Paul Max EdlinComposer | Artistic Director | Lecturer | Performer

Category Archives: Chamber Orchestra

A Chain of Wonders

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2010 (appx 8 mins) 1,1,1,1 – 1,1,1 – perc, pno, – 1,1,1,1,1 Programme note: A Chain of Wonders takes the listener on an imaginary tour of special and exotic places, … Continue reading

Requiem Fragment – The trumpet, scattering its terrible cry…

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2006 (apprx. 2’15’’) 2clar., 2bsn, 2tpt, 3tbn, timp, org, strings This short work was commissioned for a special performance of Mozart’s Requiem on the anniversary of his death. It is … Continue reading

Three Old Gramophones

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2005 (appx.15’) solo bassoon 2 (I + picc., bass fl, II + bass fl).1.2 (I + picc.Eb cl, II + bass cl).sop sax Bb.1 – 1.2.1.0, – pno/harm, 2/3 perc. … Continue reading

Cello Concerto

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2006 (appx.34’) solo cello 1(+ alt.fl).1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0, – hp, perc, – 5vv, 2vla, 1vc, 1db First perf. St. John’s Waterloo, Gabriella Swallow, Southbank Sinfonia, cond. Nicholas Cleobury Programme note: … Continue reading

But Life Changed

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1999 (appx. 35’) solo flute, solo bass-clarinet, solo horn 2.oboe d’amore.2.1 – 1.1.1.0, – guitar, hp, pno, 2 perc. – 7vv, 4vla, 2vc, 1db This substantial work is inspired by … Continue reading

Prambanam

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Concerto for Oboe-d’Amore, Percussion, Trombone, 22 solo strings 1991 (appx 15’) solo oboe d’amore, solo percussion, solo trombone, 9vv, 6vla, 5 vc, 2db The greatest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia … Continue reading

Banteay Srei

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1988 (appx. 15’) 2.1.1.1 – 0.2.1.0 hp, celeste, 3 perc., – 0.0.3.2.1 First perf as ballet “Wild Child”, part of “Prince Albert’s Vision”, Britten Theatre, London (1990). Banteay Srei is … Continue reading