| Instrumentation | Title | Composer | Length | Publisher | Comments |
| alto sax & piano | Brilliance | Ida Gotkovsky b1933 | 9' | Billaudot #524-01973 | 4 short movements, ranging from demonstrative to dolce. |
| alto sax & piano | Variations Pathétiques | Ida Gotkovsky b1933 | c10' | Billaudot GB3107 | 6 short movements: 1) Declamando con passione (declamatory); V) Con simplicita (bluesey). |
| alto sax & piano | Light of Sothis | Amy Quate b1953 | 5' | Wise Classical Music | 3 short movements: Grace, Passion & Faith. |
| alto sax & piano | Chanson et Passepied, Op 16 | Jeanine Rueff 1922-1999 | 4' | Alphonse Leduc AL30978 | Light and graceful. |
| flute solo | East Wind | Shulamit Ran b1949 | 6' | Theodore Presser 114-40469 | An imaginative evocation of the wind, demanding creativity from the player. |
| flute & continuo | Sonata No 4 | Anna Bon c1739-67 | 12' | Schott Music | A Sonata written on the cusp of the Baroque and Rococo (1756), and dedicated to Frederick of Bayreuth, with much charm. |
| flute & piano | Goldfish Through Summer Rain | Anne Boyd b1946 | 5' | Faber music | Delicate and transparent. |
| flute & piano | Flute Concertino
Op 107 (c1902) | Cécile Chaminade 1857-1944 | 8' | IMSLP. www.musicroom.com | An attractive, melodic and decorative piece; the graceful opening melody returns after a more active middle section and cadenza, and comes to a rousing end. |
| flute & piano | Eleven (1999) | Cecilia McDowall b1951 | 7' | Hunt Edition | Inspired by Middle-European folksongs, during the troubles in Kosovo. |
| flute & tape | Orfeo I | Thea Musgrave b1928 | 14' | www.musicsalesclassical.com | Retelling the legend of Orfeo in the underworld. |
| Marimba solo | Prism Rhapsody (1986/1995) | Keiko Abe b1937 | 15' | Boosey & Hawkes | Evocative, dramatic, virtuosic. |
| Marimba solo | A Little Prayer (1978) | Evelyn Glennie b1965 | 5' | Faber Music | Reflective chorale |
| Marimba & 4 Percussionists | Concertino
The Wave (2000) | Keiko Abe b1937 | 16' | Xebec | A highly effective and entertaining work, ranging through drama and amusement. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Cry, Cock-A-Doodle-Doo (1999) | Alison Bauld b1944 | 3' | Novello | Includes unusual singing into the piano lid and some story telling; entertaining. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Chanson Triste (1898) L'amour captif (1893) & Nice-la-belle (1889) | Cécile Chaminade 1857-1944 | 2' & 1.30' & 3' | Enoch & Cie; IMSLP | Sad; swaying; then fun. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Greeting (1928) | Rebecca Clarke 1886-1979 | 2' | Boosey & Hawkes | A soft, inner setting of words by Ella Young, with Clarke's penchant for dark atmospheres. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | The Seal Man (1922) | Rebecca Clarke 1886-1979 | 6' | Boosey & Hawkes | A dark, dramatic setting of words by John Masefield, with a tragic end. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Three Shakespeare Songs (1949) | Madeleine Dring 1923-77 | 6' | UMP/Lengnick. www.musicroom.com | I. A pastoral romance; II. Plaintive word painting; III. Festive and sometimes sarcastic Heigh-ho. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | A Cornford Cycle (1974) | Elaine Hugh-Jones 1927-2021 | c15' | British Music Collection | 8 songs, setting texts by Frances Cornford | |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Die Stille Stadt (1910) | Alma Mahler 1879-1964 | 3' | Universal | Fin-de-siècle setting of Richard Dehmal words, including some bold romantic harmonies. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Have you seen but a bright lily grow? (1929) | Elizabeth Maconchy 1907-44 | 2' | Chester | Poignant setting of a Ben Johnson poem. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Der Mond kommt still gegangen (1842) | Clara Schumann 1819-96 | 2' | Breitkopf und Härtel | Sincere, beautiful contemplation of peaceful moonrise; text by Emanuel Geibel. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Sie liebten sich beide (1843) | Clara Schumann 1819-96 | 2' | Breitkopf und Härtel | Halting, quiet tragedy; text by Heirich Heine. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Mystyn | Eirian Williams 1958-2006 | 3' | Welsh Sheet Music | A heartfelt Welsh song. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | The Loom (1960) | Grace Williams 1906-77 | 3' | OUP | A sorrowful Welsh folk song. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Bonjour mon coeur | Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 | 2' | www.hildegard.com | Playful, French chanson. |
| mezzo-soprano & piano | Haï Luli; &
Les filles de Cadix | Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 | 4' & 3' | Faber | An attractive pair: sad first, and then dancing a bolero (to Alfred de Musset words). |
| piano | Piano Sonata No 2 (1953) | Grażyna Bacewicz 1909-1969 | 17' | Chappell or PWM | Strong piano writing, with a wide emotional range; central Largo has East European anguish, and final Toccata has good crisp engine drive and cumulative end. |
| piano | 4 Sketches, Op 15 (1892) | Amy Beach 1867-1944 | 12' | Hildegard Publishing Co | Expressive, pictorial piano writing, with her usual sensuality. |
| piano | Chaconne (1963) | Sofia Gubaidulina b1931 | 10' | Hal Leonard #ZN161225 | Granite-like piano writing, with characteristic Russian and mystical connections. A very powerful piece. |
| piano | Variations of a theme of Robert (1853) | Clara Schumann (1819-1896) | 11' | Dover Publications | Thoughtful variations, in her characteristic noble melancholy. |
| piano trio | Piano Trio No 1
Op 11 (1881) | Cécile Chaminade 1857-1944 | 23' | www.hildegard.com | A fine, youthful (age 24) work; a graceful and attractive opening movement, contrasts with the glowing 2nd; piano cascades in the 3rd lead to a spectaular conclusion in the Finale. |
| soprano & alto sax | I never saw another butterfly | Lori Laitman b1955 | 15' | artsongs.com | Texts from children of the holocaust. |
| soprano & piano | White Tara | Veleka Algar b1973 | 3' | veleka1@hotmail.com | Effective use of a Tibetan singing bowl and soprano with vocal harmonics. |
| soprano & piano | Stripsody (1966) | Cathy Berberian 1925-83 | 4' | www.edition-peters.com | A highly amusing collection of onomatopeic sounds of comic strips. Needs good acting. |
| soprano & piano | Songs of the 3 Birds (1962) | Dilys Elwyn-Edwards 1918-2012 | 3' | Welsh Music Information Centre | Welsh, late romantic: Curlew, Owl, & There is Longing in the Sea. |
| soprano & piano | Requiem (Song Cycle) | Nadezhda Krasnova | c15' | www.ecspublishing.com | Based on A. Achmatova: I. Already Madness, With its Wings. II. Again a Memorial Hour is Near. III You were taken away at Dawn's Mildness. IV. To Death You'll Come in any Case. V. I've cried for Seventeen Long Month. |
| soprano & piano | Cocky Robin | Betty Roe b1930 | 4' | Thames Publishing or www.musicroom.com | A pacy, updated version of a traditional English nursery rhyme. |
| soprano & piano | Five Betjeman Songs (1976) | Madeleine Dring 1923-77 | 12' | Weinberger 359ยท360 | A light and entertaining setting of John Betjeman's observations of the British and their surroundings. No 5 is the amusing Song of a Nightclub Proprietress. |
| soprano & piano | Lorelei (1843) | Clara Schumann 1819-96 | 3' | www.hildegard.com | A beautiful setting of Heine's description of the effects of a maiden's singing. |
