Concert Music

Many recordings exist of my 'concert' music: here are a few (quite a few!) I've arranged them in reverse order of recording date
(BUT the earlier stuff is just as good as the more recent!) As more recordings accrue I'll add them here.

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2011           Into the Miraculous
                         Limited edition CD containing accidental counterpoints,                          Flute Sonata and Island (for individual works see below).

2010           Scafra Preludes                               Download!
                         Twelve big piano pieces (my '48', more than an hour's music)                          written over a ten year period, 1995-2005, newly recorded by                          Aleksander Szram.

2009           Third Sonata
                         For piano. My 2003-4 two-hour manifesto for the concept of                          composed/improvised music. Two of the six parts, Navratilova                          and Blueprint, performed live in concert by Aleksander Szram.

2006         accidental counterpoints     Download!
                         Song cycle for female voice and string quartet written in 1998.                          Performed here by Sally Burgess and the Smith Quartet.

         Gentle do not care to know...
                         Piano piece in a romantic style, written for              Download!
                         my father. Performed by Aleksander Szram.

         Island                                               Download!
                         Song cycle for male voice and piano written in 2002.
                         Performed by Malcolm King and Muriel Bérard.

2005         Flute Sonata                                 Download!
                         Single movement (12 minutes plus) written in 2003 and                          performed by Wissam Boustany and Douglas Finch.

2002         Christmas Presence
                         Choral fanfare with brass, organ and percussion written for                          Bob Chilcott and the BBC Singers in 2002.

         O Clavis David
                         Unaccompanied choral piece written in 1999 for Jeffrey                          Skidmore and Ex Cathedra.

2001         Sonata (Gracing)
                         20-minute improvised scafra sonata for a solo instrument.                          Performed here live in concert by Nikos Veliotis, cello.

2000         World upon World
                         Major symphonic work for large orchestra, 6 improvising                          soloists, children's choir and pre-recorded voices.
                         Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, CoMA soloists                          and CYM choir conducted by the composer.

1999           Marineland
                         Song for voice and piano with text by Richard Stilgoe.                          Performed by Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside.

         Set of 5
                         Five graphic-score improvisation pieces written in 1996.                          Performed by Keith Tippett and Daryl (two pianos)                          (from the Set of 5 CD).

 

 

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1999   Moto Interrotto
                         Semi-improvised quasi-concerto for piano and backing written
                         in 1995. Performed by Daryl (from the Overlays CD).

       Moto Ripreso
                         Companion piece to Moto Interrotto written in 1995, wholly
                         improvised with backing. Performed by Daryl
                         (from the Overlays CD).

         Dicing with De'Ath
                         Multitracked improvisation piece written in 1998. Two completely
                         different performances by Daryl (piano, from the Overlays CD)
                         and Nikos Veliotis (cello).

         I Am A Donut 
                         Piece for instrumental ensemble written in 1993. Two
                         performances, one by Klangforum Wien conducted by Daryl
                         (from the Humours of Daryl Runswick CD), one by the Trinity
                         College of Music Contemporary Ensemble conducted by
                         Gregory Rose.

1998   Grunt
                         Electronics, made as a backing for an improvisation piece. Later
                         liberated to stand on its own.

1994   From Two Worlds
                         Piece for 2 Indian musicians and 3 European players,
                         semi-improvised with backing, written in 1990 (from the
                         Humours of Daryl Runswick CD).

1993   Cool>Warm>Hot
                         Solo clarinet piece with multiphonics and micro-intervals, written
                         in 1983. Performed by Andrew Sparling (from the Humours of
                         Daryl Runswick CD).

         Main-Lineing
                         Piece for clarinet quartet written in 1991. Performed by
                         No Strings Attached (from the Humours of Daryl Runswick CD).

         Mouth Symphony
                         Large choral piece with extended vocal techniques, written in
                         1994. Performed by the CoMA Ensemble conducted by the
                         composer (from the Humours of Daryl Runswick CD).

1989   Come On You Arsewalls
                         Electro-acoustic piece made from football chants.

1980   Variations for String Orchestra
                         Daryl does English Pastoral... But these are a mighty set of
                         variations with a rock flavour.