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Catalogue of works

orchestra
wind/brass ensemble
chamber
keyboard
vocal/choral
opera
electroacoustic

You may view a pdf of the score by clicking on this link. (courtesy of the
British Music Information Centre)

Orchestral Music

Cavalcade (1985)
3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-str
8 minutes
score and parts on hire, score on sale 0 19 3622246

Concertino (1983)
1(+picc).1(+ca)1(+Ebcl).1-1.1.1.0-1perc-pno(+cel)-str (1.1.1.1.1)
14 minutes
score and parts on hire

Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (2002)
piano solo, 2fl(II+picc).2cl(II+bcl)-2hn-2perc-str
18½ minutes
score and parts on hire

Fin de Siècle (1996)
2(II+picc).2.2(II+Eb).1.cbn-4.2.2.btbn.1-timp.2perc-hp-str (min:10.8.6.5.3)
7 minutes
score and parts on hire

Fixed Doubles (1989)
picc.2.3.3(III+bcl).3(III+cbn)-4.3.3.1-timp.3perc-hp-pno(+cel)-str
9 minutes
score and parts on hire

The Flights of Col (1983)
picc.2(II+picc).2.ca.2(II+Ebcl).bcl.2.cbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc-hp-pno-str
19 minutes
score and parts on hire

From the Fairground of Dreams (2008)
picc.2(II+picc).3(III+ca).3(III+bcl).3-4.3.3(III+btbn).1-3perc-hp-pno/cel-str
19 minutes
score and parts on hire

O Rio (1990)
3(III+picc).3(III+ca).2.bcl.3(III+cbn)-4.3.3.1-timp.4perc-hp-pno.cel-str
18 minutes
score and parts on hire, score on sale 0 19 3620995

Percussion Concerto (2000)
solo percussion and ensemble:
1(+picc).1(+ca).1(+bcl).asax.1-1.1.1.0-2perc-pno-2.1.1.1(to low C)
c. 28 minutes
score and parts on hire

Wind Ensemble/Brass

Fin de Siècle (version for Brass Band) (2003)
standard brass band
8 minutes
score and parts on hire

From an Antique Land (1982)
2.2.2(+asax).2-2.2.2.1-2perc-pno
15 minutes
score and parts on hire

Hootenanny (1995)
fl(+picc).s/asax.asax.t/barsax-1.3.2.btbn-pno-cb
9 minutes
score and parts on hire

Still Breathing (1992)
3(III+picc).2.ca.3Bbcl.2Acl.2.cbn.2asax.tsax.barsax-4.3.3(III+btbn).1-4perc
12 minutes
score and parts on hire

Suite from Craig’s Progress (1995)
2(I&II+picc).2(II+ca).2(I&II+bcl).2-2.0.0.0-pno (4 hands)
some instrumentalists play “toy” percussion
25 minutes
score and parts on hire

Chamber Music

American Rounds (1998)
violin, viola, cello, bass, piano
12 minutes
score and parts on hire

Back to Ground (1996)
recorder, cello, harpsichord
15 minutes
score and parts on hire

Ballet con Salsa (1987)
A version of Tin Pan Ballet for brass, percussion and synthesizer:
4hn.4tpt.3tbn.1tba-2perc-Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer
10 minutes
score and parts on hire

Bluegrass Variations (1987)
solo violin
9 minutes
performing score on sale from Allegro Music 0 19 3557568

Capistrano Song (1984)
clarinet and tape
8 minutes
performing score on sale 0 19 3557606
tape (or CD) available from the hire library

Carillon (1998)
Clarinet, vibraphone, piano
6 minutes
score and parts on hire

Chaconne (1990)
solo oboe
4 minutes
performing score on sale from Allegro Music 0 19 3557398

Clarinet Quintet (1995)
clarinet and string quartet
10 minutes
score and parts on hire

Dance Fragments (1984)
cl-hn-perc-hp-vln.vc
11 minutes
score and parts on hire

Down-Hollow Winds (1991)
fl.ob(+ca).cl.bn-hn
13 minutes
score and parts for sale from Allegro Music
0 19 355741X

Going with the Grain (1991)
solo marimba, fl(+picc).cl(+bcl)-vln.va.vc
20 minutes
score and parts on hire

Hunding (2004)
solo horn
4 minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193356689

Jazz Machines (1990)
fl(+afl&picc).cl(+bcl)-vib-pno-va.vc
12 minutes
score and parts on hire

Lovesongs Waltzes (1997)
clarinet and piano
11 minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193557031

