[Orchestra and Large Ensemble]
[Chamber]
[Choral]
[Guitar]
Orchestra and Large Ensemble
Schizophonia : music for three ensembles in three locations
for 4 solo voices and choir (SATB), wind orchestra, and string orchestra with electric continuo and digital media
Words by Sean Cubitt , Walt Whitman and Esther Dyson
Co-commission from BBCNOW and ILIOS 2002
50 min
Conversations in Colour (with digital artist Joseph Hyde)
music for three ensembles and digital media in three locations
words by Josef Albers, Bridget Riley and Margaret Morgan (after Lucretius)
Commissioned by BBC Wales
25 min
For bass voice and orchestra
Commissioned by Hull Philharmonic Orchestra for the Cultural Olympiad 2012
Bass voice, solo piano, as 3.3.3.3-4.2.3.1-elpno/sampler-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba–
perc2:3susp.cym/2gongs/4hi-drums/claves/maracas/triangle-strings (12,10,8,8,4)
Words by Phil Legard and Nigel Morgan after the book Half Mile Down by William Beebe
30 min
Study for orchestra
3.3.3.3-4.2.3.1-elpno-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba–
perc2:3susp.cym/2gongs/4hi-drums/claves/maracas/triangle-strings (12,10,8,8,4)
8 min
versions for septet, chamber orchestra and full orchestra
2.2.2.2-2.2.3-elpno(opt.elgtr)-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba–
perc2:3susp.cym/2gongs/4hi-drums/claves/maracas/triangle-strings
15-20 min
versions for septet, chamber orchestra and full orchestra
2.2.2.2-2.2.3-elpno(opt.elgtr)-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba–
perc2:3susp.cym/2gongs/4hi-drums/claves/maracas/triangle-strings
15-20 min
versions for septet, chamber orchestra and full orchestra
2.2.2.2-2.2.3-elpno(opt.elgtr)-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba
-perc2:BD/3susp.cym/2gongs/5hi-drums/snare/claves/maracas/triangle-strings
15-20 min
versions for septet, chamber orchestra and full orchestra (with solo viola)
2.2.2.2-2.2.3-elpno(opt.elgtr)-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba
-perc2:BD/3susp.cym/2gongs/5hi-drums/snare/claves/maracas/triangle-strings
15-20 min
versions for septet, chamber orchestra and full orchestra (with solo percussion)
2.2.2.2-2.2.3-elpno(opt.elgtr)-solodb-perc1:vibes/marimba
-perc2:BD/3susp.cym/2gongs/5hi-drums/snare/claves/maracas/triangle-strings
15-20 min
for variable ensemble
versions available for chamber orchestra and full orchestra
commissioned by Norwich Students Orchestra
20 min
Heartstone – for wind, brass, percussion and piano
20 min
La Serenissima – concerto for violin and strings
8 min
Objects of Curiosity I – for string orchestra
4.4.2.2.1 minimum
a version of the string quartet
Objects of Curiosity (SuperCity)
12 min
Objects of Curiosity II – for double bass and string orchestra
a version of the double bass and piano piece
Objects of Curiosity (The Prisoner)
20 min
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Chamber
Objects of Curiosity (SuperCity) – string quartet (with digital media)
Commissioned for the Kronos Quartet
9 min
Objects of Curiosity (The Prisoner) – double bass and piano
20 min
Vehemence – quartet for clarinet in Eb, violin, violoncello and piano
25 min
The Arrival of Spring, part 1 – for wind quintet
17 min
Chicago Quartet #1 – for mixed ensemble
24 min
Axioms – saxophone quartet with keyboard, bass and percussion
15-20 min
Le Jardin Sec – string quartet
Commissioned for the Johnston Quartet
7 min
Quintet – for piano and winds
12-15 min
Seven Archetypes – for wind quintet
14 min
Fifteen Images (Le Jardin Pluvieux)
Harmony music for wind octet
20 – 45 min
Fifteen Images (Le Jardin Pluvieux) – for tenor instrument and piano
20 – 45 min
Allegories – string quartet
10 min
Imperatives – string quartet
16 min
String Trio – for string trio
5 min
After Hindemith – for violin, cello and piano
12 min
Treeness – for viola and chamber organ
9 min
Danse Car̻me Рfor viola and piano
8 min
Four Commentaries – for piano and violoncello
10 min
Every Picture Tells a Story – fantasy piece for violoncello and piano
6 min
A World of Miracles: 12 Reflections on Childhood and Memory – for violin and piano
22 min
For violoncello and piano
5 min
Flights – for violin and percussion
12 min
TOUCHED BY MACHINE? A sequence of four chamber works written between 1988 and 1991 exploring computer assisted composition using the tools of the MIDI studio.
