untitled website
2024
pianostream and frame
piano & strings [10']
2023
Music for Track 73 (Michael Blombaum, Pyramid Films 1971)
piano [10']
Music for Fantasy of Feet (1969 Encyclopaedia Brittanica Educational Corporation)
Casio SA-46 [8']
Written for Seldom Scene @ Rainy Days Festival Luxembourg, first performed 19.11.23 by TP
string quartet 2023
2 violins, viola, cello [22']
The Waiting Rooms
13 arias & interludes
2 female voices, 2 percussionists (+ keyboard), 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings [55']
Project 9000
piano, percussion & audio track [13']
First performed 11.05.23 by GBSR Duo @ Iklectik, London SE1, UK; 08.06.23 by GBSR Duo @ Phipps Hall, Huddersfield, UK; 16.09.23 by GBSR Duo @ Theatre Mwldan, Aberteifi, UK; broadcast 25.09.23 (Aberteifi performance); 28.10.23 by GBSR Duo @ Sound Festival, St Andrews Cathedral, Aberdeen UK
2022
The Oxford Triptych
6 performers (2 accordions, drum, cymbal, 12 2-litre plastic bottles, 4 tin cans, casio organ, 4 cardboard boxes (c.80x50x25cm), string, 4 black refuse bags, assorted materials to make a mask, audio track) [30']
orchestra piece 2022
2 (+alto flute).2 (+cor anglais).2(+bass clarinet).2.dbn.2.2.2.bass tbn.tba.4 perc.harp.strings [10']
piece for organ and drums
electric organ, drum kit [5']
4 Sketches for The Fargions with Angharad Davies
violin, casio SA-46, recordings [12']
First performed 07.04.22 by Angharad Davies & Tim Parkinson @ Patchworks, London E10, UK
violinpiano 2022
violin, piano [12']
First performed 14.07.23 by Mira Benjamin & Eliza McCarthy @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK
string quartet 2022
2 violins, viola, cello [18']
Recorded by the Ligeti Quartet, 08.10.22 @ Fish Factory Studios, London UK
2021
untitled 2021b
piano & prerecorded MIDI [11']
First performed 11.05.23 by Tim Parkinson @ Iklectik, London SE1, UK; 30.05.23 by Tim Parkinson @ Cafe Oto, London UK
Project 3
8 pieces for alto saxophone, piano, & prerecorded MIDI [25']
First performed 14.11.21 by Travis Just & Tim Parkinson @ Cafe Oto, London UK
untitled 2021a
piano [10']
First performed 02.03.23 by Siwan Rhys @ Clothworkers Centenery Hall, Leeds, UK; 30.05.23 by Tim Parkinson @ Cafe Oto, London UK
THE DARK ONES
video [6']
double quintets
video [var.]
piano piece 2021
piano [17']
2020
piano trio 2020
violin, cello, piano [55']
Recorded by Plus Minus Ensemble (Mira Benjamin, Alice Purton, Mark Knoop)
violapiano 2020
viola and piano [10']
Songs 2020
No.1
two performers (2 voices, 2 keyboards, 2 metronomes, cardboard letters, photos) [4']
Realisation by Parkinson Saunders uploaded 24.05.20
Realisation by Francesca Fargion & Matteo Fargion uploaded 22.10.20
Realisation by Erika Bell & Laura Steenberge uploaded 19.01.21
No.2
two performers (2 voices, 2 keyboards, 2 metronomes, cardboard letters, multiple small objects) [3']
Realisation by Parkinson Saunders uploaded 04.06.20
No.3
two performers (2 voices, 2 keyboards, 2 metronomes, cardboard letters, 8 plastic toy figures) [4']
Realisation by Parkinson Saunders uploaded 05.06.20
Realisation by Maya Verlaak & Thomas Smetryns uploaded 07.02.21
No.4
two performers (2 voices, 2 keyboards, 2 metronomes, cardboard letters, 8 plastic toy figures) [3']
Realisation by Parkinson Saunders uploaded 09.06.20
Realisation by Maya Verlaak & Thomas Smetryns uploaded 07.02.21
24 Preludes
video (2 performers, 8 plastic toy figures) [9']
Realised by Parkinson Saunders, uploaded 09.04.20
Here Comes A Monster, an album
1. Get Me Out Of Here (4.48)
2. HeadPhoneHead (3.53)
3. Here Comes A Monster (2.58)
4. They’ve Got A Good View Of The Shard (4.45)
5. 2020 (5.24)
6. Everything Is Ok (4.02)
7. End Titles (1.02)
Recorded by Tim Parkinson (voice, guitars, midi synths, midi drums, field recordings, midi piano, reed organ, percussion), George Barton & Siwan Rhys (vocals tracks 1, 3, 6); Angharad Davies (vocals tracks 1, 4, 6) violas & percussion (track 6); Nouvelle Ensemble Contemporain (vocals track 1); Year 10 drama students from Ashmole Academy (vocals track 1); Emma Harrison, John Lely, Juliet Fraser, Luke Nickel, Brian Lee, Angharad Davies, Rori, Gerry Summers, Gwenno Saunders, Sarah Hughes, Marjolaine Charbin, Alex Ward, Dominic Lash, Lutfi Abu Aun, Mark Knoop, Rick Pushinsky, Laurence Crane, Ros Bailey, Markus Trunk, Alex Nikiporenko, Matteo Fargion, Rachael MacArthur, Mira Benjamin, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Benedict Drew, Steve Beresford, Onyee Lo, Xenia Pestova-Bennett, Rhodri Davies, Angharad Closs Stephens, Travis Just, Kara Feely, Gilbert Linley, Thierry Madiot, Silvia Tarozzi, James Saunders, Marianne Schuppe, JG Thirlwell, Dora Blount, Richard Dawson, Jessica Cox, Ruth Sanderson, Rachel Steadman, Leo Chadburn, Laura Steenberge (vocals track 4) October 2019-April 2020
Released by Takuroku, 27.05.20
"They've Got A Good View Of The Shard" broadcast 08.06.20 on tone science 396; "HeadPhoneHead", "Here Comes A Monster" & "They've Got A Good View Of The Shard" broadcast 15.08.20 on The New Music Show BBC Radio 3; "Here Comes A Monster" broadcast 01-30.09.20 on Dandelion Radio; "Here Comes A Monster" & "They've Got A Good View Of The Shard" broadcast 02.12.20 Scott Williams Show WFMU; "Here Comes A Monster" broadcast 21.12.20 on Radio Ravioli with Olivia WFMU; "HeadPhoneHead" broadcast 30.12.20 on The Boring Music Show #38; "Here Comes A Monster" broadcast 24.02.21 on The Boring Music Show #46; 10.03.21 "They've Got A Good View Of The Shard" broadcast on Scott Williams wfmu; "Here Comes A Monster" broadcast 21.03.21 on Culture As A Dare on Tak Tent Radio; "They've Got A Good View Of The Shard" featured 23.05.21 on Soundmaking Podcast Episode 20; "Get Me Out Of Here" broadcast 22.12.21 on Podcast 615; "Headphonehead, Here Comes A Monster, They've Got A Good View Of The Shard" broadcast 30.01.22 on Ambrosia Rasputin, Resonance FM
untitled piece london march 2020
two pianos [7']
Video realisation by Philip Thomas & Tim Parkinson uploaded 21.06.20
2019
orchestra piece 2019
2.2.2.2:2.2.2.3.tuba:strings [12']
second song for many
voices and melody instruments [8']
Commissioned by COMA.
