concert works
("Where is the bar?") African Rhapsody for Flute, Marimba and Cello.
Commissioned by SAMRO Premiere Performers:
Liesl Stolz (flute), Eddie McLean (cello), David West (marimba)
Premiere Performance:
Beau Soleil Music Centre, Cape Town
Filmic Interlude for Wind Quintet and Harp
Accompanying Animation by Mark Collington, for Concert Performance live to picture
Premiere Performers: Mulberry Wind Quintet, Silvia Vicario (harp)
The Mulberry Wind Quintet are:
Suzie Watson (flute), Beth Elliot (oboe), Hannah Murphy (clarinet), Grace Harvey (bassoon), Amy Innes (horn)
Premiere Performance: Britten Theatre, London
work for String Quartet.
Commissioned by SAMRO and Biblioteek Music.
Premiere performers:
Veronica Bell ( violin), Nicole D'Oliveira (violin) Emile de Roubaix -(viola), Rina Schutte (cello) Premiere: Youngblood-Africa Gallery, Cape Town
Words: a setting of the poem by Dorothy Parker (1924)
Commissioned by Biblioteek Music for their production 'Rituals'
(version for Soprano and Piano also available)
Premiere Performers: Magdalene Minnaar (voice), Magda de Vries (marimba)
Premiere Performance: National Arts Festival, Grahamstown
3 movements for String Quartet:
Albion
Eire
Caledon
Premiere peformers:
Veronica Bell ( violin), Nicole D'Oliveira (violin) Emile de Roubaix -(viola), Rina Schutte (cello)
Work for Marimba Ensemble (4 or 5 Marimbas) and optional Electronics
Suitable for Educational Settings.
Electronics Samples available on Request, feel free to contact me on laurastevensmusic@gmail.com
Originally conceived to accompany an Animation for Soundtrack Cologne 2016.
Now adapted for concert performance.
An arrangement/re-working of the track by Trip Hop group "Portishead" for string quartet.
With permission.
Commissioned by Biblioteek Productions. Premiere peformers:
Veronica Bell ( violin), Nicole D'Oliveira (violin) Emile de Roubaix -(viola), Rina Schutte (cello)
Premiere Performance: Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town
An arrangement/re-working of the track by Trip Hop group "Portishead" for string quartet.
With permission.
Commissioned by Biblioteek Productions.
Premiere peformers:
Veronica Bell ( violin), Nicole D'Oliveira (violin) Emile de Roubaix -(viola), Rina Schutte (cello)
Premiere Performance:
Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town
Nocturnal Fantasia for Clarinet Trio.
Recorded Live Performance: Antoine Cambruzzi (clarinet); Akiko Tominaga (piano); William Harvey (cello)
Recorded Performance: Britten Theatre, London Premiere Performance: Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
3 movements for string quartet on themes of Celtic resistance
Premiere Performers: Nadine Roussoupoulous (violin), Davina Gordon (violin), Azra Isaacs (viola), Eddie McLean (cello)
Premiere Performance: Baxter Theatre Concert Hall, Cape Town