DUO – bass trombone and percussion
Commissioned by Eastern Arts Association
10 min
DUO – horn and percussion
Commissioned by Eastern Arts Association
10 min
TRIO – violin, clarinet, and piano
Commissioned by Eastern Arts Association
12 min
QUARTET – string quartet
Commissioned by the Norwich Triennial Festival
25 min
EDGE – for wind quartet
Commissioned for the Woodnotes Quartet
10 min
Music for Sculptures – 4 players (variable instrumentation of diverse timbres)
Commissioned by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
25 min
Quatuor Des Timbres – 4 players (variable instrumentation of diverse timbres)
20 min
Eurus – septet with improvising musician
15 – 25 min
Seven Magical Preludes – for percussion sextet
Commissioned for the percussionists of BBCNOW
10 min
keyboard and percussion quartet
4 min
Ricercares – for brass sextet
Commissioned for the brass ensemble of Opera North
12 min
Nocturns – flute and guitar
15 min
Innocence – flute, bassoon and piano
12 min
Beowulf Music – guitar and percussion
Commissioned by the National Theatre
20 min
Fragments – for soprano sax and piano
Commissioned for Tony Coe
8 min
The Terrain of Inference – for oboe and vibraphone
5 min
Conversation with Magic Stones – for solo contrabass instrument and small ensemble
Comissioned by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
10 min
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Choral
Nine Figures on a Hill – Choral Songs for Double Choir (SSAATTBB)
Commissioned for Cantemus Wales
Words by Margaret Morgan
17 minutes
The World Below the Brine – for large chorus (SATB)
Words by Walt Whitman
7 minutes
Five Studies after Josef Albers – for choir (SATB) and piano
words by Josef Albers, Bridget Riley and Margaret Morgan (after Lucretius)
15 min
Vocalism (from Schizophonia) – for choir (SATB) and electric piano
Words by Walt Whitman
12 minutes
Esther Dyson’s 12 Design Rules (from Schizophonia) – for choir (SATB) and keyboard,
(with optional double bass and vibraphone)
words by Esther Dyson
10 min
The Present Moment is the Only Real Time – for girls’ voices and electric piano
Commissioned for the Hepworth Centenary by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
with funds from the Worshipful Company of Musicians
Words by Dame Barbara Hepworth
10 min
The Text is a Star – for soloists (ATB), choir (SSATB) and chamber organ
Words by Margaret Morgan (after the sermon preached before King James
on Christmas Day 1622 by Bishop Lancelot Andrewes)
Commissioned for the 400th Anniversary of the consecration as Bishop of Lancelot Andrewes
20-25 minutes
Under Attermire Scar – for chamber choir (SATB)
words by Nigel Morgan
8 minutes
Study of the Object – for voices (SATB)
15 minutes
A Year of Colour – 12 songs for chamber choir (SATB)
Words by Nigel Morgan
40 minutes
Advent Collects – choir (SATB)
Commissioned by Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir
Words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Christmas Collects – choir (SATB) and chamber organ
Words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Gloria à Tre Cori – voices (SSSAAATTTBBB) and chamber organ
4 min
The Heavens are Telling – Three Spiritual Madrigals for choir (SSATB)
Words from Psalms 8, 18 and 28, reintrepreted by Margaret Morgan
12 min
In Finem Psalmus David – 4 solo singers (SATB)
Commissioned for Det Norsk Solistkor
7 min
Swallows – three equal voices (SSS or TTT)
Words by Kathleen Jamie
7 min
Instantis Adventum Dei – female voices (SA) and chamber organ
Commissioned for Stanbrook Abbey
4 min
Te Joseph Celebrent – female voices (SA) and chamber organ
5 min
Ut Queant Laxis – female voices (SA) and chamber organ
5 min
Dominus Possedit Me – solo soprano, choir (SATB) and chamber organ
2 min
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Solo Voice
Stone and Flower – song cycle for mezzo soprano and electric piano
Commissioned for the Hepworth Centenary by Yorkshire Sculpture Park with funds from the Britten Pears Foundation
Words by Kathleen Raine
40 min
The Man with the Golden Key – 12 songs for baritone voice and piano
Version for tenor voice also available
Words by Margaret Morgan
20 min
