SEAN CLARKE
Composer - Theorist - Flutist
Complete list of works
Large Ensemble
Blumenwiese - for orchestra - 10’
Composed 2019
Scarlet Crimson Carmine - for orchestra – 5’
Premiered Jan. 2019, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, directed by Gary Kulesha, 2019 Explore the Score
Ouverture de Lucrèce - for orchestra (rev. 2016) – 8’30”
Premiered Oct. 2013, Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal, directed by Jean-François Rivest. Revised and recorded by the National Youth Orchestra, 2016
Scarlet Crimson Carmine - for 11 strings – 5’
Premiered Feb. 2016, Ensemble Arkea (Montréal), directed by Dina Gilbert
Cold was the night - hard was the ground, for 15 instruments – 6’30”
Premiered Jan. 2014, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, directed by Lorraine Vaillancourt
Antiphon - for flute and gamelan ensemble – 7’
2011-13, Premiered April 2013, Sean Clarke and Université de Montréal Gamelan Ensemble, directed by I Dewa Made Suparta
Chaconne - for string orchestra – 5’
Premiered Feb. 2012, Ensemble Arkea (Montréal), directed by Dina Gilbert
Overture in C - for orchestra – 8’
Premiered Jan. 2011, Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal
Sinfonia - for chamber orchestra – 16’
Composed 2009-10, Calgary, AB
Déploration - for 13 solo strings and harpsichord – 20’
Composed 2006, Manchester, England
New World Mass - for chamber orchestra – 6’
Performed Jan. 2005, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Chamber Ensemble
Blumenwiese - for flute & harp – 11’
Commissioned by Project Iso (Jeffrey Stonehouse & Robin Best, Montréal). Premiered in Ottawa & Montréal, 2018.
Delirium Nocturnum - for fl, vn, vc, & pn – 15’
Commissioned by Land’s End Ensemble and guest flutist Robert Aitken. Premiered in Calgary & Toronto, 2018.
The Rose - for viola/voice and piano – 13’
Commissioned and recorded by Margaret Carey for her Centrediscs/Naxos album, to be released Spring 2019.
Through A Glass, Darkly - for flute, clarinet, trombone, violin, bass, and piano – 6’30”
Premiered by Ensemble Mise-En (New York) directed by Moon Young Ha, Red Note New Music Festival, Illinois State University, 2016
Performed by Timepoint Ensemble, Calgary, 2018 & 2016
Vespers - for flute, saxophone, and two masked figures – 11’
Premiered and toured by the Feldsperling Duo (Liesel Deppe, fl & Nicole Strum, sax): The Banff Centre, AB; Array Space, Toronto; Halifax, NS; University of Prince Edward Island, 2016.
5 Impromptus - version for alto sax and piano – 11’
Premiered June 2015, Kristine Gray and Lana Henchell, World Saxophone Congress, Strasbourg, France
5 Impromptus - version for flute, clarinet and piano – 11’
Premiered Aug. 2015, Robin Meiksins, Ford Fourqurean and Gabriel Quenneville- Bélair, Orford Academy, QC. Later performed at the 2016 MUSCAN national conference, honorable mention – composition competition.
