Orchestra

Some years ago I wrote a piece for string orchestra called music for the world. It was a reaction to some disturbing political events occurring in the world at that time. I have recently extended the original idea with a string quartet extracted from the orchestra and located in the middle of the stage. I was interested in exploring the dichotomy of two different dimensions and musical gestures, and an interacting space where a “there-ness” – represented by the main orchestra – is opposed to a “here-ness” – epresented by the string quartet placed in its centre.

A string quartet, extracted from the orchestra, plays in the centre of the stage being surrounded by the rest of the orchestra.

Instrumentation: String Orchestra

Piano Concerto was written for solo microtonal piano with orchestra and choir. In order to perform this work, the solo piano must be de-tuned microtonally, that is by using quarter-tones and smaller intervals according to a specific tuning chart prepared for the performance of this music. The solo piano is echoed by a second microtonal piano in the orchestra; the tuning of the second piano being slightly different from the tuning of the solo piano. The orchestral piano acts as the resonator of the solo piano. Throughout the work, the interaction and complementation of the two pianos is enriched and contoured by the rest of the orchestra and the choir.

Instrumentation: Orchestra, Choir, Piano

Microphones needed for woodwinds, brass and strings. Live electronics: 2 reverberation units.

Instrumentation: Orchestra

First prize winner of the 1992 City of Lucerne Cultural Prize for Music, Switzerland. Selected by the SPNM (British Society for Promotion of New Music) in 1993.

Instrumentation: Orchestra, Choir

First prize winner of the 1995 Surrey Sinfonietta Orchestral Composition Competition, England.

First performed by the Surrey Sinfonietta, conducted by Jonathan Butcher, at Croydon Concert Hall, London, 5th February 1995.

Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra