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At the Still Point of the Turning World – Opus 41 (1980)

Chamber Music, Instrumental Ensemble, Programme Notes

Programme note This work marks the composer’s return to small-scale chamber music after a series of larger works. The title is taken from TS Eliot’s Burnt Norton. The sustained B which opens and closes the work and which recurs at intervals suggests the...

Cracowian Counterpoints – Opus 38 (1977)

Chamber Music, Instrumental Ensemble, Large Ensemble

I. Interplay; II. Pastorale; III. Allegro Vivo Cracowian Counterpoints was conceived and sketched out while the composer was on a visit to Poland and staying in the old city of Cracow. The work was commissioned by the London Sinfonietta specially for performance at...

Country Search – Opus (1974)

Chamber Music, Instrumental Ensemble

also available for Solo Piano Details Written 1974 Instrumental Ensemble Length 4′ Commission: BBC, for the television series of the same...

Intersections – Opus 20 (1973)

Chamber Music, Instrumental Ensemble, Large Ensemble, Programme Notes

Intersections was commissioned by the Julliard Ensemble and premièred at the Lincoln Centre, New York in 1973. The work is scored for flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion and requires three different types of ensemble synchronization:...

Floating Music – Opus 26 (1974)

Chamber Music, Ensemble, Instrumental Ensemble, Keyboard, Programme Notes

Floating Music was commissioned by Spectrum and was first performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1974 conducted by Guy Protheroe. The work has a distinct Polish influence both in notation and textural manipulation. The piece is primarily concerned with the blending...

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