MICHAEL NORRIS

COMPOSER

Works List

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Orchestral works

Volti

piano concerto
picc.1.1.ca.1.bcl.1.cbn;2.2.2.1;hp;cel;solo pf;timp;2perc;str. [10']

2006

Heavy Traffic

contrabassoon concerto

picc.1.1.ca.1.bcl.solo cbn;2.2.btn.1;hp;timp;2perc;str. [11']
Commissioned by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

2006

Rays of the sun, shards of the moon

3(dbl.picc+afl).2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn;4.4.3.1;perc(3);pf;hp;str. [9']
Finalist in the Douglas Lilburn Prize 2003

2002

Symphony No. 1: the mountains ponder a silence as profound as stars

picc.2.2.2.bcl.2;4.3.3.1;timp;3perc;hp;pf;str. [38']
Premiered by the Southern Sinfonia, cond. Marc Taddei

2002

From the Lonely Margins of the Sea

1.ca.1.0;1.0.0.0;pf;str. [11']
Premiered by the Southern Sinfonia, cond. Michael Lloyd
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2001

Nightdances

picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2;4.4.3.1;timp;5perc;hp;pf;str [8'45"]
Premiered by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, cond. Matthias Bamert
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1999

Mapoutahi Stands

2.2.2.2;2.2.2.0;timp;3perc;str. [10']
Commissioned by the Dunedin Youth Orchestra.
Workshopped by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra.

1996

Chamber Works

tesserae…interstices

flute, clarinet, piano, vibraphone, violin, cello [8']

Premiered by members of the Luxembourg Philharmonic

2007

Icons & Artifice

bass clarinet duo, ensemble and live electronics [11'30"]
Premiered by the Duo Stump-Linshalm and Stroma

2007

14 Islands

flute/bass flute, prepared harp and unpitched percussion [6']
Commissioned and premiered by Flight and Dutchman

2005

Spinter Cells

alto/baritone saxophone & chamber ensemble [15']
Premiered by Lars Mlekusch and Stroma

2005

dirty pixels

piano trio [12']
Commissioned by the New Zealand Trio

2004

Scintilla

1(dbl.picc+afl).1.1.bcl.0;1.1.1.0;vibr,sus.cym.;pf;hp;1.1.1.1.1. [7'30"]
Premiered by Stroma, cond. Hamish McKeich

2002

Zonam Solvere

chromatic gamelan and saxophone quartet [5']
Commissioned & premiered by Ensemble Multifoon and Aurelia Saxofoon Kwartet (Holland)

2002

...dans les débris du temps

1(dbl.picc).0.1(dbl.Ebcl).bcl.0;1.0.btn.0;vibr;0.0.0.1.1. [10']
Commissioned & premiered by 175 East

2002

Vitus

0.0.1.bcl.0;1.0.btn.0;0.0.0.1.1. [6']
Premiered by 175 East
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2001

Honk!

saxophone quartet. [9']
Commissioned & premiered by Saxcess
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2001

La terre est bleue comme une orange...

1.0.bcl.0;0.0.btn.0;perc;0.0.0.1.1. [0'30'']
Premiered by 175 East

1999

Mandala

javanese gamelan. [5']
Commissioned by Beat! International Gamelan Festival, Wellington.
Premiered by the Gamelan Padhang Moncar

Available on BEAT! (CD PORTAL 1001/2)

1999

Narcissus

cl, vn, vc, pf. [7']
Winner of the Philip Neill Memorial Prize.
Premiered by the Zenith Ensemble.

1996

Momenta

1(db. picc).1.0.1;0.0.0.0;pf;0.0.1.1.1 [8']
Second place, Asian Composers League Young Composers Competition 2000 (Yokohama)

1996

Electroacoustic works

Chimaera

tape. [7'30"]
Available on NZ Sonic Art Vol. I CD (MDUW2000)

1998

Alumina

tape. [11']

1998

Aquarelle

tape. [10'30"]
Premiered at City University, London
Available on NZ Sonic Art Vol. III CD (MDUW2003)

1997

Ombrisages

tape. [14']

1996

Instrument + electronics works

in flexion

amplified musical saw and tape [8']
Commissioned by Arnold Marinissen

2004

Vorago

amplified kacapi (Indonesian zither), live electronics and tape [7']
Commissioned and premiered by Dody Satya Ekagustdiman

2003

Chrysalis

flute, tape. [8']
Premiered by Dana Parkhill.
Broadcast on Concert FM as part of VUW Studios 50th Anniversary.

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1996

Kreasi Baru

gamelan and electronic sounds. [8']
Available on Tabuh Pacific (CD MANU 1514)

1996

Solos/DUOS

Heart across Night

trombone and percussion

Commissioned by David Bremner

 

Machine Noise

solo piano
Commissioned by Stephen de Pledge (Chamber Music New Zealand)

2006

In tempo di guerra, in tempo di tristezza

solo piano [6'30"]
Commissioned by Ananda Sukarlan

2003

Badb

flute & piano. [5']
Commissioned & premiered by Bridget Douglas and Rachel Thomson

2002

Wind Shear

solo flute. [7'30"]
Commissioned and premiered by Bridget Douglas
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1999

Silbernacht

solo pf. [6']

1996

Installations

Silence lives in blue rooms

installation. [dimensions variable]
Commissioned by the Adam Art Gallery, Wellington

2000

 

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