The first movement of the concerto is lyrical in nature, the violin maintaining an expressive line most of the way through. At the start, the violin is like ...

This work was begun shortly after completing the Violin Concerto. This quote informed the work - ‘You are still a fleshy, homely being that can be crushed by...

This work for orchestra and organ was commissioned by Uwe Alexander-Grodd and the St. Matthews Chamber Orchestra and premiered in November 1996. Based on Ma...

This concerto takes as its musical material an analysis of some fragments from disco songs, the most extreme colours of which are then isolated, extrapolated...

An essay in tension between soloist and orchestra. In the first movement long cello solos are contrasted with outbursts from the orchestra; in the second mov...

The concerto is in three movements [Moto perpetuo, Delicate and rippling, Meccanico], all exploring the same material, transformed each time into a different...

The concerto is composed in the form of a three-part tone poem. Each movement is intended to evoke a different color and aspect of New Zealand scenery, and ...

This piano concerto was started in the middle of 2021 and completed in mid 2022. It is in one single movement around 17 1⁄2 minutes long. While the work was ...

This work features virtuosic writing for the soloist along with a colourful orchestral part. In four movements, it explores a wide range of moods and styles....

Although the five movements of this piece traverse a variety of sonic terrain, they amalgamate to explore the distinction between diffused sounds and those i...

The last movement was the first to be composed. The vision I had was of the old Orthodox church in the Ukrainian village of Bartne, where my father was born:...

This is the most recent of a number of works I have written for bassoonist Ben Hoadley. I have been privileged to write for and collaborate with Ben, whose e...

Perkins has made an intense study of important periods of innovation in the history of music composition which he refers to as historic nodal points. Drawing...