String Works
Violin Sonata No.2 - duration 22:25 - New Work 2024 in 4 movements Violin Sonatina No.1 - duration 14:00
Violin Study No.1 - duration 3:20 'Easy Tunes for Tamariki' - contains two violin pieces by Colin Decio - Aue & Train Ride (available from Sounz - here)
Aue is at 4:33
Trickier Tunes for Tamariki
Launched on 3 November 2024 at St Andrew's on the Terrace in Wellington. It contains a violin piece by Colin Decio Village Dance (available from Sounz - here)
Viola Sonata No. 2 - duration 23:00 |
Train Ride is at 5:37
Viola Sonata No.1
in four movements – begins with a simple ‘Sephardic’ theme. This is treated to development and augmentation to become a dance, which then stalls. The slow movement opens with a lyrical melody. This gains momentum becoming a folk-like tune. The opening idea returns to peacefully close the movement. The third movement, composed during Christmas celebrations, is a Romance. The fourth movement begins with an angular, martial theme. This is developed and slowly gains momentum until the work resigns with a distant melody on viola harmonics. |
Tiora Tioro (Viola Screech) - solo viola - duration 3:44 This work was 'Commended' in the Australia and New Zealand Viola Society Composition Winter Competition 2021 |
Cello Sonatina No. 2 - duration 17:00
Suite for Cello and Piano - in 6 movements - New Work 2024 duration 16:40 Beneficent Beings - cello and piano in 2 parts duration 12:30 Sonatina No. 2 - bass and piano - duration 15:00 Sonatina No. 3 'Maidan Snowdrops I' - bass and piano - duration 11:21 7 Little Snowflakes - bass and piano Bass Viola da Gamba 'A Silver Swan is Barking at the Moon' - solo bass viol - duration 11:30 in three movements 1. Allemande 2. Pavan 3. Saltatio |
Clare Graham - cello, Colin Decio - piano
Two Short Pieces for Guitar - Funeral March & Cadenza Harpsichord
A Little Suite - duration 7:00 Minuet, *Toccata & Two-Part Invention (see also Angularity for harpsichord and string quartet - Quintets) |