Music theatre
William Derrincourt:
an entertainment for baritone, male chorus and instrumental ensemble (1977-79, rev. 1984)
Text: selected and edited by the composer from the autobiography 'Old Convict Days' by William Derrincourt (Sydney,1892)
Duration: 55 mins
Bar, male chorus (minimum 16) fl/picc, cl/Ebcl/bcl, sop.sax, bsn, hn, tpt, trbn, perc(2), pft(2), vln, vlc.
Dedication: 'to Pattie Benjamin'
FP 31.8.79 Perth: Sam Atlas/Instrumental Ensemble/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Faber Music
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North: a journey for baritone and 6 players (1982-83)
Text: Matsuo Basho (1644-94) - in English
Duration: 40 mins
Bar, fl/picc/afl, cl/Ebcl/bcl, perc, pft, vln, vlc
Commissioned by The Fires of London
Dedication: 'to Peter Maxwell Davies'
FP 29.11.83 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall: The Fires of London/John Carewe/Brian Rayner Cook
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Orchestra
Variations for Strings (1964, rev. 1967)
Duration: 8 mins
String Orchestra 6.6.4.4.2
Dedication: to Bill York (inadvertantly omitted from the published score)
FP (revised version) 17.11.67 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall: English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard
Publisher: Faber Music, full score (F0168) on sale
Gloria Tibi Trinitas I, for orchestra (1965 rev. 1969)
Duration: 12 mins
2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp-harps(2)-strings: 12.12.8.8.8 or 8.8.6.4.4
Dedication: 'to the memory of Ferrucio Busoni (1886-1924)'
FP 30.9.69 Liverpool: RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
Publisher: Faber Music
Symphony (1979-81)
Duration: 31 mins
3.3.3.3-4.4.3.1-timp-perc(5)-harp(2)-pft/cel-elec.organ-strings: 12.12.8.8.8
Commissioned by the BBC
Dedication: 'in memory of Pauline Steele'
FP 25.8.82 London, BBC Promenade Concert: BBC PO/Edward Downes
Publisher: Faber Music, full score (F0699) on sale
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Diptych (Homage to Brian Blanchflower), for large orchestra (1990-91)
I Sea-Nocturne II Particle Madness
Duration: 20 mins
3.3.3.3-4.4.3.1-timp-perc(4)-harp-pft-strings: 14.12.8.8.6
Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Dedication: 'to Brian and Colleen Blanchflower'
FP 6/7.9.91 Perth, Concert Hall: West Australian SO/Jorge Mester
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Chimera (1994)
Duration: 20 mins
2(II picc).2.2.2-4.3.3.1-perc(4)-timp-pft-strings: 10.10.8.8.8-tape
Commissioned by the West Australian Ballet Company with financial assistance from the Performing Arts Board of the Australian Council
Dedication: to Chrissie Parrott
FP 26.10.1994 Perth, His Majesty's Theatre: West Australian Ballet and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra/Warwick Stengards, Chrissie Parrott (choreographer)
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Close to the Edge: 8 pieces for orchestra (1994-95)
1 Horizon I
2 Wave
3 Shoreline
4 Boat
5 Brisk Wind
6 Lighthouse
7 Flotsam
8 Horizon II
Duration: ca 18 mins
3(III picc).3(III cor ang).3(III bcl).3(III cbsn)-4.3.3.1-perc(3)-harp-celesta-timp-strings: 12.12.8.8.8
Commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with financial assistance from t he Performing Arts Board of the Australian Council
FP 24.08.1995 by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Orchestra + solo instruments
Beat Music, for orchestra with 4 soloists (1971)
Duration: 15 mins
Orchestra (seated in 3 groups):
3.3.4. alto sax, ten. sax.1, c bsn - 3.4.3.1-perc(3) - bass guitar - elec.pft - elec.hpschd
- strings 16.0.6.4.4
Soloists: soprano sax, elec.viola, perc, synthesizer
Publisher: Faber Music
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Konzertstück, for violin and orchestra (1979-80)
Duration: 22 mins
2.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-perc(2)-harp-cel-strings 12.10.8.6.4
Commisioned by the Festival of Perth
Dedication: 'to Joan and Stan Dilkes'
FP 23.2.80 Perth: West Australian SO/David Measham/Ashley Arbuckle
Publisher: Faber Music
