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ORCHESTRAL WORKS
LA SETTIMA BOLGIA
(VNM)
Listen:
4 extracts
3.3.3.3:4.3.3.1:tmp:5perc:2hrps:strings
(14'30") 1989
1st perf:
Southampton International New Music Week 1989; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Kees Bakels
"
.. always in fluctuating, often turbulent motion...brilliantly scored." (The
Guardian)
"A firm sense of direction...vividly imagined and realised."
(Independent)
THE FIRMAMENT OF TIME (VNM) Listen: extracts 1
extracts 2
3.3.3.3:4.3.3.1:tmp:4perc:hrp:strings (20') 2008
Commissioned
by the BBC
1st perf: BBC
Studio 1, Maida Vale, London; January 2009; BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Garry Walker
"…purposeful,
even ceaseless transformation…the correlation of incidental detail
within the overall picture was
finely
controlled…expressive immediacy" (classicalsource.com)
FOREST
(VNM) Listen:
3 extracts
2.2.2.2:2.2.2.0:tmp:2perc:hrp:strings (10'30") 2017
Commissioned by Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days
1st perf. April 2018; Jenaer Philharmonie, conducted by
Markus Frank
MERCURIUS
[orchestral version] (VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
1.1.1.1:1.0.0.0:hrp:strings (9') 1989 (adapted
from chamber ensemble version of 1979)
1st perf: Southampton International New Music Week 1989; Bournemouth
Sinfonietta, conducted by Kees Bakels
"A piece of many layers, shades, contrasts and transformations, as
unpredictable as quicksilver, and just as
captivating in its elusive manner" (Contact)
"Austere, delicate patterns..." (Sunday Times)
IN
THE SILENCE OF TURNED EARTH (VNM)
solo
soprano, solo violin & strings (11') 2010
Text by
Imogen Robertson
Commissioned for the Sofia Soloists, Bulgaria
1st perf: Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2010; Vania Vatralova-Stankov, Ivo Stankov,
Sofia Soloists,
conducted by
Plamen Djouroff
SPRING
MUSIC
(VNM)
1.1.1.1:0.2.1.0:2perc:pno:hrp:strings
(small section or solo) (13') 1972 (rev.2019)
Commissioned by The BBC
CONCERTO
FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA
(CE)
viola solo:2.1.2.1:2.1.0.0:timp:celesta:strings (16') 1967, revised 1984
1st
perf: Royal Scottish Academy of Music 1968; soloist James Durrant
I NSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES: MIXED
Larger
ensembles of 7+ instruments
THE
FRUIT OF
CHANCE AND NECESSITY
(VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
solo 'cello:1.1.1.1:1.1.1.0:accrdn.:solo strings (16') 2004
Commissioned by Barry Noble
1st perf: City Theatre, Basel, Switzerland; November 2004 at the ISCM World
Music Days; soloist Beat Schneider
with Ensemble Phoenix conducted by Jürg
Henneberger
HARMONIEMUSIK
(VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
2.0.1.2sax:1.1.2.1:1perc:pf:e-gtr.b-gtr (12') 2009
1st
perf: Musis Sacrum,
Arnhem, Netherlands; October 2010; Orkest 'de ereprijs', conducted by Wim
Boerman
MERCURIUS
[chamber version] (CE)
wind quintet, string quartet, harp (9') 1979
1st perf: University of York 1979; conducted by Peter Wiegold
"Sparkling fragments of dialogue tossed about in explosive
flashes...constantly changing mood
" (The Times)
EARTHCRUST
(VNM)
eight
percussionists
& piano
(21') 1980
(revised 2015)
1st
perf: Potsdam, New York 1982; Crane
Percussion Ensemble, conducted by James Petercsak
STRATA
(VNM)
2 flutes, 2 clarinets, string trio (12') 1977
Commissioned by Hotwells Music Workshop
1st perf: SPNM's 'Alive and Composing', London 1980; conducted by Buxton Orr
KOMMOS
(VNM) Listen:
3 extracts
oboe, 2 violins, viola, 'cello, doublebass, piano (10')
2011
Commissioned by
Daegu Contemporary
Music Festival, S Korea
1st perf.
