silicon life (2024)

for solo wind instrument and live electronics, 2 minutes

first performance: Desmond Clarke, A Pinch of Salt, York, 20th August 2024

transformation (for lucy) (2024)

for solo wind instrument and live electronics, 5+ minutes

first performance: Lucy Havelock, Goldsmiths College, London, 22nd February 2024

elastic time IV (2023)

for solo harp, 1 minute

first performance: Olivia Jageurs, Online, 12th May 2023

five exploded pastorales (2022)

for oboe soloist (oboe, oboe d’amore, cor anglais, bass oboe, optional musette) and electronics (alternatively with double reed ensemble), 25 minutes

first performance: Mikey Sluman, Late Music Concert Series, York, UK, 4th May 2024

tegmark variations (2022)

for solo oboe and generative score, no fixed duration

first performance: Niamh Dall, University of York Creative Coding Lab, 3rd March 2023

Transcendental strains v (2022)

for saxophone and guitar, 10 minutes

first performance: Rosetta Collective, Kyoto, 25th March 2023

flat landscape with clouds (2022)

for two guitars, 5 minutes

first performance: David Cotter and Kevin Loh, Indiana, USA, 20th March 2022

Three spaces (2021)

for improvising dancer and electronics, 5 minutes

first performance: Erica Mulkern, online premiere, May 2021

Strange beast (2020)

for solo double bass (or any number of double basses), 6 minutes

first performance: James Banner, online premiere, September 2020

recursive prelude (2020)

for solo piano, 2 minutes

first performance: Archie Bonham, online premiere, October 2020

A carillon for j t (2019)

for any keyboard or tuned percussion instrument, c. 3 minutes

first performance: Kate Ledger, AMOK, York, 18th September 2019

saturate (2018)

for one or more wind instruments and live electronics. c. 9 minutes

first performance: Desmond Clarke (oboe), AMOK, York, February 2019

liszt fields (2018)

for piano solo, c. 10 minutes

a response to the first three pieces of Liszt’s Annèes du Pelerinage, Book II.

first performance: Jakob Fichert (piano), Besbrode Pianos, Leeds, UK, 14th April 2019

Narcissus (2018)

for piano and computer, no fixed duration

first performance: New Maker Ensemble, July 2018, Madiera, Portugal

 

Transcendental Strains iiI(a) (2017)

for 1-4 wind instruments and live electronics, 7 minutes

first performance: Desmond Clarke, Mikey Sluman (oboes), Leeds Improvised Arts and Music, UK, 11th August 2019

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Transcendental Strains ii (2017)

for two wind instruments and live electronics, 5 minutes

recorded November 2017 by the composer

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hypoglossa (2017)

for solo voice with optional live electronics, 8 minutes

first performance: Elizabeth Hilliard, Music Current 2017, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, April 2017

 

Oiseaux métamorphique (2016-17)

for modified alto recorder and live electronics, 7 minutes

part of RECORDARI

first performance: Carmen Troncoso (recorders), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York, March 2017

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RECORDARI (2016-17)

for modified alto recorder, three archaic recorders and live electronics, 22 minutes

written in collaboration with Carmen Troncoso

first performance: Carmen Troncoso (recorders), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York, March 2017

 

and there will come soft rains (2013)

for clarinet in A and live electronics, 13 minutes, alternatively any other instrumentation or duration

first performance: Will Ozard (clarinet), Desmond Clarke (electronics), Rymer Auditorium, York, May 2014

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LINEAR A (2013)

for harpsichord and electronics, 7 minutes

first performance: Jane Chapman (harpsichord), Desmond Clarke (electronics), York Spring Festival of New Music, May 2013

 

FOR SOPRANO, CLARINET, COMPUTER AND TAPE (2012) 

4 minutes

Setting of Rhapsody on a Windy Night by T. S. Eliot

first performance: Ana Beard-Fernandez (soprano), Will Ozard (clarinet), Desmond Clarke (electronics), Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, November 2012

 

VERS L'ARBRE-FRÈRE AUX JOURS COMPTÉS (2012)

for high soprano and piano, 3 minutes

setting of René Char

first performance: Ana Beard-Fernandez (Soprano), Joe McGrail (Piano), Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, December 2012

 

J'AI TANT RÊVÉ DE TOI (2012)

for mezzo-soprano and piano, 3 minutes

setting of Robert Desnos

first performance: Lisa Coates (mezzo), Mark Hutchinson (piano), Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, June 2012

 

through the fog (2010)

for solo violin, 6 minutes

first performance: Jessica Conway, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, December 2010

 

Monochromat (2009)

for solo percussion and tape, 5 minutes

first performance: Martin Scheuregger, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, March 2009