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1984-85)
Duration: 26 mins
3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timp-perc(3)-harp-cel-solo piano-strings 12.0.6.4.4
Commissioned by the BBC for European Music Year 1985
Dedication: 'to my parents, in gratitude'
FP 11.8.85 Swansea, Brangwen Hall: BBC Welsh SO/Howard Williams/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Oboe Concerto (1995-96)
Duration: ca 21 mins
2(II picc).0.2.2-2.2.0.0-perc(3)-solo oboe-strings: 8.8.4.4.4
Dedication: 'for Joel Marangella'
FP 05.06.1996 Perth concert Hall: West Australian Symphony Orchestra/ En Shao, Joel Marangella (oboe)
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Cello Concerto: for cello and 17 players (1985-1996)
see: ensemble
Figures in a Landscape, for solo bassoon and 13 strings (1996)
see: ensemble
Concerto for contra-bassoon, with double string orchestra, harp and percussion (1997-98)
FP 26.03.1998 Perth Concert Hall, West Australian Symphony Orchestra/Roger Smalley, Natasha Woodley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Piano Concerto No. 2 (2004)
Duration: ca 20 mins
2(II picc).2.2(II bcl).2-2.2.3.1-perc(3)-timp-solo piano-strings: 14.12.10.8.6
Commissioned by Ars Musica Australis for the Sydney Youth Orchestra and John Chen, winner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition
FP Sydney Youth Orchestra/ Ron Prussing, John Chen, piano
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Ensemble
String Sextet (1963-65)
Duration: 11 mins
2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos
FP 1.12.68 London, Victoria and Albert Museum: Melos Ensemble/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Faber Music
Missa Parodia II, for nonet (1967)
Duration: 16 mins
1.1.1.0-1.1.1.0-pft-vln-vla
(May be performed alone or after Missa Parodia I)
Commissioned by Dartington Hall Summer School
FP 9.10.67 London, Macnaghten Concert , Wigmore Hall: William York Ensemble
Publisher: Faber Music
Pulses (1969, rev. 1985-86)
Duration: ca 35 mins
Brass, percussion and live electronics: 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 6 trombones and 5 percussion, with amplification and ring modulation
Commisioned by the London Sinfonietta
Dedication: 'to Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mary Bauermeister'
FP 20.6.69 London, Queen Elizabeth Hall: London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
Publisher: Faber Music
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Strata, for 15 solo strings (1970-71)
Duration: ca 30 mins
10.0.2.2.1
Dedication: 'to Sarah Smalley'
FP 19.2.73 London, Round House: BBC SO/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Faber Music
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Zeitebenen, for live electronic ensemble (4 players) and 4-channel tape (1973)
Duration: 45 mins
Player 1 piano/elec.organ/perc/voice
Player 2 viola/perc/voice
Player 3 sop.sax/bsn/perc/voice
Player 4 perc/voice
(Additional players may be used if the above doublings are not available)
Commissioned by West German Radio (WDR, Koln)
Dedication: 'in memory of Barbara Frecot'
FP 5.10.73 Dusseldorf: Intermodulation
Publisher: Faber Music
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String Quartet (1978-79)
Duration: 18 mins
Commissioned by the Festival of Perth
Dedication: 'to the Arensky Quartet'
FP 6.3.79 Perth: Arensky Quartet
Publisher: Faber Music
Impulses, for sextet (1986)
Duration: 12 mins
fl, trbn, perc, pft, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, vlc
Commissioned by Flederman
Dedication: 'to the members of Flederman'
FP 15.6.86 Sydney: Flederman/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Ceremony I, for percussion quartet (1986-87)
Duration: ca 15 mins
Dedication: 'for David Pye and the Nova Ensemble'
FP 19.7.87 Perth: Nova Ensemble
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Strung Out (1987-88)
Duration: 14 mins
13 solo strings 8.0.2.2.1
Commissioned by The University of Western Australia
Dedication: 'to David Blenkinsop'
