INSTRUMENTAL DUOS Above all that for recorder & piano (2011) 3' for the 90th birthday concert of Antony Hopkins, Civic Centre, Berhamstead, 20th May 2011
A Piece of Cake: see under P
Catercorny (2004) for clarinet & piano (includes Litany and a re-named arrangement of Margareeting below) 6’
first performed by Philip Edwards and Robert Coleridge, Regent Hall, London, 8th October 2005
Converse (2010) dualogue for tenor sax and bass clarinet 9'
Dawnfaring (1984) for viola and piano 15’
commissioned under North West Arts Association's Young Artists' scheme, first performed by Rosemary Sanderson and John Gough, Queens Hall, Hexham, 22nd November 1986
*Duo (1963) violin and viola (MS) 15’
first performed by Rodney Friend and Leslie Malowany, London, April 1963
Early to Bloom (2011) for tenor recorder & harpsichord 3'
(in memory of Bill Hopkins. First performed by John turner and Ian Thompson, St. Philip's Salford, 17.5.2011)
Farings (1983-2000) 10 short pieces for sopranino recorder and piano (Forsyth) 15’
*Gioco de Pari (1962, reworked 2008) violin & viola 10'
Litany (2004) for clarinet & piano (commissioned for Associated Board Spectrum series) 2’
Margareeting (2000) for tenor or descant recorder and piano (MS) 2’
Moonfaring (1983) for cello and percussion 19 - 30’
first performed by Raphael Sommer and Clive Malabar, RNCM, Manchester, 12th November 1984
Os (1999) for oboe and vibraphone (revised 2002) 16’
commissioned by Melinda Maxwell with funds from Golsoncott Foundation; first performed by her and Richard Benjafield, RNCM, Manchester, 16th February 2000
Osanna for Lady O (1997, rewritten 2007) for cello and piano 8’
commissioned by Ralph Kirshbaum for Manchester International Cello Festival; first performed by Alban Gerhardt and Simon Parkin, Manchester International Cello Festival, 3rd May 1998
Paluma (1993) for sopranino recorder and piano (arranged from movement IV of Igorochki ) (MS) 4’
Piano Sonata no.2 (1966) (piano 4-hands) 25’
first performed by Susan Bradshaw and Richard Rodney Bennett, London, May 1967; first performance of extended version given by Yuji Takahashi and William Benjamin, Tanglewood, August 1967
A Piece of Cake for treble recorder and piano (MS) 80"
first performed by at Audrey Wheatley's 80th birthday-party, Bude, June 2006
Réflexions, Rose nord (1996) for bass clarinet and vibraphone 5’
Rapprochement (2011) for cello and piano 9' (commissioned by York Late Music series for Simon Turner and Richard Casey, premiered Unitarian Chepel, York 3.3.2012)
Songline (2011) for double bass & piano 3' (commissioned by David Heyes for his Fizz@50 project)
first performed by Duo Contemporain, Brussels, March 1997
Stars (1995) for treble recorder and guitar (rev. 2004) 13’
first performed by John Turner and Craig Ogden, Warwick Arts Centre, 19th October 1995
Sinfin parados (2002) for vibraphone duo (arrangement of Sinfin) 9’
first performed by Chris Brannick and Richard Benjafield, National Centre for Early Music, York, 13th April 2002
Songline (2011) for double bass & piano 3' (commissioned by David Heyes for his Fizz@50 project)
Spell Respell (1968) for electric basset clarinet and piano 12’
first performed by John Gates and Delores Stevens, Santa Monica, California, 30th January 1970
Sunrising (1981) for oboe and piano (commissioned and published by Forsyth Bros. Ltd., Manchester) 3’
Strophics (1961) for violin & piano (MS) 7'
The Incredible Flute Music (1968) for flute and piano (Peal I) 11’
first performed by Judith Pearce and Ronald Lumsden, BBC broadcast, July 1970
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