Chronological List of Works

Missa: In Memoriam Lili Boulanger (1976) for solo soprano, double choir, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and organ [chorus and ensemble] Two Motets to Verses from the Prophet Isaiah (1981) for soprano, flute, oboe, viola and harp [voice and ensemble] Choroi kai Thaliai (Revels and Dances) (1982) for solo percussion, solo soprano and tape [voice and percussion] Drama (1983) for the Kings Singers (2 countertenors, tenor, 2 baritones, bass) [unaccompanied voices] Ho shang Yao (Songs by the River) (1983) for solo soprano and solo percussion Audio Excerpts available [voice and percussion] String Quartet (1984) [chamber] Barong (1985) for two pianos and two percussion [chamber] Tien chung Yao (Songs from the Fields) (1985) for soprano, cimbalom and percussion instruments [voice and percussion] Phaedrus (1986) for solo baritone, solo percussion, wind ensemble, percussion ensemble and chorus [chorus and ensemble] Usas (Dawn) (1986) for Electric Phoenix (S, Ms, T, B, tape and live electronics) [voices and electronics] Rogosanti (1986) for solo percussion [solo percussion] Marsyapollonomachia (1987) for solo oboe and percussion [chamber] Stoicheia (1988) for two solo percussionists, two percussion ensembles, four keyboards and electronics [percussion ensemble] Oreion (1989) for large orchestra Audio Excerpt available [orchestra] Village Burial with Fire (1989) for percussion quartet Audio Excerpt available [percussion ensemble] Incantamenta (Incantations) (1991) for twenty-four solo voices Audio Excerpt available [unaccompanied voices] Phianomena (1992) for eighteen voices, seventeen instruments and tape [chorus and ensemble] Spirit Festival with Lamentations (1992) for quartertone marimba and percussion quartet [percussion ensemble] Cart-wheels (1993) for bass clarinet and percussion [chamber] Elanga N'Kake singing to his craft (1993) for solo percussion [solo percussion] Venancio Mbande talking with the trees (1994) a concerto for quartertone marimba (and various wooden instruments) and fifteen instruments [large ensemble] Two men meet, each presuming the other to be from a distant planet (1995) a concerto for percussionist and twenty-four instruments [large ensemble] The Parliament of Angels (1995) a concerto for eighteen musicians Audio Excerpt available [large ensemble] Children at a Funeral (1996) for prepared piano Audio Excerpt available [instrumental] Séance (1996) for solo soprano, MIDI vibraphone, chorus and live electronics Audio Excerpt available [voices and electronics] Shrine of Stored Incense (1997) for solo percussion [solo percussion] Mountain Language (1998) for alphorn, MIDI cowbells and electronics [chamber] Jodo (1999) for solo percussion, high soprano and electronics Audio Excerpts available [chamber] The Priest of Shiga Temple (Jodo - Part 4) (1999) for solo marimba and electronics Audio Excerpt available [solo percussion] The Great Imperial Concubine (Jodo - Part 3) (1999) for solo soprano and electronics Audio Excerpt available [voice and electronics] Journey of the Magi (2000) for large ensemble [large ensemble] Déploration sur la mort de Gérard Grisey (2000) for marimba and string quartet [chamber] Autumn Voices (2001) for violin and electronics Audio Excerpt available [instrumental] Tongues of Fire (2001) for large chorus and percussion quartet [chorus and ensemble] Crying bird, echoing star (2002) for five instrumnents Audio Excerpt available [chamber] Hildegard (2002 - 2006) for soprano and baritone soloists, chorus, large ensemble and electronics [opera] Le Petit Bossu (2007) music theatre for reciter and percussion trio [percussion ensemble] De telarum mechanicae (2007) for fifteen instruments Audio Excerpt available [large ensemble] Gesualdo: Sacrae Cantiones Liber Secundus (Reconstruction) (2008-2011) for six and seven voices [early music editions/Gesualdo] Cloud Polyphonies (2011) for percussion sextet Audio Excerpt available [percussion ensemble] Sea Dances (2012) for percussion trio [percussion ensemble] Gulliver (2011-2014) Opera in four parts - libretto by Paul Griffiths for Baritone solo, vocal sextet and ensemble of fifteen players [opera] Secret Dialogues (2014) for solo marimba [solo percussion] Lamentations (2015) for twelve solo voices, two clarinets, viola da gamba and accordion [chorus and ensemble] Sufirafire (2015) for soprano doubling recorders, mezzo-soprano doubling medieval fiddle, alto doubling recorders Sei Canti (2016) for four soprano saxophones [chamber] Khamush (2015-16) for mixed chorus, percussion quartet, piano [chorus and ensemble] Danza de los voladores (2017) for solo flute, violin, mandolin, guitar, piano [chamber] Kalavinka Duos (2017) for percussion duo [percussion ensemble] Kalavinka Quartet (2017) for percussion quartet [percussion ensemble] Apokalypsis (2019-22) ORATORIUM for singing soloists, speaking soloists, chamber choir, seven saxophones and organ [chorus and ensemble] Panabuka (2022) for panflute and darbuka [chamber]