scheduled June 2011; Eclat conducted by Jin Soo Kim
Sextets
THE VISIONS OF ZOSIMOS
(VNM)
flute/alto, clarinet/bass, percussion, string trio (18') 1981
Commissioned for its inaugural concert by Uroboros
Ensemble
1st perf: October Gallery, London 1982; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
ENSEMBLE MUSIC FOR SIX
(VNM)
Listen: complete work
flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, 'cello (8') 1976
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1976; conducted by
Peter Wiegold
"...wonderfully
idiomatic" (musicalpointers.co.uk)
"...unrelenting
energy and stark contrasts" (Tempo)
PRINCE
ACHMED IN CHINA
(VNM)
flute, clariniet, 'cello, guitar,
accordion & piano (13'30") 2011
1st
perf: Weimarer Frühjahrstage
für zeitgenössische Musik, 2012; Ensemble Marges
LOLLAY, LOLLAY
(CE)
cor anglais, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, viola, 'cello (13') 1983
Commissioned by Uroboros Ensemble
1st perf: 1983; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
".. cunningly evoked the terrifying
conception of a lilting lullaby, and the darkness behind its apparent innocence."
(Robert Saxton on Music in Our Time, BBC Radio 3)
NEPHALAUXIS
(VNM)
string quartet, 2 percussionists (15') 1977
1st perf: Warsaw Autumn Festival 1979; Royal
Lazienki Quartet, Marta Ptaszynska, Hubert Rutkowski
"...striking piece" (Contact)
Quintets
MADRIGAL
(VNM)
Listen: 2 extracts
flute/piccolo/alto, oboe/cor anglais, clarinet/bass, percussion, harp (12')
1987/8
Commissioned by Uroboros Ensemble
1st perf: The Michael Tippett Centre, Bath 1989; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by
Gwyn Pritchard
"..discipline and formal simplicity
... dryly
expressive, like neo-classical Stravinsky." (The Times)
"...moves
between expressive solos, collective delirium, bucolic poetry and the
grotesque...a very diverse and lively
piece..." (Neue Musikzeitung)
WAYANG
(VNM) Listen: 3 extracts
flute/alto/piccolo, clarinet/bass, piano, percussion, 'cello (13') 1993
Commissioned by The Basle Soloists
1st perf: Quebec, Canada 1993; The Basle Soloists, conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
CHAMBER CONCERTO
(VNM)
solo piano, flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, 'cello (14') 1985
Commissioned for Allan Schiller
1st perf: St John's Smith Square, London 1986; Allan Schiller, Uroboros
Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
"..an accomplished work" (Tempo)
LINEAR
MAGIC (VNM)
flute, clarinet, accordion, violin, 'cello (10')
2022
1st
perf:
Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days,
2022; Via Nova Ensemble
"...music
that celebrates the emergence of sound out of silence" (Osthessen
News)
COLOURING
IN
(VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
recorders, pan flute/bass pan flute, percussion,
viola, accordion (6'30") 2015
Commissioned
by
Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days
1st
perf: BKA Theatre, Berlin, 2015;
Black Pencil
MOONDANCE
(VNM)
solo clarinet, string trio, percussion (20') 1982
Commissioned by Angela Malsbury
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1982; Angela Malsbury, Uroboros Ensemble, conducted
by Gwyn Pritchard
"..ranged from deeply lyrical solos to frenzied 'Pierrot Lunaire' atmospheres, encapsulating in music
everything
one could associate with nocturnal adventure. Most definitely the highlight...successfully captivated the
audience."
