Ensembles of more than eight performers

......... work on this page to be continued

Number of works in this category to date (individual movements not counted) ..... 8

Catalogue .........
For "Undergoing revision" see end of page

Key:
E = easy; I = intermediate; A = advanced; *R* = Major recital or concert piece of five minutes or longer;
+K = with a key signature; -K = without a key signature;
L = landscape A4 format; F = final copy available; W = world (recital) premiere has been given;
(2'30") = approximate duration

1999
Of a Quondam Rara Avis - nine players (15'?)
including 21 percussion instruments

Legend is an organ solo transcription of a section of "Of a Quondam Rara Avis" made in 2000. See "Organ solo transcriptions of own music."
In 2004 a further transcription of this section (also under the title Legend) was made for organ, midi controller and sound module (two performers). See "Organ with other instruments."

1 piccolo, flute, alto flute
2 oboe, cor anglais
3 horn
4 sound module and associated equipment
5 Ist percussionist, using timpani (30", 28" and 23" including a coperti instruction), whip, castanets, snare drum,
wood block, clash cymbals, tam-tam, bar chimes, bell tower (full size)
6 2nd percussionist, using tubular bells, five temple blocks, medium cow bell, water gong, suspended cymbal, waterfall effect, sizzle cymbal, vibraphone
Instruments shared by the percussionists: 22" ocean drum, tambourine, crotales, guiro
7 hammer dulcimer
8 guitar with amplification
9 contrabass

E = easy; I = intermediate; A = advanced; *R* = Major recital or concert piece of five minutes or longer;
+K = with a key signature; -K = without a key signature;
L = landscape A4 format; F = final copy available; W = world (recital) premiere has been given;
(2'30") = approximate duration

1995
Affirmation - large symphony orchestra (10')

piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, cor anglais, Eb clarinet, two Bb clarinets, Bb bass clarinet, two bassoons
four horns in F, trumpet in D, three trumpets in Bb, two tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba

seven percussion players for 25 instruments:
01 snare drum and gong
02 timpani B, c/d, a/a flat, f# /f. Glissandi from c to f and d to g
03 (Perc. 1 on score) tambourine, clash cymbals, suspended cymbal, guiro, five temple blocks, glockenspiel
04 (Perc. 2 on score) claves, small triangle, bass drum, gong (shared with snare drum player),
tambourine (shared with Perc. 1), glockenspiel (shared with Perc. 1)
05 xylophone, temple blocks (shared with Perc. 1)
06 marimba, temple blocks (shared with Perc. 1)
07 tubular bells c ', chromatic to f ' with a mallet muffler

pianoforte and celesta one stave only. Playing with one hand is possible
organ - preferably a classical pipe instrument - one stave only (includes the pedals). Used for "colouring" the sounscape.
Pedal reeds, wooden and metal flues at 32', 16' and 8' pitches, manual 8' principal tone

harp doubled if possible
strings

1992
Incidental music for Ben Jonson's masque"The King's Entertainment at Welbeck" of 1633

A Overture - "Consort of Viols style" - flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, horn, bassoon ( )

B Jig - as for A plus a tambour ( )

C Four Flourishes - as for B ( )

1a Come to the Bride - baritone solo and harpsichord ( ) leads into:

1b Let's Sing about - female chorus, male chorus, baritone solo
harpsichord, flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, horn, bassoon ( )

2a What softer sounds - "Doubt" and "Love" spoken parts ( )
the woodwind quintet
glockenspiel played by the harpsichordist
soprano bow psaltery (chromatic sounding range of d '' to a ''' ) played by the horn player
miniature bell tower played by the bassoon player

2b The Joy of Plants - S.A.T.B. semichorus; the woodwind quintet ( )

2c When was old Sherewood's Head? - baritone and contralto soloists with harpsichord ( )

2d Hee makes the time - duet and chorus; the woodwind quintet ( )

1991
Watershed (Music for Metal) (15')
Texts used:
"One night I had a dream. I dreamt that I was walking along a beach with God ....." - Anonymous
"We trained ..hard, .. seemed that every time .. beginning to form up into teams, we would be re-organized." - Caius Petronius
"Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind" - Anonymous

male speaker
three flutes (2nd and 3rd less difficult)
Bb trumpet, horn, tenor/bass trombone

pipe organ:
Great - diapason chorus to mixture (a small open diapason is also needed);
Swell - diapason chorus to (high) mixture, dulciana (or salicional) and celeste;
Solo - 8' reed (loud, bright and agile), tierce and cromorne 8' (or similar);
Pedal - diapasons to mixture (including a metal flue at 16'), loud, but not overbearing reed(s)

eleven percussion players for 25 instruments:
01 glockenspiel and soprano bow psaltery (chromatic sounding range of d '' to a ''' )
02 crotales chromatic sounding range of c# ''' to b ''' with handbells c# ' and d '
03 tubular bells chromatic sounding range of c ' to f '' and kalimba using a, c ', d ', e ', g ', a ', c ''
04 vibraphone
05 large cow bell and a handbell g# '
06 tam-tam and sleigh bells
07 small cow bell, thunder sheet and small triangle
08 clash cymbal and Burmese gong
09 sizzle cymbal and handbells e# ' and f# '
10 suspended cymbal and tambourine (medium size)
11 autoharp only d# and f below c ' need be tuned, bell tower (full size) and Nightingale effect

1988
Music for Wood - for ten players: two oboes, bassoon, xylophone, whip, guiro, castanets, maracas, claves and temple blocks (4.5')

1988
Elegy VIII - words by William Bell (25'?)
for S.A.T.B.chorus
tenor solo
flute doubling piccolo, oboe, Bb clarinet, bassoon
two Bb trumpets, horn, tenor/bass trombone
strings including one soloist of each instrument

three percussion players for 15 instruments:
01 timpano in E, snare drum and small triangle
02 wind machine, snare drum, suspended cymbal (shared with player 3), tam-tam (shared with player 3),
clash cymbals, small cow bell, large cow bell
03 bass drum, suspended cymbal (shared with player 3), tam-tam (shared with player 3),
whip, large triangle, bell tower (full size)
04 - additional player seconded from another department for bars 250 - 252: thunder sheet

1983
Suite: Christmas Delight - three short movements for
violin
clarinet
treble recorder
tambour
Chinese blocks
five handbells (or piano)
trumpet (or cornet)
organ (a 'cello could take the pedal part)

Number of players possibly over eight, but a maximum of ten. See also Sacred Choral - "Handbell" Mass

1976
Masque - for actors, chorus, narrator, orchestra
Includes a two-part descant for Parry's hymn tune "Repton"

Undergoing revision ........
From 1978: Organ Concerto - with strings & percussion