Compositions

fl, bcl, fgh, vn, db                                                                  13′

commissioned by Lysis with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain

first performance: Lysis, Purcell Room, London, 14 January 1986

string quartet                                                                          20′

commissioned by Wolfson College, Oxford, with funds made available by Southern Arts

first performance: Fairfield Quartet, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2 March 1985

1983 Sound Progressions Newly Minted

fanfare for brass quintet                                                  1′

requested by the SPNM for their 40th anniversary concert

first performance: English Brass Ensemble, Barbican Foyer, London, 23 May 1983

cl in A/Ebcl/bcl, bn, hn, 2 vn, va                                                         18′

in memory of Igor Stravinsky

commissioned by the Koenig Ensemble with funds made available by the Arts council of Great Britain

first performance: Koenig Ensemble cond. Jan Latham-Koenig, New Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone, 11 March 1983

1 (+picc).0.2 (both+bcl, 1st+Ccl ad lib).0 / 0.0.0.0 / pf / 1.0.1.1.0                                           17′

commissioned by Lumina for the 1982 Huddersfield Festival with funds made available by Yorkshire Arts

first performance: Lumina dir. David Blake, St.Paul’s Church, Huddersfield, 24 November 1982

brass quintet                                                                          13′

first performance: English Brass Ensemble, Arundel Festival, 2 September 1983

[published by Warwick Music]

string quartet                                                                           14′

first performance: Medici Quartet, Lyons Concert Hall, York University, 15 June 1977

1976 Overtune, for 7 instruments

cor anglais, 3 fl (2nd+picc, 3rd+afl), 3 cl (2nd+Ebcl, 3rd+bcl)             11′

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