(Venue)
REALMS
APART (VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
clarinet, string quartet (10') 2018
Commissioned
for three 70th birthday celebration concerts
in Germany
1st perf:
Stadtbibliothek,
Essen,
Germany 2018;
Ensemble Crush
"...full
of the restless energy... rhythmic and almost anxious in its interplay between
the parts" (Tempo)
QUINTET
(VNM)
saxophone (s/a), trombone, 'cello, accordion,
piano (9') 2018
Commissioned
by Pyramidale Festival, Berlin
1st perf: Pramidale
Festival, Berlin 2018; LUX:NM
NEBULAE AND EPISODES
(VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
alto sax., violin, 'cello, percussion, piano
(13'30") 2005
1st perf: The Warehouse, London 2007; Uroboros Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
"...as the music breathed gently...it found an elusive dialogue..."
(New Notes)
DEMISE
(VNM)
Listen: 3 extracts
percussion trio, piano, live electronics
(18'30") 1994
Commissioned by The Basle Percussion Trio
1st perf: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 1994; The Basle Percussion Trio, Daniel Cholette,
Alex Buess
"..made a strong case for further airings." (The Independent)
Quartets
FEATURES
AND FORMATIONS
(VNM)
Listen: extract
View
pages
solo violin, flute, clarinet, 'cello
(10'30") 2003
Commissioned by the 1st Reggello International Festival of Music, Italy
1st perf: Reggello International Festival of Music, Italy 2003; Darragh Morgan solo violin with Uroboros Ensemble,
conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
NIGHTFALL
(VNM) Listen:
2 extracts
flute/alto,
clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, 'cello ( 11'00") 2011
Commissioned for Ex Novo Ensemble, Venice, Italy
1st perf. October 17th, 2011; La
Fenice, Venice
"juxtaposed
Pritchard’s signature virtuosic angularity with moments of cold beauty and
mystery.
...
sparse and compelling...moved
very naturally throughout..." (Tempo)
EVOLUTION
(VNM)
Listen:
complete work
flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello (4'40")
2014
Commissioned for London Ear Festival
1st perf.
London Ear festival, 2014; The London Sinfonietta
ARIEL
DREAMING
(VNM)
recorders, cimbalom, percussion, accordion (9') 2010
1st
perf:
Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days,
2010; Ensemble Kozmosz
Trios
OBJECTS IN
SPACE (VNM)
Listen: 2 extracts
clarinet, harp, percussion
(12') 1978
1st perf: Purcell Room, London 1978; Gemini,
conducted by Peter Wiegold
"..a taught and well pointed structure, and sonorities that were never arbitrary
or redundant." (The Guardian)
MEIN
HERR KATZER'S TOYE (VNM)
viola, double bass & marimba (5') 2015
1st perf:
Ranspiele Festival, Zepernick, Berlin 2015
(for
Georg Katzer's 80th birthday)
RES
(VNM)
Listen:
complete work
violin,'cello & piano (4'15") 2011
1st
perf: Salzburg, November
2011; Members of oenm
"...profound...
melancholic work." (Bunder Tagblatt, Chur, Switzerland)
"...sparse
and austere, filled with moments that chilled like icy drops of rain on
snow.
...
