| Orchestra | |
| If he died, what then (2012) | 20' |
| Commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | |
| Soprano (Dawn Upshaw) and Orchestra (SPCO) | |
To a text by Asenath Nicholson | |
| Crane (2009) | c. 25' |
| Commissioned by RTE | |
| orchestra | |
Recommended by the International Rostrum of Composers 2010. Hear it here or 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) | |
| 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) | |
Another - longer - excerpt here Full recording available on NMC portrait CD 'Elastic Harmonic", downloadable here | |
| 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] | |
| Swift's Epitaph (2008) | 3' |
| Written for the NMC Songbook | |
| Countertenor and Percussion | |
| Vocal | |
| If he died, what then (2012) | 20' |
| Commissioned by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra | |
| Soprano (Dawn Upshaw) and Orchestra (SPCO) | |
To a text by Asenath Nicholson | |
| That the Night Come (2010) | c. 32' |
| Commissioned by Dawn Upshaw | |
| soprano, fl, cl, trombone, accordion, guitar, piano, percussion, 2 vlns, vla, cello, bass | |
Song cycle (of 6 songs) to texts by W.B. Yeats. On Nonesuch album, Gra Agus Bas, released 3 May 2011, available (with audio samples) here. 1. He Wishes His Beloved were Dead 2. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water
To order a score, email scores@donnachadennehy.com | |
| 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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On Nonesuch album, Gra Agus Bas (May 2011), available here. A video clip of a live performance (conducted by Alan Pierson) is available here (April 2009). | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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/see it here Hear an extract here: http://electranewmusic.com/audio.html | |
| [H]interlands (2002) | 35'` |
| commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh | |
| 2 female vocalists and soundtrack | |
See/hear an extract here: www.braunarts.com | |
| 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' | |
| 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 | |
| Two Yeats Songs (1993) | 10' |
| S-solo, fl | |
Text: W. B. Yeats | |
| Smaller Ensemble (2-5 Players) | |
| One Hundred Goodbyes (Céad Slán) (2011) | 24'30" |
| Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet with funding provided by the Arts Council of Ireland | |
| string quartet & soundtrack | |
In three movements, connected attaca. | |
| 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 Smith Quartet performance of it here: http://www.smithquartet.com/sq-video.shtml Available now on the Smith Quartet's Dance Album | |
| 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 | |
| Pushpulling (2007) | 6' |
| Commissioned by the Printing House Festival for the Con Tempo Quartet | |
| String Quartet | |
| 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: | |
| Tilt (2006) | 8' |
| 4 electric guitars | |
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| Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness (2004) | 2' |
| A present for Prism Sax Quartet | |
| Saxophone Qt or any quartet of similar sounding instruments | |
On Prism's CD, Dedication | |
| 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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| 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/see it here Hear an extract here: http://electranewmusic.com/audio.html | |
| 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 | |
| Glamour Sleeper (2002) | 10' |
| commissioned by Up North Festival | |
| cl, perc, vn, db, soundtrack | |
| 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' | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pluck, Stroke and Hammer (1997) | 6' |
| commissioned by Music Network for RTE Vanbrugh Quartet and Hugh Tinney | |
| string quartet and piano | |
| Larger Ensemble (6+ Players) | |
| That the Night Come (2010) | c. 32' |
| Commissioned by Dawn Upshaw | |
| soprano, fl, cl, trombone, accordion, guitar, piano, percussion, 2 vlns, vla, cello, bass | |
Song cycle (of 6 songs) to texts by W.B. Yeats. On Nonesuch album, Gra Agus Bas, released 3 May 2011, available (with audio samples) here. 1. He Wishes His Beloved were Dead 2. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water
To order a score, email scores@donnachadennehy.com | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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On Nonesuch album, Gra Agus Bas (May 2011), available here. A video clip of a live performance (conducted by Alan Pierson) is available here (April 2009). | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Severance (1999) | 14' |
| commissioned by Orkest de Volharding | |
| fl+picc, 3 sax, 3 tpt, 3 trb, pf, db, [all amplified] tape | |
| The Traces of a Revolutionary Song (1998) | 11' |
| commissioned by Music Network for London Brass | |
| 4 tpt, hn, 3 trb, btrb, tuba | |
| 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 | |
| Solo / Electroacoustic | |
| Misterman (2011) | hour |
| Commissioned by Landmark Productions for Enda Walsh's play, Misterman | |
| soundtrack | |
| Overstrung (2010) | 7' |
| Part of the Overtone Series (pieces for solo and multitracked retuned solos based on overtone series) | |
| Violin and Soundtrack (of multiple retuned violins) | |
| Written for Monica Germino | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| [H]interlands (2002) | 35'` |
| commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh | |
| 2 female vocalists and soundtrack | |
See/hear an extract here: www.braunarts.com | |
| pAt (2001) | 11' |
| commissioned by Music Network for Joanna Mac Gregror | |
| pf, tape | |
| Mad, Avid, Sad (2000) | 3' |
| org | |
| FAT (2000) | 6' |
| Flute and Tape | |
| Swerve (1998) | 8' |
| fl, soundtrack | |
| Curves (1997) | 7' |
| commissioned by Irish Arts Council for Maria Cleary | |
| hrp [amplified], tape | |
| Voitures (1996) | 6' |
| ob, tape | |
| Metropolis Mutabilis (1995) | 6' |
| tape and optional video [video by Hugh Reynolds] | |
| Begobs I-IV (1995) | 18' |
| pf | |
| GUBU (1995) | 7' |
| tape | |
| Work for Organ (1992) | 3' |
| commissioned by Joseph O'Gorman | |
| org | |
| String Quartet | |
| One Hundred Goodbyes (Céad Slán) (2011) | 24'30" |
| Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet with funding provided by the Arts Council of Ireland | |
| string quartet & soundtrack | |
In three movements, connected attaca. | |
| 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 Smith Quartet performance of it here: http://www.smithquartet.com/sq-video.shtml Available now on the Smith Quartet's Dance Album | |
| Pushpulling (2007) | 6' |
| Commissioned by the Printing House Festival for the Con Tempo Quartet | |
| String Quartet | |
| 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 | |
| Open Ensemble | |
| A Fatal Optimist (2008) | 4' |
| Commissioned by COMA UK. | |
| An open score (in 4 parts) for any instrumentation | |
| flashbulb (2006) | 1'30 |
| 3 melody instruments and 1 struck instrument | |
| Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness (2004) | 2' |
| A present for Prism Sax Quartet | |
| Saxophone Qt or any quartet of similar sounding instruments | |
On Prism's CD, Dedication | |
| Blips and Static (2002) | 6' |
| Multiple ghetto blasters (boomboxes) | |
| Film Soundtrack | |
| ALARM (2008) | 100 mins |
| Venus Films | |
| ensemble + electronics | |
| Original Soundtrack for Gerard Stembridge's psychological thriller, ALARM (2008) | |
| Overtone Series | |
| Overstrung (2010) | 7' |
| Part of the Overtone Series (pieces for solo and multitracked retuned solos based on overtone series) | |
| Violin and Soundtrack (of multiple retuned violins) | |
| Written for Monica Germino | |
| Stainless Staining (2007) | 14' |
| commissioned by Lisa Moore (with funds by the Arts Council of Ireland) | |
| piano and soundtrack | |
|
>DOWNLOAD< | |
| You can hear the full premiere performance by Lisa Moore online at WNYC | |