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Frogs (1958) solo marimba
The Light Within (2007) alto fl, bass cl, vln, vcl, pno, vibraphone (crotales) & electronics
Music Box (2002) Bs cl & tape
Calligraphy (2002) fl (al. fl.), cl (bs. cl.), vln, vcl & vibes
Green (2021) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno Commissioned by HRSE with funding from ACNI
I want to tell you (2013) vln, vcl & tape
Songs of Travel (2024) cl (bass cl), vl, vc, pno, perc
Rogue Emoji (2019) fl (picc. afl.), cl (Eb, bcl.), vln & vcl
Ride Through (2015) solo vcl
Glacier (2012) mixed ensemble
Workers Union (1975) Any loud-sounding group of instruments
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Preludes (1999) vl, pno
Love, Loss and Exile (2022) sop, vc, pno
Cadenzas from an Invisible Concerto (2016) solo vcl Plus 2 Minus 3 (2016) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno (Honoury Mention 1st Peter Rosser Composition Award)
Five go to the Mystery Moor (2017) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno (Runner up 2nd Peter Rosser Composition Award)
Contrasts (1938) Bb cl, vln, pno
3 Miniatures (2001) solo vln
Revolver (2020) fl, bs. cl, vln, vcl & pno Commissioned by HRSE with funds from ACNI
3 Dances for Solo Snare Drum (1962) solo snare drum
Vier Stücke Op. 5 (1913) cl &pno
Adagio (Arrangement from Chamber Concerto II 1926) vl, cl & pno
Sequenza I (1958) solo flute
Sequenza IX (1980) solo cl
Sequenza VIII (1976) solo violin
Sequenza IXc (1980) solo bass clarinet
Sequenza XIV (2002) solo cello
Bogenstrich (2006 - 2009) vcl, pno & baritone
Dérive 1 (1984) fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno & perc
Anthèmes II (1995) vl, electronics
Dialogue de l’ombre double (1985) cl, electronics
Ghost Trance Music (1995-2006) mixed ensemble
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
The Sinking of the Titanic (1969) mixed ensemble
Concerto (1969) solo cl
2 Fantasias for Alto Flute (2004) solo alto flute
Constellations (2009) Pre-recorded multiple flutes and solo flute
Three Mobiles after Alexander Calder (2019) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno - Commissioned by HRSE with funding from ACNI
Solo Fantasias for Alto Flute (2004) solo fl (alto)
Downward in a freezing earth (2015) bass cl, vln, vcl & tape
Strum, Strum and be Hang’d (2005) vcl & tape
These are the clouds about the fallen Sun (2013) fl, Bb cl, vln, vcl, pno
In Search of a Human Dialogue (2014) fl, Bs cl, vln, vcl, pno
Idée Fixe fl/al fl, Bs cl, vln, vc, pno
Tre Correnti (2013) solo alto flute
Blunt Instrument (2008-9) bs cl & pno
Garden of Earthly Delights (2016) fl (alto, picc), Bb cl (bs cl), vln, vcl, pno & perc
Multiphonic Study (2012) Bs Clarinet
Carter Fragment (2011) Bb Clarinet
Ménage a Trois (2016) solo vcl
Pulled Down Out of the Young Breath-Giving Air (2016) vln, vla and vcl
Deluge, Fugue & Allegro (Vibes Version 2016) solo vibes
Three Movements on the work of William Scott (2017) fl (alto, picc), Bb cl (bs cl), vln, vcl, pno & perc
…for peace comes dropping slow (2017) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno Commissioned by HRSE
The Chronic Identity Crisis of Pamplemousse fl (alto & Picc), cl (bass cl), vln, vcl, pno harp, perc, countertenor, tenor, bass & chorus
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold fl (picc.), bs cl, vln, vcl &pno Written specially for HRSE
A Terrible Beauty II (Chamber Version 2019) fl (picc.), cl (bs cl), vln, vcl, pno & perc
Tout (2022) fl &pno
Death of a Naturalist (2020 arr. 2022) fl (picc. afl.), Bb cl (bcl.), vln, vcl & baritone
Unrest (2008, rev. 2013/2015/2023) fl (alto fl.), bass cl, vln, vcl & pno
Seul sous la grande indifference du ciel (2020) fl, cl, vln 1 & 2, vla, vcl & harp
Vigour Rigour Jigger (2008) solo vln
Takemitsu's Dream (2018) solo harp
The Slain Birds (2013) baritone, pno
Music for Three (1984-1987) fl, cl & perc
There Comes a Time (2015) fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno
Triple Duo (1983) fl (picc), Bb cl (Eb, bs cl), vln, vcl, pno & perc
Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux (1984) fl, cl & marimba
Excerpt from 4 Lauds (1984 - 2001) solo Violin
Gra (1993) solo cl
Phoenix (2006) fl, cl, vl, vc, pno
Sleep (2008) solo flute
3 Miniatures by G K Chesterton (2024) fl, cl, vl, vc, pno, sop
The Dismemberment of Pentheus (2023)
His Feet are Light and Nimble (2024) solo violin Commissioned by HRSE with funds from the PRSf
Con Coro (2011) vln, vcl & tape
In Umbra (2000 Rev. 2016) solo vcl
Non-Stop (2020) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno Commissioned by HRSE with funding from ACNI
Sisterhive (2021) cl (bs. cl.), vln & vcl Commissioned by HRSE with funding from PRSf
I AM LEDA (2021) fl, cl, vln & vcl
The wind cries over the state of her house (2022) fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno & perc
Three Girls in an August Garden (2025) solo cello
Inner (2009) amplified vcl & pno
Where Cobalt Waves Live (2017) solo pno
Chaconne (2007) solo pno
1987 (2008) bass fl, bass cl, vln, vcl & tape
Postlude No 8 (2012) vibraphone
These hills used to be forests (2024) fl (picc), cl (bass cl), vl, vc, pno, electronics
Danza de la Mariposa (2008) solo flute
Demonic Dance (2023) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno
Mephistophelian (2023) cl, vln & pno
Nine looks at Pierrot (2013) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno
Melodies and Mobiles (2021) fl (al. fl.), bs. cl, vln, vcl & pno Commissioned by HRSE with funding from ACNI
Caoines and Canons (2021) fl, cl, vln, vcl & pno Commissioned for HRSE by NMD with funding from Arts Council of Ireland
The Industry of Nostalgia (2025) fl, cl, vl, vc, pno Dedicated to HRSE and commissioned by the Fundación Sociedad Bach La Serena and funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
Solo...pronunciar. el nombre (2006) solo pno
Va alada (2009) solo pno
Eske (2013) vln, vcl & pno
Vox Balaenae (1971) fl, vcl & pno
Makrokosmos Night-Spell I (Sagittarius) (1972) solo piano
Night-Spell II: Ghost-Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge (Virgo) (1973) solo piano
Archie (2005) vln, vcl & pno
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble plays a large range of modern and contemporary repertoire from the early twentieth century to music where the ink is still wet. We have a particular focus on music by our own local composers, but we play the most engaging, and iconic international repertoire too.
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