liszt fields (2018)

for piano solo, c. 10 minutes

a response to the first three pieces of Liszt’s Annèes du Pelerinage, Book II.

first performance: Jakob Fichert, upcoming

Narcissus (2018)

for piano and computer, no fixed duration

first performance: July 2018, Madiera, Portugal

 

Transcendental Strains iiI(a) (2017)

for 1-4 wind instruments and live electronics, 7 minutes

Version for two oboes recorded January 2018 by the composer

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Transcendental Strains ii (2017)

for two wind instruments and live electronics, 5 minutes

recorded November 2017 by the composer

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Bach-like Paths (2017)

for solo baroque flute, 5 minutes

premiere upcoming - Carla Rees, baroque flute

 

partita algoritmica (2017)

five movements for solo violin, 15 minutes

partially recorded May 2017 by Angelika-Rose Stangl

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hypoglossa (2017)

for solo voice with optional live electronics, 6 minutes

first performance: Elizabeth Hilliard, Music Current 2017, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, April 2017

 

Oiseaux métamorphiques (2016-17)

for modified alto recorder and live electronics, 7 minutes

part of RECORDARI

first performance: Carmen Troncoso (recorders), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York, March 2017

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RECORDARI (2016-17)

for modified alto recorder, three archaic recorders and live electronics, 22 minutes

written in collaboration with Carmen Troncoso

first performance: Carmen Troncoso (recorders), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York, March 2017

 

and there will come soft rains (2013)

for clarinet in A and live electronics, 13 minutes, alternatively any other instrumentation or duration

first performance: Will Ozard (clarinet), Desmond Clarke (electronics), Rymer Auditorium, York, May 2014

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LINEAR A (2013)

for harpsichord and electronics, 7 minutes

first performance: Jane Chapman (harpsichord), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York Spring Festival of New Music, May 2013

 

FOR SOPRANO, CLARINET, COMPUTER AND TAPE (2012) 

4 minutes

Setting of Rhapsody on a Windy Night by T. S. Eliot

first performance: Ana Beard-Fernandez (soprano), Will Ozard (clarinet), Desmond Clarke (electronics), Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, November 2012

 

VERS L'ARBRE-FRÈRE AUX JOURS COMPTÉS (2012)

for high soprano and piano, 3 minutes

setting of René Char

first performance: Ana Beard-Fernandez (Soprano), Joe McGrail (Piano), Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, December 2012

 

as if they were flowers with spinning blossoms (2012)

for B-flat trumpet and tenor trombone, 5 minutes

currently unperformed

 

J'AI TANT RÊVÉ DE TOI (2012)

for mezzo-soprano and piano, 3 minutes

setting of Robert Desnos

first performance: Lisa Coates (mezzo), Mark Hutchinson (piano), Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, June 2012

 

through the fog (2010)

for solo violin, 6 minutes

first performance: Jessica Conway, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, December 2010

 

Monochromat (2009)

for solo percussion and tape, 5 minutes

first performance: Martin Scheuregger, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, March 2009