Orchestral Works

Piano Concerto No 1 opus 15

(in 3 movements 4 versions – concerto commenced in 1969, final version completed 2003)

Excerpt from Movement 3

Piano Concerto No 2 opus 31

(in 3 movements) (1977-79)

Excerpt from Movement 2

Little Suite for Orchestra opus 33

(originally entitled ‘Divertimento for Orchestra’) (in 4 movements) (1978-2006)

Threnody 1 for String Orchestra opus 37

(originally entitled ‘Rage, Rage against the Dying of the Light’) (1980)

New Azania Overture opus 38

(also known as ‘An Antipodean Overture’) (1980)

Threnody 2 for Strings, Clarinet and Timpani opus 39

(originally subtitled ‘Steve Biko in Heaven’) (1981)

Excerpt

Violin Concerto opus 40

(in 5 movements) (1981-1990)

Excerpt from Movement 1

Requiem for Orchestra opus 42

(orchestral requiem in 4 movements - originally entitled ‘Requiem of 1984’) (1983-1985)

Excerpt from Dies Irae

Excerpt from Agnus Dei

Portrait of Emily opus 43

(settings of five Poems of Emily Dickinson for soprano and orchestra/or ensemble) (1987)

Poems set

  1. I’ll tell you how the Sun rose
  2. My life closed twice before its close
  3. The Soul selects her own Society
  4. After great pain, a formal feeling comes
  5. Exultation is the going of an inland soul to sea

Excerpt from Song 3

Complete work

Children of the Sun opus 44

(symphonic poem in 4 movements) (1989)

Excerpt from Movement 1

Symphony opus 45

(in 4 movements) (1993-1997) (duration 34’)

Excerpt from Movement 2

Excerpt from Movement 4

Late Gothic Overture opus 45d

(also known as ‘Concert Overture’) (1996-1997)

Dance to Freedom opus 46

(2004-2005)

A Peal of Bells for D.B.Cooper opus 47

for strings, tubular bells and celesta (2006)

Excerpt

Complete work

A Cry from a World Aflame opus 48

for strings, trumpets and percussion (2009-2010)

Fanfares for Tristan opus 49

(2010-2011)

Seeing Stars opus 55

(2015-2016)

Fugal Fantasia opus 56

for strings, harp and tam-tam (2018-2023)