John Croft


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Pasiphaé (1994)
(vn, va, vc, cb, pf)
Première: Victoria University of Wellington 1994, Epífoni ens./J. Croft.
Victoria University of Wellington 1995, Epífoni ens./Odaline de la Martinez
Victoria University of Wellington 1996, Diffusion Festival/J. Croft
University of Sheffield 1998, Univ. of Sheffield New Music Ens./J. Croft.

Le Sacre de la Nuit (1996)
(Chamber Opera; text by Jean Tardieu)
Première: Victoria University of Wellington 1996, Epífoni ens./J. Croft.
Inventions de l'autre (1997, revised 2002)
(Orchestra)
Première: BBC Manchester 2002, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/James Macmillan.

Des deuils anonymes (1998)
(vn, pf)
Première: University of Sheffield 1998, D. Milsom (vn), P. Thomas (pf).
...du second infini (2000)
(piano solo)
Première: London 2001, Xenia Pestova
University of Sheffield, Manchester Metroplitan University, Kings College London 2002, Philip Thomas
String Quartet (2000)
Published: Moscow: Jurgenson (2001)
Première: Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire 2001, Studiya Novoi Muzyki

Siramour (2002)
(fl/picc, cl, vc, cb, live electronics)
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta
Première: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 2002, London Sinfonietta/Sound Intermedia/M. Brabbins
Sheffield 2003, Acousmental Festival, Ensemble 11
Zagreb Biennale 2003, London Sinfonietta/Sound Intermedia/M. Brabbins

Небо душно (Nyebo dushno) (2002)
(soprano and ensemble; text by Alexei Kruchënykh)
Première: Brighton, 2003, Katherine Drake Torrance/Sussex New Music Group
per l'aer cieco (2004)
(ensemble)
Commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Première: CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 2004, BCMG/P. Wiegold, with narration by Timothy West
murmures secrez...Avernales eaux (2004)
(large ensemble and live electronics)
Commissioned by Stroma with funds from the Arts Council of New Zealand
Première: St Andrews-on-the-Terrace, Wellington, 2004, Stroma/H. McKeich
Serenata (2005)
(ensemble)
Commissioned by the Ensemble Exposé
Première: The Warehouse, London, 2005, Ensemble Exposé/R. Redgate.
Sonata (la terra lagrimosa...una luce vermiglia) (2006)
(cello and live electronics)
creation funded by the Arts and Humanites Research Council
Première: LSO St Luke's, London, 2006, Matthew Barley (cello)
...ne l'aura che trema (2007)
(alto flute and live electronics)
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
Huddersfield, 2008, Richard Craig
Sankt Peter Köln, Richard Craig
Fylkingen, Stockholm, 2009, Richard Craig

Semiramis (2008)
(solo flute)
...eran volumen terrenal, sonido (2008, revised 2010)
(amplified solo cello and ensemble (fl, cl, bcl, hn, vn, vc solo, cb.)
175 East, cond. J. Gardner, Auckland and Christchurch, 2008.

...mit schwarzem Glanz (2010)
(viola and live electronics)