ELWOOD'S MUSIC CATALOGUE - DIFFICULT PIECES

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Pan Technicon 64 Dec 08 234:00 Electronic 8 A gargantuan self-indulgent electronic epic. Yes, almost 4 hours of it!

Pleiades 63 Jul 08 18:35 Electronic 9 Trippy swirly guitar piece. Very very weird.

Planetary 62 Mar 08 45:20 Electronic 8 Spacy abstract electronic suite (unfinished).

DNA 61 Jul 08 52:10 Minimalist 8 Five electronic mictotonal minimalist pieces. Trippy.

XY 60 Jan 08 18:30 Electronic 8 Another abstract electronic work.

Calling Katrina 59 Dec 07 17:00 Electronic 8 Abstract electronic work based around a telephone call from a rather windy place in 2005.

Fractal Passion 56b Jun 07 26:35 Abstract 8 An erotic electronic work, if there can be such a thing.

Waterworld 57 Mar 07 16:15 Concrete 8 An abstract piece made entirely from the sound of running water.

Opus 56 56 Jan 07 11:00 Abstract 8 A curious abstract MIDI piece.

The Expanse 55 Dec 06 76:50 Abstract 8 Spaced-out atmospherics. 'Charon's Lament' revisited with a vengeance. (see below)

The Dreamer of Dreams 52 Aug 05 41:28 Surreal 10 A sound painting based around my poem "The Dreamer of Dreams".

Morphic Resonance
50 Jul 05 39:00 Wacky 10 39 minutes of percussive pianistic pandemonium.

Piano Sonata #2 49 Sep 04 12:30 Classical 7 A second piano sonata in two unconventional movements.

To Touch the Silver Butterfly of Spring 48 Jun 04 31:00 Avantgarde 9 Inspired by the electronic works of Morton Subotnick.
Organ Sonata 47 Jul 04 22:00 Classical 7 Written for my friend the Californian organist & composer Jonathan Orwig

Tratisitub 46 Jan 04 64:10 Avantgarde 5 A musical 'tsunami' in one huge movement.

Serenade for String Theory
A Midsummer Nightmare 45 Nov 03 12:10 Orchestral 8 A complex string serenade with a few surprises in store.

Synthesiser Concerto
44 2004 14:00 Electronic 8 An arrangement of my Fantasy no.3 for the Waldorf.

Black Noise 43 2003 05:50 Surreal 7 Sinister abstract electronic piece made on the Waldorf.

The Moebius Strip Polka 42 2003 08:00 Atonal 6 A palindromic piano piece alternating 7/16 and 3/8

Fearless Asymmetry
For 2 pianos & percussion 41 2003 06:30 Minimalist 8 Pseudo-minimalist piano piece quoting a famous tune.

Piano Fantasy #2 40 2003 10:15 Classical 7 "Duelling Pianos" - A schizophrenic piano duet.

Intermezzo no.3 39 2002 07:33 Surreal 7 Abstract synth piece made on the Waldorf

Five Nancarrow Studies 38 2002 05:00 Surreal 6 My homage to Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997).

Symphony no.4
37 2004 39:20 Orchestral 10 A proper orchestral symphony, albeit in MIDI form.

Piano Sonata #1 33 2003 13:00 Atonal 7 First music I made for 16 years, and the first made with modern sequencing software (i.e. "Cakewalk").

Spooky Sonata 30 1986 12:00 Avantgarde 6 Composed with the aid of my cat walking on the keys!

Anger 29 1986 12:25 Avantgarde 5 Composed on the Yamaha CX5M using fractal mathematics.

Ghost in the Machine
27 1986 10:45 Avantgarde 7 A delicate abstract piece which melts into silence at the end.

Intermezzos 1 & 2 25
26 1986 18:00 Avantgarde 6 Abstract digital synthesiser pieces made on the Yamaha CX5M computer.

Symphony no.3
Charon's Lament 24 1984 58:00 Surreal 5 My 3rd electronic symphony. Flawed but interesting.

Rebus Suite 23 1984 58:00 Concréte 5 A suite of 6 electronic & music concréte pieces.

Elegy 21 1983 11:46 Surreal 5 Contemplative abstract electronic piece. Not one of my best.

Symphony #2
'Impulses' 18 1983 73:17 Avantgarde 6 My 2nd electronic symphony. Very "out there".

Aurorae 17 1980 30:48 Surreal 6 Atmospheric and eerie, like church organ music through the looking glass.

Take 3 Revisited 16 1980 12:26 Rock 6 A "fuzz guitar" excursion a la Hendrix.

Interference
The Violence Concerto 15 1980 25:22 Surreal 6 Created using sounds generated by interference patterns. Scary!

Symphony #1
'Son of Man' 12 1980 66:21 Surreal 5 My 1st electronic symphony. Very odd.

Saxophone concerto 11 1980 10:00 Jazzy 5 Silly free-form piece

Concerto
for 2 guitars & Synthesiser   9 1979 17:55 Avantgarde 9 Combining guitars and synthesiser, a piece I'm quite proud of. Takes a few listens to get into it.

Electronic Rhapsody   4 1979 18:54 Avantgarde 6 Surrealistic abstract piece.

String Quartet #1
'March of the Killer Ants'   2 1979 06:22 No idea 6 Piano piece or string piece? You decide.

