ORCHESTRAL
Je goûte le jeu... (1997)
str (9 vns (3+3+3) 3vlas 3 vcs 1 db)Flute Concerto (1996 rev. 2003)
fl-solo+picc, 3333 4331 timp 3 perc strSamsara (1991)
3333 4331 3 perc hrp str [14.14.12.10.8]The Wexford Suite (2005)
Student orchestra: 2fl, 2clt, 2sax, 1 fr hn, 1 trmp, pno, timpani, 3 perc, stgs [vlns 1,2,3, cellos, basses].Binn an tSíorsholais (2004) (The peak of Eternal Light)
2222 4330 timpani 2 perc hp str (8 6 4 4 2)ENSEMBLE
Opus Lepidopterae (1996)
arec gui
MS 7'
Premiere: 6 October 1996. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin . Aedín Halpin (arec), Luke Tobin (gui)
Opus Lepidopterae (1996)
fl hpd
MS 7'
Opus Lepidopterae (1996)
fl pf
MS 7'
Líofa (1994)
fl, ca, bcl, hn, 2 vn, va, vc
MS 7'
Premiere: 9 September 1996. ISCM World Music Days, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen. Esbjerg Ensemble
Carn (1993)
2 pf
MS 10'
Commissioned by Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
Premiere: 14 November 1993. Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Réamonn Keary, Shirin Goudarzi-Tobin (pf)
Kaleidophone (1992 rev. 1996)
Sextet
2 vn va vc hrp perc
MS 10'
Commissioned by Young European Strings 1992 for performance by the Degani Ensemble.
Premiere: 15 November 1992. National Concert Hall, Dublin. Degani Ensemble, conductor John Finucane.
Cusp (1992)
vn pf
MS 23'
Commissioned by Fiona Quilligan.
Premiere: 1 October 1992. Royal Hibernian Academy Gallagher Gallery, Dublin. Louis Roden (vn), Réamonn Keary (pf), with Rubato Ballet
Brass Quintet (1985)
2 tpt hn trb tuba
MS 6'
Commissioned by The Prelude Brass Ensemble with funds provided by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 7 November 1985. Trinity College Chapel, Dublin . Prelude Brass Ensemble.
3 Bulgarian Folk pieces
Clt B flat, vln, acrdn, db & perc. (large kit, glockenspiel)
7'
commissioned by Lyric FM.
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL
Rashad's Words (1999)
solo perc [cyms, gongs, tam-tam, wood-blocks, dms, rattle, rototoms]
MS 14'
Commissioned by Sonorities Festival with funds provided by the the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Unit.
Premiere: 29 April 1999. Sonorities Festival, Harty Room, Queen's University Belfast. Jonny Axelsson (perc)
The Oul' Winda Rag (1996)
pf
Contemporary Music Centre Editions / CMC 1018 5'
Commissioned by Guardian Dublin International Piano Competition 1997 with funds provided by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 10 May 1997. National Concert Hall, Dublin . Max Levinson (pf).
Éagaoineadh (1995)
pf
MS 3'
Premiere: 15 May 1995. St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Réamonn Keary (pf)
Piano/Keyboard Study No. 2 (1995)
pf
MS 2'
Premiere: 15 May 1995. St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Réamonn Keary (pf)
Three Piano Pieces (1994 - 1995)
pf
MS 8'
Commissioned by Raymond Deane with funds provided by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 6 April 1995. Kishinev, Moldova [Days of New Music]. Raymond Deane (pf)
Piano/Keyboard Study No. 1 (1993)
for Raymond Deane on his 40th birthday
pf
MS 1'
Premiere: 21 August 1994. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. David Adams (hpd)
Prelude (1993)
On the name Joseph Groocock
pf
School of Music, Trinity College Dublin 2'
Commissioned by The School of Music, Trinity College Dublin, on the occasion of Joseph Groocock's Eightieth Birthday Anniversary.
Premiere: 23 November 1993. Graduates' Memorial Building, Trinity College Dublin. Pádhraic Ó Cuinneagáin.
Psyche (1992)
arec
MS 5'
Premiere: 28 April 1992. St Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin. Aedín Halpin (rec)
Signals! (1989)
Ballet Music: Suite for Solo Violin in 7 Movements
vn, dancers [opt.]
MS 20'
Premiere: 4 May 1989. New Music-New Dance Festival, Project Arts Centre, Dublin . Louis Roden (vn), Rubato Ballet: Zelda Quilligan, Muirne Bloomer, Fiona Quilligan, Aideen Gohery, Aidan Byrne, Seán Rocks, Cormac Healy, choreographer Fiona Quilligan. .