Origami Letters – Nine songs for tenor voice and piano/string quartet
Words by Nigel Morgan
20 min
The Wakefield Nativity – A cycle of eleven songs for tenor voice and chamber organ
Words by Nigel Morgan
15 min
Filey Brigg – Solo voice and piano
10 min
For bass voice and piano
Words by Robert Francis
6 min
For bass baritone and piano
Words by Phil Legard and Nigel Morgan, after William Beebe
20-25 min
Heart of The Rock – a song sequence for mezzo-soprano voice and three musicians
(recital version for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano)
Words by Ray Howard-Jones
20 min
Pleasing Myself – six songs for soprano and piano, after the textile images of Janet Bolton
Words by Nigel Morgan
20 min
Improving Silence – three Quaker texts for soprano voice and guitar
10 min
The Conscience Pure – three Quaker texts for midwinter, soprano voice and guitar
10 min
Travelling Songs – for voice and small ensemble (piccolo, alto saxophone, double bass)
Words by Simon Armitage
Commissioned for the Hepworth Centenary by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
with funds from the Worshipful Company of Musicians
10 min
Making a Name – for voice and keyboard
Words by Simon Armitage
Commissioned for the Hepworth Centenary by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
with funds from the Worshipful Company of Musicians
5 min
Many Years and No Turning – for voice, viola and percussion
Words by Gerry Loose
10 min
Sonnances Book 1 – song cycle for medium voice and piano
Words by Ralph Ullmann
15 min
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Piano and Keyboard
Touching the Distance – solo piano
15 min
The White Light of Wonder: Scenes from Childhood – solo piano
Commissioned for the 150th Anniversary of the death of Robert Schumann on 29 July 1856
22 min
Fifteen Images (Le Jardin Pluvieux)
– solo piano
20 – 45 min
Signature Moments (from Sounding the Deep)
– solo piano
20 min
Gifts from the Pavement – solo keyboard (with optional ensemble)
20 – 30 min
The Goethe Triangle – solo piano
(with optional amplification and processing)
15 min
Tidemarks – solo piano
15 min
Rising Falling Hovering – solo piano
5 min
Toccata – solo piano
5 min
keyboard and percussion quartet
4 min
Seven Nuptial Blessings – piano duet
9 min
Mapping Yorkshire – two pianists
8 min (or variable duration)
Piece D’Orgue – for organ
Commissioned for the organists of Wakefield Cathedral
12 minutes
Every Picture Tells a Story – for amplified harpsichord and digital media
Visual Design by Phil Legard
5 min
Interactions – solo piano (left hand)
Commissioned by Bretton College for Naomi Osuga
10 min
ARRAY: Compass – for piano or keyboard with interactive system
Commissioned by Bretton College for Naomi Osuga
10 min
Projects – two pianos
Commissioned by the National Conservatoire of Greece
7 min
Migrations – for two pianos
8 min
Yu / Enthusiasm – for piano duo
15-20 min
Chin / Progress – for piano duo
15-20 min
K’un / The Receptive – for piano duo
15-20 min
Forms in Movement – solo piano
10 min
An Invention for Mr. K – solo keyboard instrument
7 min
Slonimsky Studies: Set 1 – solo piano
10 min
Rilievo Schiacciato – four studies for Disklavier
6 minutes
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Guitar
Dreaming Aloud – solo guitar
Commissioned for Alan Thomas
12 min
System Studies – solo guitar
Commissioned for Julio D’Escrivan
10 min
Sense of Place – four seasons for solo guitar
Commissioned with funds from Arts Council England
35 min
Four Preludes – for electric guitar and computer-driven synthesisers
Commissioned for Electric Spring @ Huddersfield University
10 min
Continuum with Blues – electric guitar and Active Notation System
Commissioned for Alan Thomas
10 min
Improving Silence – Three Quaker texts for soprano voice and guitar
10 min
The Conscience Pure – three Quaker texts for midwinter, soprano voice and guitar
10 min
Nocturns – flute and guitar
15 min
Beowulf Music – guitar and percussion
Commissioned by the National Theatre
20 min
Chromium 2 (Alexis Kirke – edited Nigel Morgan) – solo guitar
A collaboration with the composer and mathematician Alexis Kirke
6 minutes
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