
Third Movement

Man returning...burdened under something, for percussion ensemble, 3 mins
MIDI Recording
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Shot In The Foot, for percussion ensemble, 7 mins
Recording: Brake Drum Assembly
The recording, of course, does not convey the theatrical aspects of the piece - there is action in the silences.
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Keyboards

NEW Glorifying Terrorism, for piano, 7 mins
MIDI Recording
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Aspects of Arrival, for organ, 4 mins
MIDI Recording
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Friends and Influences, for piano, 15 mins
MIDI Recordings
1st movement
2nd movement
3rd movement
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Findings and Losings, for Piano Duo,- five duos for two players on one piano, 5 mins each
MIDI Recordings
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
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And Peace Fell, for piano, 2-3 mins
MIDI Recording
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Open scored music

These pieces can be played by ensembles with a variety of different instruments. Most have four lines of music in treble, alto, tenor, and bass parts.

'Aftershocks' requires as many percussionists as can be assembled. The 'Schnittke' piece also requires two pianists.

Aftershocks, 4 mins
MIDI Recording
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Peace? Conflict? Resolution?, for larger ensemble, 5 mins
MIDI Recording
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Four Unwritten Love Songs, 8 mins
MIDI Recordings
1, Decay
2, Deserted
3, Rediscovery
4. Final Parting
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On learning of the death of Alfred Schnittke, 6 mins
MIDI Recording
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Against the Tide of Darkness, 8 mins
MIDI Recording
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Countdown, 2 mins
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A fine October day in the garden, and other simple pleasures, an improvisation, 8 mins
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