First performed 08.03.20 by The Riot Ensemble & CoMA Sussex @ St Mary's Church, Brighton UK; 08.03.20 by House of Bedlam & The Riot Ensemble @ Cosmo Rodewald Hall, Manchester UK; 08.03.20 by CoMA London Ensemble @ People's Palace, London UK; 19.04.20 by Angharad Davies & Tim Parkinson, Quarantine Concert by ESS, Chicago, USA; 20.02.22 by RNCM New Music Society, Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester UK; 22.04.22 by Emma Welton and friends @ A Quiet Night In, Exeter Phoenix, UK
string quartet 2019
2 violins, viola, cello (with optional 3x3x1.8m box) [23']
Written during the Creative Fellowship at the Samuel Beckett Research Centre. First performance of staged version 07.11.19 by Plus-Minus @ Bulmershe Theatre, Reading , UK; First performance of concert version 10.11.19 as above @ Cafe Oto, London UK;
2018
Birthday Piece For Michael Parsons
piano, 2 violins, viola, cello & voices [2']
Written for Michael Parsons' 80th birthday celebration, performed 18.01.19 by Apartment House @ Cafe Oto, London UK
House of Common
2 performers at 2 tables with small objects, bass (acoustic or electric), audio track [30']
First performed 22.08.18 by Parkinson Saunders @ Snape Maltings, Suffolk UK; 30.10.18 by Parkinson Saunders with Michael Duch @ Borealis Listening Club, Bergen NORWAY; 31.10.18 as above @ Teaterhuset Avant Garden, Trondheim, NORWAY; 01.11.18 as above @ Sund folkehøgskole, Inderøy NORWAY; 02.11.18 as above @ nyMusikk, Oslo, NORWAY; 03.11.18 as above @ NonFigurativ Musikk, Tønsberg, NORWAY; 28.06.19 Parkinson Saunders with Dominic Lash @ Post Paradise, Birmingham UK; 14.07.23 by The Fargions & Matteo Fargion @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK
Nothing Can Ever Be Everything
10 people around a large table [10']
2017
Pleasure Island, an album
1. Beginning Middle End [7.05]
2. Human Words Machine Lesson [5.56]
3. Leave A Message [5.00]
4. Skip [3.15]
5. Happy Birthday [6.20]
6. 25-02-10-02 [4.02]
7. 600 to End [10.01]
Recorded by TIm Parkinson (keyboards, stylophones, drums, percussion, midi, electronics, sounds, vocals),
Francesca Fargion (vocals on Happy Birthday), Dawn Bothwell, Laurie Tompkins, Suze Whaites (vocals)
Released on Slip [SLP053] 23.05.19.
"Leave a Message" broadcast 03.03.19 on Resonance FM; "Happy Birthday" broadcast 17.03.19 on Resonance FM; "Happy Birthday" video with Rick Pushinsky uploaded 21.05.19;"Skip" broadcast 09.07.19 on Late Junction BBC Radio 3; "25-02-10-02" video with Rick Pushinsky uploaded 27.07.19 ; FIRST COMPLETE PERFORMANCE 13.09.19 by TP, Francesca Fargion, Xenia Pestova, Siwan Rhys, Laurence Tompkins, Susie Whaites @ Cafe Oto, London UK; "Skip" broadcast 14.09.19 on The New Music Show BBC Radio 3; "25-02-10-02" & "Happy Birthday" videos broadcast on The Old Police House Housebound #8
violin and piano 2017
violin, piano [8']
First performed 05.07.19 by Mira Benjamin & Philip Thomas @ Music We'd Like To Hear, St Mary at Hill, London EC3R 8EE, UK; 13.07.22 recording by Mira Benjamin & Siwan Rhys released on Another timbre (at197); Broadcast 03.09.22 on The New Music Show, BBC Radio 3
All Of This Has Happened Before
c.15-20 performers with objects [c.30']
Commissioned by Lutherie Urbaine and Conservatoire de Musique Erik Satie. No.5 performed 22.06.17 by les élèves des classes Cham du collège Politzer dir. Thierry Madiot @ Lutherie Urbaine, 93170 Bagnolet FRANCE; Nos.2, 3 & 6 performed 07.06.18 as above @ Château de l'Etang, 93170 Bagnolet, FRANCE
2016
piano [2']
Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6). Performed 27.09.18 by Mark Knoop @ Iklectik, London UK; recording broadcast 22.03.19 Resonance FM, UK
piano [4']
Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6). First performed 25.04.19 by Mark Knoop @ Again and Again Conference, City University, London UK; broadcast 06.10.21 on The Boring Music Show #59
piano [3']
First performed 07.10.16 TP @ Iklectik Art Lab, London SE1; 12.01.17 TP @ Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago, USA; Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6).