FP 20.2.88 Perth: Soloists of Australia/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Ceremony II, for sextet (1989, rev. 1990)
Duration: 15 mins
fl/picc/a fl, cl/Ebcl/bcl, perc, pft, vln, vlc
Commissioned by The Seymour Group
Dedication: 'for Cathie'
FP 27.10.89 Sydney, Everest Theatre: The Seymour Group
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Poles Apart (1990-92)
Duration: 15 mins
fl, bcl, vln, vla, vlc
Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble
FP 15.8.92 Sydney, Clancy Auditorium: The Australia Ensemble
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Trio for violin, cello and piano (1990-91)
Duration: 13 mins
Commissioned by the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
Dedication: 'to Geoffrey Michaels'
FP 9/10.7.91 Melbourne, Melba Hall: Guild, Gould, Matisse and Kandinsky Trios
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Cello Concerto for cello and 17 players (1985-1996)
Duration: 17 mins
Fl/picc, ob, Acl/Ebcl, bcl, bsn/cbsn, 2 hn, tpt, trbn
(tenor/bass), tuba, perc, pft, 2 vn, vla,
vcl, cb (5 strings)
Dedication: 'for Raphael Wallfisch and the WASO 20th-Century Ensemble'
FP 19.02.1997 Perth Concert Hall: Raphael Wallfisch and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra's 20th Century Ensemble, conducted by Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Figures in a Landscape, for solo bassoon and 13 strings (1994)
solo bassoon, 8 vn, 2 vla, 2 vlc, cb
Commissioned by
FP 20.06.1996 Sydney, Paddington Town Hall: Australian Chamber Orchestra/David Porcelijn
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1992-99)
10 mins 35
Acl, vla, pft
Dedication: 'dedicated, with love, to another Trio - Rachel, James & Molly'
FP 1999 London, Spitalfields Festival: Continuum Ensemble
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Crepuscule for piano quartet (1998-99)
Duration: 21 mins
vn, vla, vlc, pft
Commissioned by the Australian Piano Quartet
FP Fremantle (WA), Notre Dame University
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
String Quartet no. 2 (1999)
Duration: 23 mins
Commissioned by
FP The Adelaide Festival 2002: the Australian String Quartet
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Trio for horn, violin and piano (2000-02)
Duration: 22 mins
Commissioned by Darryl Poulsen
Dedication: 'to Darryl & Paul'
FP 01.08.2002 Perth, Octagon Theatre: Darryl Poulsen, Paul Wright, Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Piano Quintet (2003)
Duration:
2 vn, vla, vlc, pft
John Bishop Memorial Commission for 2004
FP 10.03.2004 Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Town Hall: the Australian String Quartet and Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Kaleidoscope for 12 players (2000-03)
Duration: 10 mins
1.1.1.1-1.1.0.0.-perc(1), harp, strings: 1.1.1.1.0
Commissioned by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Janet Holmes-à-Court for the orchestra's 75th anniversary
Dedication:
'to Carl Edwards, Karl Akers and Chris White'
FP 12.04.2003 Perth Concert Hall: members of the West-Australian Symphony Orchestra
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Footwork (2006)
(Previously known as Birthday Tango)
Duration:
String orchestra (6.4.3.3.1)
Commissioned by Barbara Blackman
Dedication: 'To Barbara Blackman with respect and affection'
FP 2006 Newcastle: Australian Chamber Orchestra
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Divertimento for flute and string trio (2008)
fl, vn, vla, vlc
Toccata for instrumental sextet (2008)
fl, ob, 2 vn, vla, vlc
Choral
Missa Brevis (1966-67)
Duration: 17 mins
16 solo voices (S.A.T.B.) unaccompanied
Text: Latin
FP of final version 29.6.67 London, BBC Promenade Concert: John Alldis Choir
Publisher: Faber Music, score (F0154) on sale
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Gloria tibi Trinitas II, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1966)
Text: from the Revelations of St. John the Divine (in Latin)
Duration:
Soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass soloists
Double Choir (S.A.T.B. x 2)
4.4.0.4. - 4.4.2.2. - timp. - 12.10.8.8.6.