Mas Ballet con Salsa (2005)
fl, cl, perc(1 player), pno, vln, vla, vc, db
5½ minutes
score and parts on hire

On Claudy Banks (2005)
2cl, vla, vc, pno, perc(marimba, bodhrán)
5½ minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193356658

Preludes in C# minor and C# major (1992)
(Book I, Well-Tempered Clavier)
Bach arranged Butler
fl.cl(+bcl)-marimba-vln.va.vc
6 minutes
score and parts on hire

Relay (1995)
4 percussionists
10 minutes
score and parts on hire

Sentinels (2006)
string quintet
11 minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193356726

Sequenza Notturna (2003)
piano quartet
12 minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193557994

Siward's River Song (2001)
solo cello
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193557956

Songs and Dances from a Haunted Place (1988)
string quartet
13 minutes
score and parts for sale from Allegro Music
0 19 355754 1

String Quartet (1984)
15 minutes
score on sale from Allegro Music
parts on sale 0 19 355764 9

Suzanne’s River Song (1999)
violin and piano
5 minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193557192

Tin Pan Ballet (1986)
fl(+afl&picc)-tbn-1perc-pno.Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer-vc
9 minutes
score and parts on hire, PSS available

Two Little Folk Games (1995)
string quartet
An arrangement of two of the Three Little Folk Games from ‘Small Change’ for piano
2 minutes
score and parts on hire

Keyboard Music

Funérailles (2005)
solo piano
13 minutes
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193356733

Lucifer’s Banjo and other pieces for piano (2006)
solo piano
Small Change:
Vamp - Small Change - Variations for JW - Clochettes - Cora’s Greeting - Three Little Folk Games - Just Another Minute Waltz – Lied
Nathaniel's Mobile
Lucifer's Banjo
Variation on Rameau's minuet 'Le Lardon'
After Concord
Sound clips
on sale 0 19 3724022

On the Rocks (1992)
solo piano
13 minutes
performing score on sale 0 19 3724014

Piano Piano (1988)
2 pianos and tape
20 minutes
performance materials available from the hire library

Sonata for Piano (1982)
solo piano
11 minutes
performing score on sale 0 19 3724006

Spells and Chants (1985)
2 pianos
10 minutes
performing score on sale 0 19 3622238

Vocal & Choral Music

Dirty Beasts (1988)
Texts by Roald Dahl
speaker, fl.ob.cl.bn-hn-pno
8 minutes
score on sale from Allegro Music 0-19-355728-2
score and parts on hire

Prelude (2001)
soprano and trumpet
text by Walt Whitman
on sale from Goodmusic 9780193557970

Roll it along! (1991)
soprano, 2bcl-va.vc.db
4 minutes
score and parts on hire

Three Emily Dickinson Songs (1985)
soprano, clarinet, piano
9 minutes
performing score on sale from Banks Music 0-19-362227-0

To see the beauties of the earth (1987)
Text by Charles Butler
SATB Carol
4 minutes
score on sale 0 19 3431084

Two Rivers (2000)
SATB choir and orchestra:
2(II+picc).2.2.(II+bcl).2-4.2.2.0-timp.2perc-str
25 minutes
score and parts on hire

Opera

A Better Place (1998-9)
Chamber Opera in one act - libretto by Cindy Oswin
Suzanne (mezzo-soprano), Karen (soprano), Michel (baritone), Siward (tenor)
1(+picc).1.2(II+bcl).1-2.0.0.0-perc-pno.hp-1.2.1.1(to low C)
c. 50 minutes
score and parts on hire

"A superb work." (Independent on Sunday)
"Subtly harmonised, tautly argued and frequently ravishing to the ear." (Financial Times)

Craig’s Progress (1993-4)
An Operatic Adventure Story
Libretto by Stephen Pruslin
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass
2(I&II+picc).2(II+ca).2(I&II+bcl).2-2hn-piano duet (instrumentalists play “toy” percussion)
100 minutes
score and parts on hire

The Siren’s Song (1986)
Libretto by Charles Butler
Soprano and Baritone soloists, small male chorus
1.1.1.0-1.1.1.0-perc-pno-1.1.1.1-tape
20 minutes
score and parts on hire

Electroacoustic Music

Graffiti (1989)
tape
16 minutes
performing tape available from the hire library

Night Machines (1987)
tape
10 minutes
performing tape available from the hire library

for perusal scores, recordings and further information on the works above, contact the Repertoire Promotion Department