Nicholas Vines Composer

Archives

9 Nov 2024 Fabled Highly

16 Aug 2024 Fifth Yarn: Elegy For A Lost Twin

16 Aug 2024 Third Yarn: Power Orb, Power Up!!

17 Jul 2024 First Yarn: The Dinky-Di Complex

3 Apr 2024 Ye Mardy Pipers Of Georgianna

1 Nov 2023 Fulsome Weight

6 Jan 2023 Mingling Sunburst Minds

14 Aug 2022 Processional for Paul

24 Dec 2021 Frothiana

24 Dec 2021 Balinese Doily Locks Down

23 Jan 2019 The Pear & Sweet Plaintain

24 May 2017 Knights of Wybornia

19 Mar 2017 Indie Ditties

17 Jan 2017 DubStop UnderDrive

20 Dec 2016 Of Mount & Meadow

3 Jul 2016 Not Alone

25 Jan 2016 My iPhone, Where Are You?

25 Dec 2015 An Essayist’s Prayer

17 Dec 2014 Doing The Suss & Sassy Sway

1 Jan 2013 Rustling The Deities

1 Jan 2013 Narran Place

1 Jan 2013 Dowager Sheng Is Just!

1 Jan 2013 On The Death Of Pikachu

1 Jan 2013 He Calls Me Still

1 Jan 2012 Song For Key Memorisation

1 Jan 2012 Gyndl

1 Jan 2012 A Waly Farewell

1 Jan 2011 Contra Benzoid

1 Jan 2011 Now Thank We All Our God

24 Jul 2010 Parnell’s Gloom

24 Jul 2010 Jury’s Din

24 Jul 2010 O’Connell’s Pig

1 Jan 2010 Ave Verum

1 Jan 2010 Pro Homine

1 Jan 2006 Monsoon Melancholy

1 Jan 2004 Hosanna To The Son Of David

1 Jan 2004 Reflection (after Rupert Brooke)

1 Jan 2003 Amen I

1 Jan 2003 The Sepulchre of Love or the Problematical Question of Invowment

31 Oct 2001 Against The Dying Of The Light

1 Jan 2001 Two Love Songs

1 Jan 2001 Processional

1 Jan 2001 The Mysterious Demise Of One Brody-Marie

1 Jan 2000 Terminus In Time

1 Jan 2000 Future

1 Jan 1999 O God, you assigned mighty rivers their course

1 Jan 1997 The Lion’s Country

1 Jan 1997 The Mine of God’s Wisdom

1 Jan 1996 The Underside Revealed

Fabled Highly

9 November 2024

for tuba & virtual ensemble

for Leo Huang

Fifth Yarn: Elegy For A Lost Twin

16 August 2024

for four parts, any sounders

Third Yarn: Power Orb, Power Up!!

16 August 2024

for four parts, any sounders

First Yarn: The Dinky-Di Complex

17 July 2024

for four parts, any sounders

Ye Mardy Pipers Of Georgianna

3 April 2024

for clarinet, bass clarinet & virtual ensemble

commissioned by Georgina Oakes & Anna Koch

Fulsome Weight

1 November 2023

for marimba & digital percussion

Mingling Sunburst Minds

6 January 2023

for flute/piccolo & virtual ensemble.

Processional for Paul

14 August 2022

for brass ensemble (4.2.3.1)

commissioned by St Mary’s Cathedral College

Frothiana

24 December 2021

for wind ensemble

commissioned for the Sydney Grammar School Wind Ensemble

Balinese Doily Locks Down

24 December 2021

for clarinet quartet

commissioned for the Sydney Grammar School Clarinet Quartet

The Pear & Sweet Plaintain

23 January 2019

for countertenor, oboe & harp

Knights of Wybornia

24 May 2017

for trombone consort

Commissioned by St Mary’s Cathedral College

Indie Ditties

19 March 2017

twelve scapes for piano

(2014-17)

