simon h. fell compositions & conductions

compositions
1-9 : 10-19 : 20-29 : 30-39 : 40-49 : 50-59 : 60-69 : 70-79

no.		title	instrumentation	[composition date]
		performances: date	artist	venue
		recordings: label/cat. no.	format	date
1		Oedipus Rex	for chamber orchestra	[1976-78]
2		Hindemith Variations	for piano	[1976-77]
2a		Hindemith Variations	for string orchestra	[1977]
3		Concerto Grosso	for chamber orchestra	[1977]
4		Thirteen Bagatelles		[1977]
		6/11/91	Cambridge Circus	St. Edward's Church, Cambridge, UK
5		Evergreen
6		Four Popular Songs
7		Minimalist Fragment
8		Poème Concret
9		Royal Bengal Prelude
10		Elegy
11		Chamber Symphony
11.5		Compilation I
		Bruce's Fingers BF 1	LP	1985
11.6		Electro-acoustic Collages 1-5
		1. Nightfall Two (Standards I)
		Bruce's Fingers BFC 6	cassette	1986
		2. Frankenstein (with Charles Wharf)
		Bruce's Fingers BF 25	CD	1998
		3. Pure Water Construction (with Martin Archer)
		Discus 11 CD	CD	1998
		4. Exchanges
11.75		A South African Suite
		Bruce's Fingers BF 2	LP	1988
12		In Memoriam Harry Miller	for string quartet	[1985-89]
12a		In Memoriam Harry Miller	for string quartet + double bass	[1990]
		14/11/90	Cambridge Circus	King's College, Cambridge, UK
12b		Perpetuum Mobile	for baritone saxophone	[2006]
		5/5/06	Damien Royannais	Salle Henri Selmer, Paris, France
		5/7/06	Damien Royannais	Štih Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
		23/7/06	Damien Royannais	Chapelle des Pénitents, Gap, France
12.5		Compilation II
		Bruce's Fingers BF 4	LP	1990
		Bruce's Fingers BFC 27	cassette	1990
		Bruce's Fingers BF 26	CD	1999
13		Clarinet Sonata
14		Le Spleen De Paris
15		The Politics Of Selfishness
		28/5/88	Cambridge Circus	Carpenter Hall, Cambridge, UK
16		Three Movements For Piano
16a		I Lucifer	for guitar, bass guitar & percussion
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
17		Four Hours In Gera
		14/11/90	Cambridge Circus	King's College, Cambridge, UK
18		Four Slices Of Zappa
		8/3/92	Cambridge Circus	West Road, Cambridge, UK
19a		Plus-Minus (Parts 1 & 2a)
		[a realisation of sections of the 1963 score by Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN]
		8/3/92	Cambridge Circus	West Road, Cambridge, UK
19b		Plus-Minus (Parts 2b & 3)
		[a realisation of sections of the 1963 score by Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN]
		21/6/93	Cambridge Circus	West Road, Cambridge, UK
20		On Seeing Barry Guy At Sainsbury's	for double bass
		8/7/93	Cambridge Circus	West Road, Cambridge, UK
		Bruce's Fingers BFC 35	cassette	1991
21		Three Jazz Etudes
		3/7/92	Perse Ens.	West Road, Cambridge, UK
		4/7/93	Cambridge Circus	West Road, Cambridge, UK
22		Requiem Pour Olivier Messiaen		[1992]
23		Alan
24		Fragment
25		Prelude And I