filled with consistent urgency and unsettled searching." (Tempo)
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES: HOMOGENEOUS
EARTHCRUST
(VNM)
eight
percussionists
& piano (21') 1980
(revised 2015)
1st
perf of earlier version: Potsdam,
New York 1982; Crane
Percussion Ensemble conducted by James Peterszak
1st perf of
revised version: Hagenthal-le-Bas, France 2015; Decibells conducted by Domenico
Melchiorre
EIDOS
(VNM)
Listen:
2 extracts
six
percussionists (15') 1990
Commissioned by International Percussion
Workshops, Poland
1st perf: Bydgoszcz, Poland 1990; directed by Steven
Schick
TETRAD
(CE)
four flutes (7') 1976
CONFLUX
(CE)
four
bassoons (5') 2008
1st
perf: Rheinsberg, Germany, 2008;
Quadriga
Bassoon Ensemble
GRAVITY
(VNM)
four
trombones (6')
2016
1st
perf:
Ranspiele Festival, Zepernick, Berlin 2015; Tromba Nova
BREAK
APART
(VNM)
four
percussionists: xylophone & marimba soli, two sets of drums (8') 1995
Commissioned by Siegfried Kutterer
1st perf: Festival Schlaglichter 96,
Birsfelden, Switzerland 1996; André Morin
& The Basle Percussion Trio
STRING
QUARTET NO.1 (CONFLUX II)
(VNM)
Listen:
2 extracts
(5'30"')
2011/19
1st
perf: NeoArte Festival, Gdansk, 2019;
Neo String Quartet
STRING
QUARTET NO.2
(VNM)
Listen:
1st movement 2 extracts /
2nd
movement
2 extracts
(14')')
2019
1st perf: NeoArte Festival, Gdansk, 2019;
Neo String Quartet
DAS
MYSTERIUM DER HEILIGEN DREIFALTIGKEIT
(CE)
three
percussionists - theatre piece (2') 1995
Commissioned by the Basle Percussion Trio
1st perf: Basle City Theatre 1995; The Basle Percussion Trio
INSTRUMENTAL
DUOS
JANUS
(VNM)
Listen: 3 extracts
View
pages
flute/piccolo/alto &
clarinet/Eflat/bass (13'30") 1991
Commissioned for Philippe Racine &
Ernesto Molinari and performed by them at the Huddersfield Contemporary
Music
Festival 1994
1st perf: West of England tour 1991; Ingrid Culliford & Roger Heaton
"..highly entertaining, brilliantly written,
captivating virtuosity." (Dreh Punkt Kultur,
Salzburg)
TO JARDENNA
(VNM)
flute & percussion, (10') 1978
(adapted
from version with narrator)
1st perf:
The Cello factory,
London, 2018;
Jenni Hogan & Siegfried
Kutterer
IN PASSING
(VNM)
Listen:
4 extracts
flute & marimba (6')
2005
Commissioned by The Corsham Festival
1st perf: Corsham Festival 2005; Kate Kelly & Amy Kelly
GAME
(CE)
flute & vibraphone + small percussion (open form 1'30" to 3'') 2007
SONG FOR ICARUS
(VNM)
Listen:
4 extracts View
pages
flute & violin (15'20")
2006
Commissioned by
Carin
Levine & David Alberman
1st perf: Weimar Spring Contemporary Music Days
2006, Germany; Carin Levine & David Alberman
PACING (VNM)
Alto
flute & harp (6') 2019
1st
perf: 'Between
the (y)Ears', London, 2019 Anna Noakes (flute) & Gabriella
dall'Olio (harp)
TO JARDENNA
(VNM)
flute & percussion, (10') 1978
(adapted
from version with narrator)
1st perf:
The Cello factory,
London, 2018;
Jenni Hogan & Siegfried
Kutterer
RELEASE (VNM)
cor
anglais & accordion (7') 2023
1st
perf
(planned):
London 2023
TANGENTS
(CE)
'cello
& piano (5') 1969
Commissioned by Paul Pulford
1st perf: Royal Scottish Academy of Music 1969; Paul Pulford & Stewart
Robertson
MUSIC FOR
DOUBLE BASS AND HARP
(VNM)
Listen:
2 extracts
(6'30") 1969
1st
perf: BBC Christchurch Studios, Bristol 1972;
Jack Goldzweig & Meinir Heulyn
"Carefully
crafted... a vivid image of sound" (Neue Musikzeitung)