piano [4']
First performed 07.10.16 TP @ Iklectik Art Lab, London SE1; 12.01.17 TP @ Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago, USA; Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6). 10.03.21 broadcast on The Boring Music Show #48; 14.04.21 broadcast on The Boring Music Show #53
piano [4']
Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6).
piano [4']
Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6).
string quartet 2016
2 violins, viola, cello [18']
First movement first performed 19.01.17 by The Manon Quartet, @ The Yard Theatre, London UK
piano [9']
First performed 17.06.17 by Zubin Kanga @ Waterloo Festival, St Johns Church, London SE1 8TY; 19.08.17 broadcast on BBC Radio 3; 15.10.17 broadcast on Resonance FM; Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6); 25.04.19 by Mark Knoop @ Again and Again Conference, City University, London UK;
2015
piano [17']
Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6); broadcast 03.02.21 on The Boring Music Show #43; First performed 14.07.23 by Eliza McCarthy @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK; 05.10.23 by Mark Knoop @ km28, Berlin, GERMANY
Duet for Silvia and Deborah
violin, cello [12']
First performed by 29.06.17 by Silvia Tarozzi and Deborah Walker @ Cafe Oto, UK; 27.10.17 @ Galerie Has, Paris FRANCE; 06.11.17 @ WIM, Zürich, SWITZERLAND
piano [15']
First performed 11.04.17 by Mark Knoop @ City University, London UK; Recorded by Mark Knoop for release on Piano Music 2015-16 (atd6)
guitar [30']
First performed 01.11.15 by Kieran Daly @ Cato Center, Charleston, SC USA
2014
symphony 2014b
alto flute, violin, cello, piano [20']
First performed 01.10.14 by Apartment House @ Platforma Project, Moscow, RUSSIA; 04.10.14 National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Nizhny Novgorod RUSSIA; 08.10.14 Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, RUSSIA
symphony 2014a
viola, piano/2 violas, 2 pianos/viola, piano, cello, harp [20']
Written for Apartment House
4 short pieces
piano [12']
First performance of No.2 on 06.04.14 by TP @ John White's Birthday Concert, Charlie Wrights International Wine Bar, London UK; First complete performance on 10.09.15 by TP @ I'Klectik, London UK; 15.05.17 by Kamil El-Ahmadieh, Janacek Academy, Brno, CZECH REP
2013
string quartet 2013
2 violins, viola, cello [30']
untitled (Behaviour)
piano [12']
First performed 11.04.14 by TP @ Schott Recital Room, London UK; 12.01.17 TP @ Narloch Piano Studio, Chicago USA
ensemble 2013
3-5 treble instruments & 3-5 bass instruments [14']
First performed 12.06.17 by Wet Ink Ensemble, St. Peter's Church, Chelsea, New York, USA
piano piece 2013
piano [35']
First performed 22.11.13 by TP @ Schott Recital Room, London UK; broadcast 08.12.21 on The Boring Music Show #66
Time With People, an opera of 7 opus numbers
10 performers, objects, audio tracks, 2 electric guitars, drums [70']
Opus 6 10.11.12 by Set Ensemble @ Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK; Opus 4 18.02.13 by Material @ Bath Spa University, UK; Opus 1 summer 2013 by Steve Beresford & Adam Bohman, video realisation; Opus 2, 4, 5 13-15.12.13 by Set Ensemble @ Meantime Gallery, Cheltenham, UK; Opus 1 10.04.14 by T Atkins & J Hilson @ Centre for Creative Collaboration, London, UK; Opus 1 11.05.14 by Parkinson Saunders @ Kings Place, London, UK; Opus 1 24.05.14 by Karl Jay Lewin & Avalon Hernandez @ Rise Festival, Findhorn, UK; Opus 1 10.08.14 by Mira Benjamin & Luke Nickel @ Limewharf, London, UK; Opus 1 16.08.14 by Mira Benjamin & Luke Nickel @ Cafeteatret, Oslo, NORWAY; First Complete Performance 26.11.14 by Edges @ HCMF, UK; Complete 28.05.15 by Edges @ City Summer Sounds, London UK; Opus 1-4 15.12.15 by Edges @ LCMF, London UK; Opus 1-3, 5-7 18.12.15 by Southland Ensemble @ Artshare LA, USA; Opus 1 06.02.16 by people making sounds @ Stanford, California, USA; Opus 1 10.02.16 by people making sounds @ Center for New Music, San Francisco USA; Opus 1-4 14.02.16 by Good News From The Future @ From Now On Festival, Cardiff UK; Opus 1 23.02.16 by Jennifer Bewerse & Todd Moellenberg @ Conrad Prebys Music Center, San Diego University USA; Opus 2 25.02.16 by a.per.i.o.dic @ Frequency Festival, Constellation, Chicago USA; Opus 1 14.05.16 by Parkinson Saunders @ Atelier Schiller, Basel SWITZERLAND; Opus 2 & 7 05.11.16 by a.pe.ri.od.ic @ High Concept Labs, Chicago USA; Opus 1 17.11.16 by Angharad Davies & Parkinson @ Camden People’s Theatre, London UK; Complete 26.02.17 by a.pe.ri.od.ic @ Constellation, Chicago USA; Complete 03.03.17 by a.pe.ri.od.ic @ The Oberlin ‘Sco, Oberlin USA; Complete 29.04.17 by a.pe.ri.od.ic with Parsons & Charlesworth @ Chicago Arts Club USA; Complete 13.05.17 by Object Collection @ Jack, Brooklyn USA; Complete 22.09.17 by a.pe.ri.od.ic @ Wilson Theatre, Beloit