For Chamber Ensemble.Commissioned by the Hebrides Ensemble and first performed on their Scottish tour in March 2010.In Seven Pierrot Miniatures I took the Commedia dellñ€ℱarte character Pierrot as my primary sourceof inspiration. Other more tenuous links to Schoenbergñ€ℱs Pierrot Lunaire also served as a starting point in forming the general shape of the work. The piece is cast in seven short movements whereas the Schoenberg comprises threesets of seven movements. Although there is no part for voice I have taken seven poems by Albert Giraud (none of them set in Pierrot Lunaire) as points of departure:1. The Clouds2. Decor3. Absinthe4.Suicide5. The Church6. Sunset7. The HarpEach movement takes its impetus from the corresponding poem but in the piece as a whole I wanted to explore the extreme contrasts of the multi-faceted character ofPierrot in a musical setting. There is an almost mirror-like quality to the form of the piece and a sense of ending where it has begun: movements 1 3 5 and 7 are closely linked both in terms of their musical material and asense of melancholy dream-like quality and longing. Movements 2 and 6 are also strongly connected with allusions to the more mischievous violent side of Pierrot. Movement 4 serves as a sort-of pivotal point within the work juxtaposing a surreal shimmering calm with brutal outbursts. There is never any direct repetition yet there is a strong sense of material returning and mutating as the workunfolds.InstrumentationFlute doubling piccoloClarinet in Bb doubling Bass Clarinet in BbViolin doubling ViolaCelloPiano

James Weeks' The Nunhead Harmony for Clarinet in Bb Violin Viola and Double Bass. Score and parts.The Nunhead Harmony was commissioned by Ensemble Scratch the Surface and first performed by them at Kingñ€ℱs Place London on 10 May 2010. Much of the writing was completed as part of an Aldeburgh Composer Residency.

Par DAVIS CARL. Musique de rechereche de la BBC de romans classiques de Mme Gaskell Cranford, arrangée pour petit orchestre./ Répertoire / Orchestre de Chambre

For Female Voice Alto-Flute and Double Bass. Published 1985. First performance: Sermoneta (Pontino Festival Italy) 1985 Michiko Hirayama (voice) Roberto Fabbriciani (fl) Mark Dresser (db).