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Symphonies:
see
Reviews - of the symphonies CD
and Articles -
Journies Through Light and Dark
(CD program notes)
Toward
The Shining Light (Symphony #1)
(1988) 21'
2(picc,
afl) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2 - 4 3 3 1 - 3 perc - pf(cel) - strings
(Commissioned
by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Premiere: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Hiroyuki Iwaki
1988
Recordings: MSO cond. Richard Mills ABC Classics
Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera Records
Stars
In A Dark Night (Symphony #2)
(1989) 24'
2(picc,
afl) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2(cbn) - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 3perc - hp, pf
(cel) - strings [2db with low C]
(Commissioned
by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera
Records
Voices
From The Fire (Symphony #3)
(1991) 23'
3(picc, afl) 3(ca) 3(bcl) 2 - 4 3 2 1 - timp, 3perc -
pf(cel) - strings
(Commissioned
by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera
Records
Born
From Good Angel's Tears (Symphony #4)
(1995) 18'
2 2 3 2 - 4 2 3 1- timp, 2 perc - hp, pf (cel) - strings
(Commissioned by the University of Melbourne)
Recordings: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera
Records
TSO
cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics
Dark
Side (Symphony #5)
(1999) 35'
3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1- timp, 3 perc - strings
(Commissioned by the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera
Records
Tyranny
of Distance (Symphony #)
(2009) 38'
3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1- timp, 4 perc - soprano, didgeridoo,
choir - strings + live visuals (composed as Composer in
Residence with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with the
assistance of a University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor's
Fellowship)
Premiere: October 17 2009, Hamer Hall, MSO cond. Warwick
Stengards
Merlyn Quaife, sop; Jida Gulpilil, didgeridoo; MSO Chorus
directed by Jonathan Grieves-Smith; visuals by Tim Gruchy
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts
Occasional:
Festive
Overture
(1981) 10'
2 2 2 2 - 4 3 3 2 - timp, 2perc - strings
(First Prize, 1981 Townsvile Pacific Composers'
Competition)
Premiere:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vanco Cavdarski
Recordings: MSO cond. Jorge Mester ABC Classics
TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics
The
Mountain
(1984) 9'
2(picc) 2(ca) 2 (bcl) - 2/2200 - timp, 1 perc - pf(cel) -
strings
(Commissioned
by the National Composers' Orchestral School 1984)
Recording: TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics
Battlements
(1986) 12'
2
2(ca) 2+bcl 2+cbn - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 3perc - pf - strings
Premiere: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond.
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Dancing
On A Volcano
(1996) 15’
Catch
The Joy
— Overture for Orchestra (1998) 8'
(Commissioned by Betsy Heath for the 10th Anniversary of
the Ovations Youth Orchestra, Wheeling West Virginia, USA)
Federation
Flourish
— Overture for Orchestra (1998) 8’
3 2 3 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 2 perc - strings
(Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: MSO cond. Markus Stenz ABC Classics
Concertos
with Orchestra:
Tuba
and Orchestra
(1985) 18'
2(picc) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2(cbn) - 4 2 2 1 - 3 perc - hp -
strings
(Equal First, Hambacher Prize, Germany)
Premiere:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Michael Brimer; Frank
Barzyk, tuba
Piano
and Orchestra
(1987) 17'
0
0 0 0 - 4 2 2 1 - timp, 3perc - strings
(Commissioned by the 1987 Musica Nova Festival, Brisbane)
Premiere: Queensland Symphony Orchestra cond. Richard
Mills; Larry Sitsky, piano
Made In Heaven -
Trumpet (Flugel Horn) and Orchestra
(2009) 25'
3
3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 4 perc - harp - strings
Commissioned by the MSO/University of Melbourne
Premiere: James Morrison, trumpet and the Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra cond. Keith Lockhart
Costa
Hall, Geelong September 4, 2009 and Hamer Hall, Melbourne
September 5, 6 2009
Small
Orchestra:
In
A Brilliant Blaze
(1993) 8’
(Commissioned by the Australian Youth Orchestra Camerata)
Dance in the Sunlight
(2002) 5’
2 2 2 2 - 2 2 0 0 timp, 1 perc - strings
Premiere: Academy of Melbourne cond. Brett Kelly
String
Orchestra:
Expedition
(1985) 15'
(Commissioned by the Chamber Strings of Melbourne)
Timeless
(2002) 10’
(Commissioned by the Pro Arte Orchestra and Jeff Crellin
2002)
Recording: TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics
Federation
Square
(Rooms of Wonders)
(2003) 11’
(Commissioned
by the Pro Arte Orchestra and Jeff Crellin 2003)
Recording: TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics
Yarra
Yarra
(2005) 10’
(Commissioned by the Pro Arte Orchestra and Jeff Crellin
2005)
Junior
String Orchestra:
Unseen
Shore
(2007) 8'
BUY $30 score & parts
(Commissioned
by Richard Squibb and PLC String Orchestra)
An attractive work for young string players of low to
medium skill
Emu,
Wombat and Kangaroo
(2010) 8'
BUY $30 score & parts
An
attractive work for young string players of low to medium
skill