College, Wisconsin, USA; Complete 22.10.17 by a.pe.ri.od.ic @ Stark Opera Studio, Iowa University, USA; Complete 26.02.18 by G.A.M.E. @ CAMPO, Ghent, BELGIUM; Opus 1, 2 & 4 13.04.18 by G.A.M.E. @ Cultuurcentrum Brugge, BELGIUM; Complete (en Français) 29-30.06.18 by Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain @ Temple Allemand, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SWITZERLAND; Opus 1 14.09.18 by Antonia Barnett-McIntosh & Charlie Sdraulig @ Lilburn House, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND; Complete 20.01.19 by Tampere University & Theater Academy Helsinki dir. Juho Laitinen @ Konepajan Bruno, Helsinki, FINLAND; Opus 1 06.09.19 by Aperture Duo (Linnea Powell & Rachel Beetz) @ People Inside Electronics, Throop Unitarian Universalist Church, Pasadena, California USA; Opus 1 12.10.19 by Autoduplicity (Jennifer Bewerse & Rachel Beetz) @ Boston Court Pasadena, California USA; Complete 09.02.20 by Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain @ Gare du Nord, Basel, SWITZERLAND; Opus 1 19.04.20 by Angharad Davies & Tim Parkinson, Quarantine Concert by ESS, Chicago, USA; Opus 1 17.10.21 by Jarmo Rosenqvist & Nóra Varga, Tulkinnanvaraista, Helsinki FINLAND; Opus 1, 3, 6 & 7, 13.10.22 by Fibem Ensemble, Gnesin Contemporary Music Week, Moscow, RUSSIA; Opus 1, 3, 6 & 7, 27.10.22 by Fibem Ensemble, Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, RUSSIA
2012
concerto
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano [20']
ensemble
more than 4 unspecified melody instruments [15']
Commissioned by Sonorités Festival 2012. First performed by 12.10.12 by Apartment House @ La Chapelle, Montpellier, FRANCE; 23.10.12 by Dedalus @ The Forge, London UK; 03.12.12 spliced recording of Apartment House & Dedalus performances broadcast on France Musique; 13.07.22 recording by Apartment House released on Another timbre (at197); 05.09.22 by Apartment House @ Cafe Oto, London UK; Broadcast 19.09.22 on The New Music Show, BBC Radio 3
Songs 2012
2 performers, 2 electric guitars, 2 small keyboards [12']
1. Mona Lisa
2. Disambiguation
orchestra piece 2012
2.2.2.2;2.2.2.2;strings [20']
2011
blank pages, 12 pieces
piano [c.20']
song for many
2 equal sized groups of vocalists and percussionists [5']
Written for the Edges Ensemble. First Performed 21.11.11 by Edges @ Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK; 11.07.12 by Edges @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK; 31.10.12 by EEMT, Shinjuku Bunka Centre, Tokyo, JAPAN; 25-6.06.13 choreographed by Paolo Mangiola, The Place, London UK; 14.09.14 by BIT20 @ Logen Theater, Bergen NORWAY; 18.05.15 Edges performance broadcast on Resonance FM; 21.04.16 by ddmmyy @ Year Theater, Hackney, London UK; 17.11.16 by ddmmyy @ The Sandbar, Manchester UK; 09.02.19 by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama @ Camden Arts Centre, London UK
flute and bass piece
flute, double bass [c.20']
Written for Dominic and Kate Lash. First performed 31.03.15 by Ensemble NoName @ NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod RUSSIA
drum piece
snare drum [c.9']
Written for Patrick Farmer. First performed on 27.05.11 by Devin Maxwell @ Incubator Arts Project, New York USA; 11.07.13 by Devin Maxwell @ Le Hum, Moncton, CANADA; 18.07.13 by Devin Maxwell @ Spectrum, Manhattan, USA; 09.03.14 by Sam Rich (175 East), Q Theatre, Aukland, NEW ZEALAND; 01.06.16 by Joe Richards @ 840, London UK; 30.09.17 by Devin Maxwell @ The Sun Tunnels, Utah USA; 07.06.18 by Roméo Monteiro @ Château de l'Etang, 93170 Bagnolet, FRANCE; 01.01.20 by Devin Maxwell @ Teodora Stepancic’s 597 Concert Series, Brooklyn USA; 27.02.20 by Devin Maxwell @ Wheeler Concert Hall, Caspar, Wyoming USA; 02.03.20 by Devin Maxwell @ Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah USA; 10.09.20 by Devin Maxwell @ Summit Community Gardens, Park City, Utah USA; 16.12.21 CD Release on TIME IS OVER [awp017] (performed 08.20 by Devin Maxwell); 15.04.22 by Devin Maxwell @ Alliance Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah USA
songs 2011
2 performers at tables (voices, drums, objects) [12']
1. la dee
2. iSong
3. nana na na
4. andidolike
