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Details of Strahan's work to date (list of scores) and of his future projects (work in progress) are listed hereunder. For a full Discography and Press Comment please return to Derek Strahan Revolve/Jade Catalogue.

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Ensemble Works

First Meeting 10'00" Prelude & Jazz fugue (1959)
For flute, alto saxophone/oboe, clarinet

Trespassers will be Prosecuted (1963) 5'00"
Rhythmic study for clarinet & piano

Population Pressure (1963) 5'00"
For piccolo & guitar

Sonata 15'00"
For flute, cello & guitar (1963)

Rondo (1963) 5'00"
For flute/piccolo, cello & guitar

Mutation (1963) 5'00"
For cello & guitar

* Mutation 2 (1964 revised 1968) 12'00" Wind Octet Commissioned by Auckland Wind Group for performance at 16th Auckland Festival.

* String Quartet No 1 (The Key) (1980) 26'00"
Recording: Revolve disc/cassette, LP RDS 002

* Clarinet Quintet No 1 in D (The Princess) (1980) 27'00"
Recording: Revolve disc/cassette/LP RDS 002

* Jazz Fusion Suite (1982) 18'40"
I. Triple Six (Beast of the Apocalypse) 5'10"
II. Free Spirit 4'40"
III. The Beethoven Boogie 8'50"
For a sax, gtr, b gtr, 2 kbd, 2 perc (Voices optional in I.)
Recording: Revolve tape (Ganda Studios) "Triple Six" released on Jade CD "Fray" JADCD 1O86
"Free Spirit" released on Jade CD "Music For A Candlelight Dinner" JADCD 1O58

* Piano Trio No 1 in F (Bicentennial) (1987) 35'00' For piano, violin, cello. Commissioned by Sydney Ensemble. First Performance Australia Day 1988 at champagne breakfast in Centrepoint Tower. Recordings: January 1988. ABC Tape. Also 2MBS Tape as released on JADE CD "Autumn Pastorale" JADCD 1059

* 'Escorts' (An Opera Without Words) (1989) 12'30"
Trio for flute/alto flute, alto sax, piano. **Commissioned by the Berky Trio with assistance of Performing Arts Board of Australia. First performance by Berky Trio, Sat Aug 15th 1989, Willoughby Concert Hall, Chatswood.
Recording: 2MBS, Aug 1989. Released on Jade CD "Music For A Champagne Breakfast" JADCD 1085

* 'China Spring' (1989) 15'00"
For cello, piano. **Commissioned by Georg Pedersen. In memory of the events of June 1989, Tiananmen Square, Beijing. First performance by Georg Pedersen - cello, David Miller - piano, Sat Dec 8th 1990, at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, in aid of Amnesty International.
Recordings: Live recording first performance, due for CD release February 2000. Also ABC digital studio recording, Ultimo Centre, June 26 1991

* 'Atlantis' (1991/92) 20'00"
For flute/alto flute, piano
**A work presenting leitmotifs intended for a four-.opera cycle. Commissioned by Michael Scott. First performance by Belinda Gough - flute, Josephine Allen - piano, at Masters Degree recital, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Fri Dec 13th 1992.
Recording: digital tape of premiere performance. Released on Jade CD "Voodoo Fire" JADCD 1063

*'Voodoo Fire' (1996) 16.30
for Clarinet, Percussion, Keyboards (Synthesiser, Piano)
{Percussion (tuned): marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, crotales (untuned): bongos, congas; pedal bass drum, small bass drum, large bass drum; cymbal on stand; large gong; tam tams; wood blocks; slit drums.
** Commissioned by Canberra School of Music for Alan Vivian. First performance by Alan Vivian - Clarinet, Michael Askill - percussion, Susan Powell, piano, at Canberra School of Music, April 21 1996 Recording: Digital tape of first performance. Released on Jade CD "Voodoo Fire" JADCD 1063

Solo Instrumental Works

* Suite No 1 for solo cello (1991) 20'00"
Written for Georg Pedersen.
Recording: Live recording by 2MBS, November 1999 at Ku-Ring-Gai Virtuosi concert, released on Jade CD "Sanctus" JADCD 1081. Also ABC digital studio recording, Ultimo Centre, April 7 1995

* Suite No 2 for solo cello (1993) 20'00"
Written for Georg Pedersen

* Atlantis Variations, piano (1993) 53'00"

Vocal Works

* 'Rose of the Bay', Song cycle. (1987) 52'00"
For mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano. Libretto by the composer. Commissioned by Lauris Elms. First performance Nov 27 1987, Broadwalk Studio, Sydney Opera House. Lauris Elms - mezzo-soprano, Deborah de Graaff - clarinet, David Miller - piano.
Recording: ABC Tape, released on Revolve disc/cassette, RDS 003

* 'Eden In Atlantis' Scena (1995) 25'00
For Soprano, Flute/alto flute , piano. Libretto by the composer.
Presenting themes for first opera in 'Atlantis' cycle.
First performance by Liza Rintel - soprano, Michael Scott - Flute/Alto Flute, David Miller - piano, at Joan Sutherland Room, Opera Centre, Sydney, Nov 15 1996. Live recording by Bob Scott of first performance,released on Jade CD "Eden In Atlantis", JADCD 1074

Orchestral Works/Concert Band

* 'The Quay' (1986) 15'00
**Concert Band
For Picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, cl(Eb), 2 cl (Bb),
bs cl, bsn, a sax, tn sax, bar sax, dr kit, timps, rhm stks, gourd, b dr, tn dr, bells, xlo, mba, glock, bells, assorted perc, cym, cnt, 3 tpt, 4 hn, 2 trb, bs trb, euph, tuba. Commissioned by NSW Band Association as competition piece.
Recording: Tape of winning performance by Sydney City Concert Band

* 'Sydney 200' (1988) 20'00"
For Picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bsn, 2 a sax, tn sax, bar sax, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, bs tbn, tuba, timp, jazz dr kit,bs dr, tn dr, metal sheets, gongs, siren, gourd, xyl, mba, clsta, assorted perc, str. Commissioned by Sydney Youth Orchestra with assistance of Bicentennial Authority.