CANZONETTA
ELUSIVA
(CE)
mandolin
& doublebass (4') 1995
Commissioned by Sandy Mills
1st
perf: Randspiele Festival, Zepernick, Germany 2023; Caleb Salgado & Anne
Farahani
INSTRUMENTAL
SOLOS (excluding
piano)
INTERMEZZO
(VNM)
Listen:
complete work
solo
flute
(4'30") 1992
1st
perf: London 2002; Nancy Ruffer
"The
music is full of colour, contrast and expression...very much a piece with a
meaning, which has much to
offer both
the player and the listener...an excellent recital piece." (PAN,
journal of the British Flute Society)
POUR
LE MUSICIEN DE SAINT-MERRY Listen:
complete work
solo
flute (5'15")
2011
(Included
in an anthology of short pieces for solo flute published in 2011 by
Edizioni Sconfinarte, Italy)
1st
perf: Blackheath Halls, London October 2011; Jenni Hogan (flute)
ZEPHYRUS
(VNM)
solo bass flute
(7'30") 2023
1st
perf:
Heilbronn, Germany 2023;
Carin Levine
"…a
highly accomplished work which is an absolute joy to play. The instrument has
space to resonate and to
show
its best
range of colours and textures, and the music is expressive, well-structured ...an
excellent
composition in all senses…"
(Carla Rees in PAN, journal of the British Flute Society)
The
following two items may be performed as a single work
under the title 'Two
Capricci'
CAPRICCIO
INQUIETO
(VNM) Listen:
complete work
solo oboe (4'30")
2006
1st perf: Kingston University 2007; Christopher Redgate
CAPRICCIO FLUIDO
(VNM)
Listen:
complete work
solo oboe (5'15")
2010
1st perf: musikFabrik studio, Cologne, Germany 2012; Peter
Veale
EPYLLION
(VNM)
solo oboe (5'15") 2011
1st perf: Randspiele, Zepernick, Berlin 2011; Yu-Pei Wang
NOCTURNE
(VNM) Listen:
extract
solo clarinet (4'30") 1982
1st
perf: Philharmionic Hall,
Ljubljana, Slovenia 2007; Uros Rojko
NOCTURNE
(VNM)
solo saxophone (4'30")
2015 (arrangement of the above)
DRAMALOGUE
(VNM) Listen
solo percussion (11') 1984
Commissioned by Elizabeth Davis
1st
perf: British Music Information Centre 1984; Elizabeth Davis
PROCESSIONAL
(VNM)
solo cymbalom
(6')
2013
1st perf: Festival
'Pyramidale', Berlin November 2013; Enikö Ginzery
CHORALE
PRELUDE on
an original theme
(VNM)
solo
organ (2'30")
2020
CHORALE
PRELUDE on 'Nun ruhen alle
Wälder'
(VNM)
solo
organ (2'30")
2020
TWO
MOVEMENTS FOR SOLO ACCORDION
(VNM)
solo accordion (10')
2020
1st perf: Randspiele, Zepernick, Berlin
2021; Roman Yusipey
SONATA FOR GUITAR
(VNM)
solo guitar (16') 1982
1st perf: Festival
'Il Tempo Sospeso', Abruzzo, Italy 2005; Maurizio Grandinetti
FIVE MINIATURES
(VNM)
solo
violin (8'30") 1969
Commissioned by Gail Harvey
1st perf: Arbroath, Scotland 1969; Gail Harvey
CONTOURS
(CE)
solo
violin (7') 1972 revised 2002
1st
perf: Bush Hall, London 2002; Darragh
Morgan
NOVELETTE
solo
violin (4')
2011
(Included
in an anthology of short pieces for solo violin, published in 2011 by
Edizioni Sconfinarte, Italy)
TWO
MOVEMENTS FOR SOLO VIOLA
(VNM)
Listen:
extract
solo viola (6')
2007
1st perf: Sala Filarmonica, Trento, Italy
2007; Maurizio Barbetti
TWO
MOVEMENTS FOR SOLO VIOLIN
(VNM)
Transcription of the
above work
solo violin (6')
2007
RICORRENZA
(VNM)
solo violoncello (10')
2009
Composed for Giovanni Ricciardi
1st perf: Randspiele, Zepernick, Berlin 2013; Ulrike Brand
"Extended,
gesturally rich and technically demanding solo piece with brilliant passagework...Lively
rhythms.
