ORCHESTRAL
represented by Australian Music Centre
http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/

Symphonies:
see Reviews - of the symphonies CD
and Articles - Journies Through Light and Dark (CD program notes)
Toward The Shining Light (Symphony #1) (1988) 21'
2(picc, afl) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2 - 4 3 3 1 - 3 perc - pf(cel) - strings
(Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Premiere: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Hiroyuki Iwaki 1988
Recordings: MSO cond. Richard Mills ABC Classics
Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera Records

Stars In A Dark Night (Symphony #2) (1989) 24'
2(picc, afl) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2(cbn) - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 3perc - hp, pf (cel) - strings [2db with low C]
(Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera Records

Voices From The Fire (Symphony #3) (1991) 23'
3(picc, afl) 3(ca) 3(bcl) 2 - 4 3 2 1 - timp, 3perc - pf(cel) - strings
(Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera Records

Born From Good Angel's Tears (Symphony #4) (1995) 18'
2 2 3 2 - 4 2 3 1- timp, 2 perc - hp, pf (cel) - strings
(Commissioned by the University of Melbourne)
Recordings: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera Records
TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics

Dark Side (Symphony #5) (1999) 35'
3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1- timp, 3 perc - strings
(Commissioned by the Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: Krasnoyarsk SO cond. Andrew Wheeler Etcetera Records

Tyranny of Distance (Symphony #) (2009) 38'
3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1- timp, 4 perc - soprano, didgeridoo, choir - strings + live visuals
(composed as Composer in Residence with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with the assistance of a University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor's Fellowship)
Premiere: October 17 2009, Hamer Hall, MSO cond. Warwick Stengards
Merlyn Quaife, sop; Jida Gulpilil, didgeridoo; MSO Chorus directed by Jonathan Grieves-Smith; visuals by Tim Gruchy
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts

Occasional:
Festive Overture (1981) 10'
2 2 2 2 - 4 3 3 2 - timp, 2perc - strings
(First Prize, 1981 Townsvile Pacific Composers' Competition)
Premiere: Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vanco Cavdarski
Recordings: MSO cond. Jorge Mester ABC Classics
TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics

The Mountain (1984) 9'
2(picc) 2(ca) 2 (bcl) - 2/2200 - timp, 1 perc - pf(cel) - strings
(Commissioned by the National Composers' Orchestral School 1984)
Recording: TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics

Battlements (1986) 12'
2 2(ca) 2+bcl 2+cbn - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 3perc - pf - strings
Premiere: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Karl Anton Rickenbacher

Dancing On A Volcano (1996) 15’

Catch The Joy — Overture for Orchestra (1998) 8'
(Commissioned by Betsy Heath for the 10th Anniversary of the Ovations Youth Orchestra, Wheeling West Virginia, USA)

Federation Flourish — Overture for Orchestra (1998) 8’
3 2 3 2 - 4 3 3 1 - timp, 2 perc - strings
(Commissioned by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Recording: MSO cond. Markus Stenz ABC Classics

Concertos with Orchestra:
Tuba and Orchestra (1985) 18'
2(picc) 2(ca) 2(bcl) 2(cbn) - 4 2 2 1 - 3 perc - hp - strings
(Equal First, Hambacher Prize, Germany)
Premiere: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cond. Michael Brimer; Frank Barzyk, tuba

Piano and Orchestra (1987) 17'
0 0 0 0 - 4 2 2 1 - timp, 3perc - strings
(Commissioned by the 1987 Musica Nova Festival, Brisbane)
Premiere: Queensland Symphony Orchestra cond. Richard Mills; Larry Sitsky, piano

Small Orchestra:
In A Brilliant Blaze (1993) 8’
(Commissioned by the Australian Youth Orchestra Camerata)

Dance in the Sunlight (2002) 5’
2 2 2 2 - 2 2 0 0 timp, 1 perc - strings
Premiere: Academy of Melbourne cond. Brett Kelly

String Orchestra:
Expedition (1985) 15'
(Commissioned by the Chamber Strings of Melbourne)

Timeless (2002) 10’
(Commissioned by the Pro Arte Orchestra and Jeff Crellin 2002)
Recording: TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics

Federation Square (Rooms of Wonders) (2003) 11’
(Commissioned by the Pro Arte Orchestra and Jeff Crellin 2003)
Recording: TSO cond. Ola Rudner ABC Classics

Yarra Yarra (2005) 10’
(Commissioned by the Pro Arte Orchestra and Jeff Crellin 2005)

Unseen Shore (2007) 8'
(Commissioned by Richard Squibb and PLC String Orchestra)