Matthew
Pollard (b.1977)
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Vocal
Departure
(2000) 10 mins
(sop.,
clt., perc., pf., vln., db.)
f.p. Firebird Ensemble cond. Barrie Webb / June 2000, St.
Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield
Three
Larkin Songs
(2001) 6 mins
(bar.,
pf.)
The Diary
(2002, revised & enlarged 2006) 40 mins
(alto,
bar., Bb clt., bass clt., perc., pf., vln., va., vc.)
f.p. (original version) Heather Cairncross, Big City
Cabaret Band / Dec. 2002 Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton
Haiku
Songs
(2005) 6 mins
MP3 > Haiku
song number 5
(sop.,
ob., mba., vla., va., vc.)
f.p. Elisabeth Wingfield, SPNM Ensemble / Sept. 2005 The
Sage Gateshead
Two
Stevie Smith Partsongs (2008)
6 mins
f.p.
The Rainbow Chorus, Glen Capra (pf), cond. Composer / July
2009, Charleston Farmhouse, East Sussex
(SATB
choir, pf.)
This
concert will fall in love with you
(2010) 40 mins
(speaker,
mba., vb., pf., vln., SATB choir)
f.p. Peter Kenny (speaker) / Tacet Ensemble cond. composer
/ May 2010, St. Michael & All Angels Church, Brighton
Found
(2010) 4 minutes
(SATB
choir)
Orchestral
A
Small Concerto for Orchestra
(2001) 8 mins
(2
fl., 2 ob., 2 Bb cl., 2 bsn., 2 F hn., 2 Bb tpt., tbn.,
tba., timp., strings)
f.p
London Gay Symphony Orchestra cond. Peter Crockford / May
2002, St. Mary’s Church, Brighton
Sinfonia
(2006) 16 mins
(2
fl., 2 ob., 2 Bb cl., 2 bsn., 2 F hn., 2 Bb tpt., 3 tbn.,
timp., strings)
Large
Ensemble
Chamber
Concerto
(2001) 8 ½ mins
MP3 > Chamber
Concerto
(fl.,
ob., Eb clt., A clt., bass clt., bsn., c.bsn., 2 F hn, CA.,
2 vln., va., vc., db.)
f.p Composers’ Orchestral Project Orchestra cond. Roger
Montgomery / Jan. 2001, RAM, London
Sinfonia
II (Dance Variations)
(2007) 7 mins
MP3 > Sinfonia
II
(brass
band: Eb sop. cnt., 4 solo Bb cnt., repiano Bb cnt., 2
2nd
Bb cnt., 2 3rd
Bb cnt., Bb flugel hn., 3 Eb tenor hn., 2 Bb baritone hn.,
2 Bb tbn., bass tbn., 2 Bb euph., 2 Eb tba., 2 Bb tba.,
timp., vb., perc.)
f.p. RNCM Brass Band cond. John Miller / Jan. 2007, RNCM,
Manchester
Requiem
(2007) 4 -10 mins
MP3 > Requiem
(open
instrumentation)
f.p. University of Sussex 21st
Century Ensemble cond. Ben Oliver / June 2007, The Old
Market, Hove
Music
for Strings
(2007) 7 mins
f.p.
Musicians of All Saints cond. Jem Muharrem / Sept. 2009,
All Saints Centre, Lewes
(min:
4/3/2/2/1)
Chamber
Ensemble
Three
Pieces
(1999) 5 mins
(solo
tpt.)
f.p. Steven Altoft / Nov. 1999 St. Paul’s Hall,
Huddersfield
Rough
Music
(2002) 4 mins
(sax.
quartet: Bb sop. sax., Eb alto. sax., Bb ten. sax., Eb
bari. sax.)
f.p. Paragon Saxophone Quartet / Oct. 2002, Meeting House
University of Sussex, Brighton
String
Quartet
(2003) 7 mins
f.p.
Tacet Ensemble / Oct. 2003, St. Mary-de-Haura Church,
Shoreham
Weelkes
Despatched
(2004) 2 ½ mins
MP3 > Weelkes
Despatched
(perc.
duet: mba., vb.)
f.p. Adam Bushell & Tom Norrell / May 2004, Friend’s
Meeting House, Brighton
Gestures
(2004) 4 mins
MP3 > Gestures
(fl.clt.vc.perc.)
f.p SPNM musicians cond. Composer / August 2004, The Place,
Bedford,
Bridging
and Chiming
(2005) 5 mins
MP3 > Bridging
and Chiming
(2
Bb clt., perc., pf., vln., vc.)
f.p. Tacet Ensemble cond. Composer / May 2005, The Old
Market, Hove
The
End of the Party
(2005) 4 mins
(fl.,
Bb clt., perc., pf., vln., vc.)
f.p. Lontano cond. Odaline de la Martinez / April 2005,
Purcell Room, London
Pastoral
(2008) 5 mins
f.p.
Ian Glen & Glen Capra / July 2009, Chapel Royal,
Brighton
(bsn.,
pf.)
Piano
Mountains
of the East
(2006) 1 min
f.p.
Andrew Melvin / Oct. 2006, The Steyning Centre, Steyning
Variations
(2001) 7 mins
Arrangements
Perhaps,
perhaps, perhaps
(2005) 3 ½ mins
by
Osvaldo Farres
(SATB choir, pf., perc.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra / Adam
Bushell / May 2006, The Old Market, Hove
Happy
Together
(2004) 5 mins
by
The Mock Turtles
(SATB choir, pf.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra / Dec.
2004, St. Andrew’s Church, Brighton
Someone
to Watch Over Me
(2006) 4 mins
by
George & Ira Gershwin
(SATB choir)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Dec. 2006, St.
Michael’s Church, Brighton
Homophobia
(2007) 2 ½ mins
by
Chumbawamba
(SATB choir, pf.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra, Nov.
2007, Dingwalls, London
Swedish
Song
(2007) 4 ½ mins
trad.,
after Jan Johanssen
(brass band: as
Sinfonia II)
f.p. Hangleton Band cond. composer / Dec. 2007
The
Lavender Song (2008)
3 ½ mins
by Mischa Spolianksy
(SATB choir, pf.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra, Dec.
2008, St. Mary’s Church, Brighton
Solidarity
Song (2009)
3 mins
by Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht
(SATB choir, pf.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra / May
2009, Royal Festival Hall, London
Can’t
get you out of my head (2010)
4 mins
by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis
(SATB choir, pf.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra / May
2010, Unitarian Church, Brighton
The
Universal (2010)
3 minutes
by Damon Albarn
(SATB choir, pf.)
f.p. The Rainbow Chorus cond. composer / Glen Capra / May
2010, Unitarian Church, Brighton
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