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Chris' top twelve favourite pieces are
listed here. Some of them introduce new techniques and
concepts to the repertoire. They are given in order of
date.
The Top
Twelve
1988 - Two Haiku (on
Australian themes) - for mezzo-soprano
andflute. Level - university
student.
1989 - The
Mayfly. A lecture by Dr David Suzuki rendered as
a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and mixed ensemble (an El Cimarron
line-up).
1994 - String Quartet
(Seascapes). Level - university ensemble or
professional quartet.
1997 - Eastern
Intermezzo - arrangement of a Grainger work foralto
saxophone, mandolin and guitar. Level - professional
or good university students.
2000 - North Country
Sketches - for solo guitar. Uses bi-tones. Level -
professional or good student.
2001 - Concerto for
Guitar (The
Luthier) - commissioned for theDarwin International
Guitar Festival 2002. Soloist, Spanish virtuoso Jose Maria Gallardo
del Rey. Level - professional orchestra or good university
orchestra with a world-class
soloist.
2004 - My Eye Has Seen My
Desire - bass recorder and
guitar,or bassoon and guitar). Level - professional
or university ensemble.
2006
- The Internet
Round - for a cappella choir. Level - community
choir or university choir.
2007 - Symphony of the
Birds (and First Light) - for
orchestra. Commissioned by the Central Coast Conservatorium and the
Central Coast Symphony, Gosford City. Level - professional
orchestra, good university orchestra or good community
orchestra.
2009 -Bushfire - a Concerto for Cor anglais and
Strings. Commissioned by Rachel Tolmie and the
Concertante Ensemble, Gosford City.
2011 - Brackish Songs - for
Mezzo-soprano and contemporary
guitar.
2011 - Civic Melancholy - for two
pianos. In six movements, each being an insight
into Australian regional life. Based on images by Jamie Holcombe.
Level - Pro or Uni student.
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