John Croft


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Title, Year, Audio
Instrumentation and
other information

Dur.
Première and selected performances
Pasiphaé (1994)

vn, va, vc, cb, pf. 8'
Victoria University of Wellington 1995, Epífoni ens. / Odaline de la Martinez
Le Sacre de la Nuit
(Chamber Opera; text by Jean Tardieu) (1996)

sop., bar., large ens.
25'
Victoria University of Wellington 1996, Epífoni ens. / J. Croft
Inventions de l'autre (1997, revised 2002)

Orchestra
6'
BBC Manchester 2002, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/James Macmillan
Des deuils anonymes (1998)
vn, pf.
6'
University of Sheffield 1998, D. Milsom (vn), P. Thomas (pf)
...du second infini (2000)



pf solo
15'
London 2001, Xenia Pestova

Recording by Philip Thomas, Sheffield 2002
String Quartet (2000)

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string quartet
12'
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire 2001, Studiya Novoi Muzyki
Siramour (2002)

fl/picc, cl, vc, cb, live electronics

Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta
7'
Première: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 2002, London Sinfonietta/Sound Intermedia/M. Brabbins

Zagreb Biennale 2003, London Sinfonietta/Sound Intermedia/Martyn Brabbins
Небо душно (Nyebo dushno) (2002)

text by Alexei Kruchënykh

sop., cimbalom, vn, va, vc, cb.
4'
Brighton, 2003, Katherine Drake Torrance / Sussex New Music Group
per l'aer cieco (2004)
soprano saxophone, bn, perc., mandolin, vn, va, vc, cb

Commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
varies
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 2004, BCMG / Peter Wiegold, with narration by Timothy West
murmures secrez...Avernales eaux (2004)



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large ensemble and live electronics

Commissioned by Stroma with funds from the Arts Council of New Zealand
14'
St Andrews-on-the-Terrace, Wellington, 2004, Stroma / Hamish McKeich
Serenata (2005)

bass fl., oboe d'amore, bass cl., perc., vn, va, vc, cb, pf

Commissioned by Ensemble Exposé
8'
The Warehouse, London, 2005, Ensemble Exposé / Roger Redgate.
la terra lagrimosa...una luce vermiglia (2006)

cello and live electronics

creation funded by the Arts and Humanites Research Board
15'
LSO St Luke's, London, 2006, Matthew Barley (cello)
...ne l'aura che trema (2007-10)

alto flute and live electronics

Recording: Métier Records (MSV 28517)

ICMA European Regional Award, 2011
13'
commissioned by Richard Craig with assistance from the Scottish Arts Council

Première: The Warehouse, London, 2007, Richard Craig (alto flute)

Sound Festival, King's College, Aberdeen, 2007, Richard Craig

Sankt Peter Köln, Richard Craig
Fylkingen, Stockholm, 2009, Richard Craig

Première of 2010 version: Seoul International Computer Music Festival, 2010, Sung-hee Park (alto flute).

Semiramis (2008)

fl. solo
6'

...mit schwarzem Glanz (2010)

viola and live electronics 9'
Première:  Sammlung Essl, Vienna, 2010, Barbara Lüneburg (va.)

Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2011 Utrecht, Barbara Lüneburg
...une autre voix qui chante... (2010)
natural horn (with hand stopping)
6'

intermedio (sostenuto...infranto) (2011)
bass flute and live electronics 8'
Première: Kingston University, 2001, RIchard Craig (fl.)
ô phosphorescence (2011)
soprano and live electronics

(No. 3 from Malédictions d'une furie; text by Jean Tardieu)

4'

par cette vie infirme et vacillante (2011)



soprano and bass flute

(No. 5 from Malédictions d'une furie; text by Jean Tardieu)
5'20"