SYMON CLARKE

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A selection of Symon's works up to December 2021:

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Title Instrumentation Duration
Perihelion (1980) Ensemble
fl, ca, bsn, hrn, trpt, trbn, 2 perc, pno/cel, vln, vlc, cb
18’
Endgame (1999/00 rev. 2005) Percussion Quartet
1. bongos/temple blks, med dr, t-tam, clv, cabasa, glk
2. clv, maracas, 4 t-toms, s.cym, 6 gongs, brake dr, crot (2 8ve)
3. wd blks, cowbell, low dr, vib
4. steel dr, low-med dr, mar (4½ 8ve), mk tree
14’
Midnight Verses (2002) Duo
cl/bst hrn, mar
21’
Dimensions of the Present Moment (2009) Quintet
fl, cl, pno, vln, vlc
10’
Galileo’s Dream (2009/10 Octet
cl, bsn, hrn, 2 vln, vla, vlc, cb
15’
Nine Sonnets in Memory of John Clare (2010/11) Duo
vln, pno
15’
Dead Voices (2012/13) Solo Strings
6 vln, 3 vla, 2 vlc, 1 cb
19’
Threnodia (2014) Clarinet Quintet
cl, 2 vlns, vla, vlc
11’
Shadow Songs (2014/15) Duo
vln, vlc
11’
In the Circle of the White Moon (2014) Duo
2 vlns
10’
... if not, winter ... (2015) Duo
vla, vlc
10’
The Brightness of Shadows (2015) Duo
vln, vla
14’
Veiled Nightingale (2017) Ensemble
fl/picc, ob, cl, b.cl, hrn, trpt, 2 perc (vibr, glk, t-tams, t-toms), pno, hp, 2 vln, vla, vlc, cb
13’
Echo’s Dream (2017) Ensemble
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trpt, trbn, vibr, pno, hp, 2 vln, vla, vlc, cb
14’
Wind Quintet (2018) Quintet
fl, ob, cl, bsn, hrn
12’
Nglèwèr (2020) Ensemble
fl/picc, ob, cl, b.cl, bsn, 2 hrns, trpt, 2 perc (glk, crot, vib), pno, hp, 4 vlns, 2 vlas, 2 vlc, cb
20’
The Memory of Atoms (2021) Ensemble
fl, cl, hn, Vibr, hp, pno, vln, vlc
21’

STRING QUARTET

Title Instrumentation Duration
String Quartet No. 1 (1986) 2 vln, vla, vlc 22’
String Quartet No. 2 (2008) 2 vln, vla, vlc 10’
String Quartet No. 3 (2011/12) 2 vln, vla, vlc 18’
String Quartet No. 4 (2018) 2 vln, vla, vlc 16’
String Quartet No. 5 (2018) 2 vln, vla, vlc 19’
String Quartet No. 6 (2020) 2 vln, vla, vlc 27’

ORCHESTRAL

Title Instrumentation Duration
Statue Circle (2004/5) 2 fl, alt fl/picc, 3 ob (3rd ca), 2 cl, b.cl, 3 bsn (3rd c.bsn)
4 hrn, 3 trpt, 3 trbn, tba
timp, 3 perc (mar, glk, vib, crot, s.cym, t-tam)
cel, hrp
strings 16, 14, 12, 10, 8
(min 12, 12, 10, 8, 6)
24’
Pour Finir Encore (2006/8) fl/picc/a.fl, ob/ca, 2 cl (2nd b.cl), bsn
2 hrn, 1 trpt, 1 trbn
2 perc. (mar, vib, gongs, s.cyms, t-tams, crot)
Pno/cel, hp
6 vln, 2 vla, 2 vlc, 1 cb
26’
Three Orbits (2014/15) 2 fl (2nd picc.), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn
4 hrn, 2 trpt, 2 trbn, t/b-trbn, tba
2 perc (glk, t-tam/vibr)
hp
strings: 12, 12, 10, 8, 6
23’
Silentium (2014/15) 2 fl (2nd picc.), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn
4 hrn, 2 trpt, 2 trbn, t/b-trbn, tba
2 perc (glk, mar, t-toms / vibr, s.cym, t-tam)
hp
strings: 12, 12, 10, 8, 6
11’
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (2016) Solo Vlc
2 fl (2nd picc), 2 ob, 2 cl (2nd b.cl), 2 bsn
2 hrn, trpt, 1 perc (vib, mar)
hp
strings 10, 8, 6, 6, 4
30’
Symphony 1 (2018/19) picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, b.cl, 2 bsn, c.bsn
4 hrn, 3 trpt, 2 trbn, b.trbn, tba
timp, 3 perc (glk, crot, vib, mar, t-tom, bd, s.cym, t-tam)
hp, pno
strings 16, 14, 12, 10, 8
(min. 12, 12, 10 8, 6)
44’
Symphony 2 (2021) picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, b.cl, 2 bsn, c.bsn
4 hrn, 3 trpt, 2 trbn, b.trbn, tba timp, 4 perc (glk, crot, vib, mar, bd, s.cym, t-tam, t-bells)
hp, pno
strings 16, 14, 12, 10, 8
(min. 12, 12, 10, 8, 6)
30’