4 Impromptus,for flute, soprano sax and piano – 7’30”
2014, Premiered Feb. 2015, Sarah Gieck, Holly Decaigny and Lana Henchell, North American Saxophone Conference, AB
4 Impromptus,version for flute, clarinet & piano – 7’30”
2014, Premiered Mar. 2015
Dark Shores, for string quartet – 6’
Premiered July 2014, Orford Academy String Quartet (Grace Takeda, Ayla Boz, Luca Casciato, Emma Grant-Zypchen)
Quatre Preludes, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano – 7’30”
Premiered 2013, Meitar Ensemble (Israel)
Piano Trio: Stile Antico - for piano trio – 6’
Composed 2013, Composer in Residence program, Université de Montréal
Galloping Across the Prairies - for beginner alto saxophone and piano – 2’
Composed 2011, Published in the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Saxophone Syllabus Level 1, Frederick Harris Music, 2013
Passiontide Cycle:
Christus, der uns selig macht - for alto sax, violin and piano – 11’
Composed 2008, Premiered Apr. 2011, Rubbing Stone Ensemble (Donovan Seidle, Jeremy Brown and Luciane Cardassi) and New Works Calgary
Hilf Gott, dass mir's gelinge - for solo percussion – 6’
Composed 2009
O Mensch, Bewein Dein Suünde Gross - for string trio – 6’
Composed 2009, Read Jan. 2010, Land’s End Ensemble, Calgary, AB
O Lamm Gottes, Unschuldig - for solo flute – 4’
Composed 2009, Premiered Apr. 2009, Sarah Gieck, University of Calgary Graduate Music Conference
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund - for flute ensemble and two pianos – 7’30”
Composed 2009, Recorded Dec. 2009
Detritus - for flute and piano – 5’
Premiered June 2008, Sarah Gieck, University of Cincinnati, OH
Supplication - for piano trio – 8’
Premiered Apr. 2007, Land’s End Ensemble, broadcast on CBC National radio (Winner of the Land’s End Composition Competition)
Exegesis - for piano and string quartet - 6’
Premiered Dec. 2006, Players Ensemble, Calgary, AB
Elegy - for French horn and soprano – 4’
Premiered July 2005, Sherrie Ashworth and Jon Fisher, Music in the Wilds Concert Series, Turtle Mountain, AB
Lavinia - for male voice, flute, violin and cello – 7’
Premiered Apr. 2005, University of Calgary
1914 - for violin, cello and piano – 8’
Premiered Apr. 2005, University of Calgary
Cortège - for flute, percussion and piano – 8’
Premiered Mar. 2004, University of Calgary
String Quartet No. 1 – 7’
Composed 2003, Premiered Jan. 2004, University of Calgary String Quartet
Hymn - for flute and piano – 3’
Premiered 2003, Sean Clarke and Roger Feria Jr., University of Calgary
Sonata - for flute, percussion and piano – 8’
Premiered 2003, Sean Clarke, Rob Maciak and Roger Feria Jr., University of Calgary
Romance - for 2 violas and cello – 5’
Premiered Feb. 2002, University of Calgary
March - for violin, cello and piano – 4’
Premiered Apr. 2001, University of Calgary
Vocal Works
Trois Lieder, for baritone and piano – 8’
Composed 2012, Montréal, QC
Three Songs on texts by John Donne, for baritone and piano– 9’
Premiered Dec. 2009, Sean Clarke and Luciane Cardassi, Calgary, AB
Three Sacred Songs,for soprano, violin, bass clarinet and piano – 7’
Composed 2007, Premiered Oct. 2009, Ensemble Resonance (Michelle Todd, Brinna Brinkerhoff, Stan Climie, Colleen Athparia) and New Works Calgary
L’étoile a pleuré... - for flute and soprano – 3’
Portrait - for flute and soprano – 2’
Ⅹ - for flute and soprano – 3’
Premiered May 2003, Sean Clarke and Sherrie Ashworth, University of Calgary
Solo Works
Ballade - for solo guitar - 6'
Commissioned by the Canadian Music Centre, 2019 Class Axe program. To be premiered in Spring 2019 in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver.
Prélude - for solo piano – 2’
Premiered 2016 by Gabriel Quenneville-Bélair, Orford Academy, QC
Supplication - for solo flute – 2’
Premiered July 2014, Robin Meiksins, Orford Academy, QC
Ring out, wild bells - for solo percussion – 10’
Premiered May 2014, Blair Mackay, Composer in Residence program, Université de Montréal
In Memoriam - for solo piano – 7’30”
Premiered April 2012, Brigitte Poulin, Montréal, QC
Klavierstücke I & II - for solo piano – 5’
Premiered Feb. 2006, Daniel Fung, University of Calgary
Last Post - for solo flute – 5’
Composed 2006, Premiered Jan. 2007, Sean Clarke, University of Calgary
Self Portrait - for piano– 3’
Premiered May 2003, Roger Feria Jr., University of Calgary
Self Portrait - for solo flute– 3’
Premiered May 2003, Sean Clarke, University of Calgary
Electronics
Prélude and Rondo - for electronics – 8’
2011-12, Premiered Jan. 2012, ElectroBuzz concert series, Université de Montréal
Fantasie - for electronics – 5’
Premiered April 2012, ElectroBuzz concert series, Université de Montréal