Nick Williams | Composer
l is t o f w o r k s
SOLO/DUO
- Mambo Mambo (10’) 1999
Violin and piano
- Skein (16’) 2004-5
Solo piano
- HELL (9’) 2004-5
Singing violinist
- Hobo 1 (7’) 2007
Soprano sax
- Hobo 3 (5’) 2007-8
Trumpet and junk percussion
(also in a version for alto sax and junk percussion)
- Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La (10’) 2008
Piano baschet-malbos or toy piano
‘…an astonishing tribute to the florid passagework of baroque fantasias…’ The Independent
- Hallelujahs (Hobo 4) (5’) 2009
Piano and electronics
- DANCE (28’) 2008-9
Singing pianist who also plays 2 kick drums
- East 89th Street Boogie (9’) 2010
Clarinet and piano
- God (farting, belching, coughing) (12’) 2011-12
Solo organ
- Boojwah Bagatelles 1-3 (10’) 2018
Solo violin with optional live electronics
- Ariel (5’) 2019
Soprano (or boy/girl treble) and baroque flute
- Bubblewrap (4’) 2019
Solo piano
- Bfillssu Eimts (1’40’’) 2020
Soprano and piano (words by Sandra Alland, from Blissful Times)
Written for the ‘100 second song’ project
- Loud Song (6’30’’) 2020
Cello and piano
Commissioned by York Late Music for the Riot Ensemble
Ensemble
- Spelk (7’) 2004
Flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, piano
Also (as Spelk/Low Mix) in a version for bass clarinet, electric guitar, cello, marimba, piano
- Frak (8’) 2005
Flute, bass clarinet, percussion (1 player), cello, piano
- Digger (9’) 2007-8
Clarinet, violin, piano
- Little Digger (1½’) 2008
3 hand-cranked diatonic music boxes
- Machines of Loving Grace (9’) 2008
3 soprano saxes, 3 alto saxes, 3 tenor saxes, 3 baritone saxes
- Grogan (15’) 2009
Multiple electric guitars
- Steamtrain Catches the Westbound (Hobo 5) (10’) 2009
5 clarinets, 2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, 1 baritone sax, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass guitar, piano
- Sabotage Songs (variable duration, max 50 ‘) 2013
Untrained voices, percussion and optional instruments
- Small Silly Things (4’) 2014
3 voices (SSA)
- Songs for girls who want to be pirates when they grow up (6’) 2017
Soprano, piccolo, piano
- Big as a Building (7’) 2018
Massed voices in three parts
- ORC (8’) 2019
Orchestra
Commissioned by York Youth Orchestra with funds from the Radcliffe Trust
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