Benedict Mason : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Lighthouses of England and Wales (1987) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.4perc/2hp.pf/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Clarinet Concerto (1995) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   clarinet

    Orchestration   2(2pic).2.4.3ssx.0/3.3(3pictpt).2+btbn.1/2perc/Akai sampler/str(solo: 6vn.3va.3vc)

  •  Concerto for the Viola Section (1990) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(2ca)3(efl,2bcl)3(2cbn)/4(2 hand horns c. 1800 crooked in G and Eb, D and E respectively: 2 Wtba in Bb and F)3(3flg)3(atbn)1(euph)/6perc/2hp.2pf(cel:DX72FD)/str(12.10.14.8.6)(viola no.2 doubling viola d’amore)/soloists seated in the orchestra

  •  Ohne Mißbrauch der Aufmerksamkeit (1993) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Actor, Horn [+6 obbligato horns]

    Orchestration   3333/6331/5perc/org/str(12.12.12.10.7)

  •  Sapere Aude (cantata) (1989) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   2222/2200/timp.1perc/2syn(DX72FD ca1987)/str

  •  Second Music for a European Concert Hall: Ensemble Modern.Freiburger Barockorchester. Benoit Regent (1994) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   actor (clarinet)

    Orchestration   1.1.0+ssx.0+bcl.1/1110/2perc/hp.2kbd/str(1.1.1.1.1) & baroque orchestra: 2202/2000/str(4.3.3.2.1)

  •  third music for a european concert hall (espro; eic: i love my life) (1994) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2.2.2+bcl.1/2221/3perc/2kbd/str(3.0.2.0.0)

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  ! (1992) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic.bfl.panpipes*)1(ca)1(bcl.xaphoon*).1(heck)/11(ptpt.flg)1(euph).0/perc/pf/str(1.1.1.1.1) *=available to hire from the composer

  •  Animals and the Origins of the Dance (1992) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic).0.2(bcl).ssx(asx).bsx.0/2110/2perc/str(1.1.1.1.1) with computer-controlled clicktracks and sequencers; players double on tin whistles, slide whistles and horsepipe whistles

  •  Asko. Paradiso. The Fifth Music: Resumé with C.P.E. Bach (1995)

    Orchestration   1.1.1.asx.0/1110/2perc/vn/sampler.4assistants

  •  The Hinterstoisser Traverse (1986) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1110/perc(mba,vib,tuned gong)/pf/vn.va.vc

  •  Imposing a Regular Pattern in Chaos and Heterophony (1990) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1110/0100/perc/pf/str(1.1.1.1.1)

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  ChaplinOperas (1988) - 1 Hour(s) 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   mezzo soprano, bass baritone

    Orchestration   1(pic,afl).1(ca,obda).Ebcl,bcl.sx(ssx,asx,tsx,cbcl).1(cbn)/11(ptpt,cnt,flg)1(slide tpt)1/2perc(incl E-max sampler)/hp.2kbd(incl DX72FD)/ebgtr/str6tet

  •  Double Concerto (1989) - 19 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   horn, trombone

    Orchestration   1111/0101/perc/hp.kbd/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  Nodding Trilliums and Curve Lined Angles (1990) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   4 percussion

    Orchestration   1(pic)111/2110/pf(syn (DX7))/str(1.1.1.1.1)

  •  Rilke Songs (1992) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   1111/1110/2perc.2syn/str(1.1.1.2.1)/live electronics.tape

  •  Self-Referential Songs and Realistic Virelais (1990) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano

    Orchestration   1111/2110/2perc/2kbd/str(1.1.1.1.1)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Adagio Con Molto Sentimento d'Affetto (1988) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vlc.pf

  •  Brass Quintet (1989) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2tpt(ptpt).hn.tbn.tba
    (2tpt(ptpt).hn.tbn.tba)

  •  Horn Trio (1987) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   horn, piano and violin with cassette player and small loudspeakers

  •  Kandy de Saram 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vc.pf

  •  Room Purcell (1995) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   5 viols/3tape

  •  Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring and Adrian Jack with Hurdy Gurdies, African Xylophones, a Sampler and a Dictionary (1994) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1 Baroque and 1 Renaissance hurdy gurdy, 2 African Xylophone (medium mallets); 5 octave midi keyboard plus 1 (eg AKAI) sampler (or 5 octave keyboard with built in sampler), 1 DAT tape recorder, microphone, 4 loudspeakers, amplification, mixing console

  •  String Quartet No.1 (1987) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

  •  String Quartet No.2 (1993) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   String Quartet

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Quantized Quantz (1992) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   flute/live electronics, computer & tape

  •  Six Caprices (1987) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   violin

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Six Piano Etudes (1988) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Oil and Petrol Marks on a Wet Road are Sometimes Held to be Spots where a Rainbow Stood (1987) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   16 solo voices (4S.4A.4T.4B)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Sonata Da Camera

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   bcl.asx/mba/vn.vc

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  Playing Away (1993) - 1 Hour(s) 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos, Helden Tenor, Baritone, Bass, 19 subsidiary roles (may be doubled)

    Chorus   Chorus

    Orchestration   2121/2221/3perc/2syn/egtr/ebgtr/str