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PETER REYNOLDS was born in 1958 and studied in Cardiff where he now lives and works. During the 1980s he received several bursaries to attend the Dartington Summer School where he studied with the late Morton Feldman and was awarded the Michael Tippett Award for Composition in 1986. In 1987 he co-founded the Ixion new music ensemble. More recently, in 1990, he also formed the Cardiff-based PM Music Ensemble. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Lower Machen Festival in Monmounthshire. His music has been played by performers including Bingham String Quartet, James Clapperton, Icebreaker, the Guildhall Strings, Sterling String Quartet, Sharon McKinley, Charlie Barber + Band, Carlo Rizzi, Lesley Garret and his own PM Music Ensemble. His music has been broadcast on Radio 3, BBC Wales and BBC Television. In 1993 his opera The Sands of Time was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as a world record for the world's shortest opera at 3 minutes and 34 seconds. For further details, recordings, scores and parts, please contact: Peter
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Title |
Ensemble |
Duration |
Date |
Publisher |
Commission |
First Performance |
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Diaphony |
Chamber orchestra: 1121 2200, perc, hp & strings |
18 |
1986/7 rev. 1992 |
o |
Dartington International Summer School |
Guildhall Strings & North Winds cond. Grieves Smith, Dartington Hall, 6.8.87 |
| Chamber Music | ||||||
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Shifts |
fl. ob. cl. perc. |
7 |
1984 |
o | o |
Ixion cond. composer. BMIC, London, 9.6.87 |
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Unison |
2 cls |
3 |
1986 |
o | o |
Dartington Summer School, 21.8.86 |
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String Sextet |
2 vln, 2 va, 2 vc |
10 |
1988 |
o | o | o |
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Borrowed Time |
fl, ob, cl, vln, vc, perc & piano |
9 |
1983-88 |
o | o |
New London Chamber Players cond. Philip Cashian. University Concert Hall, Cardiff, 9.3.88 |
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Moonsongs |
fl, vln, vc & piano. |
15 |
1987-91 |
o | o |
PM Music Ensemble, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 7.2.92 |
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Bye, baby bunting |
String Trio |
15 |
1987-93 |
o | o |
PM Music Ensemble. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 7.5.93 |
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Old King Cole |
vln, vc, fl, cl, pno |
11 |
1994 |
o | o |
PM Music Ensemble, Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 2.12.94 |
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String Quartet |
2 vln, vla, vc. |
22 |
1996 |
o |
Commissioned by the Go West Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council of Wales |
Bingham Quartet, Theatre Mwldan, Cardigan, 30.9.96 |
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Hold not thy peace and be not still |
fl, vc & pno |
10 |
1997 |
o |
Commissioned by the Go West Festival. |
Nancy Ruffer, Tim Gill & Andrew Ball. Queens Hall, Narberth, 27.9.97 |
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Serenata III |
vln, vc, fl, cl, pno |
7 |
1999 |
o | o |
PM Music Ensemble, Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay: 20.5.99 |
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Cheap Labour |
2 euphoniums & 2 tubas |
6 |
1999 |
o |
Commissioned by the Vale of Glamorgan Festival |
Tubalaté, St. Donats Arts Centre, 5.9.99 |
| Instrumental Music | ||||||
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Bell Patterns |
solo viola |
5 |
1988 |
o | o |
John Rayson. Brighton Festival, 24.5.88 |
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Dumpe |
viola/piano |
10 |
1990 |
o | o |
John Rayson/Gareth Davies. BMIC, London, 5.7.90 |
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Variations |
vc/pno |
8 |
1993 |
o |
Commissioned by Sound Affairs |
Sharon McKinley & David Appleton. City United Reformed Church, Cardiff, 29.5.93 |
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Tango |
Piano solo |
7 |
1993 |
o | o |
PM Concert. Andrew Wilson-Dickson, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 26.6.93 |
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Tango |
Version for Two Pianos |
7 |
1993 |
o | o | o |
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Serenata I |
flute/guitar |
9 |
1994 |
o | o |
Lynne Plowman & Sally Hillier. Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay, 14.10.94 |
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Serenata II |
ob, pno |
10 |
1994 |
o | o |
Nicholas Williams & David Appleton, Regent Hall, London: 7.6.96 |
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So soft this morning, ours |
vln, pno |
10 |
1995 |
o | o |
PM Music Ensemble, Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay: 16.9.95 |
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Ngňmbí Song |
cl, pno |
9 |
1998 |
o | o |
Verity Fielding & David Appleton. PM concert, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea: 7.5.98 |
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Suite |
solo cello |
15 |
2000 |
o |
Commissioned by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust with funds provided by the Arts Council of Wales |
Alice Neary, Ystrad Mynach Music Club: 16.11.00 |
| Stage Works | ||||||
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The Sands of Time - An Opera in Four Minutes |
Soprano Bar. Chorus of 4 sopranos. fl. 2 ob. 2 sax. bsn. tp. perc. (or with piano accomp). |
4 |
1993 |
Banks Music Publishing |
Commissioned by Cardiff Arts Marketing |
Rhian Owen (sop), Dominic Burns (bar), chorus and Players of the Welsh College of Music and Drama conductor Carlo Rizzi. Cardiff City Centre, 27.3.93 |
| Choral Music | ||||||
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Turtle Soup |
2 part song for children's voices with piano |
4 |
1994 |
o |
Commissioned by Cherry Willingham Comprehensive School, Lincolnshire. |
Lincoln Cathedral, 14.10.95 |
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A New Year Carol |
2 part song for children's voices with piano |
4 |
1997 |
o |
Commissioned by Cherry Willingham Comprehensive School, Lincolnshire. |
Bishop Grosseteste College Choir. cond. John Banister. St Swithun's Church, Lincoln, 24.10.97 |
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Barnacles |
2 part song for children's voices with piano. |
3 |
2000 |
o | o | o |
| Works for Voice(s) | ||||||
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The House of Alcinous |
Mezzo-soprano, vc & pno. |
9 |
1997 |
o |
Commissioned by the Sajori Ensemble with funds provided by the Arts Council of Wales. |
Sajori Ensemble, St David's Hall, Cardiff: 18.11.97 |
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Near Nicosia, Sicily,
July 28, 1943 |
Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass (or chamber choir). |
7 |
1998 |
o |
Commissioned by the Go West Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council of Wales |
Singcircle, cond. Gregory Rose, Theatre Mwldan, Cardigan: 16.10.98 |