Chamber music
Listed chronologically.
Epitaphs (1969) voices and kitchen sink instruments (9 performers required) See Programme note.
duration: 10 minutes
First perf: Royal Academy of Music, London, 1969 and excerpts for UTV arts programme 1969 (or 70?).
First perf: Royal Academy of Music, London, 1969 and excerpts for UTV arts programme 1969 (or 70?).
PDF of Epitaphs' full score (with preface)
PDF of Epitaphs' parts
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Music for Crazy Jane (1971) fl.ob.cl.bsn
dedicated to the Ulster Soloists' Ensemble
dedicated to the Ulster Soloists' Ensemble
3 movements; duration: 20 minutes
First perf: Ulster Soloists' Ensemble, A.E.U. House, Belfast, 22 February 1971.
First perf: Ulster Soloists' Ensemble, A.E.U. House, Belfast, 22 February 1971.
Single movement; duration: 8 minutes
First performance of the original version (now withdrawn): Ulster Soloists' Ensemble, St. Patrick's Night concert, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 17 March 1971.
The drastically revised, rewritten piece awaits a first performance. See feature on the source here.
Thingummy-Jig began life as an arrangement of Thomas Simpson Cooke's Overture to Peleus and Thetis, 1802. The present score, worked on in Liège in January 1973 and revised in May 2012, is a complete revision and reworking of the 1971 arrangement, which departs much more from Tom Cooke's world!
First performance of the original version (now withdrawn): Ulster Soloists' Ensemble, St. Patrick's Night concert, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 17 March 1971.
The drastically revised, rewritten piece awaits a first performance. See feature on the source here.
Thingummy-Jig began life as an arrangement of Thomas Simpson Cooke's Overture to Peleus and Thetis, 1802. The present score, worked on in Liège in January 1973 and revised in May 2012, is a complete revision and reworking of the 1971 arrangement, which departs much more from Tom Cooke's world!
On the nature of Gothic (1973) Soprano, ob, cl, pf, perc, tape or 3 musical boxes See Programme note.
Texts from John Ruskin and St Francis of Assisi; duration: 12 minutes
First perf: Dorothy Fisher, Elaine Byers, Helen Ritchie, David Byers, Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music, Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, 6 January 1974.
NB: Sadly the three specified musical boxes have been lost over the years!
First perf: Dorothy Fisher, Elaine Byers, Helen Ritchie, David Byers, Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music, Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, 6 January 1974.
NB: Sadly the three specified musical boxes have been lost over the years!
duration: 10 minutes (variable)
First perf: Les Amis de la Musique, St Catherine's Hall, Dublin, 11 June 1977.
First perf: Les Amis de la Musique, St Catherine's Hall, Dublin, 11 June 1977.
Short clip from Pholypony
Pholypony.mp3
Triptych (1977) viola/piano
dedicated to Lynda Byrne and Tony Byrne
dedicated to Lynda Byrne and Tony Byrne
3 movements; duration: 15 minutes See Programme note.
First perf: Anthony Byrne, viola, Lynda Byrne, piano, Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music, Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, 11 January 1978. Commissioned by the Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music.
First perf: Anthony Byrne, viola, Lynda Byrne, piano, Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music, Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, 11 January 1978. Commissioned by the Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music.
William Cowper: His Delight (1978) ob, cl, bsn, pf / tpt, tbn, org / fl, vla, vcl, hpsd
duration: 12 minutes See Programme note.
First perf: QUBEnsemble, cond. Adrian Thomas, Belfast Festival at Queen's, Harty Room, QUB, 13 November 1979. Commissioned by Belfast Festival at Queen's.
First perf: QUBEnsemble, cond. Adrian Thomas, Belfast Festival at Queen's, Harty Room, QUB, 13 November 1979. Commissioned by Belfast Festival at Queen's.
7 songs; duration:15 minutes. Poems by Nora Hopper, W.B. Yeats. Katherine Tynan and Trad.
First perf: Concorde, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1 February 1981, followed by a tour of Holland for the Gaudeamus Foundation. Commissioned by Concorde.
