Repertoire List - To be updated shortly (Dec 2000)

The links you will see from selected works in this section will take you to further pages connected to those particular pieces. The pages include biographies of the composers, photographs, programme notes, first performance details, first broadcast details and contact details. It is hoped that you will find this informative and useful.

**Denotes Psappha Commission

*** Denotes first performance given by Psappha

ADES, Thomas
Catch (10')
cl-pno-vln.vc
ALBERGA, Eleanor
Suite from Dancing with the Shadow (15')
fl.cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
ARMSTRONG, Thomas
Promenade (15')
fl(+alto, picc). ob. cl. bn. hn- hrp-vla. db.
BARRY, Gerald
Piano Quartet (15')
pno-vln. vla. vc
BERKELEY, Michael
Odd Man Out (6')
solo viola
BARTOK, Bela
Contrasts (17')
cl-pno-vln
BEAMISH, Sally
Commedia (18')
fl(+picc).cl-pno-vln.vc
BEAMISH, Sally
Into the Furnace (10')
cl.bn-hn-2vln.va-vc.cb
BERIO, Luciano
Folk Songs (30')
mezzo sop,fl.cl-2perc-va.vc
BIRTWISTLE, Harrison
Cantata (11')
mezzo sop,fl.cl-pno-perc-vln.vc
BOULEZ, Pierre
Le Marteau sans maître (34')
mezzo sop,afl-gui-3perc-va
BUTLER, Martin
Tin Pan Ballet (9')
fl(+picc+afl)-tbn-perc-pno.synth-vc
BUTLER, Martin
Going with the Grain (20')
solo marimba, fl(+picc).cl(+bcl)-vln.va.vc
BUTLER, Martin
On the Rocks (12')
solo piano
BUTLER, Martin
Jazz Machines (12')
fl(+picc+afl).cl(+bcl)-vib-pno-va.vc
CARTER, Elliott
Triple Duo (20')
fl(+picc).cl(+Eb+bcl)-perc-pno-vln.vc
CASKEN, John
A Spring Cadenza (7')
solo 'cello
CASKEN, John
Piano Quartet (15')
pno-vln. vla. vc
CLARKE, Nigel
Spectroscope for solo 'cello (10')
solo 'cello
COONEY, John
Taking Liberties (12')
ob-2vln.va.vc
CRUMB, George
Vox Balaenae (18')
electric flute, amplified piano, electric cello
CRUMB, George
11 Echoes of Autumn 1965 (18')
afl.cl-pno-vln
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Ave Maris Stella (32')
fl(+afl).cl(+basset cl)-perc-pno-va.vc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
A Birthday Card for Hans*** (4')
mezzo, afl.bcl-mba-pno-va.vc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Eight Songs for a Mad King (33')
male voice,fl(+picc).cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Hymnos (13')
clarinet & piano
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Image, Reflection, Shadow (30')
fl.cl-cimbalom-pno-vln.vc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
A Mirror of Whitening Light (22')
fl(+picc).ob(+ca).cl.bn-hn.tpt.tbn-perc-cel-2vln.va.vc.cb
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot (32')
mezzo, fl(+picc+afl).cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Runes from a Holy Island (10')
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Stedman Doubles (Original version)*** (17')
cl-3perc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Stedman Doubles (1965) (up to 30')
cl -1perc
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
Vesalii Icones (40')
dancer,solo cello,fl(+picc+afl).basset cl(cl)-perc-pno-vla
EDLIN, Paul Max
Five Fantastic Islands** (12')
fl(+afl).cl-perc-pno-va.vc
ELIAS, Brian
Geranos (19')
