Des Oliver (1976) - Selection of Works

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Solo Repertoire

Andromeda (double bass)
Gods of Eden: Eve (piano)
"Iconoclast" (accordion) *New work*  
My Secret Garden (piano) Solo (Bb clarinet) 
The Persistence of Memory (violin)

Duet

Synchronicity (violin and piano)

String Quartets

Canon
The Diasporic Quartets *New Work*

String Quartets and Actor/Narrator

Trailblazers—prologue (text Pamela Roberts)

Mixed Ensemble

American Pheonix (for mixed quartet)
(Bs-clar; Marimba; Accordion; Pno)

Large Ensemble

WMD
(2 Alto Sax; Ten sax; Bar Sax; 2 Trp (Eb+Bb); Tbn; pno; Xlyo; Mrba;
2 Vlns; 2 E-Gtr; Bass (5 string); Drums) *all instruments amplified*

Solo voice and Chamber Ensemble

Mallikāmoda (for improvised voice)
*2 Flutes — Picc (I); Alto Fl / Fl (II) • 2 Clarinets — Eb Clar (I); B. Clar. (II)
* 1 Harp / • 1 Percussionist: Glock / Vibr / 32” Symphonic Paiste Gong (super rub mallet)
* 1 Tabla player (two drums) • 1 Female vocalist (pref. of the Hindustani tradition)
* Strings (1.1.1.1.1)

*Amplification for voice and tabla along with a delay FX pedal for 2nd flute part is preferable. However, the piece can also be performed entirely acoustically.*

Choir

Two Carols for the Last Noel
(S.A.T.B acapella)

Qui meditabitur *pastiche*
(S.A.T.B acapella)

Choir and Chamber Ensemble

Dionysian Rivers Flow Through Me (S.A)
(ob/cor; hrn; trp; percussion; hrp; strings)

Dreams in the Garden of Love's Sleep (S.A.T.B) with divisi  
(ob; hrn; cello; pno; perc) *S.A.T.B with piano also available*

Rush (S.A with soloist)
(vibr; st-pans; pno; vln; db) 
*S.A and piano version are also available*

Orchestral

Canon (solo violin and string orchestra)
Canvas
(2 fl (1 picc); 2 ob; 2 Bb cl; 2 Bsns; 4 hns; 2 tpts; 2 trbs; 1 tba; 3 perc; 1 timpani; 1 piano; strings (10.8.6.4.2))

Black Orpheus—a cinematic ballet in 2 Acts
3 fl (picc/picc/A-fl); 2 obs; 1 Cor; 2 Clar (A+Bb); 1 B-car; 2 bssns; 1 contr bssn; 4 hrns; 3 trps; 3 trbs; tuba; 3 perc; timps; drums; pno; hp; synth (min: 16.16.14.12.10)

Black Orpheus Suite (7 Dances)
3 fl (picc/picc/A-fl); 2 obs; 1 Cor; 2 Clar (A+Bb); 1 B-car; 2 bssns; 1 contr bssn; 4 hrns; 3 trps; 3 trbs; tuba; 3 perc; timps; drums; pno; hp; synth; strings (min: 10.8.6.4.2)

Prelude: Arrival (Bacchae Overture)
(2 fl (1 picc); 2 ob; 2 Bb cl; 2 Bsns; 4 hns; 3 tpts; 3 trb; 1 tba; 2 perc; 1 timpani; strings (10.8.6.4.2))

Chorus and Orchestra 

Four Choral Odes from Euripides’ Bacchae
(2 fl (1 picc); 2 ob; 2 Bb cl; 2 Bsns; 4 hns; 3 tpts; 3 trb; 1 tba; 3 perc; 1 timpani; drms; pno; strings (10.8.6.4.2)) (8 voices—S.S.A.A.T.T.B.B)

Electronic

Dionysian Rivers Flow Through Me