Prelude and Passacaglia (1987)
vn
MS 10'
Premiere: 23 October 1987. John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin. Maighréad McCrann (vn).
VOCAL & CHORAL
After a Childhood away from Ireland (1997)
S-solo, pf
Text: Eavan Boland
MS 5'
Commissioned by Irish Centre for Migration Studies, University College Cork.
Premiere: 24 September 1997. The Scattering, University College Cork. Kathleen Tynan (S-solo), Eleanor Malone (pf)
Bitter Fruit (1992)
Chamber opera
S-solo, 2 Bar-solo, 2 vn va vc hrp
Text: Nell McCafferty
MS 18'
Commissioned by Opera Theatre Company with funds provided by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 17 November 1992. Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin. Kathleen Tynan (S-solo), Omar Ebrahim (Bar-solo), Nick Sears (Bar-solo), Opera Theatre Company, conductor Mark Armstrong
The Little Snowgirl (1991)
A-solo, B-solo, children's & female voices, 2121 0000 hrp str
MS 20'
Commissioned by Newpark Music Centre with funds provided by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 9 December 1991. National Concert Hall, Dublin. Newpark Ensembles, Joanna Hilary (S-solo), Cliodhna McDonagh (A-solo), Conor Biggs (B-solo), conductor Geraldine McDonnell.
The Wisdom of the World (1990)
Mez-solo, hrp [Irish]
MS 5'
Premiere: 8 April 1990. Accents Festival, Royal Hibernian Academy Gallagher Gallery, Dublin. Aylish Kerrigan (Mez-solo), Anne-Marie O'Farrell (hrp).
Praise Music (1988)
satb, str [4.4.3.2.2]
Text: Psalms 90, 145, 95, 150
MS 6'
Sine Musica Nulla Vita (1988)
ssatb
MS 4'
Premiere: 30 January 1989. National Concert Hall, Dublin. Newpark Singers, conductor Geraldine McDonnell.
" . . . " (1987 rev. 1988)
Three Zen Texts
Mez-solo, vc pf
Text: Takahashi
MS 5'
Premiere: 27 September 1988. St John's Cathedral, Sligo. Aylish Kerrigan (Mez-solo), Aisling Drury-Byrne (vc), Gillian Smith (pf).
Two T'ang Poems (1984)
S-solo, 1121 2100 str
Text: Li Ho
MS 8'
Commissioned by Frances Lucey and the Dublin Chamber Orchestra with funds provided by the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Premiere: 4 November1984. Dublin. Frances Lucey (S-solo), Dublin Chamber Orchestra.
now i lay (with everywhere around) (1983)
satb
Text: E. E. Cummings
MS 4'
Premiere: 1984. Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Singers.
Three Songs on Words by e. e. cummings (1981 rev. 1982)
S-solo, fl cl bn
Text: E. E. Cummings
MS 5'
Premiere: 12 May 1982. Trinity College Dublin. Myra McGuckin (S-solo), Ellen Cranitch (fl), Fergus Johnston (cl), Eoin Dunne (bn).
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC AND MIXED MEDIA
Méadú (2001)
vn, pf, tape
MS 11'
Commissioned by National Concert Hall.
Premiere: 28 March 2002. John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin. Yosif Radionov (vn), Zornitsa Damianova (pf).
Árd Fhearta (2001)
2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 trb, tuba, bronze-age hn, live electronics [keyboard-controlled sampler]
MS 21'
Commissioned by Dúchas, The Heritage Service of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht, and the Islands to celebrate the second phase of the conservation and consolidation of Ardfert Cathedral, Co. Kerry, in 2000 A.D.
Premiere: 18 May 2001. St Brendan's Cathedral Ardfert, Co. Kerry. Síle Daly (ob), Rebecca Halliday (ob), Conor Sheil (cl), Deirdre O'Leary (cl), Hilary Macken (bn), Peter Whelan (bn), Fergal Ó Cheallcháin (hn), Declan McCarthy (hn), Colm Daly (tpt), Eamonn Nolan (tpt), Gavin Roche (trb), Karl Ronan (trb), Conor O'Riorda.
'Morrigan' (2000)
10'
(baroque fl, harpsichord, electronics (cd, or Max/MSP patch running on Mac))
Commissioned by Eleanor Dawson and Jane Chapman with funds provided by the Arts Council of Ireland, An Chomhairle Ealaíonn.
Premiere 21st December 2000, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Eleanor Dawson (flute) and Jane Chapman (harpsichord).
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