Compositions by Date

Stephen Gardner (b. 1958)

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Title	Date	Instrumentation [abbreviations list]	Duration	Category	Sample pages / Audio clips
Bicycles	2013	2 vn 2 va vc	9'	Ensemble	View [PDF]
The Little Sisters of the Red Ferrari	2013	bcl pf	8'	Ensemble
Two guys walk into a piano bar	2011	2 pf	10'	Ensemble	Listen [120 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Finghin Collins (pf), Charles Owen (pf). 24 September 2011. St. Mary's Church, New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland. © Stephen Gardner [close]
Quiet	2011	bcl, narrator	5'	Solo instrumental	View [PDF]
a christmas childhood	2010 rev. 2011	satb		Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
The Mayfly	2010	vn vc pf	6'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [60 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] The Fidelio Trio. March 2011. Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. © BBC [close]
Ecce Puer	2010	ssaatb	4'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
How pure is the snow	2010	satb	3'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
Snow	2010	ssaattbb	5'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
The Mahogany Tree	2010	ssaa	3'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
The Savior must have been	2010	ssaattb	4'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF] Listen [120 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] New Dublin Voices, conductor Bernie Sherlock. 14 December 2011. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. © Stephen Gardner [close]
Lament	2009	str [3.3.3.2.1]	11'	Orchestral	View [PDF] Listen [65 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney. CD: Stephen Gardner: Hallelujah. © Stephen Gardner [close]
Klezmeria	2008	cl vn	13'	Ensemble	Listen [75 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] Paul Roe (cl), Elaine Clark (vn). CD: Reflections. © Diatribe Recordings [close]
Hallelujah	2008	3333 4331 timp 4 perc hrp cel str	22'	Orchestral	View [PDF] Listen [60 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerhard Markson. CD: Stephen Gardner: Hallelujah. © RTÉ [close]
Dancing on the Sidewalk	2006	tape	8'	Electro-acoustic and mixed media	Listen [85 sec.] mp3 clip [Tape Part] Tape. © Stephen Gardner [close]
The Sea	2006	video	18'	Electro-acoustic and mixed media
It's the hole that kills you not the bullet	2005	bcl tape	8'	Electro-acoustic and mixed media	View [PDF] Listen [46 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] Paul Roe (bcl). 31 March 2006. Bangor College, Co. Down. © Stephen Gardner [close]
What passing bells	2005	voice, fl+bfl, trb, perc [gong, cymbal, wind chimes, vib, 2 bows, woodblock], pf, vn, va, db, tape	15'	Electro-acoustic and mixed media	View [PDF]
Don't push your granny when she's shavin'	2005	2 vn va vc	15'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [90 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet. 26 June 2005. West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Bantry House, Cork. © Stephen Gardner [close]
You can beat an egg	2005	fl cl vn vc db 2 pf	10'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [56 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez. 27 September 2005. Composer's Choice Series, National Concert Hall, Dublin. © Stephen Gardner [close]
More Pricks than Kicks	2004	str	8'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
NEVER...NEVER...NEVER	2003	3333 4331 timp perc hrp str	20'	Orchestral	View [PDF] Listen [60 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerhard Markson. CD: Stephen Gardner: Hallelujah. © RTÉ [close]
Blue Poles	2002	2222 4231 timp 2 perc str	15'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
The Ship Yard	2002	pf-solo, 2221 4331 timp 3 perc str	8'	Orchestral	View [PDF] Listen [55 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Finghín Collins (pf), Ulster Orchestra, conductor Thierry Fischer. 25 October 2002. Belfast Festival at Queen's, Waterfront Hall, Belfast. © BBC [close]
Supremum est Mortalibus	2002	satb [div.]	8'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
May you live to you die	2001	2 vn va vc	20'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [103 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Vogler Quartet. 18 October 2002. Con Brio Festival, Model Arts Centre, Sligo. © CMC [close]
SO	2001	str	10'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
Stretch	2000	fl, cl, bcl, pf, vn, vc	8'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [70 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Concorde 18 February 2001. Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin © CMC [close]
Tallaght [Chiaroscuro]	2000	2 vn va vc	19'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [60 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] Michael d'Arcy (vn), Hibernia String Trio: Brona Cahill (vn), Joachim Roewer (va), William Butt (vc). 21 June 2000. Pulse Studios, Dublin © Stephen Gardner [close]
The Ill-Tempered Klavier	2000	pf	8'	Solo instrumental	View [PDF]
Mutable Sea	1999	fl, ssax+cl, 2 kbd, vn, vc, db	15'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [45 sec.] mp3 clip [Studio recording] Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez. CD: Music from Northern Ireland. © Performers [close]
You Never Know What's Round the Corner	1999	fl cl perc [tom] pf vn vc	15'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [62 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Concorde: Madeleine Staunton (fl), Paul Roe (cl), Jane O'Leary (pf), Elaine Clarke (vn), David James (vc). 1 December 2001. Festival Spaziomusica 2001, Cagliari, Italy. © Concorde [close]
Hold on	1997 - 1998	pf	8'	Solo instrumental	View [PDF]
Trane	1996	cl+bcl, vn, vc, pf	11'	Ensemble	View [PDF] Listen [80 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Concorde. 27 April 2008. Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. © Performers [close]
Wallop	1996	3222 4231 str	12'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
Crécht Mór	1996	satb [div.], uilpipes, speaker	55'	Vocal and choral	View [PDF]
They think it's all over	1995 rev. 1996	ssax+asax, asax+tsax, tsax, vn, vc, egui, ebass, 2 pf [all amplified]	6'	Ensemble	View [PDF]
Prána	1994	3333 4321 timp 2 perc str	10'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
Strange Fish	1993 rev. 1994	fl+afl, vn, vc, pf, perc [mar, suspended cym and bow]	18'	Ensemble
The Milesian Equation	1993	cl vn va vc	8'	Ensemble
Incantations	1993	3333 4331 timp 2 perc vib hrp pf str	20'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
Yes	1992 rev. 2001	gui	9'	Solo instrumental	View [PDF]
Wanting, Not Wanting	1992	2222 4131 timp 2 perc str [2 solo vn, 7.4.4.3]	11'	Orchestral	View [PDF] Listen [55 sec.] mp3 clip [Live recording] Ulster Orchestra, conductor Lionel Friend. 2 May 1995. Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. © Stephen Gardner [close]
Tightrope	1991	pf	10'	Solo instrumental	View [PDF]
String Quartet	1990	2 vn va vc	9'	Ensemble	View [PDF]
Sound Chaser	1990	2222 2330 timp perc cel hrp str	14'	Orchestral	View [PDF]
Lapis Lazuli	1989	1111 0110 2 perc hrp str	6'	Orchestral	View [PDF]

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