The trained
cellist
reveals himself in the idiomatic instrumental writing and the precisely notated
playing instructions."
(Neue Musikzeitung)
WORKS
FOR SOLO PIANO
FIVE SHORT
PIECES FOR PIANO
(VNM)
Listen:
complete
work
solo piano
(7') 1975
1st perf:
Brno, Czechoslovakia 1979; Jaroslav Pokorny
"..colourful,
imaginative, modern and very playable." (PIANOnews)
RAUM
GREIFT AUS (VNM)
Listen:
3 extracts
solo piano (17') 1996
Commissioned by Nicolas Hodges
1st perf: St Georges Brandon Hill, Bristol 1996; Nicolas Hodges
"A substantial piece, palpably honest in its music-making and most effectively
written for the instrument...an
ambitious piece..."
(Tempo)
FROM
TIME TO TIME (VNM)
Listen:
complete work View
pages
solo piano (6') 1999
Commissioned by Ian Pace
1st
perf: Bristol University 1999; Ian Pace
All
the pieces entitled Micropus may be played
individually or, in any order, as a continuous set.
"A collection of six meticulously elaborate miniatures of varying
length and style; fragment to sophisticated character
piece, of considerable compositional diversity.... The first volume of
these imaginative micro-pieces [nos.1-6] shows
the hand of an experienced
and professional composer."
(Neue Musikzeitung)
MICROPUS
1
(VNM)
solo piano (1'30") 2002
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
2
(VNM)
solo piano (1'30") 2003
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
3
(VNM)
solo piano
(1') 2008
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
4
(VNM)
solo piano (1'10") 2008
1st perf: Essen, Germany 2008; Ian Pace
MICROPUS
5
(VNM)
solo piano
(1'10") 2009
1st perf: Borealis Festival, Norway, 2010
MICROPUS
6 (VNM)
solo piano
(1'45") 2010
1st
perf: Le Murate, Florence, Italy 2012; Gregorio
Nardi
TIDE
(VNM)
Listen:
2 extracts
solo piano (7')
2014
1st perf:
Wigmore Hall, London,
2014;
Jenna Sung
"...the
core idea is formed very aptly, but lets you feel free to respond."
(Robert
Nemecek in PIANOnews [Germany])
"...an
atmospheric work ... a steady ripple of rich notes unfolding from even
stillness." (Tempo)
BAGATELLE
(published by Editions
Musica Ferrum)
solo piano
(1'45") 2017
Composed
for Susanne Kessel's project "250 piano pieces for Beethoven"
1st
perf: Klavierhaus Klavins, Bonn, April 2018; Susanne Kessel
CALLING
(VNM)
solo piano (6'30") 2022
Composed
for Swiss portrait concerts, 2022
1st
perf: Atelier für Kunst und
Philosophie
Zurich 2022;
Asia Ahmetjanova
"A
composition rich in gestures with many musical contrasts"
(Neue
Musikzeitung)
WORKS WITH
VOICE(S)
IN
THE SILENCE OF TURNED EARTH (VNM)
solo
soprano, solo violin & strings (11') 2010
Text by
Imogen Robertson
Commissioned for the Sofia Soloists, Bulgaria
1st perf: Sofia, Bulgaria, September 2010; Vania Vatralova-Stankov, Ivo Stankov,
Sofia Soloists,
conducted by
Plamen Djouroff
LUCHNOS
(VNM)
Listen:
2 extracts
6
solo voices (s.s.a.t.bar.b.)
(3')
2007
Text: Paulus Silentiarius
1st perf: Festival Pramidale 6, Berlin 2007; Vox
Nostra
"Pritchard's short but powerful Luchnos..."
