music by Enid Luff and Julia Usher
KEY
WORKS
1980 A Reed in the Wind, by Julia Usher * (Solo Oboe) Wangford Festival Prize
A study of the winds of the world. On Ass. Bd. Syllabus Grade VIII, 1982-2000.
Performer: Sylvia Harper, oboe
1986: The Orford Merman, by Julia Usher (Music Theatre)
Performed at Arundel and Greenwith Festivals in 1990
A folk-tale about a strange outsider who comes face to face with society.
Dancer, Actor, and chamber ensemble
1986: Piano Sonata: "Storm Tide", by Enid
Luff;
An evocation of the storms of the
"..a study in a kind of ...massive
minimalism...a genuine skill in the pacing of textural change." (Independent).
Premiered by Peter Lawson
1989: Marak, by Julia Usher (Piano Solo) 4 short abstract pieces
evoking Moroccan decoration.
Pianist: Gabriel Keen
1989: Sleep, Sleep, February, by Enid Luff (Fl,
A meditative piece, the lines "like coloured ribbons streaming out behind the
piano part." Chosen by Sounds Positive Ensemble for their
Tenth Anniversary Concert Series.
1992: Listening for the Roar of the Sun, by Enid Luff (Solo oboe, Dancer, speaker, Slides).
Eight movements reflecting spoken poems by Anglo-Welsh poet Gillian
Clarke. Well received in a number of venues
1993: Sacred Conversation, by Julia Usher (mixed ens) Written for Sounds Positive
Ensemble
An unusual combination of instruments for an intense meditation
1996: Genetic Code, by Julia Usher
A vivid orchestral piece
of motor rhythms and evolutionary ideas
1997: The Glass Wall, by Enid Luff (three dancers, solo Cello, and
electronic tape)
A haunting story-in-music. Also Studies for the Glass Wall* for
Solo Cello - three expressive pieces using the full technical range of the
cello to colour a narrative
1999 Telyneg ( Lyric), by Enid Luff for Oboe and harp
Gives the oboe a poignant expressive line against the shimmering
tapestry of the harp
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