assigned (2002-)
Although the idea for reframing these pieces is recent, the dates reflect their original time of composition.
assigned #1 (2007)
duration: 23’54
instruments: fl.ob.cl.tpt.tbn. 2 perc (bass drum, 2 wood boards, crotales, 2 bows, polystyrene block, tam tam, 2 metal blocks, suspended cymbal, sawblade).pno.2vn.vla.2vc.db
other equipment: 3 radios, 8 dictaphone, 6 bic lids, bow, 2 feedback systems(microphone and 10W guitar amplifier), 2 CD players, 3 coffee stirrers/large toothpicks
Commissioned by Sudwest Rundfunk for Donaueschingen Musiktage. First performed as #211007 by Ensemble Modern on 21 October 2007 at the Donaueschingen Musiktage, and broadcast live on SWR2.
assigned #2 (2002)
duration: 13’24
instruments: bfl.cl.tbn.perc.ch-org.vla.vc.db
other equipment: 2 CD players, 4 dictaphones, 3 bic lids, 2 radios.
First performed by Apartment House as #271102 on 27 November 2002 at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
assigned #3 (2007)
duration: 11’00
instruments: 8 voices
other equipment: 4 paper cups, tissue paper.
First performed by EXAUDI as #281107 on 28 November 2007 in Edinburgh.
assigned #4 (2004)
duration: 10’57
instruments: cl.gui.vn.vc.2aux
other equipment: 3 soft vibraphone beaters, credit card, plastic kitchen scourer, metal washer, violin bow, 2 thick toothpicks/coffee stirrers, 3 dictaphones, cello practise mute, microphone and small (10w) guitar amplifier, portable CD player, walkie-talkies
First performed by plus minus ensemble as #271104 on 27 November 2004 at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
assigned #5 (2002)
duration: 12’09
instruments: 5vn.2vla.2vc.db
First performed by Ensemble Resonanz as #190702 on 19 July 2002 at Darmstadt Internationalen Ferienkurse fur Neue Musik.
assigned #6 (2005)
duration: 60’00
instruments: cello
First performed by Stefan Thut as #230605 on 23 June 2005 at Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich.
assigned #7 (2007-8)
duration: 13’21
instruments: vn.vc (or vn solo as assigned #7a)
First performed by Angharad Davies and Alex Waterman as #111208 on 11 December 2008 at Ontological Theatre, New York. The violin solo version was first performed as #080607 on 8 June 2007 by Barbara Luneburg in Frankfurt.
assigned #8 (2006)
duration: 20’00
instruments: cl.e-gui.vc.2 aux.
other equipment: ebow, multi-effects (delay, harmoniser, reverb, pitch bend, ring modulation, chorus), 6 dictaphones, 3 bic lids, 2 radios, 2 theremins, record player, record, wire brush, 2 feedback setups (microphone/10W guitar amplifier), CD and mini speakers, long hacksaw blade (20cm), clamp, violin bow
First performed by Apartment House as #121006 on 12 October 2006 at the Warehouse, London as part of the BMIC Cutting Edge.
assigned #9 (2005)
duration: 5’00
instruments: afl.ob.cl.pno, perc. (crotales, thick wooden board, bow, medium-hard mallet, coin).vn.vla.vc
other equipment: 5 dictaphones, bow, 2 soft vibraphone beaters, credit card, plastic kitchen scourer, 2 thick toothpicks/coffee stirrers, cello practise mute
First performed by ensemble recherche as #110605 on 11 June 2005 at the Historische Kaufhaussal, Freiburg.
assigned #10 (2007)
duration: 8’23
instruments: harp
other equipment: bow
First performed by Rhodri Davies as #290307 on 29 March 2007 at St. Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield.
assigned #11 (2006)
duration: 10’00
instruments: cl.gui.acc.pno.vn.vc.2 aux
other equipment: 2 radios, ebow.
First performed by plus minus ensemble as #260106 on 26 January 2006 at Stanford University.
assigned #12 (2009)
duration: 9’39
instruments: double bass
First performed by Christopher Williams at the wulf, Los Angeles, on 9 January 2010.
assigned #13 (2004)
duration: 11’15
instruments: piano, dictaphones, CD, ebow
First performed by Sebastian Berweck as #080304 on 8 March 2004 at Stanford University, USA
assigned #14 (2008)
duration: 10’33
instruments: cl.4aux
other equipment: 4 dictaphones, 8 walkie talkies
First performed by David Padgett, Richard Barnard, Kathy Hinde, Roger Huckle, and James Saunders as #140508 at Colston Hall, Bristol
assigned #15 (2015)
duration: 45’00
instruments: alto flute, piano (with ebow), percussion (bass drum, tam tam 2 metal sheets, 2 metal blocks, metal file, 2 wood boards), chamber organ, viola, cello, auxiliary (4 dictaphones, shortwave radio).
assigned #15 was written for Apartment House and recorded by them for another timbre on 16 April 2015 in St. Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield.