| Orchestra | |
| Crane (2009) | c. 23' |
| Commissioned by RTE | |
| orchestra | |
| (2008-9) | |
| Elastic Harmonic (2005) | c. 13' |
| Commissioned by RTE for the National Symphony Orchestra and Ioana-Petcu Colan. Premiere on TV, 5 September 2005. First public concert performance given on 30 January 2007 by Darragh Morgan and the National Symphony Orchestra. | |
| Violin and Orchestra (vn-solo, 2431 4321 hrp pf 3 perc str) | |
| Full recording available on NMC portrait CD 'Elastic Harmonic", downloadable here | |
| HIVE (2005) | c. 17' |
| Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the National Chamber Choir for the Ulster Orchestra and National Chamber Choir | |
| Voices and Orchestra (satb 2230 4221 timp 3 perc hrp pf str) | |
| O (2002) | 11' |
| commissioned by Trinity College, premiered by NSOI | |
| 4042 2 sax 4440 4 perc 2 hrp str | |
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| The Vandal (2000) | 11' |
| commissioned by RTE for NSOI | |
| 3330 3331 pf str [16.14.12.10.8] | |
| Smaller Ensemble (2-5 Players) | |
| A Game for Gentlemen Played by Thugs (1999) | 5' |
| premiered 2003 by London Sinfonietta | |
| oboe, trumpet, harpsichord or for alternative instrumentation of picc, trumpet or trombone, and piano | |
| Bulb (2006) | 12-14' |
| Commissioned by the Fidelio Trio (with funds provided by the Irish Arts Council) | |
| piano trio (vln, vlc, piano) | |
Hear an excerpt here: http://www.fideliotrio.com/music.html Or here | |
| Counting (2000) | 12' |
| commisioned by Music Network | |
| string qt + soundtrack [4-channel or 2-channel] | |
| Ecstasis, full stop (1999) | 5' |
| commissioned by RTE | |
| string qt, soundtrack | |
| Fold (2008) | c. 12' |
| Commissioned by New Noise with funds provided by the Arts Council of Ireland | |
| oboe, bass clarinet, percussion (vibes, bass drum), piano and electronics | |
| Glamour Sleeper (2002) | 10' |
| commissioned by Up North Festival | |
| cl, perc, vn, db, soundtrack | |
| Glamour Sleeper II (2003) | 10' |
| version of I made for Ensemble Integrales | |
| sax, perc, prep. piano, vn, soundtrack | |
| Full recording available on NMC CD 'Elastic Harmonic', downloadable here | |
| Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness (2004) | 2' |
| A present for Prism Sax Quartet | |
| Saxophone Qt or any quartet of similar sounding instruments | |
| Pluck, Stroke and Hammer (1997) | 6' |
| commissioned by Music Network for RTE Vanbrugh Quartet and Hugh Tinney | |
| string quartet and piano | |
| Pushpulling (2007) | 6' |
| Commissioned by the Printing House Festival for the Con Tempo Quartet | |
| String Quartet | |
| STAMP (2008) | 8'-10' |
| Commissioned by Music Network (with funds from Arts Council of Ireland) for Smith Quartet | |
| String Quartet | |
You can see excerpts from a stormin' Smith Quartet performance of it here: | |
| Table Manners (2004) | 15' - 30' |
| commissioned by Percussion Group of the Hague | |
| 4 percussionists | |
| Go here to see an excerpt | |
| The Blotting (2004) | c. 14' |
| commissioned by the Bath Festival with funding by the Arts Council England for the Tate Ensemble | |
| b cl, vln, cello, piano | |
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| Tilt (2006) | 8' |
| 4 electric guitars | |
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| To Herbert Brun (2002) | 20' |
| commissioned by Daghda Dance | |
| voice, sax, trb, db, live electronics | |
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| 4th part can be done on its own 6' | |
| Larger Ensemble (6+ Players) | |
| An Irish Process (2009) | 12' |
| Commissioned by Orkest de Ereprijs | |
| 2 fl/picc, cl, 2 sax, hn, trp, 2 trb, piano, perc, elec guit, bass | |
| As An Nós (2009) | 15' |
| Commissioned by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (with funding by the Arts Council of Ireland) | |
| flute, clarinet, guitar, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello | |
| Composition for percussion, loops, blips and flesh (2002) | 14' |
| commissioned by Amsterdam Fonds Voor der Kunst for Slagwerkgroep Den Haag | |
| 6 marimbas (bowed and struck), electronics, video | |
| Go here to hear an excerpt | |
| derailed (2000) | 14' |
| commisioned by Project Theatre, Dublin | |
| fl cl vn vc db hpd soundtrack | |
| Grá agus Bás (2007) | 26' |
| Crash Ensemble + Iarla O'Lionaird (voice + fl/picc, cl/b-cl, trb, elec guit, perc (vibes+kick drum), samples (max patch), vln, vla, cello, bass) | |
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You can find another excerpt on myspace, a video clip taken by CMC on YouTube and the full thing online from WNYC's streaming service. The New York Times Review of NY premiere available here. Another video clip of another live performance (conducted by Alan Pierson) is now available here (April 2009).