fl(+picc+afl)cl(+Eb+bcl)-perc-pno-vln.va.vc
GERHARD, Roberto
Gemini (12')
violin & piano
GILBERT, Anthony
Moonfaring (25')
'cello & percussion
GRANGE, Philip
Cimmerian Nocturne (18')
fl(+picc+alto). cl(+bass+e flat) - perc - pno - vln. vc
GRANGE, Philip
Variations (25')
fl.cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
GRANGE, Philip
Des fins sont des commencements (8')
fl.cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
HELLAWELL, Piers
Truth or Consequences (15')
cl-pno-vc
HELLAWELL, Piers
Sound Carvings from the Ice Wall*** (20')
fl(+afl).cl-perc-pno-va.vc.cb
HOLLOWAY, Robin
Fantasy-Pieces (28')
2fl(+picc).ob.cl.bn-hn.tpt-pno-2vln.va.vc.cb
HOLT, Simon
...era madrugada (12')
fl.cl.hn.vla.vc.cb.pno
KENNEDY-FRENCH, Scott
Lacrimosa (Hommage à Pierre Soulages) (10')
a.fl-perc-vc
LIGETI, György
Etudes pour piano (premier livre) (20')
solo piano
LIGETI, György
Horn Trio (23')
vln.hn.pno
LLANAS, Albert
Quintet (10')
fl.cl-perc-pno-vc
MALONE, Kevin
Fear of Flying*** (14')
cl-vln-pno
MALONE, Kevin
3 Historic Monuments *** (10')
fl - pno - perc - vc
MCPHERSON, Gordon
Maps and Diagrams of our Pain (23')
vln - pno
MCPHERSON, Gordon
Moses/Little Moses** (20')
percussion solo
MESSIAEN, Olivier
Quartet for the End of Time (50')
cl-pno-vn.vc
MUSGRAVE, Thea
Chamber Concerto no.2 (14')
fl(+picc+afl).cl(+bcl)-pno-vln.va.vc
NEWLAND, Paul
A Lament for the death of Linus** (10')
fl(+picc+afl).cl(+Eb+bcl)-perc-pno-vln.vc
NICOLSON, Alasdair
Punch! (15')
fl(+picc).cl(+bcl)-perc-pno-vln.vc
PAREDES, Hilda
Homenaje A Remedios Varo (13')
fl(+picc+afl).cl(+Eb+bcl)-perc-pno-vln.vc
PARKIN, Simon
Three Pieces for Mixed Sextet** (12')
fl.cl-mba-pno-vln.vc
PARKIN, Simon
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano (20')
'cello & piano
POOLE, Geoffrey
Septembral (15')
fl.cl-pno-vln.vc
POWERS, Anthony
Another Part of the Island (23')
fl(+picc+afl).acl/bassetcl-perc-pno(+cel)-vln.vc
POWERS, Anthony
Double Sonata (15')
cl - pno - vln. vc
POWERS, Anthony
Sea/Air (5')
solo clarinet
RAVEL, Maurice
Piano Trio (18')
pno-vln. vc
REEVES, Camden
Vampire Squid from Hell ** (8')
fl(+afl.). cl(+bass) - perc - pno - vln(solo). vc
RUNCHAK, Vlodimir
Via Dolorasa** (30')
fl(+picc).cl-hn.tbn-perc-pno-vln.va.vc.cb
RUNCHAK, Vlodimir
In Search of Tranquility*** (25')
fl.cl-2perc-pno-vln.vc
SAXTON, Robert
The Sentinel of the Rainbow (15')
fl(+picc+afl).cl(+Eb+bcl)-perc-pno(+cel)vln.va.vc
SCHOENBERG, Arnold
Pierrot Lunaire (40')
female voice,fl(+picc).cl(+bcl)-pno-vln.va.vc
STOCKHAUSEN, Karlheinz
Kontakte (40')
perc-pno-electronics
STRAVINSKY, Igor
The Soldier's Tale (Trio Version) (15')
cl-pno-vln
TORKE, Michael
The Yellow Pages (7')
fl.cl-pno-vln.vc
TORKE, Michael
Ceremony of Innocence (23')
WEIR, Judith
King Harald Sails to Byzantium (15')
fl(+picc).cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
WELCHER, Dan
Tsunami (12')
pno-perc-vc
XENAKIS, Iannis
Akanthos (11')
soprano,fl(+picc+afl).cl(bcl)-pno-2vln.va.vc.cb
XENAKIS, Iannis
Plekto (14')
fl.cl-perc-pno-vln.vc
XENAKIS, Iannis
Psappha (13')
solo percussion
YEATES, Marc
Pumping Iron*** (20')
cl-hn.tpt-pno-hp-2vln.va.vc.cb
 
 
 


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