First performed 01.03.12 by Parkinson Saunders @ Audiograft, Holywell Music Room, Oxford; 15.07.12 by Parkinson Saunders @ Kings Place, London UK; 21.05.13 by Pat Allison & Ben Isaacs, Landmark, Bergen, NORWAY; 31.05.13 by Pat Allison & Ben Isaacs @ Bar I:22, Huddersfield, UK; 26.07.14 by David Pocknee & Robert Blatt, Huddersfield, UK; 27.07.14 by David Pocknee & Robert Blatt, Dalston London UK; 07.14 by David Pocknee & Robert Blatt somewhere in The Hague; 18.05.15 by Parkinson Saunders broadcast on Resonance FM; 29.03.16 by Laurie Tompkins & Suze Whaites @ Islington Mill, Salford UK; 31.03.16 by Laurie Tompkins & Suze Whaites @ Cafe Oto, London UK; 15.04.16 by Laurie Tompkins & Suze Whaites, Kinokeller, Berlin, GERMANY; 21.05.16 by Parkinson Saunders @ Drivetime Underground, Resonance FM, UK; 27.09.16 La Dee broadcast on Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk, wfmu; 03.05.17 by Parkinson Saunders @ Bath Spa University, UK; 07.05.17 by Parkinson Saunders @ Tectonics, Glasgow, UK; 27.05.17 Tectonics performance broadcast on BBC Radio 3; 12.03.18 No.1 & No.3 by some kind of duo (Catherine Laws & James Whittle) @ Crescent Community Venue, York UK; 07.06.18 in French by Thierry Madiot and Tim Parkinson @ Château de l'Etang, 93170 Bagnolet, FRANCE; 16.12.21 CD Release on TIME IS OVER [awp017] (performed by Parkinson Saunders 10.07.13)
trio
3 bowed string instruments (or multiples of 3) [10']
2010
violin, viola, cello [25']
First performed 23.02.13 by Angharad Davies, Johnny Chang, Stefan Thut @ Moments Musicaux, Aarau, SWITZERLAND; broadcast 27.10.21 on The Boring Music Show #62
piano piece 2010
piano [20']
First performed 16.03.13 by TP @ Deptford Town Hall, London UK
symphony
flute + auxilliary, viola, cello, auxilliary [30']
Written for Incidental Music. First performed 23.4.10 by Incidental Music @ St Anne and St Agnes, London UK; 05.07.10 by Incidental Music @ Mark Müller Galerie, Zürich SWITZERLAND; 17.03.12 by Christine Tavollaci and ensemble, The Wulf, Los Angeles, USA
2009
violin and piano piece
violin, piano [30']
First performed 21.09.10 by Angharad Davies & TP @ Kings College London UK; 17.02.11 by Angharad Davies & TP @ Audiograft, Oxford, UK; 10.04.11 by Angharad Davies & TP @ Ausland, Berlin GERMANY; 19.10.11 by Angharad Davies & TP @ Janacek Academy, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
melodica and percussion
melodica + percussion (1 performer) [7']
Commissioned by Q-02. Recorded on /2009/ (compost and height), performed by Tim Parkinson. First performed 31.10.09 by TP @ Interlace, London UK; 09.02.10 by TP @ Speedie's, London UK; 13.02.09 by TP @ Deptford Town Hall, London UK; 06.05.10 by TP @ The Nunnery, London UK; 27.05.11 by Devin Maxwell @ Incubator Arts Project, Manhattan, USA; 10.09.11 broadcast on Resonance FM; 20.04.13 by Clocked Out Duo, Brisbane Urban Arts Projects, AUSTRALIA; 07.06.18 by Roméo Monteiro @ Château de l'Etang, 93170 Bagnolet, FRANCE
orchestra piece 2009
2.2.2.bcl.2.cbn:2.2.2.2:str [30']
2008
string quartet 2008
2 violins, viola, cello [25']
three music boxes
3 musical boxes [9']
Requested for HCMF. First performance 18.09.08 by John Lely, James Saunders & TP @ Cafe Oto, London UK; 25.11.08 by Crank @ hcmf, UK;
clarinet, violin and piano piece
clarinet, violin, piano [10']
First performed 25.9.08 by the New York Miniaturist Ensemble @ WMP Concert Hall, NY USA; 23.02.13 by Jürg Frey, Angharad Davies & TP @ Moments Musicaux, Aarau SWITZERLAND; 22.02.19 by Eos Ensemble (Paul Evernden, Angela Najaryan, Thomas Ang) @ 840, St James' Islington, London UK
orchestra piece 2008
2.2.2.2;2.2.2.2;strings [11']
trio with objects
violin, viola, cello, 2 auxilliary performers [20']
First performed 11.12.08 by either/or (Angharad Davies, Stefanie Griffin, Alex Waterman, James Saunders & TP) @ Ontological Theatre, New York USA; 25.04.09 by Incidental Music @ Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich SWITZERLAND; 26.04.09 by Incidental Music @ Säulenhalle Landhaus Solothurn, SWITZERLAND; 25.04.10 by Incidental Music @ Cafe Oto, London UK; 08.07.11 by Apartment House @ Time of Music, Viitasaari, FINLAND; 27.01.21 Solothurn performance broadcast on The Boring Music Show www.keithfem.com
2007
three pieces
piano [10']
First performed 06.11.08 by TP @ Cafe Oto, London UK
piano [35']
Recorded on EWR 1005, performed by Philip Thomas
septet
flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano [15']
Written for Apartment House. First performed & live broadcast 29.03.08 by Apartment House @ WDR Köln, GERMANY; 13.07.22 recording by Apartment House released on Another timbre (at197);
orchestra piece 2007
2.2.ca.2.bcl.2;2.2.2.1;str [17']
First Performed 08.11.11 by Basel Sinfonietta cond. Manuel Nawri @ Martinskirche, Basel SWITZERLAND; 09.11.11 as above @ Rote Fabrik, Zürich SWITZERLAND; 20.11.11 as above @ hcmf, UK; 17.12.11 as above broadcast on BBC Radio 3; 28.12.11 as above broadcast on DRS2 Swiss Radio
quartet for the right hand
2 violins, viola, cello [20']
Written for the Post Quartet. First performed 07.06.07 by Post Quartet @ Deptford Town Hall, London; 03.11.08 by Post Quartet @ All Saints Church, London UK
piano trio
violin, cello, piano [25']
Commissioned by Stefan Thut. First performed 17.06.07 by Angharad Davies, Stefan Thut, TP @ Säulenhalle Landhaus Solothurn SWITZERLAND; Extracts used in film "Someone Who Isn't Me" by Jenna Collins, premiered 17.10.15 @ London Film Festival, BFI London UK