First UK perf: Concorde, November 1981, Elmwood Hall, Belfast Festival at Queen's.
Also performed by Concorde in the National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin, 20 February 1982.
First perf: Concorde, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1 February 1981, followed by a tour of Holland for the Gaudeamus Foundation. Commissioned by Concorde.
First UK perf: Concorde, November 1981, Elmwood Hall, Belfast Festival at Queen's.
Also performed by Concorde in the National Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin, 20 February 1982.
Moonshadows (1981) Mezzo, fl, cl, hn, vln, vcl,pf See Programme note.
9 songs to poems by Joseph Campbell; duration: 20'.
First complete perf: Elaine Barry, Lontano, St Bartholomew's Festival, London, 24 June 1982.
First complete perf: Elaine Barry, Lontano, St Bartholomew's Festival, London, 24 June 1982.
At the still point of the turning world (1981) string quartet See Programme note.
duration: 15 minutes
First perf: Arditti String Quartet, Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music, 7 January 1982. Commissioned by the Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music.
First perf: Arditti String Quartet, Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music, 7 January 1982. Commissioned by the Dublin Festival of 20th Century Music.
Short clip from At the still point of the turning world
At the still point of the turning world.mp3
St. Columba and the Crane (1985) A Nō Play for tuba & tape See Programme note.
dedicated to Hilary Bracefield
dedicated to Hilary Bracefield
See the listing for this piece under Solo and Keyboard.
Moon is our breathing (1985) string quintet, wind quintet, percussion See Programme note.
duration: to follow
First perf: Ulysses Ensemble, cond. Colman Pearce, Carroll's Summer Music series, Dublin, 21 May 1985.
First perf: Ulysses Ensemble, cond. Colman Pearce, Carroll's Summer Music series, Dublin, 21 May 1985.
The Deer's Horn (1988) Runes for oboe & viola
dedicated to Jane O'Leary
dedicated to Jane O'Leary
duration: 8 minutes.
First perf: Helmut Seeber, oboe, Elizabeth Csibi, viola, Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin, 6 March 1988. Commissioned by Concorde with funds from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to celebrate the Dublin Millennium.
First perf: Helmut Seeber, oboe, Elizabeth Csibi, viola, Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin, 6 March 1988. Commissioned by Concorde with funds from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to celebrate the Dublin Millennium.
Sweeney Erect; Sweeney amongst the nightingales (1988?) Sop/ chamber ensemble)
The Journey of the Magi (1991) string quartet
dedicated to Hilary Bracefield
dedicated to Hilary Bracefield
duration: 15 minutes
First perf: Britten String Quartet (Peter Manning, Keith Pascoe, Peter Lale, Andrew Shulman), Belfast Music Society, Elmwood Hall, Belfast, 9 February 1991. Commissioned by the Belfast Music Society with the financial assistance of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to mark the 70th anniversary of the BMS.
First perf: Britten String Quartet (Peter Manning, Keith Pascoe, Peter Lale, Andrew Shulman), Belfast Music Society, Elmwood Hall, Belfast, 9 February 1991. Commissioned by the Belfast Music Society with the financial assistance of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to mark the 70th anniversary of the BMS.
See Programme note.
Short clip from The Journey of the Magi
The Journey of the Magi.mp3
dedicated to Jonathan
Written for Jonathan Byers to play in the heats for BBC Young Musician of the Year.
See the listing for this piece under Solo and Keyboard.
Kilian's Trope (2019) string quartet
'for Raymond Warren at 90'
duration: 4 minutes
First perf: The Ligeti String Quartet (Mandhira de Saram, Patrick Dawkins, Richard Jones, Val Welbanks), Harty Room, Queen's University, Belfast, 17 July 2019.
See Programme note.
Miscellaneous arrangements include:
For string quartet -
For string quartet -
Tomkins A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times
A YouTube performance by the Badke Quartet is available here.
(NB: this link takes you outside this website)
(NB: this link takes you outside this website)