Publications – Chris Dench

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The iso-études

Luminous (vibraphone) (12′) (2020) [score published by Smith Publications, Sharon, VT]
Dark integers (vibraphone) (12′) (2020) [score published by Smith Publications, Sharon, VT]
ghosts of motion (clarinet d’amore) (11′) (2020)
Arcanabula (bassoon) (14′) (2020)
in Platonia (bass clarinet and piano) (~25′) (2008–24)
Resuscitatîve (contrabass) (12′) (2021)
un petit mot crabe-c’est-ma-faute (trombone & untuned percussion) (12′) (2021)
chronology horizons (piano) (~32′) (2021)
the effort to return to the cities of the sane (bass clarinet) (10′) (2022)

iso-etudes: background

Solo Woodwind

caught breath of time (flute doubling altoflute) (10′) (1982)

shîn (bass flute) (3′) (1991)

Flute Tetralog 1 for Laura Chislett

vier darmstädter aphorismen

Venezia (flute) (2′) (1986)
piccolo fragment from Dark Neumes (piccolo) (2′) (1987)
A.R.T.A.U.D. (bassflute) (3′) (1988)
gelb : violett (altoflute) (7′) (1989)

dé/ployé (piccolo) (8′) (1987)

sulle scale della Fenice (flute) (10′) (1986–89)

closing lemma (flute) (10′) (1987–91)

Flute Tetralog 2

dawn is a girl, removing her necklace of stars (flute) (12′) (2017)

seven types of time machine (flute) (18′) [in preparation] (2012-21)

AKJH (wooden closed-hole flute) (8′) [in preparation] (2017– )

geminy (2017)

geminy (flute) (18′)
geminy A & B (flute) (8′ + 8′)

Flute Tetralog 3

rainpagodas (altoflute) (10′) [in preparation] (2003– )

apricity (bass flute) (10′) [in preparation] (2017– )

heliotropic (piccolo) (12′) [in preparation] (2017– )

Brâncuşi’s Birds (flute) (15′) [in preparation] (2017– )

time (solo bass or basset clarinet) (6′) (1979)

ruins within (clarinet in A) (10′) (1992–94)

the sadness of detail (2002)

ghosts of motion (clarinet d’amore) (10ʹ) (2020)

the effort to return to the cities of the sane (10′ 30″) (bass clarinet) (2022)

burns (alto saxophone) (6′) (1989)

‘e/meth (oboe or soprano saxophone) (10′) (1995)

〈ʀ〉emote (soprano saxophone) (10′) (2023)

shards (solo recorder: playing bass, tenor, alto, soprano, sopranino, garklein) (18′) (2011–12)

Arcanabula (bassoon) (14′) (2020)

Solo Strings

Resuscitatîve (contrabass) (13′) (2021)

Solo Keyboard

Organ

compostela/finisterre (large organ) (18′) (2005–06 extended 2009)

Harpsichord

‘…flickering instantiation…’ (11′) (2024)

Piano

topologies (12′) (1978)

tilt (8′) (1985)

passing bells (2004/2020)

Piano Sonata (100′) (2015–16)

chronology horizons (32′) (2021)

Phase Portraits

Book One

zero-knowledge protocols (2′) (1973)

helical (3′) (1975)

tenebroso (6′) (1978/2003)

dancing qualia (10′) (1978/ )

tiento de medio registro alto (3′) (1978/2003)

small box of time (8′) (2013/ ) [adapted from marimba solo]

Pas Seul I: reading Takahashi (3.5′) (1979/93)

Pas Seul II: vectorial (3.5′)

Appendix to Book One

Pas Seul III: rushes (piano duet) (6′) (1979/96)

Book Two – [microsonata]

into the wormworks (6′) (1984/95)

esperance (4′) (1986)

E-330 plays (6′) (1991/2003)

Appendix to Book Two

mem(e) (bassflute and piano) (5′) [Red House edition] [currently under revision] (1994)

Book Three – the heretical bagatelles

BD & double [Brett Dean] (4′) (2009)

AG [Anna Goldsworthy] (3′) (2008/12)

KS [Kathryn Sullivan] (2′) (2009/12)

AB 1- 7 (Ordre pour piano) [Andrew Bernard] (15′) (2014– )

flex for AR [Alex Raineri] (7′) (2017)

PdeJ 1 (facetiae) [Peter de Jager] (9′) (2017)

PdeJ 2 (austerer measures) (6′) (2017)

PdeJ 3 (laminar flow) (12′) (2022)

[When all three PdeJ pieces are performed as a group they should be referred to as the Sonata de Jager]

Quiescence for BP (10′) (2022)

MK [Mark Knoop] (5′) (2017– )

forAY [Adam Yee] (5′) (2017– )

JD [John Davis] (5′) (2017– )

Book Four

the heart’s algorithms (13′) (1993/99–2002)

ik(s)land[s] fragment (2′) (1997/98)

(the) Barry Jones Dances (15′) [in preparation: versions for harpsichord or piano] (2013– )

sum over histories (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet + string trio) (15′) [new version] (2006/18– )

fundamental processes (10-string guitar + trio basso–viola, cello, contrabass) (20′) [new version] (2008/18– )

funk (bass clarinet and untuned percussion) (10′) (1988–89)

‘atsiluth/shîn (flute, bass clarinet, and piano) (12′) [currently withdrawn for revision] (1991)

from n(ich)t (mezzo-soprano, recorder, guitar) (6′) (1999)

Liminal (cello and piano) [currently withdrawn: score being recopied] (8′) (1978/2004/2018)

Blood Music (clarinet, seven-string electric guitar, and quarter-tone vibraphone) (13′) (2005)

Blood Music parts

e(i)ther (violin and piano) (13′) (2005)

an Hypallage (mezzo-soprano, baritone, harp (or piano)) [text: Lawrence Sterne] (3′) (2008)

diurnal (soprano and drone) [text: Arthur Haswell] (8′) (2014)

polyme(t)ric threads (E flat clarinet & soprano saxophone) (12′) (2017)

un petit mot crabe-c’est-ma-faute (trombone & untuned percussion) (12′) (2021)

in Platonia (bass clarinet and piano) (~20) (2008-24)

Ensemble Works

énoncé (sixteen instruments) (18′) (1983–84)

recueillement (baritone voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, bass) [text: Baudelaire] (12′) [currently withdrawn for revision] (1986/ )

driftglass (solo percussion + flute/piccolo, E flat clarinet, trombone, guitar, percussion, bass) (10′) (1990)