Helen Roe- list of works
ASH WEDNESDAY C.20' 1975
for piano
First performed by Ronald Lumsden, BBC Young Composers' Forum, Hull University, 1976
DIE BLAUE BLUME C.25' 1975
for sop., ob/cor a., dt/bass, perc.
(1 player), via and 'cello
Text: from Goethe's Mignon poems
First performed by Linda Fox, Jesus College, Oxford, 1976. Recorded for BBC Music in our Time by Elise Ross and the Nash Ensemble, cond. Lionel Friend, 1978.
LIGHTENING'S - EDGE - c.15' 1976
for sop.sax., horn, pc. (2 players), vln and d.bass
Commissioned by Jesus College, Oxford, and first performed there by members of Durham University New Music Ensemble, 1976.
CLOSE BY THE PLACE WHERE...
C.20' 1978
for flute/picc/alto, clarinet/Eb/bass, vla and 'cello
Commissioned by Gemini with funds provided by South West Arts. First performed at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1978. Recorded for BBC Music in our Time by Gemini, cond. Peter Wiegold, 1980
STRING QUARTET c.18' 1980
Commissioned by the Radcliffe Trust. First performed by the Allegri String Quartet, Hull University, 1980.
NOTES TOWARDS A DEFINITION
C.8' 1981
for violin
First performed and broadcast by competitors in the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London 1982. Published by Stainer & Bell.
PAPER/SCISSORS.-.ROCK! duration variable, 1982
for 2 violas
Commissioned by the ICA
and first performed there by Alexander
Balanescu and Elisabeth Perry, 1983.
VERBUM SUPERNUM PRODIENS/CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM c.12' 1983
for flute and guitar
Commissioned by Clive Conway and Gerald Garcia with funds provided by the Greater London Arts Association. First performed in the October Gallery, Holborn, 1983.
FIVE EDINGTON MONODIES c.18' 1985
for oboe or clarinet
Commissioned by the Edington Festival and first performed there by Hilary Dodds (oboe), 1985.
AND THE ANGEL DEPARTED FROM HER
c.18' 1986
for mezzo soprano, flute/alto/bass, horn, marimba and string trio
Text: Helen Roe
First performed by Jane Manning and her Minstrels in the Purcell Room, London 1989.
THIS IS THE GARDEN
c 9' for tenor, flute, clarinet, string 4tet Text e e cummings
Composed for students at King's College, London First performed by Niall Morns, Wolfson College, Oxford, 1987
MY MIND'S WHITE TRUTH
c 9' for piano
First performed by Richard Leigh Harris, Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 1989 Recorded for BBC Radio 3 by Andrew Ball, 1993 Published by the Frontier Press in the British Contemporary Music Anthology 1996
JOYFUL YOUR COMPLETE FEARLESS AND PURE LOVE
c 4' for tenor, clarinet and hand drums Text e e cummings
First performed by Nigel Simpson, lan Mitchell and Sophie Fuller, Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 1989
SOME EPISODES IN THE HISTORY OF MIRANDA AND CALIBAN c 90' entertainment for mezzo, baritone, narrator, ensemble (20 players),+ tape. Libretto by Russell Hoban
Excerpts first performed by Christine Botes, Richard Suart and Chris de Souza with Gemini, cond David Syrus, in St John's, Smith Square, 1990
TWO QUEENS OF THE ILE OF BRITAIN c 20'
music theatre piece for 2 sopranos, harpsichord and bells. Text from the writings of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.
Commissioned by Alison Smart and Sara Stowe with funds provided by Southern Arts First performed in St Peter's College, Oxford, 1991
DIVIDE LIGHT IF YOU DARE
c 11' for clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, string 4tet
Composed for the Oxford Academy of Music and first performed in the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 1992 Recorded by Gemini for broadcast on Channel 4, 1994
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME
C 4' for dramatic soprano, tpt in C and organ
Commissioned by St James's, Piccadilly, and first performed there by Heidi Pegler, Chris Pigram and lan Watson, 1994
IN MY COUNTRY - FIVE SONGS OF ALIENATION
In my country c 3' words Jackie Kay
for solo soprano
Missing persons song c 6' words Katie Campbell
for mezzo, tenor, bantone, via, d bass, cit/bass, tpt and pc
Lullaby c4' words Katie Campbell
for mezzo, soprano, cit, via and gender barung (2 players)
I didn't used to be a racist c 5' words Jackie Kay
for sop, tenor, 2 baritones, tenor sax, perc, and gender barung (2 players)
The Old Nag's Diatribe c 4' words Jo Shapcott
for mezzo, vin, d bass, piano and perc
Commissioned by the Women's Playhouse Trust, director Jules Wnght
OUT OF THE BABYLON OF MY ANGER C.32' 1995 for large orchestra
Gemini Fellowship work
THE SHEPHERD'S RACE c.12' 1996 for string orchestra
Commissioned by the Oxford Concerto Orchestra, with funds provided by Southern Arts, and first performed by them, July 1996
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES c.19' 1997 for brass quartet (2 Bb tpts, horn and trombone)
To be recorded by members of the Composers' Ensemble, for the cover disc of "Classic CD" magazine
THE SEVEN VOICES OF NIKERATOS c. 31' 1998 text: from the plays of Aeschylos, Sophocles and Euripides for counter-tenor.harp, perc.(1 player),oboe/cor a.,clt./bass, viola and 'cello
Commissioned by the Oxford Company of Musicians with Nicholas Clapton (counter-tenor) with funds provided by Southern Arts, and first performed by them (cond. Roe) in the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, July 1998
BEYOND ANGER c. 18' 1999 for orchestra (a drastically revised version of the Gemini Fellowship piece)
First performed by the English Northern Philharmonia, conducted by Elgar Howarth at the University of York, April 1999.
CELTIC BLESSING c.1'45" 1999 for solo soprano
Written for Simon and Alison Street, and first performed at their Silver Wedding anniversary celebration in St. Mary's Church, Kidlington, by Harriet Fraser (soprano)