I. Grease On The Handlebars

II. organic, VG, fair trade

III. Bad Appletude

IV. 20/20 frames

V. HRH Prince Albert

VI. … my love is like a dead, dead pose…

VII. Crucifixie

VIII. skinny, skinny jeans

IX. … for the freak shall inherit the earth…

X. Bob Springmones Holed My Pink Stones

XI. Microbrew IV

XII. Too Much Ink

Released by Navona Records

DubStop UnderDrive

17 January 2017

for tenor trombone & pipe organ

Of Mount & Meadow

20 December 2016

for mixed chamber ensemble

Commissioned by Kimbali Harding & Abbotsleigh School for Girls

Not Alone

3 July 2016

for bass & pianoforte

text by Dennis Lee

for David Salsbery Fry

My iPhone, Where Are You?

25 January 2016

for low female voice & piano

An Essayist’s Prayer

25 December 2015

for double chorus & orchestra

Doing The Suss & Sassy Sway

17 December 2014

for alto saxophone & pianoforte

Rustling The Deities

1 January 2013

for clarinet & piano

Commissioned by Douglas Boyce & counter)induction

I. Andante Moderato; Allegretto

II. Lento; Piu Mosso

III. Adagietto; Allegretto

IV. Moderato; Allegretto; Allegro; Vivacissimo

Released in part on Chi’s Cakewalk

Selected Other Performance:

Ensemble Offspring (in part) ~ The New Hall, Sydney Grammar School; 22 Nov 2013

See Press for review

Narran Place

1 January 2013

for SABar choir & chamber ensemble

Commissioned by Paul Hooper & Caringbah High School.

Published by Wirripang.

Dowager Sheng Is Just!

1 January 2013

for violin & pianoforte

Commissioned by Seamus McNamara.

Published by Wirripang.

On The Death Of Pikachu

1 January 2013

for baritone & piano

Commissioned by Hugh Jameson

High & medium versions available

He Calls Me Still

1 January 2013

for SSA choir

Commissioned by MLC School Burwood

Published by Wirripang

Song For Key Memorisation

1 January 2012

for voice(s) with optional accompaniment

Gyndl

1 January 2012

for mixed percussion

Commissioned by Iain Scotland & Jamie Bulman

A Waly Farewell

1 January 2012

for orchestra

Contra Benzoid

1 January 2011

for cello quartet

Commissioned by Trish McMeekin (Sydney Grammar School)

Now Thank We All Our God

1 January 2011

A Hymn Setting for orchestra

Parnell’s Gloom

24 July 2010

for Bb clarinet & viola

Selected Other Performances:

Jane Sheldon, Jason Noble, James Wannan ~ 107 Projects, Redfern; July 18^th 2014

See Press for review

Jury’s Din

24 July 2010

for flute & violoncello

Selected Other Performances:

Halycon ~ The New Hall, Sydney Grammar School; 2 June 2012

See Press for review

O’Connell’s Pig

24 July 2010

for violin & double bass

See Press for review

Ave Verum

1 January 2010

for SSA choir

Commissioned by MLC School, Burwood

Pro Homine

1 January 2010

for string orchestra

Commissioned by MLC School, Burwood

Monsoon Melancholy

1 January 2006

for pianoforte

Hosanna To The Son Of David

1 January 2004

for SSAATBB choir

Commissioned by Christ Church Cambridge, MA

Reflection (after Rupert Brooke)

1 January 2004

for organ

Commissioned by Carson Cooman

Amen I

1 January 2003

for SSAATTBB choir

The Sepulchre of Love or the Problematical Question of Invowment

1 January 2003

A Farcical Opera or Operatic Farce for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone & chamber ensemble

Fl, Ob, Bb Cl, Pno, Vln I, Vln II, Vla, Vlc

Selected Other Performances:

Opera Vista (in part) ~ Opera Vista Festival, Wortham Theatre, University of Houston; 22 May 2009

Against The Dying Of The Light

31 October 2001

for solo flute & chamber orchestra

0 2 2 2 – 2 1 1 0 – Pno – Solo Fl – Strs ( 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 1 )

