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Brett Dean

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    List of Works (selection)
     
    Music for the film Nobody Just Talks
    for viola and piano frame, co-composed with Simon Hunt
    (1987/88) 35 mins.
    1st Live Performance 10th Dec. 1987, Fischbüro, Berlin
     
    Turning Points (Homage to F.C.)
    for 5 violas, (1988) 5 mins.
     
    The Vigil
    for high soprano, 2 violas, piano, pianoframe and percussion,
    (1989) 6 mins.
    Premiere Recording ABC Sydney, August 1989
     
    Don´t Wake Mother (Parts 1-3)
    Miniatures for piano, (1991) 3 mins.
    Premiere Recording in Berlin, 1991
     
    Water of the Eyes
    After a poem of Guy-Marc Hinant, for 2 oboe d ´amores, 5 violas, piano, percussion and computer realized bass and drums,
    (1992) 7 mins.
     
    some birthday…
    for 2 violas and cello, (1992) 14 mins.
    1st Performance 4th May 1992, Berliner Kabarett Anstalt.
     
    Night Window
    Music for clarinet (& bass cl.), viola and piano,
    (1993) 22 mins.
    1st Performance 25th July 1993, Queensland Performing Arts Centre,
    Dean-Emmerson-Dean
    Brisbane. 1st European Performance 21st June 1994, Beethovenhaus, Bonn.
     
    From the Shadow´s Mouth
    for  chamber ensemble and tape, (1994) 21 mins.
    ob., cl.(& bass cl.), bsn., hr., 2 vlns.,vla.,vlc.,db., and DAT tape
    1st Performance 6th Jan. 1995, Melba Hall, University of Melbourne.
    1st European Performance 1st July 1995, Kreuzberger Hofkonzerte, Berlin.
     
    Ariel´s Music
    for solo clarinet and orchestra, (1995) 25 mins.
    3 (2 & 3 also piccolo)-2-0-3 (3 also contra)  4-2-2-1  hp., pno. (& celeste),
    tymp., perc.,  strings.
    1st Performance 29th Sept. 1995, Brisbane Concert Hall. Dean/QSO/Stenz
    1st European Performance 10th Oct. 1996, Trondheim, Norway.
     
    Voices of Angels
    for  vln., vla., vlc., db. and  pno. (1996) 26 mins.
    1st Performance 12th June 1996, Kammermusiksaal der Berliner Philharmonie. Imogen Cooper and friends
    1st Australian Performance 14th Jan. 1997, Sydney Conservatorium.
     
    Intimate Decisions
    for solo viola (1996) 10 mins.
    1st Performance 21st June 1997, Leicester Festival, England.
          1st Australian Performance 28th  June 1997, Aust. Nat. Academy of Music, Melbourne.
     
    Twelve Angry Men
    for  12 cellos (1996) 18 mins.
    1st Performance 19th Feb. 1997, Berliner Philharmonie.12 Cellos of the BPhO
     
    Night´s Journey
    for  four trombones (1997) 12 mins.
    1st Performance 4th Oct. 1997, Eckardtsheimer Posaunenfest, Bielefeld.
    Triton Quartett
     
    Carlo
    (Music for strings, sampler and tape)  (1997)  20 mins.
    8 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, double bass, sampler and tape (CD).
    1st Performance  5th Dec. 1997, Huntington Festival, Australia. ACO/Dean
    1st European Performance  5th May, 1998 London Sinfonietta, QEH, London
     
    One of a Kind (3 Act Ballet, choreography by Jiri Kylian) (1998) 70 mins.
    Scored for solo cello and tape, with additional music by Carlo Gesualdo,
    Benjamin Britten, David Hykes and Simon Hunt.
    1st Performance  5th May 1998, Lucent Dans Theater, The Hague.
    Pieter Wispelwey, cello. Nederlands Dans Theater
     
    3 Pieces for 8 Horns (1998)  14 mins.
    1st Performance  27th October 1998, Kammermusiksaal der Berliner Philharmonie. Horns of the BPhO
     
    Beggars and Angels
    Music for Orchestra (1999)  26 mins.
    1st Performance 4th November 1999, Melbourne Concert Hall MSO/Stenz
    1st European Performance, 24th January, Tonhalle Zürich
    4-3-4-3  6-4-3-1  Pno/Cel  Hp  Timp  4 Perc. Strings
     
    Katz und Spatz
    for 8 part treble choir (1999)  8 mins.
    for Gondwana Voices
     
    Hundreds and Thousands
    Sound installation for the Millennium celebrations in Berlin (1999)  40 mins.
    5 track digital tape.
    1st Performance 30th December 1999, Kultur Forum Berlin
     
    Game Over
    for 7 instrumental soloists, strings and electronics (2000)  14 mins.
    Commissioned by the Bang on a Can Allstars and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    1st Performance  8th April, 2000  Hansher Auditorium, Iowa City, USA
    BoaC; ACO/Dean
     
    Amphitheatre
    Scene for Orchestra  (2000) 10 mins.
    1st Performance  16th June, 2000. Brisbane Concert Hall.  QSO/Harding
    3-3-3-4  4-4-3-1 Timp, 3 Perc., Harp, Strings
     
    Etüdenfest
    for string orchestra (2000) 11 mins.
    1st Perfomance 10 June2000, Brisbane. Australian Chambe Orchestra/Tognetti
    piano (offstage) – strings (9 vln, 3 vla, 3 vc, db)
     
    Winter Songs
    for Tenor and Woodwind Quintet (2000)  17 mins.
    Commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonie Woodwind Quintet and Tenor Scott Weir
    1st Performance  30th Jan, 2001  Chamber Music Hall Berlin
    tenor, fl (picc, alto fl), ob (cor), cl (bcl), hrn, bsn
     
    Pastoral Symphony
    for ensemble andtale (2001) 17 mins.
    1st Performance 9 February 2001, Paris, Ensemble Modern.
    Fl (picc afl), corA, 2cl (bcl, dbcl), bn (dbn) – 2, 2, 1, 1, - 2 perc – 2 keyboard (sampler) – stings (4 vln, 2 vla, 2 vlc, db) – multitrack tape
     
    Bell & Antibell
    From „Parables, Lullabies and Secrets“, text: Michael Leunig
    for children’s choir, 2 harps, pec., electronics and strings (2001) 14 mins.
    1st Performance 7 July 2001, Melbourne, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Gondwana Voices, Lyn Williams
     
    Dispersal
    for orchestra (2001) 5 mins.
    1st Performance 9 November 2001, Adelaide, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
     
    Huntington Eulogy
    for cello and piano (2001) 16 mins.
    1st Performance 17 January 2002, Manchester. Alban Gerhardt and Steven Osborne.
     
    Katz und Spatz
    for 8-part mixed chorus (1999/2002) 8 mins.
    1st Performance 13 April 2002,Stockholm, Schwedischer Rundfunkchor,Tonu Kaljuste
     
    Shadow Music
    for small orchestra (2002) 18 mins
    1st Performance 13 June 2002, Melbourne, Melbourne Symphony Orchstra, Stenz


     

 

 

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