Instrumental
Viola Sonata
- Instrumentation: Viola and piano
- Written: 1988
- Dedicated to: Steven Barnett
- Audio
The first piece where what I think of as my voice really sounded out. Given its first performance in 1993 by Deborah Kemp.
Dislocations
- Instrumentation: Piano
- Written: 1994
- Audio
A short, and deliberately jarring piano piece. The title really sums up the approach, which is to establish a mosaic of fragments which fly around chaotically, the only repeating element being a nearly mindless ‘waltz’.
Violin Sonata
- Instrumentation: Violin and piano
- Written: 2008
- Dedicated to: Louise Cawte
- Score and audio excerpt (viewing / listening free; score available for purchase at $9.95)
This started life as a flute sonata, but I thought it worked rather well this way, especially as the soloist is playing almost continuously, which might have been tricky on a wind instrument.
Movement
- Instrumentation: Flute and piano
- Written: 2010
- Dedicated to: Louise Cawte
- Audio
Written to prove to Louise that I could write tonal music if I wanted to. It’s just that I don’t want to.
Recorder sonatina
- Instrumentation: Sopranino recorder and piano
- Written: 2010
- Score and audio excerpt (viewing / listening free; score available for purchase at $5.95)
A short but tempestuous work. The first movement is possibly the most aggressive thing I’ve ever done. Imagine Hindemith, but more so.
Movement
- Instrumentation: Viola and piano
- Written: 2010
- Dedicated to: Vicky Green
- Score and audio (viewing / listening free; score available for purchase at $3.95)
A short and somewhat gloomy piece. Uses elements of serialism, but, as usual for me, it isn’t very rigorous.
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Hi Julian, This is Deborah Kemp who gave the first performance of your Viola Sonata in 1993. Fascinated to find all this online. Do drop me a line and let me know how the Sonata fared after this. Still a viola player, so interested in what else you have written for viola!