Mixed Chamber Ensemble
Sky-burial String Quartet No. 4 [2005]
28 mins, voice and string quartet • Kathleen Jamie’s extended narrative poem tracking the journey and ceremony of a woman being carried through her dying and her death… ‘beautifully crafted to amplify and illuminate the imaginative breadth of Jamie’s text’ Tonality Systems review
Towards the Sea
6 mins, clarinet, viola, cello • Three instruments walk down the same path, each taking their own route, ending up on the beach at Druidstone, Pembrokeshire.
Iris of Sky [2005]
6 mins, flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, cello • Fleeting glimpses of sky, wind, hawk inspired by Kathleen Jamie’s poem Sky-burial.
Gigerlette [2014]
4 mins, soprano, bass clarinet, percussion, violin • Gigerlette invites an unsuspecting guest to afternoon tea, but things take an erotic turn…
Sea-change, Clarinet Quintet [2016]
28 mins, multiple clarinets and string quartet • Mindfulness of breathing, monkey mind, fantasies and nightmares are explored with clarinet and string quartet (also using voices, percussion and Swanee whistles).
Inflorescence [2011]
20 mins, soprano saxophone and piano • A sequence of clifftop flowers – dogdaisy, stonecrop, selfheal, thistle, silverweed – and an evocation of a man’s lonely voice, inspired by David Hart’s poem Crag Inspector.
Orisha Osun [2010]
8 mins, soprano sax, saxophone sextet & percussion • Osun, goddess of rivers, honey, the divine feminine, weaving the traditional Yoruba melody with jazz ensemble.
