Trio

Kandinsky (transcription)

flute, vibes, viola.
2023: 5 mins. 15 secs.

*Premiere: 31/01/2013 – Ensemble Offspring – Sydney.

“Everything starts from a dot”
Wassily Kandinsky.

Kandinsky (transcription) was premiered by Ensemble Offspring featuring Lamorna Nightingale (flute), Claire Edwardes (vibes), and Henry Justo (viola) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 31-01-2024.

Extrication

piano, glock/xyl, vibes.
= Sinuosity + InDecision + Alter(n)ations + …this certainty…
2014 – 2021: 22 mins. approx.

Incipience

guitar, celesta, violin.
[2nd movement of On the Verge of Becoming or standalone work]
2020: 2 mins. approx.

Imminence

harp, marimba, violin.
[3rd movement of On the Verge of Becoming or standalone work]
2008 rev. 2020: 6 mins. approx.

Curve

vibraphone, guitar, viola.
[3rd movement of Tortus]
2018: 1 mins. approx.

…this certainty…

glock/xyl, vibraphone, piano.
[4th movement of Extrication or standalone work]
2016: 7 mins. approx.

“I act with complete certainty.
But this certainty is my own.”
from On Certainty, by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

But I repeat myself

3 percussionists (small bass drum or floor tom, 10 concert tom-toms, snare drum).
2014: 4 mins. 30 secs.

“Pounding out rhythms on a drum set is for morons, isn’t it? Actually, it’s no more moronic than any other human activity; it may be rendered moronic by moronic drummers in the same way that politics may be rendered moronic by moronic politicians.”
Bill Bruford.

“Suppose you were an idiot,
and suppose you were a member of Congress;
but I repeat myself.”
Mark Twain.

Kandinsky

flute, marimba, viola.
2012: 5 mins. 15 secs.

*Premiere: 28/11/2013 – Six Degrees Ensemble – Melbourne.

“Everything starts from a dot”
Wassily Kandinsky.

Kandinsky was premiered by Six Degrees Ensemble featuring Melissa Doecke (flute), Peter Neville (marimba), and Phoebe Green (viola) at the Kew Law Courts on 28-11-2013.

…only the living…

violin, ‘cello, piano.
2000 rev. 2008. 11 mins. 30 secs. approx.

*Premiere: 24/9/2011 – Tim Veldman, Alister Barker, Michael Kieran Harvey – Melbourne.

“…Time may finally prove,
only the living move her…”
from Lemmings, by Peter Hammill.

…only the living… is dedicated Brian (1925-83), Kathleen, (1927-87) and Michael (1952-87).

It was premiered by Michael Kieran Harvey (pno), Tim Veldman (vln), and Alister Barker (vc) on 24-9-2011 at the Trinity Uniting Church, Brighton.

Audio : Excerpt (mp3)

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Ex-Erg

for flute/alto flute, Bb bass clarinet, guitar.
2005: 7 mins. 45 secs.

Spiel (transcription)

for flute, Bb clarinet, guitar.
2005: 5 mins. 30 secs.

*Premiere recording – KAPPA – Trio Altrove.

Spiel (transcription) was specifically prepared for Altrove 1.3 for inclusion on their debut CD.

Spiel

flute, guitar, violin.
1997: 5 mins. 30 secs.

*Premiere: 5/7/1997 – Festival Trio – Darwin Guitar Festival.

Spiel is for flute, guitar and violin, and is in 8 short, linked sections, each making passing reference to different states of mind – some lighter, some darker, some playful, some a little more serious; all of which combine in a brief and limited exploration of various colouristic possibilities of the instruments involved.

Spiel was premiered at the Darwin International Guitar Festival in 1997.