Chamber Works
Duets
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Fanfare for Two Trumpets (commisioned for the Bernard Brown Memorial Concert 1986) duration 1:12
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Sonata for Two Pianos - 'Hridayam'
Hall of Mirrors - Album of beginners piano duets - 'Twenty fingers, one piano'
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Trios
 Batik painting by Greg Tricker
Piano Trio No. 1
- 'Het Achterhuis' The Secret Annexe (for Anne Frank) - for piano, violin and cello - in six movements Duration 37 minutes (See also Souvenir d'Anne Frank) '.....serious, moving premiere' (Charles Hutchinson The Press) Excerpts |
“I am deeply impressed by Ensemble's Souvenir d'Anne Frank project. It is in my opinion not only an educational production of high value to young people, but an amazingly fascinating theatrical and musical event, that I will never forget. The collaborative painting workshop is another addition to this project, which will surely influence everyone attending it in a most humanistic way in the ideals of my cousin Anne Frank. I wish Souvenir d'Anne Frank all the success it deserves.” | |||||
Piano Trio No. 2 - for piano, violin and cello. In three movements - duration 11:42
Clarinet Trio - for clarinet in Bb, viola and piano. In four movements - duration 18:40
Klezmer Trio Suite - clarinet in Bb, cello and piano, in four movements - duration 11:00
String Trio No. 1 - 'formalism' - violin, viola and cello, in three movements - duration 23:00
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Chorale for Three Bassoons - 3 Bassoons
- This work was awarded First Prize and the Audience Award in the New Zealand Double Reed Society Chamber Music Competition July 2018 |
Chorale for Three Bassoons by Wellingtonian Colin Decio brings a new voice to New Zealand composition, exploring a rich sound world almost Russian in its intensity." |
Quartets
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String Quartet No. 1 'Of steel and concrete'
in three movements - duration 15:00 String Quartet No. 2 in three movements - duration 27:00 String Quartet No. 3 - in four movements - duration 36:00 The Opening of a Rose for string quartet in one movement - duration 6:00 The Jews of Old Prague for string quartet in one movement - duration 6:00 “The music was simply beautiful.. it was haunting.. it was heartfelt.. and the musicians received quite an applause.... I cannot begin to tell you how moving and powerful it was...” Suite for String Quartet based on original melodies by Christopher Prosser - new work 2021 - duration 15:00
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Complete performance of String Quartet No2 in three movements
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Recorder Quartet - Zwischenspiele I - IV - 9:00 mins
(descant, treble, tenor & bass)
(descant, treble, tenor & bass)
Quintets
Piano Quintet No. 1 - 'Spirits of Our Age I' - (Nihilism, Narcissism, and Atavism)
- for piano quintet. In two movements - duration 15:00
- for piano quintet. In two movements - duration 15:00
Angularity - for harpsichord and string quartet. In one movement - duration 15:00
Chamber Ensemble
Deathdance
solo violin, fl, 3 Cl in Bb, tpt, harmonium & 2 percussionists. Based on the painting - Triumph of Death (dated 18 April 1944) by Felix Nussbaum Duration 8:00 World-premiere 1985 Birmingham School of Music |
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Maidan Snowdrops II - for ten double basses,
French horn and piano 
photography by Ingrid Prosser
Three Studies in Time - mixed chamber group
Spirits of Our Age I - string orchestra and piano - duration 15:00 The Opening of a Rose - string orchestra - duration 7:00 - 'in memory of the victims of 911' Space Ride - 'through an abundance of splendours' - (For Schools) - flute choir, piano duet, synthesizer, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kit and percussion |
Lord Have Mercy for viol consort -
short closing excerpt from premiere 'Lord Have Mercy' - for viol consort - duration 8:00
His compositional style reflects his Ukrainian heritage with echoes of Shostakovich, yet is entirely original in his harmonic language, melodies and articulations." |
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String Works