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| Junk Box Fraud (1997) | 12'30 |
| premiered by Crash Ensemble | |
| cl, trb, 2 pf, 2 speakers, tape, video [video by Hugh Reynolds and Gerry O'Brien] | |
Full recording available on NMC portrait CD 'Elastic Harmonic', downloadable here Video of live performance here | |
| Severance (1999) | 14' |
| commissioned by Orkest de Volharding | |
| fl+picc, 3 sax, 3 tpt, 3 trb, pf, db, [all amplified] tape | |
| Streetwalker (2003) | 12' |
| commissioned by WNYC for Bang On A Can | |
| cl/b cl, elec. guit, pno, perc, cello, bass | |
| Full recording available on NMC portrait CD 'Elastic Harmonic', downloadable here | |
| The Pale (2003) | 11' |
| Saxophone Quartet + Percussion Sextet | |
| Premiered by Percussion Group of the Hague and Aurelia Saxophone Quartet | |
| The Traces of a Revolutionary Song (1998) | 11' |
| commissioned by Music Network for London Brass | |
| 4 tpt, hn, 3 trb, btrb, tuba | |
| Solo / Electroacoustic | |
| Begobs I-IV (1995) | 18' |
| pf | |
| BRAT (2000/5) (2005) | 6' |
| Recorder and Tape (A version of FAT made for recorder in collaboration with the recorder player Susanna Borsch) | |
| Hear a very short excerpt here | |
| Curves (1997) | 7' |
| commissioned by Irish Arts Council for Maria Cleary | |
| hrp [amplified], tape | |
| FAT (2000) | 6' |
| Flute and Tape | |
| GUBU (1995) | 7' |
| tape | |
| Mad, Avid, Sad (2000) | 3' |
| org | |
| Metropolis Mutabilis (1995) | 6' |
| tape and optional video [video by Hugh Reynolds] | |
| North Circular (2007) | 1' |
| Written for Guy Livingston's One Minute More Project | |
| piano | |
| Here's a link to a video promo featuring the piece (available on a new recording by Guy Livingston) | |
| North Strand (2007) | 1' |
| piano | |
| Overstrung (2010) | 7' |
| Violin and Soundtrack (of multiple violins) | |
| Written for Monica Germino | |
| PADDY (2003) | 8' |
| premiered by Tatiana Koleva | |
| percussion (2 kick drums, 2 wooden boxes, junk metal) | |
| Recording available on NMC portrait CD 'Elastic Harmonic', downloadable here | |
| pAt (2001) | 11' |
| commissioned by Music Network for Joanna Mac Gregror | |
| pf, tape | |
| Reservoir (2007) | 10' |
| Commissioned by Isabelle O'Connell. Premiered by her at Weill, Carnegie Hall, November 2007. | |
| piano | |
| Hear excerpts of Isabelle playing it here and here | |
| Stainless Staining (2007) | 14' |
| commissioned by Lisa Moore (with funds by the Arts Council of Ireland) | |
| piano and soundtrack | |
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| You can hear the full premiere performance by Lisa Moore online at WNYC | |
| Swerve (1998) | 8' |
| fl, soundtrack | |
| Voitures (1996) | 6' |
| ob, tape | |
| Work for Organ (1992) | 3' |
| commissioned by Joseph O'Gorman | |
| org | |
| Vocal / Choral | |
| Aisling Gheal (A Spectral Sean Nós Setting) (2007) | 9' |
| Written for Iarla O'Lionáird and Crash Ensemble | |
| voice, fl, cl, vibes, elec guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass + electronics (MSP patch) | |
Video of live performance here | |
| Grá agus Bás (2007) | 26' |
| Crash Ensemble + Iarla O'Lionaird (voice + fl/picc, cl/b-cl, trb, elec guit, perc (vibes+kick drum), samples (max patch), vln, vla, cello, bass) | |
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You can find another excerpt on myspace, a video clip taken by CMC on YouTube and the full thing online from WNYC's streaming service. The New York Times Review of NY premiere available here. Another video clip of another live performance (conducted by Alan Pierson) is now available here (April 2009).
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| Junk Box Fraud (1997) | 12'30 |
| premiered by Crash Ensemble | |
| cl, trb, 2 pf, 2 speakers, tape, video [video by Hugh Reynolds and Gerry O'Brien] | |
Full recording available on NMC portrait CD 'Elastic Harmonic', downloadable here Video of live performance here | |
| Swift's Epitaph (2008) | 3' |
| Written for the NMC Songbook | |
| Countertenor and Percussion | |
| The Weathering (2004) | 14' |
| premiered by Electra at Lincoln Center, NY | |
| soprano, recorder, perc, vln (elec. or ord) and video [video by Mark Linnane, Colm Tobin and Aki Aro] | |
| Hear an extract here: http://electranewmusic.com/audio.html | |
| To Herbert Brun (2002) | 20' |
| commissioned by Daghda Dance | |
| voice, sax, trb, db, live electronics | |
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| 4th part can be done on its own 6' | |
| Two Yeats Songs (1993) | 10' |
| S-solo, fl | |
| Text: W. B. Yeats | |
| [H]interlands (2002) | 35'` |
| commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh | |
| 2 female vocalists and soundtrack | |
| See/hear an extract here: www.braunarts.com | |
| Film Soundtrack | |
| ALARM (2008) | 100 mins |
| Venus Films | |
| ensemble + electronics | |
| Original Soundtrack for Gerard Stembridge's psychological thriller, ALARM (2008) | |
| Opera | |
| GAS (in progress) (2009) | in progress |
| 3 voices, ensemble, electronics | |
| (work in progress) | |