richard emsley
list of works
The lunar silences, the silent tide lapping... (1973) 11'
flute, clarinet, percussion (4 players), piano, violin
First performance: The Festival Ensemble conducted by the composer, Cardiff Festival of Twentieth Century Music, 9 March 1974
Hologenesis (1978) 13'
solo clarinet
First performance: David Campbell, Purcell Room, London, 10 April 1980
Commissioned by David Campbell with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain
At Once (1979) 7'
flute (doubling alto flute), oboe (doubling oboe d'amore & cor anglais), vibraphone, piano
First performance: Suoraan conducted by James Clarke, St.Bartholomew's International Festival of Twentieth Century Music, London, 14 July 1979
Snatches (1979) 6'
flute (doubling piccolo & alto flute), oboe (doubling cor anglais), vibraphone, piano
First performance: Suoraan conducted by James Clarke, St.John's Smith Square, London, 17 January 1980
Skhistos (1980) 7'
flute, oboe, vibraphone, piano
First performance: Suoraan, Purcell Room, London, 20 April 1980
The Juniper Tree (1981) 23'
Shadow puppet theatre (or animated film) and ensemble
flute (doubling piccolo & alto flute), oboe (doubling oboe d'amore & cor anglais), mezzo soprano voice, congas, piano
First performance: Barry Smith's Theatre of Puppets and Suoraan, Dartington Summer School of Music, 6 August 1981
Commissioned by Dartington Summer School of Music
Helter-Skelter (1981) 13'
flute, vibraphone, piano
First performance: Suoraan conducted by the composer, 'Alive and Composing', Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 4 October 1981
Cut/Dissolve (1984) 10'
solo percussion
First performance: Elizabeth Davis, British Music Information Centre, London, 31 May 1984
Commissioned by Elizabeth Davis with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain
...from swerve of shore to bend of bay... (1984-85) 12'
alto flute (doubling piccolo), bass clarinet (doubling e-flat clarinet), percussion, piano, viola, cello
First performance: The Fires of London conducted by Howard Williams, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 18 February 1985
Commissioned by The Fires of London with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain
Flow Form (1986-87) 8'
solo piano
First performance: Robert Keeley, British Music Information Centre, London, 29 January 1987
Tidal Volume I (1989) 6'
solo harpsichord
First performance: Jane Chapman, Michael Tippett Centre, Bath College of Higher Education, 22 November 1989
finnissys fifty (1996) 1'
solo piano
First performance: Ian Pace, British Music Information Centre, London, 11 July 1996
Little Sunderings (1996) 6'
solo piano
First performance: Kate Ryder, University of Durham, 6 November 1997
for piano 1 (1997) 11'
solo piano
First performance: Andrei Tanasescu, ISCM World Music Days, Bucharest, 2 October 1999
for piano 2 (1997) 7'
solo piano
for piano 3 (1997) 2'30"
solo piano
for piano 4 (1997) 5'
solo piano
First performance of nos. 2, 3 & 4: Ian Pace, King's College London, 8 February 1999
for piano 5 (1998) 11'
solo piano
First performance: Mary Dullea, St. Cyprian's Church, London, 8 May 2003
for guitar 1 (1998) 6'
First performance: Alan Thomas, The Warehouse, London, 9 March 1999
for piano 6 (1999) 7'
solo piano
First performance: Ian Pace, Dublin City Gallery (The Hugh Lane), 23 November
2003
for piano 7 (1999) 7'
solo piano
for piano 8 (1999) 5'
solo piano
for piano 9 (1999) 9'
solo piano
for piano 10 (1999) 6'30"
solo piano
First performance: Ian Pace, British Music Information Centre, London, 13 January 2000
for piano 11 (1999) 2'30"
solo piano
First performance: Isabel Ettenauer, London College of Music and Media, 30 March 2000
for piano 12 (1999) 6'
solo piano
First performance of nos. 7, 8, 9 & 12: Kentaro Noda, Creole, Kobe, Japan,
28 December 2003
invention 1 on the name james dillon (2001) 2'
two vibraphones
invention 2 on the name james dillon (2001) 2'
solo vibraphone
First performance: The Warehouse, London, 4 October 2001
Still/s 1 (2002) 8'30"
solo cello
First performance: Anton Lukoszevieze, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, 6 July 2002
Commissioned by the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill for the Colour White exhibition
Still/s 22 (2002) 7'
clarinet and piano
First performance: Libra Ensemble, St. Cyprian's Church, London, 14 February
2003
Still/s 14 (2003) 8'
solo violin
First performance: Darragh Morgan, Bush Hall, London, 26 June 2003
Commissioned by Darragh Morgan with funds provided by the RVW Trust
for piano 13 (2000-03) 42'
solo piano
First performance: Philip Thomas, Firth Hall, Sheffield, 11 November 2003
Commissioned by Philip Thomas with funds from Arts Council England
Still/s 2 (2004) 8'
clarinet and cello
First performance: Apartment House, Church of St Anne & St
Agnes, London, 2 July 2008
for piano 14 (2004) 16'
solo piano
First performance: Jonathan Powell, Bush Hall, London, 24 October 2004
Still/s 10 (2004) 9'
flute and piano
First performance: Libra Ensemble, St. Giles' Cripplegate, London, 28 March 2005
Still/s 3 (2004) 7'
violin and cello
First performance: Apartment House, Church of St Anne & St
Agnes, London, 2 July 2008
Piano with violin (2005) 9'
violin and piano
First performance: Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea, King's College London, 4 July 2005
for piano 15 (2005) 40'
solo piano
First performance: Jonathan Powell, The Warehouse, London, 18
December 2006
Tidal Volume III (2006) 6'
mandolin and guitar
First performance: Duo Ahlert & Schwab, Bad Herzburg, 30 March 2008
Still/s 4 (2008) 12'
flute and clarinet
First performance: Apartment House, Church of St Anne & St Agnes, London, 2 July
2008
Commissioned by Music We'd Like To Hear
Still/s 5 (2008)
8'
piccolo, clarinet in E flat and piano
First performance: Apartment House, Church of St Anne & St Agnes, London, 2 July
2008
Commissioned by Music We'd Like To Hear
Still/s 6 (2008) 7'
flute, violin and piano
First performance: Apartment House, Church of St Anne
& St Agnes, London, 2 July 2008
Commissioned by Music We'd Like To Hear
how to order music
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for piano Nos. 1 - 12 are available together in an 81 page volume.
Richard Emsley's scores can be viewed and studied at the British Music Information Centre. It is also possible to obtain copies of scores from the BMIC
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