| soprano & piano | Three Songs (1913) | Ethel Smyth 1858-1944 | 3' | Universal, Vienna & IMSLP | The Clown, & Possession - amusing and expressive songs. |
| soprano & piano | Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde, Op 23 (1855) | Clara Schumann 1819-96 | 15' | www.breitkopf.com | A collection of 6 songs, that she was pleased with, based on Hermann Rollett's novel. |
| soprano & piano | Though Love Be a Day (1979) | Gwyneth Walker b1947 | 16' | www.ecspublishing.com | An attractive, romantic, accessible setting of 5 poems by e e cummings and Gwyneth Walker, with a span of ideas from playful and lighthearted to thoughtful closing. |
1 soprano, 2 mezzos
& piano | Bring to Life (2012) | Veleka Algar b1973 | 5' | veleka1@hotmail.com | An entertaining sequence, playing with rhythms. |
1 soprano, 2 mezzos
& piano | Les Sirènes (1911) | Lili Boulanger 1893-1918 | 5' | Hal Leonard. Schirmer | An attractive setting of a poem by C. Grandmougin, of course, with a French, watery atmosphere. |
| 1 soprano, 2 mezzos | Wand'l ich in dem Wald des Abends (1835) | Fanny Mendelssohn 1805-1847 | 3' | www.furore-verlag.de | A dreamy a cappella walk in the woods, on a poem by Heinrich Heine. |
1 soprano, 2 mezzos
& piano | Les Trio Belles Demoiselles (c1886) | Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 | 3' | IMSLP. www.musicroom.com | There is some humour, included along with her great melodic skills. |
| string quartet | Eliza's Aria &
Russian Rag,
Op 44 (c1920) | Elena Kats-Chernin b1957 | 4' & 5' | Boosey & Hawkes | Characterful miniatures, fun both to play and listen to. |
| string quartet | String Quartet in A,
Op 44 (c1920) | Halina Krzyzanowska 1860-1927 | 16' | Edition Silvertrust | An interesting Quartet (by a pianist), with good part writing. A whistful opening movement is followed by a tragic Andante, which includes some beautiful delicate music; the Finale has a slightly pompous manner, with a full-tilt ending. |
| string quartet | String Quartet in
e minor
(1902-12) | Ethel Smyth 1858-1944 | 12' | Universal Edition | The first movement, Allegro lirico, is both fresh and thoughtful. Well before her suffragette period, this piece is resourceful rhythmically and in its part writing. There are 3 further movements. |
| Trio for flute, oboe, piano | Two Interlinked French Melodies
(1927) | Ethel Smyth 1858-1944 | 12' | Emerson Edition | Using charming ideas from French folk music, she links a Burgundian vintage song with a Breton melody. |
| Trio for flute, oboe, piano | Trio
(1968) | Madeleine Dring 1923-77 | 10' | Josef Weinberger Ltd | With her playful energy, she contrasts skipping time changes, simple sincerity and gleeful 'wrong' notes, all to most entertaining effect. |
| tuba & piano | Concerto for Tuba, 'Wars and Rumous of Wars' (c2006) | Barbara York b1949 | 20' | www.cimarronmusic.com | Not surprisingly, the Marcato opening movement resounds with marching; the yearning Tranquilo then moves on to a mock romantic Furioso, including an evocative bluesey section. |
| viola & piano | Sonata (1919) | Rebecca Clarke 1886-1979 | 16' | www.hildegard.com | This major work ranges from an opening declamatory fanfare, through a playful (and reflective) Vivace, to sensuous virtuosity. |
| viola & piano | Three Romances,
Op 22 (1853) | Clara Schumann 1819-96 | 10' | Robert Lienau RL41021 | These three expressive miniatures transfer well from the violin, and show Clara's characteristic romantic thoughtfulness. |
| violin & piano | Sonata No 5 (1951) | Grażyna Bacewicz 1909-1969 | 15' | PWM or Arnold Belnick | A muscular, Central-European work, well-written for the violin, includes a central Nocturne, with sturdy outer movements. |