Commissioned by Megan Hobbs & the Sydney University Symphony Orchestra

1. I

2. II

3. III

Two Love Songs

1 January 2001

for bass baritone & pianoforte

Commissioned by James Martin

Selected Other Performances:

Daniel Nicholson (in part, in camera) ~ Sydney Grammar School; 2010

Processional

1 January 2001

for organ

The Mysterious Demise Of One Brody-Marie

1 January 2001

A Bellow-Drama in Seven Acts for mezzo soprano, baritone, clarinet(s), percussion & pianoforte

Mezzo Bar Eb/ Bb/ Bass Cl Perc ( Med Trgl Sm, Med Sus Cym Sm Tamt Whip Bongos (4) SD Fl Tomt TD Kit Glsp Mar ) Pno

Commissioned in memory of Michael John Howard as the 1999 2MBS-FM Young Composer’s Commission (Sydney)

Prologue
Witness I
Witness II
Witness III + IV
Witness V
Witness VI
VII. Epilogue

Selected Other Performances:

Griffin Theatre (stage workshop) ~ SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney; 5-9 April 2005

Brian Church, Firebird Ensemble (concert in part) ~ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookline MA; 22 Sep 2004

Sydney University Dramatic Society, Sydney Conservatorium (stage) ~ Cellar Theatre, University of Sydney; 1-3 Nov 2001

ChamberMade Opera ~ North Melbourne Townhall (concert in part); 21, 23 June 2001

Simon Lobelson, Jenny Duck-Chong, Ensemble Offspring, Matthew Wood (concert) ~ Great Hall, University of Sydney; 8 June 2001

Terminus In Time

1 January 2000

suite for solo ‘cello

2000

Commissioned by the Tait Memorial Trust

Awarded the 2002 Bohemians Prize (Harvard)

Anitpathy
A Recollection: Frame – Proper
A Recollection: Frame – Proper
A Recollection: Frame – Proper
Acceptance

Selected Other Performances:

Jason Calloway ~ Paine Hall, Harvard University; 7 April 2007

Jennifer Lucht ~ Paine Hall, Harvard University; 17 Nov 2001

Future

1 January 2000

for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra

2, 1/Picc 3 2, Bass 3 – 2 A Sx T Sx Bar Sx – 4 3 2, Bass 1 – Timp 2 Perc ( Sus Cym (4) CB (4) L TamT Timb (2) SD BD Glsp Xyl Gongs (4) Mar ) – Hrp Pno – Solo Sop Solo Bar SATB – Strs ( 1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4 1, 2, 3, 4 solo, 1, 2 1 )

Commissioned by Father Arthur Bridge and Ars Musica Australis as part of their Federation Project

Selected Other Performances:

Alison Morgan, Philip Pratt, Combined MLC-Trinity Orchestra & Chorus,

Richard Gill; Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, NSW; 29 Aug 2002

O God, you assigned mighty rivers their course

1 January 1999

A Hymn for SATB & organ

The Lion’s Country

1 January 1997

for two a cappella choirs

Awarded the 1998 Australian Voices Young Composer Award (Brisbane)

Selected Other Performances:

Australian Voices ~ Bartok International Choral Festival, 1998

Sydney University Chamber Choir ~ Old Darlington School, University of Sydney

The Mine of God’s Wisdom

1 January 1997

for choir & organ

The Underside Revealed

1 January 1996

for solo viola & string ensemble

Solo Vla, Vln I (2), Vln II (2), Vln III (2), Vla (2), Vlc (2), D.B. (1)

Awarded the Royal Over-Seas League’s Bernard Shore Viola Composition Award

Selected Other Performances:

James Wannan, Australia National Academy of Music Orchestra, John Harding; ANAM, Melbourne; 27 July 2004

Philip Dukes, BT Scottish Ensemble, Charles Hazlewood; Royal Academy of Music & Drama, Glasgow; July & London; July 1998

See Press for review