2006
piano [17']
Commissioned by Philip Thomas. First performed 24.1.08 by Philip Thomas @ Persistence Works, Sheffield UK; 23.02.08 as above @ The Warehouse, London; 23.04.08 as above @ Clothworkers Hall, Leeds, UK; 16.10.08 as above @ Phipps Hall, Huddersfield, UK; 26.03.09 as above @ St Marks Church NY USA; 12.04.09 as above @ CalArts, Los Angeles, USA. Recorded on EWR 1005, performed by Philip Thomas
quartet
table top percussion (4 performers) [20']
First Performed 12.10.06 by Apartment House @ BMIC Cutting Edge, UK; 22.12.07 as above broadcast on BBC Radio 3; 04.06.08 by Dogstar Orchestra @ CalArts USA; 27.05.09 by Plus Minus @ ICA, London UK; 31.05.09 by Plus Minus @ ICA, London, UK
violin [30']
Written for and first performed 10.11.06 by Angharad Davies @ Mark Müller Galerie, Zürich SWITZERLAND; 28.11.06 as above @ Emma Hart Biennale, Ada St Gallery, London UK; 12.07.13 by Mira Benjamin @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK
2005
double quartet
4 sackbuts (or trombone), 2 violin, viola, cello [26']
First performed 05.03.05 by Vor und Nach @ Alte Kirch, Boswil SWITZERLAND; 06.03.05 as above @ Schlosserei Walter Nenninger, Zürich SWITZERLAND
harp piece
harp [18']
Commissioned by Rhodri Davies. First performed 23.11.05 by Rhodri Davies @ St Anne & St Agnes, London UK; 25.06.06 as above @ Whitworth Gallery, Manchester UK; 02.11.06 as above @ Sheffield University, UK; 08.12.06 by Yuko Ueso @ LoopLine, Tokyo, JAPAN
sextet
violin, electric guitar, bass guitar, hammond organ, 2 percussion [12']
Commissioned by [rout] for the British Music Information Centre Cutting Edge Tour 2005. First performed 01.12.05 by [rout] @ Brighton Pavillion UK; 08.12.05 as above @ The Warehouse, London UK; 06.10.06 @ Clothworkers Hall, Leeds, UK; 15.11.06 as above @ Dartington Hall, UK; 19.11.06 as above @ hcmf, UK; 28.11.06 as above @ CCA, Glasgow UK
68 sounds for Welbourne
2 cds (sound installation) [45' loop]
Sound Installation commissioned by Welborne Village Arts Festival 2005. Also installed 07.02.06 @ Rational Rec, London UK
2004
septet
flute, violin, reed organ/accordion, piano, 3 percussion & CD [20']
First performed 05.11.04 by Buruk @ St Cyprians London UK; 28.04.05 by Chronophonie, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frieburg, GERMANY; 14.07.23 by GSMD Ensemble @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK
untitled (2004d)
piano [7']
First performed 13.02.10 by TP @ Deptford Town Hall, London
untitled (2004c)
piano [11']
First performed 07.06.04 by Tim Parkinson @ Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, London UK; 26.10.04 as above @ Oxford Brookes University UK; 03.08.05 by Tanja Masanti @ Atelier Masanti, Basel SWITZERLAND; 25.06.07 as above @ Atelier Masanti, Basel SWITZERLAND; 13.11.08 by TP @ St Marks NY USA
untitled (2004b)
piano [10']
First performed 26.05.14 by Philip Thomas @ LCMF, UK
untitled (2004a)
piano [5']
cello [45']
Written for Stefan Thut. Recorded on EWR 0603, performed by Stefan Thut. First performed 10.3.04 by Stefan Thut @ Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich SWITZERLAND; 02.10.06 as above @ Atelier PiaMaria, Biel SWITZERLAND; 26.11.06 as above @ Kunstmuseum Solothurn, SWITZERLAND; 28.07.07 by Alex Waterman @ Miguel Abreu Gallery, NY USA; 14.03.08 by Stefan Thut @ Geigenbauaterlier Hans Hofer, Bern SWITZERLAND
2003
two cardboard boxes
2 percussionists [12']
First performed 17.12.03 by Parkinson Saunders @ St Pauls, Huddersfield UK; 18.12.03 as above @ St Cyprians Church, London UK; 24.05.04 as above broadcast on Resonance FM; 2004 home recording for 2 cd playback; 18.01.05 by Duo Contour @ Moments Musicaux Aarau SWITZERLAND; 24.01.05 as above @ Elizabeth-Schneider Stiftung, Freiburg, GERMANY; 16.02.05 by Chronophonie @ Treffpunkt, Stuttgart, GERMANY; 16.09.05 by Parkinson Saunders @ Tate Modern, London UK; 20.10.05 by Duo Contour @ Chelsea & Westminster Hospital London UK; 01.11.05 by Matthew Shlomowitz & TP @ Rational Rec, London UK; 30.03.06 by Plus Minus @ Logos, Ghent, BELGIUM; 16.09.06 by Duo Contour @ Colourscape Festival, London UK; 05.10.05 by Duo Vertigo @ BMIC Cutting Edge, The Warehouse London UK; 15.03.07 by Plus Minus @ Borealis Festival, Bergen NORWAY; 27.03.07 by Matthew Shlomowitz & TP @ Arts Council, London UK; 05.04.07 by Parkinson Saunders @ Modern Art Oxford, UK; 07.06.07 as above @ York Early Music Centre, UK; 17.06.07 by Duo Vertigo @ Den Haag, NETHERLANDS; 18.11.07 as above @ Wiltshire Early Music Centre, UK; 15.12.07 by Parkinson Saunders @ Q-02, Brussels BELGIUM; 24.05.08 by Henri Vaxby & John Lely @ Koko Teatteri Helsinki FINLAND; 28.10.08 by Parkinson Saunders @ Kings Place, London UK; 07.11.08 as above @ Bath Spa University, UK; 25.03.10 by Stephen Chase & Ross Parfitt @ Bank St Arts, Sheffield, UK; 05.07.13 by Markus Trunk & John Lely @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK; 05.05.17 by Array Percussion Trio @ The Array Space, Toronto, CANADA; 18.03.20 by Parkinson Saunders, video performance