Publisher: Faber Music
The Crystal Cabinet (1967)
Duration: 4 mins
S.A.T.B. (min 16) unaccompanied
Text: William Blake
Novello, score on sale (obtainable through Faber Music)
The Song of the Highest Tower, for soprano, baritone, chorus, strings, brass and percussion (1967-68)
Duration: ca 20 mins
Texts: Artur Rimbaud (in French), William Blake (in English)
Soprano and baritone solos - S.A.T.B. (min 84)
0.0.0.0-2.1.1.1-perc(6)-strings 16.0.6.4.2
Commissioned by the City of London Festival
FP 11.7.68 London, Mansion House: Josephine Nendick/John Carol Case/Philomusica of London/London Choral Society/Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/London Percussion Ensemble/John Tobin and Roger Smalley
Publisher: Faber Music
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Barcarolle (from William Derrincourt - extracted and revised 1982)
Duration: 4 mins
Male Chorus (T.B.), 2 pft, 2 perc, sop. sax
Publisher: Faber Music
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The Southland (1986-88)
Duration: ca 55 mins
Texts: Jack Davies, Taufiq Ismail, Charles Thatcher, traditional, Chief Seattle
Double Choir (S.A.T.B. x2)
Orchestra 4.4.4.4-4.4.3.1-timp-perc(4)-organ-strings 12.10.8.8.6
Didgeridoo
Gamelan ensemble (10 players)
Folk Group (flute, violin, accordian, guitar)
Commissioned by the Australian Bicentennial Authority
Dedication: 'to Sir Frank Callaway and Peter Sculthorpe, pioneers of Australian music'
FP 4.6.88 Perth: WA Youth Orchestra, Conservatorium Big Choir, University of W.A. Gamelan Ensemble/Richard Gill
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Vocal
3 Poems of Walter de la Mare, for soprano and piano (1961, rev. 1970)
Duration: 5 mins
Dedication: 'to Jane Manning'
Publisher: Faber Music
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Elegies, for soprano, tenor, strings, brass and bells (1965)
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration:
0.0.0.0.-4.6.3.1.-tubular bells-12.12.12.12.6.
Dedication: to Penelope Hales (Souster)
Unperformed
Publisher: Faber Music
Nine Lives - A Song Cycle about Cats, for soprano and piano (2008)
Duration: 18 mins
FP 28.3.2008
Callaway Music Auditorium, The University of Western Australia: Sara McLiver (sop) Roger Smalley (pft)
Farewell Concert for Emeritus Professor Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Instrumental solos and duos
Piano Pieces I-V (1962-5)
Duration: 6 mins
Publisher: Faber Music, score (F0191) on sale
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Missa Parodia I (1967)
Duration: 15 mins
Solo piano
(May be performed alone or before Missa Parodia II)
Commissioned by Dartington Hall Summer School
Dedication: 'to Stephen Savage'
FP 9.10.67 London, Wigmore Hall: Roger Smalley
Publisher: Faber Music
Transformation (1968-69, rev. 1971)
Duration: 12 mins
Piano with live electronic modulation (2 performers required)
Commissioned by Goldsmith's Concert Society
FP 27.3.69 London, Goldsmith's Hall: Roger Smalley/Tim Souster
Publisher: Faber Music
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Monody (1971-72)
Duration: 10 mins
Piano with live electronic modulation
Dedication: 'to Martin Kingsbury'
FP 4.3.72 London, Macnaghten Concert, St. John's Smith Square: Roger Smalley
Publisher: Faber Music, score (F0503) on sale
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Accord (1974-75)
Duration: 45 mins
2 pianos
Commissioned by the Park Lane Group
Dedication: 'to Anne Hanrahan'
FP 13.12.75 London, Purcell Room: Roger Smalley and Stephen Savage
Publisher: Faber Music, score (F0285) on sale
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Movement for flute and piano (1976-80, rev. 1985)
Duration: 10 mins
Dedication: 'to Helen Dilkes'
FP 6.7.80 Perth: Helen Dilkes (flute) and Roger Smalley (piano)
Publisher: Faber Music, score (F0701) on sale
Echo II (1978)
Duration: 9 mins
Cello with stereo tape-delay system
Dedication: 'for Rohan de Saram'