Stage Works

'Fashions' (1964) Dance Suite 11'00"
Clarinet Quintet
Recording NZBC tape, 1964

Film Music

'A Sawdust Heart '(1963) 25'00"
Suite for small ensemble
Rec, fl, cl, sop sax, tpt, vb, tba, perc. Commissioned by Childrens' Library & Crafts Movement for childrens' film.
Recordings: tape dub from soundtrack/ acetate disc

Expedition - Sherpa Schoolhouse (1965) 30'00"
(Music score incorporates Sherpa & Tibetan folk themes from field recordings) Session 1: fl, cl, vl, va, vc. Session 2: fl, cl, vl, va. vc, 2 tpt, 2 hn, timp. Commissioned by NZBC for documentary on Sir Edmund Hillary's aid work in the Himalayas.
Recording: NZBC tape

'Wheels Across Australia' (1968) 40'00"
Session 1: Fl, tpt, hn, trb, vl, va, vc, 2 perc. Session 2: Fl, hn, va, vc. Commissioned by Robert Raymond for documentary on Leyland Bros. transit of Australia on 4-wheel drive vehicle.
Recording: tape. Excerpts released on Cassette 'Derek Strahan Media Music' 1981. More excerpts released under title 'Trans Australia Suite' on Jade CD "Best of Australian Classics" JADCD 1065, 'Trans Australia Suite No. 2' on Jade CD "Music For A Champagne breakfast Vol.2" JADCD 1075

'The Mud Hut' (1969) 7'00"
For flute, keyboard, percussion. Commissioned by Daryl Hill for short film entry in Sydney Film Festival.
Recording: tape

'Life & Death on the Barrier Reef' (1969) 30'00"
For a sax, org, b gtr, 2 perc (inc tabla, bongos, gourd). Commissioned by Robert Raymond for documentary series 'Shell's Australia'.
Recording: tape. Excerpts released on Cassette "Derek Strahan Media Music" 1981. Further excerpts released on Jade CDs: 'On The Reef' Suite No. 1 on Jade CD "The Glass House Suite" JADCD 1057; 'On The Reef' Suite No. 2 on Jade CD "Romantic Australia Classics" JADCD 1061

'Amazing Marsupials' (1970) 30'00"
For fl, cl, gtr, b gtr, 2 perc (inc timp). Commissioned by Robert Raymond for documentary series 'Shell's Australia'.
Recording: tape. Excerpts released on Cassette 'DS Media Music' 1981' and re-released as "The Australian Ark, Suite No.1" on Jade C "Afternoon Light" JADCD 1076

'The Changing Shape of Australia' (1971) 30'00"
Wind Quintet: (cl/bcl, ob/eng hn, fl/afl, hn, bsn), 2 perc (inc timp). Commissioned by Robert Raymond for documentary series 'Shell's Australia'. Recording: tape. Excerpts released on Cassette 'DS Media Music' 1981, and re-released as "The Australian Ark, Suite No. 2" on Jade CD "Afternoon Light" JADCD 1076

'A Land of Birds' (1972) 30'00"
Trio: fl/a fl, cl, vc. Commissioned by Robert Raymond for documentary series 'Shell's Australia'.
Recording: tape. Excerpts released on Cassette 'DS Media Music' 1981, and re-released as "The Australian Ark, Suite No. 3" on Jade CD "Fandango" JADCD 1078

'The Coming of Man' (1973) 20'00"
Quartet: fl, bsn, 2 perc (inc timp). Commissioned by Robert Raymond for documentary series 'Shell's Australia'.
Recording: tape. Excerpts released on Cassette 'DS Media Music' 1981, and re-released as "The Australian Ark, Suite No. 4" on Jade CD "Fandango" JADCD 1078

'Aliens Among Us' (1974) 30'00"
For cl, ob, fl/bsn, synth/harpsichord, 2 perc. Commissioned by Densey Clyne for documentary series on Australian insect life.
Recording: tape: Excerpts released on Cassette 'DS Media Music' 1981, and re-released on Jade CD "Classics of Australian Music" JADCD 1060

'Artisans of Australia' (1985) 20'00"
4 recording sessions. Various groupings of: t rec/a rec/bsn/tpt (Bb/C), hn, synth/vl/va/vc/harp. Commissioned by Film Australia for 4 short documentaries on heritage crafts.
Recording: tape. Compilation released on Jade CD "Artisans of Australia" JADCD 1054

'Fantasy' (1990) 45'00"

Synthesiser score, scored for max 6 staves (though each stave can comprise multiple sounds, ie, choirs of strings, brass). Commissioned by Combridge Pty Ltd for feature film. Keyboards - Tony Ansell, Derek Strahan.Recording: Digital tape. 15.00 Suite released on Jade CD "Remembering Adrian Braun" JADCD 1073

'Cult of Diana' (1992) 40'00"

Synthesiser score, scored for max 6 staves (though each stave can comprise multiple sounds, ie, choirs of strings, brass), acoustic flute/alto flute, alto sax. Commissioned by Combridge Pty Ltd for feature film. Keyboard - Derek Strahan; Flute/Alto Flute - Michael Scott; Alto Saxophone: Graeme Lyall.
Recording: Digital tape. 15.00 Suite released on Jade CD
"Remembering Adrian Braun" JADCD 1073

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