Nigel Morgan - Worklist, 2015

ARRAY: CompassMIDI keyboard and interactive system10 min“The aim of this ARRAY is to open up new directions ininteractive performance, primarily through interactionof the performer with the musical material itself, butalso by technological means.”Projects2 pianos7 min“Alexander Goehr said in an interview when askedabout composing with intervals: intervals are suchcolourless things. Do you agree?”Hexagrams I-IIIpiano duo15-20 min“The description 'for piano duo' rather than 'two pianos'further suggests that additional or different instruments(and players) may also be used alongside 2 pianos. Thismight include tuned percussion, or electric keyboardinstruments able to trigger sampled or synthesizedsounds.”Rilievo Schiacciatofour studies for Disklavier6 min“The title means 'flattened relief', a finely graded lowrelief where the transitions are compressed and the truerelationships of the overlapping parts are to some extentfalsified so as to suggest three dimensional effects.”GuitarDreaming Aloudguitar12 min“The intention was, in the making of the work, to mimiccertain aspects of free improvisation through theapplication of particular algorithmic routines.”System Studiesguitar10 min“Systems Studies for solo guitar grew out of exploringsome of the ‘systems’ repertoire and from a realisationthat few solo works (for any instrument) existed thatcelebrated Minimalism in this distinctly purist fashion.”Sense of Placefour seasons for solo guitar40 min“The core ideas of the work come from investigatingpossible dialogues between known and unknown(inside and outside).”Four Preludeselectric guitar and computer-driven synthesisers10 min“It is written as a kind of upbeat to Steve Reich'scelebrated Electric Counterpoint, a work Alan Thomascplays with a rare artistry.”10