wed – arr. for brass quintet (2013) 5'
2 trumpets in C, horn in F, trombone, tuba or bass trombone
2 trumpets in C, horn in F, trombone, tuba or bass trombone
for soprano and piano
commissioned by Glasgow Concert Halls written for Else Torp and the Smith Quartet; premiere: 24 march 2012
fl, cl, perc, pf, 2vn, va, vc, db (small string section or solo strings)
Sentieri Selvaggi
SSA + 2 vln, vla, vc
Louth Contemporary Music Society
SSAA playing simple percussion instruments
love fail was co-commissioned by The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Secrest Artists Series at Wake Forest University, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa. Movement 4, 'the wood and the vine', was commissioned by The Newman Center for the Performing Arts at University of Denver, The University of California at Riverside, and the Santa Fe Concert Association in Santa FE, NM. Movement 10, 'I live in pain', in a different version, was originally written for “TheCrossing,” Donald Nally, conductor.
SSAA chorus (or 8 solo women singers) playing simple percussion instruments
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Wake Forest University / Secrest Artists Series, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa
4 voices (SATB) each playing simple percussion
Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall for Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices
chamber choir, plus 4 voices (SATB) each playing simple percussion
the National Chamber Choir of Ireland
piano solo
3 voices (SSA) with orchestra 2+picc,2, 2, 2 / 4, 3, 2+btbn, 1 / harp, timp, 2 perc, strings
Trio Mediaeval