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*Click the titles for links to music & info*	*Op.*	*©Yr*	*Mins*	*Style*	CD	?/ 10	*Description & comments*
Pan Technicon	64	Dec 08	234:00	Electronic		8	A gargantuan self-indulgent electronic epic. Yes, almost 4 hours of it!
Pleiades	63	Jul 08	18:35	Electronic		9	Trippy swirly guitar piece. Very very weird.
Planetary	62	Mar 08	45:20	Electronic		8	Spacy abstract electronic suite (unfinished).
DNA	61	Jul 08	52:10	Minimalist		8	Five electronic mictotonal minimalist pieces. Trippy.
XY	60	Jan 08	18:30	Electronic		8	Another abstract electronic work.
Calling Katrina	59	Dec 07	17:00	Electronic		8	Abstract electronic work based around a telephone call from a rather windy place in 2005.
Fractal Passion	56b	Jun 07	26:35	Abstract		8	An erotic electronic work, if there can be such a thing.
Waterworld	57	Mar 07	16:15	Concrete		8	An abstract piece made entirely from the sound of running water.
Opus 56	56	Jan 07	11:00	Abstract		8	A curious abstract MIDI piece.
The Expanse	55	Dec 06	76:50	Abstract		8	Spaced-out atmospherics. 'Charon's Lament' revisited with a vengeance. (see below)
The Dreamer of Dreams	52	Aug 05	41:28	Surreal		10	A sound painting based around my poem "The Dreamer of Dreams".
Morphic Resonance	50	Jul 05	39:00	Wacky		10	39 minutes of percussive pianistic pandemonium.
Piano Sonata #2	49	Sep 04	12:30	Classical		7	A second piano sonata in two unconventional movements.
To Touch the Silver Butterfly of Spring	48	Jun 04	31:00	Avantgarde		9	Inspired by the electronic works of Morton Subotnick.
Organ Sonata	47	Jul 04	22:00	Classical		7	Written for my friend the Californian organist & composer Jonathan Orwig
Tratisitub	46	Jan 04	64:10	Avantgarde		5	A musical 'tsunami' in one huge movement.
Serenade for String Theory A Midsummer Nightmare	45	Nov 03	12:10	Orchestral		8	A complex string serenade with a few surprises in store.
Synthesiser Concerto	44	2004	14:00	Electronic		8	An arrangement of my Fantasy no.3 for the Waldorf.
Black Noise	43	2003	05:50	Surreal		7	Sinister abstract electronic piece made on the Waldorf.
The Moebius Strip Polka	42	2003	08:00	Atonal		6	A palindromic piano piece alternating 7/16 and 3/8
Fearless Asymmetry For 2 pianos & percussion	41	2003	06:30	Minimalist		8	Pseudo-minimalist piano piece quoting a famous tune.
Piano Fantasy #2	40	2003	10:15	Classical		7	"Duelling Pianos" - A schizophrenic piano duet.
Intermezzo no.3	39	2002	07:33	Surreal		7	Abstract synth piece made on the Waldorf
Five Nancarrow Studies	38	2002	05:00	Surreal		6	My homage to Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997).
Symphony no.4	37	2004	39:20	Orchestral		10	A proper orchestral symphony, albeit in MIDI form.
Piano Sonata #1	33	2003	13:00	Atonal		7	First music I made for 16 years, and the first made with modern sequencing software (i.e. "Cakewalk").
Spooky Sonata	30	1986	12:00	Avantgarde		6	Composed with the aid of my cat walking on the keys!
Anger	29	1986	12:25	Avantgarde		5	Composed on the Yamaha CX5M using fractal mathematics.
Ghost in the Machine	27	1986	10:45	Avantgarde		7	A delicate abstract piece which melts into silence at the end.
Intermezzos 1 & 2	25 26	1986	18:00	Avantgarde		6	Abstract digital synthesiser pieces made on the Yamaha CX5M computer.
Symphony no.3 Charon's Lament	24	1984	58:00	Surreal		5	My 3rd electronic symphony. Flawed but interesting.
Rebus Suite	23	1984	58:00	Concréte		5	A suite of 6 electronic & music concréte pieces.
Elegy	21	1983	11:46	Surreal		5	Contemplative abstract electronic piece. Not one of my best.
Symphony #2 'Impulses'	18	1983	73:17	Avantgarde		6	My 2nd electronic symphony. Very "out there".
Aurorae	17	1980	30:48	Surreal		6	Atmospheric and eerie, like church organ music through the looking glass.
Take 3 Revisited	16	1980	12:26	Rock		6	A "fuzz guitar" excursion a la Hendrix.
Interference The Violence Concerto	15	1980	25:22	Surreal		6	Created using sounds generated by interference patterns. Scary!
Symphony #1 'Son of Man'	12	1980	66:21	Surreal		5	My 1st electronic symphony. Very odd.
Saxophone concerto	11	1980	10:00	Jazzy		5	Silly free-form piece
Concerto for 2 guitars & Synthesiser	9	1979	17:55	Avantgarde		9	Combining guitars and synthesiser, a piece I'm quite proud of. Takes a few listens to get into it.
Electronic Rhapsody	4	1979	18:54	Avantgarde		6	Surrealistic abstract piece.
String Quartet #1 'March of the Killer Ants'	2	1979	06:22	No idea		6	Piano piece or string piece? You decide.