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2 Violins
[20'] [1981]
2vn
Commissioned by Alexander Balanescu and Elisabeth Perry
First performance 127, Wigmore Hall, London
Angelfish Decay (from A Zed and Two Noughts)
[3'] [1985]
hpd[=pf]/2vn
Also available for the Michael Nyman Band
Childs Play
[21'] [1985]
2vn/hpd[=pf]
First performance 28/7/127, Almeida Theatre, London
Alexander Balanescu and Elisabeth Perry, violins / Michael Nyman, harpsichord
written for the ballet Portraits in Reflection
Four Saxes (Real Slow Drag)
[15'] [1982]
sx4tet[=3S.T]
Commissioned by the Myrha Saxophone Quartet
First performance 127, St John's Smith Square, London
Myrha Saxophone Quartet
I'll Stake My Cremona to a Jew's Crump
[12'] [1983]
Text by Lawrence Sterne
Soloist(s) Simultaneous singing
electronically modified vn.va
Commissioned by Alexander Balanescu and Elisabeth Perry
First performance 127, Phoenix Arts Centre, Leicester
Alexander Balanescu and Elisabeth Perry
In Re Don Giovanni
[3'] [1991]
str4tet
First performance 11/6/127, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Balanescu Quartet
written for the Balanescu Quartet (version also available for Michael Nyman Band)
Masque Arias
[12'] [1991]
brass5tet
Commissioned by Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
First performance 127, Cambridge Festival
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
Miserere Paraphrase (from The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover)
[6'] [1991]
pf/str4tet
First performance 127, Zurich
Michael Nyman, piano, Balanescu Quartet
Also available for ii. soprano/Michael Nyman Band iii. ssx/pf
Songs for Tony
[10'] [1993]
sx4tet
Commissioned by the Apollo Saxophone Quartet
First performance 1/5/127, Purcell Room, London
Apollo Saxophone Quartet
in memory of Tony Simons
String Quartet No 1
[26'] [1985]
str4tet
Commissioned by the Arditti Quartet
First performance 3/11/127, Almeida Theatre, London
Arditti Quartet
String Quartet No 2
[22'] [1988]
str4tet
Commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh for the Balanescu Quartet
First performance 15/9/127, The Place Theatre, London
Balanescu Quartet
String Quartet No 3
[16'] [1990]
str4tet
First performance 16/2/127, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Balanescu Quartet
written for benefit concert for Romania
String Quartet No 4
[40'] [1995]
str4tet
First performance 21/4/127, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Camilli Quartet
Taking a Line for a Second Walk
[25'] [1986]
2pf
First performance 127, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Michael Nyman and John Lenehan
work withdrawn
Also available for orchestra/2pf
Time Will Pronounce
[20'] [1992]
vn.vc/pf
Commissioned by the Trio of London
First performance 14/7/127, Cheltenham Festival
Trio of London
