John Woolrich

Instrumentation: afl.ob.cl(=bcl) - vla.vlc - sop(= 2 tuned gong)

Instrumentation: 1011 - 2000 - perc(2): 4 spring coils/2 tam-t/BD - harp - strings (3 vln.3 vla.2 vlc.2 db)

Instrumentation: sop(=c.bells/2 metronomes/2 boobamchimes/tabor/ant.cym/nightingale) - cl(=Ebcl+Ccl+bcl) E.T.A.Hoffmann (1776-1822) loved automata and often mentioned them in his short stories. These...

Instrumentation: sop(=claves/tam-t/bamboo chimes/ant.cym) - cl(=bcl) -pno(=2 wdbl/whistle) - vln.vlc Harlequinade was commissioned by Washington Arts Centre with funds provided by Northern Arts. It wa...

Instrumentation: Perc(1): sistrum/siz.cym/hi-hat/BD/crot/large springcoil/cuica(or lion's roar)

Instrumentation: sop(=claves/tam-t/bamboo chimes/ant.cym) - cl(=bcl) -pno(=2 wdbl/whistle) - vln.vlc Harlequinade was commissioned by Washington Arts Centre with funds provided by Northern Arts. It wa...

Instrumentation: cl - pno - tam-t - vln.vla.vlc.db

Instrumentation: 2 vln.tenor vln.bass vln.violone or: 2 vln.vla.vlc.db (either solo strings or string section)

Instrumentation: ob.ssax.perc(1): Thai gong/bell plate/steel pan/2 tam-t/2 spring coil

I wrote My box of Phantoms for Melinda Maxwell to play with the Composers Ensemble. There are four short movements marked 1. My box of Phantoms 2. My Blue Peninsula 3. Promise and unfoldment 4. An ima...

Instrumentation: ssax.2 chitaroni.bass viol.regal.cel(=chamberorg).perc(1): 11 tuned gongs/2 tam-t/BD/waterphone

Instrumentation: picc(=afl).Ebcl(=bcl).ssax - hn.tpt.trbn - perc(1): mar/BD/tam-t/2 peking opera gong - pno -vln.vla.vlc.db 'Caprichos' is the last installment of a set of three pieces: 'Dartington Do...

My oboe quintet is about 20 minutes long. Structurally it's a bit like a book of short poems (27 in all), which form a network of laments, chorales, nocturnes, fragments and echos. It is music of tick...

When the writer Fernando Pessoa died in in Lisbon in 1935, he left behind a large trunk full of poetry, horoscopes, unfinished stories, essays, plays, translations, letters and journals, typed, handw...

There is no hidden programme for this little trio, but the title, used by John Dowland for consort and viol music has its own resonance. It is a quiet and oblique work with a simple and clear shape. A...

There are 23 short character pieces, so far, in my pianobook. They are all intimate, small scale inventions woven round codes and ciphers.

There are 23 short character pieces, so far, in my pianobook. They are all intimate, small scale inventions woven round codes and ciphers.