trombone and piano piece
trombone, piano [17']
Written for Craig Shepard. First performed 20.10.03 by Craig Shepard & TP @ St Cyprians, London UK; 20.07.04 as above @ Klangraum, Dusseldorf GERMANY; 22.07.04 as above @ Nebbienschen Gartenhaus, Frankfurt GERMANY; 23.07.04 as above @ Atelier Masanti, Basel, SWITZERLAND; 08.05.16 by Rishin Singh & TP @ Cafe Oto, London UK
untitled installation (for Sound 323), with Angharad Davies
piano and prepared violin recorded onto 2 cds [25' loop]
20-26.09.03 Installed in "Sound 323", 323 Archway Road, London UK; 24.02.05 live performance Ray's Jazz, Foyles, London UK
piano piece 2003
piano [15']
viola piece
viola [20']
Written for and first performed 25.3.03 by Julia Eckhart @ Manfred Werder's concert series at the Mark Müller Gallery, Zürich SWITZERLAND. Extracts used in film "Someone Who Isn't Me" by Jenna Collins, premiered 17.10.15 @ London Film Festival, BFI London UK
clarinet and words
clarinet + CD of computer speaking voice [11']
Written for Andrew Sparling's solo CD on Lorelt. First performed 21.3.04 by Jürg Frey @ Schlosserei Walter Nenniger, Zürich SWITZERLAND; 26.03.04 by Gretchen Dunsmore @ The Arts Centre, Christchurch NEW ZEALAND; 12.07.05 by Andrew Sparling @ The Warehouse, London UK; 07.05.06 as above @ Kettle's Yard, Cambridge UK; 23.02.08 as above @ Mumford Theatre, Cambridge UK; 16.07.10 as above @ Soundwaves Festival, Brighton UK; 04.07.13 as above @ Harwich Arts Festival, UK
2002
untitled cello and piano
cello, piano [12']
Written for Anton Lukoszevieze. First performed 11.12.02 by Anton Lukoszevieze & TP @ St Cyprians, London UK; 14.05.10 by Anton Lukoszevieze & Philip Thomas @ Site Gallery, Sheffield UK; 24.03.18 by Adam Hall & Gregor Forbes @ The Project Cafe, Glasgow UK
Unparalleled Tedium by Damian Perks
transcription for piano [4']
piano piece October 2002
piano [4']
First performed 29.02.04 by Sebastian Berweck @ Denison University, USA; 08.03.04 as above @ Stanford University USA
piano piece September 2002
piano [4']
Requested by John Lely. First performed 03.10.02 by TP @ Goldsmiths College, London UK
string quartet 2002
2 violins, viola, cello [10']
Commissioned by Apartment House. First performed 09.06.02 by Apartment House @ Conway Hall, London UK; 27.04.03 as above @ Kettle's Yard, Cambridge UK; 05.12.03 (two performances) by Wet Ink @ Abrons Hall, Henri Settlement Buildings, New York USA; 08.06.07 by Dogstar Orchestra @ CalArts, California USA
untitled quintet
flute + picc, clarinet + bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano [10']
Commissioned by the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival 2002. First performed 27.6.02 by Chroma @ Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, UK
flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, violin [10']
Requested by the London Sinfonietta. First performed 28.4.02 by London Sinfonietta @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London UK
2001
untitled quartet
flute, clarinet, cello, piano [10']
First performed 05.12.01 by Annie Parker, Andrew Sparling, Anton Lukoszevieze, TP @ St Cyprians Church, London UK
eight violins
8 violins/1 violin with prerecorded 7 violins [15']
First performed 29.8.01 OCMHN soloists, Philharmonic Hall, Dum Kultury Vitkovice, Ostrava New Music Days; 20.04.02 by Darragh Morgan @ St Pauls Hall Huddersfield UK; 12.11.02 as above broadcast on Resonance FM; 2014 studio recording by Angharad Davies; 24.03.19 by Angharad Davies @ Cafe Oto, London UK
ten brass
3 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, 2 tubas [12']
Commissioned by the London Borough of Camden for St George's Gardens, Bloomsbury, London. First performed (4 performances) 30.06.01by Reservoir with Karelia Brass @ St George's Garden, Bloomsbury London UK
2000
piano [23']
Private recording 2001. First performed 20.05.02 by TP @ St Cyprians Church, London, in concurrent programme with music by Michael Parsons and Manfred Werder; 03.10.02 No.4 by TP @ Goldsmiths University, London UK; 29.09.03 No.2 broadcast Resonance FM; 31.03.04 by Tanja Masanti, Atelier Masanti, Basel SWITZERLAND
untitled quartet
flute, clarinet, violin, cello [16']
Requested by the Hornsey Arts Project. First performed 01.04.01 by Annie Parker, Andrew Sparling, Darragh Morgan, Anton Lukoszevieze, @ Jacksons Lane Community Theatre, London UK; 08.04.03 by Ensemble AUS, Yerevan State Conservatory, ARMENIA
40 Trinder Road, sound installation
piano [40' loop]
for "living room part two" exhibition, curated by Damian Llambias, installed 6-14.6.00 at 40 Trinder Road, London N19.
