OUTSTRUMENTS - A SOUND ADVENTURE
MISTER PURCELL - HIS GROUND
THE TALE OF OLD COCK-SPARROW
BAKE FOR ONE HOUR: A Grand Opera At Gas Mark 7
GOLDEN THREADS & SILVER STRINGS
THE CLOUD ROAD
STORMLIGHT
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OUTSTRUMENTS - A SOUND ADVENTURE
Text: Ian McMillan
Instrumentation: Narrator, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Percussion, Violin & Double Bass.
Duration: 25’
First performance: 19th May 2007, the Norwich Play House with Ian McMillan and the Matrix Ensemble, conducted by Robert Ziegler.
Commissioned by the Matrix Ensemble for the 2007 Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
MISTER PURCELL - HIS GROUND
Text: Tamsin Collison and David KnottsInstrumentation: Ensemble with soloists,
2 Oboes (doubling Cor Anglais/Treble Recorder) Bassoon, Violin, Viola & Cello.
Duration: 60’
First performance: June 2006, Royal Opera House with members of The Knack, conducted by Peter Selwyn.
Commissioned by ENO Baylis.
THE TALE OF OLD COCK-SPARROW
Text: David Knotts
Instrumentation: Narrator, Children’s percussion, Flute, Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello.
Duration: 25’
First performance: July 2005, Harlow Playhouse with members of Sinfonia Viva, conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by Sinfonia Viva.
BAKE FOR ONE HOUR: A Grand Opera At Gas Mark 7
Text: Katharine CraikInstrumentation: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Piano, Harmonium/Accordion, Double Bass & Percussion.
Duration: 45’
First performance: March 2004, London Coliseum, conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by ENO Baylis.
GOLDEN THREADS & SILVER STRINGS
Text: David Knotts (taken from the accounts of Huguenot refugees)
Instrumentation: Narrator, Soprano solo, Children’s voices with tuned and un-tuned school percussion, Flute, Oboe and Harp.
Duration: 20’
First performance: June 2003, Wilton’s Music Hall, Carole Irvine, Julian West and Patrizia Meier with pupils from Canon Barnet Primary School, conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by Spitalfields Festival
THE CLOUD ROAD
Text: David Knotts (based on the Japanese Nōh Play, Hagoromo)Instrumentation: Narrator, Children’s voices with tuned and un-tuned school percussion, Flute, Oboe, Horn, Violin, Cello, Harp & Percussion.
Duration: 20’
First performance: April 2003, the Swan Theatre, High Wycombe with members of the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia.
STORMLIGHT
Text: Katharine CraikInstrumentation: 7 lead roles (mix of male and female voices) Chorus x 2, Oboe (Doubling Cor Anglais/Descant Recorder), Viola, Cello, Harp & Percussion.
Duraion: 85’
First performance: 7th December 2002, St. James’s Church, W11, W11 Opera Group, conducted by Philip Colman.
Commissioned by W11 Opera.