FP 18.6.78 Perth: Rohan de Saram
Publisher: Faber Music, score (F0714) on sale
Echo III (1978)
Duration: 13 mins
Trumpet with stereo tape-delay system
Dedication: 'for Gordon Webb'
FP 28.7.78 Perth: Gordon Webb
Publisher: Faber Music score (F0585) on sale
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Echo IV (1983)
Duration: 9 mins
Horn with stereo tape-delay system
Dedication: 'for Daryl Poulsen'
FP 23.10.83 Perth: Daryl Poulsen
Publisher: Faber Music
Barcarolle (1986)
Duration: 4 mins
Concert paraphrase of the Barcarolle from William Derrincourt
Solo piano
Dedication: 'to John White, on his 50th birthday'
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Variations on a Theme of Chopin (1988-89)
Duration: 10 mins
Solo piano
Dedication: 'to Cathie Travers'
FP 17.3.89 Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery: Ian Munro
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Albumblatt (1990)
Duration: 3 mins
Solo piano
Dedication: 'to Andrew Ford'
FP 17.6.91 Sydney, Belvoir Street Theatre: Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Ceremony III (1990)
Duration: 9 mins
Solo flute
Commissioned by The West Australian Flute Society
FP 31.3.91 Perth, Octagon Theatre: 5 finalists of the Fourth Australian Solo Flute Competition
Matilda Music Press (obtainable through the Australian Music Centre
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Landscape with Figures (1992)
Duration: 7 mins
Solo bassoon
Dedication: 'to Dick Letts'
Commisioned by the Australian Music Centre
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
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Music for an Imaginary Ballet (1994)
Duration: 10 mins
Solo percussionist
Dedication: 'to Paul Tanner'
Commissioned by Paul Tanner
FP 15.1.94 Perth: Paul Tanner
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
3 Studies in Black and White for solo piano (2002-04)
I. Gamelan: for the left hand alone
II. Moto perpetuo (with interruptions): for the right hand alone
III. Dialogue: for both hands.
Durations: Gamelan 8 mins; II. Moto perpetuo 4mins45sec; III. Dialogue 5 mins
Commissioned by
FP 07.04.200 Perth, Octagon Theatre: Emily Green-Armytage
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Lament for Victims of Natural Disasters for solo horn and 4 tam tams (2005)
FP 27.11.2005 Perth, Winthrop Hall: Darryl Poulsen (horn) and Roger Smalley (tam tams)
Suite for 2 violins (2007)
FP 2006 Adelaide (movts 1-4): Natsuko Yoshimoto and James Cuddeford
Morceau de concours (2008)
Commissioned by the Sydney International Piano Competition 2008
Tape
Didgeridoo, for 4 channel tape (1974)
Duration: 6 mins
Realised in the electronic music studio of The University of Western Australia
Incidental music
A Round of Silence, radio play by Christian Brooke-Rose (1963)
Giacometti, short documentary film by David Sylvester (1966)
Transcriptions
Transcriptions of works by Ch. V. Alkan (1813-1888)
Benedictus Op 54, for 2 pianos
Duration: 8 mins
Impromptu Op 69, for 2 pianos
Duration: 12 mins
8 Sketches from Op 63, for string quartet
Duration: 12 mins
10 Sketches from Op 63, for brass quintet
Duration: 15 mins
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Transcriptions of works by Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
10 Poems for Chamber Orchestra
Duration: 15 mins
1.1.1.1-1.1.1.0-harp-1.1.1.1.1
FP 10.8.90 Perth: WASO 20th Century Ensemble/Roger Smalley
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Transcription of Died For Love by Percy Grainger
Died for Love
Dedication: 'This one for Jeremy'
Duration: 2 mins
FP 8.3.2008 Epsom House, Richmond, Tasmania: Grainger Quartet
Published: Australian Music Centre
Transcriptions of 5 piano pieces by Leos Janacek
Little Suite for String Quartet
Duration: 10 mins
FP 11.3.2008 Sydney City Recital Hall: Grainger Quartet
Publisher: Australian Music Centre
Work list updated 2008.
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