VOCAL

Title Instrumentation Duration
Metoikos (1984) sop, mezzo-sop
6 hrn, 4 trpt, 1 trpt in D, 4 trbn, 2 tba
42’
Secret Diversion (2003/4) sop
fl, cl, vib, hp, vln, vlc
25’
Time’s Eye (2005) sop
cl/b.cl, vib, vlc
20’
Earth Songs (2007) mezzo-sop
cl/b.cl and 2 vib
9’
Zugunruhe (2008/9) sop
fl, hp, pno, perc(?)
optional electronic sounds
27’
Three Settings of Emily Dickinson (2011) Mixed Choir/Solo Voices
SS(S) AA TT BB
6’
Apostrophe to Silence (Setting of Shelley Fragments)
(2011)
Mixed Choir/Solo Voices
SS AA TT BB
9’
The Sum of all Silence (2013) sop, vlc, pno 10’
À quoi bon dire (2013) sop, pno 8’
Requiem (2016/17) sop
fl, 2 cl (2nd dble b.cl), vln, vlc, mar/vibr, pno
25’
Once Upon Earth (2019/20) solo sop, solo ten, picc
2 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, b.cl, 2 bsn, c.bsn - 4 hrn, 3 trpt, 2 trbn, b.trbn, tba - timps - 4 perc (glock, crotales, vibr, xyl, mar, bd, t.bells, s.cyms, t-tam) hp, pno, strings (16,14,12,10, 8 - min. 12, 12, 10, 8, 6)
47’

GAMELAN

Title Instrumentation Duration
The Unanswered Question (1992) Javanese (pélog)
Arrangement of The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives
15’
The Magic Mirror (1995) Javanese (pélog and sléndro)
4 bonangs, 2 gambangs
12’
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1995) Javanese (pélog)
Arrangement of Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams
5’
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1995) Balinese Semar Dana (7-tone)
Arrangement of Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams
5’
The Dissolving Tree (1996) Javanese (sléndro and pélog)
mezzo-sop soloist
18’
Strange Attractor (1996) Javanese (sléndro) 12’
The Ring of Brodgar (1997) Javanese (pélog) 21’
Landscape with Haiku (1998) Javanese (pélog)
mezzo-sop soloist
11’
Echo’s Bones (1999) Chromatic Javanese gamelan
with cl, vln
13’
Bone Shadows (2000) Javanese (pélog)
2 bonangs, kenong, gambang, ciblon, slenthem, gongs
6’
Fugitive Pieces (2000) Javanese (sléndro) 9’
Bonang Spiritual (2000) Javanese (sléndro)
plus unpitched percussion
9’
Earth Songs (2001/2) Chromatic Javanese gamelan
mezzo-sop
solo cl/b.cl
9’
Secret Letters (2002) Javanese Gamelan (pélog)
chorus of min. 2 sop, 2 mezzo-sop, 2 ten
17’
Translation of an Unwritten Song (2003) Javanese Gadhon Ensemble (pélog) 6’
Tromba Lontana (2006) Balinese Semar Dana (7-tone)
Arrangement of Tromp Lontana by John Adams
5’
Three Exits (2007) Javanese Trio (sléndro and pélog)
1. solo fl/a.fl
2. gender panerus (sl)/
gender barung (pl 7)
3. gender panerus (pl 7)/
gender barung (pl 1)
10’
Oracle of the Sunrise (2016/17) Javanese (sléndro)
2 vib, mar,
gender panerus, gender barung, bonang panerus, bonang barung, bonang panembung
2 peking, 4 saron, 2 demung, slenthem
gambang, rebab, ciblon, 2 kendhang,
kenong, gongs
14’
 
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