(musicalcriticism.com)
THREE
SONGS OF MASS AND MOTION
(VNM)
Listen:
Song 3
soprano, accordion
& double bass (9'30") 2014
Text by the composer
Commissioned for
London Ear festival
1st perf.
London Ear festival, 2014; Antje Marta Schäffer, Franka Herwig & Matthias
Bauer
TO JARDENNA
(VNM)
flute, percussion, narrator (10') 1978
Commissioned by, and text by Renate Kelly
1st perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1983; Sebastian Bell, Elizabeth Davis & Renate
Kelly
..nervously atonal, striving, reflective... (Independent)
ENITHARMON
(VNM) Listen
3 extracts
mezzo-soprano & piano (8') 1973
Text: William Blake
1st perf: St Giles, Cripplegate, London 1998;
Susan Anderson & Nicolas Hodges
"...extremely appealing and sensitive...a gratifying work to sing and hear...the
vocal writing is beautifully supple
and idiomatic throughout the piece."
(Jane
Manning in New Vocal Repertory [pub: OUP])
"...The
poetic
text of Blake
is translated into wide, freely
swaying melodic lines."
(Neue
Musikzeitung)
FORSE MI STAI
CHIAMANDO
(VNM) Listen:
2 extracts
mezzo-soprano & cello (6') 1997
Text: Pinuccia Amodei
1st perf: Banff, Canada 2000
"Highly
elaborate craftsmanship, in an atonal style...varied and coloured...The poem...is
transformed here into
expressive and florid music, almost "baroque", in the
original sense of a strangely
shaped pearl (Neue
Musikzeitung)
ABUNDANT
FOLDS (VNM)
sopranos
& piano (6') 2023
Text by
Gwyn Pritchard
1st perf: Randspiele
Festival, Zepernick, Germany 2023; Fujita Karera & Nadezda
Tseluykina
CATFISH
IN AUTUMN
(VNM)
soprano & baritone (5') 2016
Text: Gwyn
Pritchard
Commissioned
René
Wohlhauser & Christine Simolka
1st perf: Musikakademie
Basel, 2016, by the commissioners
...WHAT'S
IT ALL ABOUT? (VNM)
female voice & stereo electronic track (5'20") 2016
Commissioned
by
Alwynne Pritchard
1st perf: Pyramidale
Festival, Berlin, 2016; Alwynne Pritchard
ARRANGEMENTS
& TRANSCRIPTIONS
FOUR
PIECES FROM THE 14TH CENTURY (CE)
oboe,
clarinet, percussion, harp, viola, 'cello (12') 1983
1st
perf: Arnolfini, Bristol 1983; Uroboros
Ensemble, conducted by Gwyn Pritchard
FOUR
SHAKESPEARE SETTINGS, AFTER THOMAS ARNE
(CE)
mezzo-soprano,
flute/piccolo, clarinet, harp, viola (15') 1991
1st
perf: 1991; Claudia Klasicka &
Uroboros Ensemble
THREE
PIECES FROM THE 14TH CENTURY (CE)
clarinet, percussion, harp (9') 1985
1st
perf: St Davids Hall, Cardiff 1985;
Uroboros Ensemble
FIVE
POLISH CHRISTMAS CAROLS
(CE)
choir
(s.a.t.b.), flute, piano, strings (15') 1987
1st
perf: Bristol 1987; conducted by Gwyn
Pritchard
FIVE
THREE-PART INVENTIONS OF J S BACH
(CE)
flute,
oboe, marimba
1st
perf: Castle Cary 1987; Uroboros Ensemble
STILL GROWING -
FOLK SONG
(CE)
Wind quintet (2')
1989
LEA; PERCHÈ NON
SEI CON ME; TI VOGLIO ORA
(CE)
voice & piano (5') 1995
3 Italian 'light-popular' songs.
Texts &
melodic ideas by Giuseppe Galli
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