Clarinet and Violoncello
Murakami’s Moons (2021) 6:00
Haruki Murakami’s love story IQ84 is a labyrinth of the heart unfolding as two moons move slowly together in the night sky. The music has a touch of jazz, as Murakami once owned a jazz café. Murakami’s Moons was awarded the Excellence Prize by Thaksin University, Thailand in 2021.
Commissioned by Sirius Ensemble
Clarinet, Flute and Violoncello
Aer Turas (Air Journey) (2018) 4:19
I have breathed incredible air in amazing places – at Leh, in old Tibet, on Mount Washington in the Appalachian Mountains, below sea level in the MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia and in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales. Commissioned by Sirius Ensemble.
Clarinet, Flute and Bassoon
Alexander’s Elements (2018) 6:00
Alexander the Great (356 -323 BC) spread Greek knowledge as he travelled south towards Egypt, and east to India. The academies that he established taught knowledge about a connection between man and the plant world from a moral perspective. They taught knowledge of the elements: the earthly in human bones, the fiery and the watery in the heart, the circulation of the blood and body fluids, and the airy in breathing.
Commissioned by Sirius Ensemble.
Clarinet, Flute, Trombone, Violin, Violoncello, Percussion & Piano
Star Traiect (Star Path) (2000) 3:00
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, the rocks, rivers, mountains and plains are relics of living ancestral spirits who have gone to sleep in the landscape. The spirits are also alive in the interweaving paths of orbiting and fixed stars. The bursting forth of the brilliant Australian night sky in the Australian landscape, and the vitality of the stars were the inspiration for this work.
Commissioned by Ensemble Traiect of Romania.