small ensemble (2-9)

Ash – Music for the Eremozoic (2020)
for saxophone quartet
Duration: 16′
Commissioned by Sigma Projects/ Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Premiere: 18 Jan 2021, Spain,
Sigma Projects Quartet

Anactoria (1998)
For six percussionists
Duration: 15′
Commissioned by Synergy Percussion
Premiere: 19 September 1999, Sydney, Synergy Percussion

Ehwaz (journeying) (2010)
trumpet and percussion
Duration: 15′, Commissioned by the International Trumpet Guild
Premiere: 10 July 2010, Sydney, Tristram Williams & Peter Neville

Gothic (1995-96)
For 8 solo strings (3Vln, 2Vla, 2Vc, D bass)
Duration: 10′
Commissioned by Australian Chamber Orchestra/ANZ Bank
Premiere: 20 June 1996, Sydney,
Australian Chamber Orchestra, conductor John Harding

The Heart’s Ear (1997)
For flute, clarinet, string quartet (2Vln, Vla, Vc)
Duration: 12′
Commissioned by the Australia Ensemble
Premiere: 11 Oct 1997, Sydney,
Australia Ensemble

Hell (1992)   
For string quartet (2Vln, Vla, Vc)
Duration: 10′
Commissioned by Milano Musica
Premiere: 9 June 1992, Milan, Arditti String Quartet

Inguz (Fertility) (1996)
For clarinet in A and violoncello
Duration: 6′
Premiere: 25 November 1996, Bremen, Bremer Podium Concert
Carl Rosman & Rosanne Hunt

In the Shadow’s Light (2004)
For string quartet (2 Vln, Vla, Vc)
Duration: 26′
Commissioned by Festival d’Automne à Paris
Premiere 29 Nov 2005, Paris, Kairos Quartett

Koto (1993   
For 8 musicians
Fl/picc, Ob.d’amore, Flugel horn, Koto, Vla, 2Vc, Perc
Duration: 12′
Premiere: 29 July 1994, Lismore,
ELISION Ensemble, Satsuki Odamura (koto), conductor Sandro Gorli

Ming Qi (Bright Vessel) (2000)
for oboe and percussion
Duration: 3.5′
Commissioned by the Divertimento Ensemble
Premiere: 1 October 2000, Venice Biennale, Luca Avanzi oboe, Riccardo Balbinutti percussion

Ochred String (2008) 
for oboe, viola, ‘cello, double bass
Duration: 14′,
Commissioned by Musica Viva Munich Festival 2008/ Ian Potter Foundation
Premiere 10 Feb 2008, Munich

Pharmakon (2018, rev 2024)
2 tenor-bass trombones
commissioned by Bludenzer Tage Zeitgemäßer Musik for Rage Thormbones
Premiere: 18 November 2018, Weston Olencki & Matt Barbier
Premiere revised version, 7 Dec 2024, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Olencki & Barbier

Ronda – The Spinning World (2016)
horn, tpt, tbn, harp, perc, vln, vla, vc, dbass + plásticas sonoras (instruments by Walter Smetak; also can be substituted with other home built instruments)
Duration: 16′
Commissioned as part of ‘Re-Inventing Smetak’, a joint project of DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, Ensemble Modern and Goethe-Institutes São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador/Bahia, supported by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Premiere: 25 Feb 2017, Frankfurt
Ensemble Modern conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni

Shimmer Songs (2006)   
‘double quartet’
For string quartet (2 Vln, Vla, Vc), harp, 3 perc
Duration: 14′
Commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
through the Fromm Foundation
Premiere 2007, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Songs found in dream (2005) 
For 8 musicians
Ob, Cl/ Bass Cl, Alto Sax, Trumpet, 2 Perc, Vc, D Bass
Duration: 13′
Commissioned by Salzburger Festspiele
Premiere: 20 August 2005, Mozarteum Salzburg,
Klangforum Wien conducted by Stefan Asbury

Spirit Weapons (1999)     
Part I for violoncello solo
Part II for contrabass clarinet and 3 percussion (small set-up)
The two parts may be performed separately
Duration: 17′, Part I: 6’5; Part II: 9′
Commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain
Premiere: 4 November 1999, Paris, ‘cello Pierre Strauch, C-bass clarinet Alain Billard,
percussion: Vincent Bauer, Daniel Ciampolini and Michel Cerutti

Street of Crocodiles (1995)
For 9 musicians
Fl, Ob, Alto Sax, Alto Tbn, Cimbalom/Perc, Vln, Vla, Vc, Baroque Vc
Duration: 14′
Commissioned by Ensemble Modern
Premiere: 3 November 1995, Frankfurt, Alte Oper
Ensemble Modern, conductor Ingo Metzmacher

The turning dance of the bee (2016)       
For 6 musicians
Flute/Picc/Alto flute, Bass clarinet, Piano, Percussion [River stone on cement tile, 2 Chinese gongs, Thai gong, 3 cowbells, tabla drum, temple block,tenor tom-tom], Violin, Violoncello
Duration: 14′
Premiere: 17 Nov 2016, Ensemble für neue Musik Zürich

Veil (1999)
For 7 Musicians
Fl/Bass Fl, Bass Cl, Tpt in C, Perc, Piano, Vln, Vc
Duration 10′
Commissioned by Ensemble für neue musik zürich
Premiere: 23 February 2000, Cologne, WDR Composer Portrait
Ensemble für neue musik zürich, conductor Jürg Henneberger

Voodoo Child (1989) 
For soprano and 7 musicians
Soprano, Fl/picc, Cl, Tbn, Perc, Piano, Vln, Vc
Text by Sappho (in Ancient Greek)
Duration: 11′
Commissioned by Radio Bremen
Premiere: 12 May 1990, Bremen, Festival Pro Musica Nova
Ensemble Avance, soprano Ingrid Schmithüsen, conductor Andras Hamary

The Weaver’s Knot (2014) 
For string quartet
Duration: 6′
Commissioned by Wittenertage für neue Kammermusik
Premiere: 10 May 2014, Arditti String Quartet

Winding Bodies: 3 Knots (2014)
for alto flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, Norwegian hardingfele,
violin, viola, ‘cello, double bass
Duration: 16′
Commissioned by the Cikada Ensemble/Norwegian Arts Council.
Premiere: 11 September 2014, Ultima Festival Oslo