Christopher Sainsbury
Composer - Songwriter - Guitarist - Educator

Australian solo pieces for flute, guitar, piano, recorder, sax, and more (including accompanied and unaccompanied works).

Flute:

1987 - Arthurs Cave - solo flute. Commissioned by Gordon Yemm (Aust Council grant). Level - university student. 4 mins

1994 - The Flowergirls - for solo flute. Recorded by Rachel Tolmie (on oboe) for Wirripang label. Australian Double Reed Society upper level competition piece 2016. In three whacky movements. Level - university student. 5 mins.

2008 - Two Miniatures (Hit The Sky Running, Each Field A Window) - for flute (tenor saxophone or clarinet). For Levande Musik, Sweden. Level - Pro or Uni student. 30 sec' each.

2014 - Adagio melancolico - duo version for flute and violin. Middle grades. 3 mins

2013-14 - Beach Life Images for Flute and Piano (beach life vignettes) - Level - Pro or Uni student. 16 mins

2018 - Djagamara - for flute and harp. For Griffyn Ensemble Canberra. Dedicated to the memory of James Djagamara MacLeod. Level Pro or Uni student. 5 mins

Oboe:

1994 - The Flowergirls - for solo oboe (or solo flute). Recorded by Rachel Tolmie for Wirripang label. Australian Double Reed Society upper level competition piece 2016. In three whacky movements. Level - university student. 5 mins.

2004 - Pacifica - for oboe and guitar (or soprano saxophone instead of oboe). Level - university students. 8 mins

Piano:

1995 - Grit - for piano. Level - university student. 3 mins

2012 - Civic Melancholy - for two pianos. In eight movements, whacky music for two pianos with integral screened images by Jamie Holcombe (we will make these available). For Andrew Swan and Geoff Preece via an Arts Central grant/Create NSW. Level - Pro. 23 mins

2014 - Five Little Piano Pieces in C. Exploring and indulging the key of C in five short etudes. Middle and upper grades.

2014 - Bagatelles for Flute and Piano (beach life vignettes) - Level - Pro or Uni student. 16 mins

2018 - The Arrival - for piano. Professional level. Written for Teddy Neeman, commissioned by the Polish Festival Canberra 2018. 8 mins.

2019 - Grainger in Bourke St - for piano. 2 mins.

Saxophone:

1998 - Illawong Dream for tenor saxophone and guitar. For Eora College concert featuring Sydney saxophonist Michael Brown and Chris. Level - professional or university student. 8 mins

2008 - Two Miniatures (Hit The Sky Running, Each Field A Window) - for tenor saxophone (or flute or clarinet). For Levande Musik, Sweden. Level - Pro or Uni student. 30 sec' each.

Guitar:

1998 - Illawong Dream for tenor saxophone and guitar. For Eora College concert featuring Sydney saxophonist Michael Brown and Chris. Level - professional or university student. 8 mins

2000 - North Country Sketches - for solo guitar. Uses bi-tones. An AMEB upper grades listed work. Melbourne conservatorium teachers schedule it for 4th year performance students to study. Ken Murray recorded it for ABC (repeated broadcasts). Other international performances include by Gian Marco Ciampa (Italy). Level - professional or university student. 8 mins

2002 - Star of the Sea - for solo guitar. Level - upper grades student. 3 mins

2002 - Summer Rag - for solo guitar. Level - professional or university student. 3 mins

2002 - Harvest Hymn - for solo guitar. An arrangement of the Grainger piano piece. Level - professional or university student. 4 mins

2004 - My Eye Has Seen My Desire - for bass recorder (in F) and guitar (or bass clarinet with guitar), commissioned by Izhar Elias for Duo Bosgraaf Elias (Holland). Repeated performances in Australia and internationally by them, and also Sylvia Hinz (Germany and Argentia). Level - professional. 9 mins

2004 - Pacifica - for oboe and guitar (or soprano saxophone instead of oboe). Level - university students. 8 mins

2005 - The Cardinal Virtues - for solo guitar. A set of seven short meditations on these virtues as expounded by the Church. Level - professional or university student. 17 mins

2008 - Simple Truths - for solo guitar. Recorded on the Anima album by Chris, now a VCE performance piece.

2019 - Lake Music. An installation or concert work for amplified or electric guitars with effects.For Rowan Conroy's Goulburn Gallery solo exhibition 2019. 

2021 - Rain Falls and After for two guitars. Professional level. 7 mins.

Much other non-notated guitar music. See Guitar page, or albums Anima and Ocean Song on Home page.

Recorder:

2004 - My Eye Has Seen My Desire - for bass recorder (in F) and guitar, commissioned by Izhar Elias for Duo Bosgraaf Elias (Holland). Repeated performances in Australia and internationally by them, and also Sylvia Hinz (Germany and Argentia). Level - professional. 9 mins

Clarinet/Bass clarinet:

2004 - My Eye Has Seen My Desire - version for bass clarinet with guitar, commissioned by Izhar Elias for Duo Bosgraaf Elias (Holland). Repeated performances in Australia and internationally by them, and also Sylvia Hinz (Germany and Argentia). Level - professional. 9 mins

2008 - Two Miniatures (Hit The Sky Running, Each Field A Window) - for clarinet (or flute or tenor sax). For Levande Musik, Sweden. Level - Pro or Uni student. 30 sec' each.

2018 - Dying River Party for solo clarinet. Level - grade 7 and University students. 11 mins.

Strings:

2014 - Adagio melancolico - for two violins. Middle grades. 3 mins

2021 - From the Deep - for double bass. 3 mins

Carillon:

2017 - As Wild As All Get Out - for Carillon. Commissioned by Thomas Laue, Canberra. Level - Pro or Uni student. 5 mins

2021 - Where Blue Plains Widen - for carillon and amplified classical guitar. Professional level. 5 mins.

Harp:

2018 - Djagamara - for flute and harp. For Griffyn Ensemble Canberra. Dedicated to the memory of James Djagamara MacLeod. Level Pro or Uni student. 5 mins