flute, piano [9']
piano [7']
Private recording 2001. First performed 30.06.05 by Michael Pisaro @ CalArts, USA; 10.01.10 by Heleen Van Haegenborgh @ Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, NETHERLANDS
untitled violin and piano
violin, piano [17']
First performed 15.03.00 by Brian Lee & Tim Parkinson, St Cyprians Church, London; 14.04.00 as above @ Clothworkers Hall Leeds UK
1999
quartet
flute, trumpet, piano, percussion [26']
Requested by Duo Contour's Duo Collaborations project. First performed 08.06.00 by Duo Contour with Annie Parker & Tim Parkinson @ St Cyprians Church, London UK
untitled two pianos
two pianos [15']
First performed 06.12.00 by Tania Chen & Tim Parkinson @ St Cyprians Church, London UK; 06.06.01 by Mic Spencer & Peter Mumford @ Manchester University UK; 01.03.02 by Mic Spencer & Steve Arkell @ Glasgow University UK; 31.03.03 broadcast on Resonance FM; 16.06.03 by Peter Mumford & TP @ St Cyprians Church London UK; 23.03.05 by Tanja Masanti & TP @ Atelier Masanti, Basel SWITZERLAND; 24.01.06 as above @ Musikakademie Basel, SWITZERLAND; 28.01.06 as above @ Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich SWITZERLAND; 11.12.18 by Makiko Nishikaze & TP @ City University, London UK; 16/21.04.20 by Philip Thomas & Tim Parkinson, video realisation
violin piece
violin [17']
First performed 26.6.03 by Darragh Morgan @ Bush Hall, London UK; 30.06.10 by Clemens Merkel @ Music We'd Like To Hear, London UK; 24.05.18 by Emma Welton @ a quiet night in, St Martin's Church Exeter UK; 24.10.20 by Clara Levy @ an apartment in Brussels BELGIUM (after concert cancellation); 03.12.21 by Clara Levy @ subrosa festival arcanes #3, Brussels BELGIUM; 13.07.22 recording by Mira Benjamin released on Another timbre (at197)
umbrellagoatfishoctopus
flute, violin/trombone, piano [10']
First performed (original version) 22.10.99 by Annie Parker, Brian Lee, TP @ St Cyprians Church, London UK
fellaheen
trumpet, percussion [9']
Requested by Duo Contour. First performed 01.07.99 by Duo Contour @ Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, UK; 06.07.99 as above @ BMIC London UK; 01.06.00 as above @ Durham University, UK; 05.06.00 as above @ Clothworkers Hall Leeds, UK; 10.06.00 as above @ St Cyprians Church London UK; 29.08.00 as above @ Pittsburgh State University Kansas USA; 08.09.00 as above @ Simpson College, Iowa USA; 09.09.00 as above @ CSPS, Iowa USA; 10.09.00 as above @ University of Iowa, USA
asdfghjkl
piano [8']
First performed 13.05.99 by Tim Parkinson @ BMIC, London UK
1998
straw dogs
piano 4 hands (with clicktracks) [16']
First performed 02.03.99 by Matthew Linley & Tim Parkinson @ BMIC, London UK
flute [10']
First performed 28.01.99 by Annie Parker @ BMIC, London UK; 17.03.12 by Christine Tavollaci @ The Wulf, Los Angeles USA
august
trumpet [10']
Requested by Steve Altoft. First performed 01.07.99 by Steve Altoft @ Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, UK; 06.07.99 as above @ BMIC London UK; 24.11.99 as above @ Bretton Hall, Leeds UK; 01.12.99 as above @ Durham University, UK; 12.12.05 as above @ Jazzakademie, Freiburg, GERMANY
quartet
2 tubas, 2 euphoniums [15']
violin and piano piece
violin, piano (with clicktracks) [15']
First performed 14.05.98 by Mia Cooper & Tim Parkinson @ BMIC, London UK; 19.01.23 by Mira Benjamin & Siwan Rhys @ Kettle's Yard, Cambridge UK; 13.07.22 recording by Mira Benjamin & Siwan Rhys released on Another Timbre (at197)
untitled
cello [10']
First performed 17.02.00 by Anton Lukoszevieze @ Poole Arts Centre, Poole, UK; 06.07.02 as above @ De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, UK; 25.02.05 by Stefan Thut @ Goldsmiths College London UK; 27.02.05 as above @ Clothworkers Hall, Leeds, UK; 01.12.11 by Anton Lukoszevieze @ The Nunnery, London UK; 04.02.16 by Juho Laitinen @ Validi Karkia, Pori, FINLAND; 07.02.16 as above @ Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, FINLAND
1997
quintet
flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (with clicktracks) [15']
aufGeltwartenlieder
voice, piano (4')
First performed 29.07.99 by Antonia Cviic & Olivia Travers @ BMIC, London UK
both
flute, piano (with clicktracks) [16']
Requested by Annie Parker. First performed 17.07.97 by Annie Parker & Tim Parkinson @ BMIC, London UK; 05.03.98as above @ BMIC London UK; 18.06.98 as above @ Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, UK
bed
counter-tenor, clarinet, alto sax, strings (4,4,3,2,0) or Soprano, flute, oboe d'amore, strings (4,4,3,2,0) [9']
Commissioned by Bedford School for their Silver Jubilee Festival. First performed 24.6.97 by Bedford School Chamber Orchestra cond. Andrew Morris @ Bedford School UK; 01.09.01 by Erin Flannery, Nic Gotham, Steve Lehman, OCNMH Soloists cond. Nathan Fuhr @ Janacek Conservatory, Ostrava, CZECH REP
piano piece 1997
piano [10']
1996
untitled tape installation
3 tape recorders [9' varying loop]
vibraphone piece
vibraphone (4 performers) [11']
First performed 28.04.06 by the Salisbury University Percussion Ensemble (Becca Doughty, Dylan Ira, Eric Shuster, Burt Tabet) @ Salisbury University, USA
sextet
oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello [18']
Commissioned by the Grove Ensemble. First performed 19.10.96 by The Grove Ensemble @ Duns Tew Village Hall, Oxfordshire UK; 31..01.97 as above @ Holywell Music Room, Oxford UK
quartet
violin, viola, cello, piano [15']
Requested by London New Music
1995
piano piece 1995
piano/piano 4 hands [5']
First performed 13.07.99 by Matthew Linley & Tim Parkinson @ BMIC, London UK
two piano piece 1995
2 pianos [14']
piece for octet
2 flutes, oboe, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons [15']
piece for organ
organ [11']
Commissioned by Michael Booth, organist of Chester Cathedral. First performed 07.12.95 by Michael Booth, Exeter College Chapel, Oxford UK
1994
two piano piece 1994
2 pianos [15']
flutes
2 flutes
First performed 19.11.96 by The Flute House Trio @ BMIC, London UK; 06.97 as above @ Barbican London UK