Nick Williams | Com​​pos​​er

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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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