26		Mutual And Reciprocal Ceremonies	for octet
26a		Mutual And Reciprocal Ceremonies	electronic music
		Discus 6CD	CD	1996
27		Concertino		[1993]
		8/7/93	Cambridge Circus	West Road, Cambridge, UK
28		Music For 10(0) (version 1)
		25/11/93	Simon Fell Ens.	Termite Festival, Leeds, UK
		Leo Lab CD013	CD	1995
28a		Music For 10(0) (version 2)
		28/5/95	Simon Fell Ens.	Conway Hall, London, UK
28b		Our Price
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
28c		Virgin
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
29		Improvisation
30		Compilation III		[1994]
		Bruce's Fingers BF27	CD	1998
30a		Rhythm/Guitar	for guitar, bass guitar & percussion
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
30b		Chord Progression	for guitar, bass guitar & percussion
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
31		Four Becket Songs
32		Three Electro-acoustic Improvisations
33		The Exploding Flask Of Muesli
34		55 Double Bass Players Go Apeshit
		Discus 5CD	CD	1995
35		Double Bass Octet
36		Tape Piece For Colin Huehns
		Unknown Public CD07	CD	1996
		Unknown Public MC07	cassette	1996
37		Composition No. 37 In Red And Black
38		Le Palais Stoclet, Brussels		[1995]
39		Stretford
40		Bob's Tritonal Blues
40.5		Leosuite
		19/6/96	Simon Fell Septet	Purcell Room, London, UK
40.5a		Stay Out Of The Swing Area
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
40.5b		Trapped By Formalism	for big band
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
40.5c		Trapped By Formalism	for clarinet, trombone & double bass
		15/6/99	SFT	The Castle, Farringdon, London, UK
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
		19/6/01	SFQ	The Club Room, Shoreditch, London, UK
40.5d		Trapped By Formalism 2	for clarinet, trombone, piano, double bass & percussion
		3/11/01	SFQ	The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle, UK
		7/11/01	SFQ	The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
		8/11/01	SFQ	Colchester Arts Centre, UK
		12/11/01	SFQ	John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
		13/3/03	SFQ	Open Ears Festival, Sheffield, UK
		1/8/03	SFQ	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK
		Red Toucan RT 9326	CD	2004
41		Icons	for harp and improvisers	[1997]
		16/9/97	IST	BMIC, London, UK
		5/11/98	IST	Sheffield University, UK
		Bruce's Fingers BF28	CD	1998
42		Cubism	for improvising trio	[1998]
		22/10/98	IST	Neuadd Powis, Bangor, UK
		6/11/98	IST	Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, UK
		11/11/98	IST	The Picket, Liverpool, UK
		15/6/99	SFT	The Castle, Farringdon, London, UK
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
		22/10/99	SFT	Charteris Community Centre, London, UK
		Bruce's Fingers BF28	CD	1998
43		Papers	for improvising orchestra	[1998]
		4/10/98	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
		5/6/00	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		3/4/04	Oxford Improvisers Orch.	Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, UK
44		Electronic Studies
44.1		Electronic Study No. 1		[1998-2002]
		Irrational Arts IA 001	7in vinyl	2003
45		Three Mondrians
		7/2/99	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
		9/12/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
		4/8/02	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
46		Ellington 100 (Strayhorn 85)	for improvising orchestra	[1999]
		2/5/99	London Improvisers Orch	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		Emanem 4201	CD	2000
47		Frakture's Fanfare	for big band
		12/6/99	Frakture Big Band	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
47a		Frakture's Fanfare	for clarinet, trombone & double bass
		15/6/99	SFT	The Castle, Farringdon, London, UK
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
47b		Frakture's Fanfare	for clarinet, trombone, piano, double bass & percussion
48		Emergency For Improvisers
		24/6/99	SFT	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
		3/4/01	The Stumbling Block	Theatre Workshop, University of Sheffield, UK
		19/6/01	SFQ	The Club Room, Shoreditch, London, UK
		23/7/01	Yorkshire COMA Ensemble	Bretton Hall, Wakefield, UK
		18/11/07	nenEnsemble	Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
49		Views Of Mancini		[1999]
		26/8/99	Simon Fell Quartet	The Club Room, Islington, London, UK
		22/5/03	The Mancini Project	Tolbooth Theatre, Stirling, UK
		FMR Records FMRCD263-0808	CD	2008
50		Köln Klang
		5/9/99	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		25/1/00	SFD	King Of Hearts, Norwich, UK
		28/3/01	SFQ	Flim Flam Club, Stoke Newington, London, UK
		3/11/01	SFQ	The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle, UK
		7/11/01	SFQ	The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
		8/11/01	SFQ	Colchester Arts Centre, UK
		12/11/01	SFQ	John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
		13/3/03	SFQ	Open Ears Festival, Sheffield, UK
		1/8/03	SFQ	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK
		2/1/04	SFQ	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK (repeat of 1/8/03 broadcast)
		4/11/06	London Improvisers Orch.	Regent Hall, Oxford St., London, UK
		28/11/09	CoMA NW Ensemble	The Cornerstone, Liverpool, UK
		Red Toucan RT 9326	CD	2004
51		Thirteen Rectangles For Quintet
		5/11/99	SFQ	Termite Festival, Leeds, UK
51a		Rectangles 4-6
		22/10/99	SFT	Charteris Community Centre, London, UK
		26/5/01	amere3	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
		27/5/01	amere3	Alexander's Jazz Bar, Chester, UK
51b		Duo Rectangles
		25/1/00	SFD	King Of Hearts, Norwich, UK
		10/8/02	SFD	Sound 323, Highgate, London, UK
51c		Thirteen Rectangles Version 2	for clarinet, trombone, piano, double bass & percussion	[2001]
		2/11/01	SFQ	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK
		3/11/01	SFQ	The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle, UK
		4/11/01	SFQ	The Warehouse, Waterloo, London, UK
		7/11/01	SFQ	The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
		8/11/01	SFQ	Colchester Arts Centre, UK
		9/11/01	SFQ	Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, UK
		12/11/01	SFQ	John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
		8/2/02	SFQ	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK (repeat of 2/11/01 broadcast)
		Bruce's Fingers BF 43	CD	2002
51d		Quartet Rectangles
		28/3/01	SFQ	Flim Flam Club, Stoke Newington,  London, UK
		19/6/01	SFQ	The Club Room, Shoreditch, London, UK
		5/7/01	SFQ	The Klinker Club, Dalston, London, UK
		31/1/04	SFQ2	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
51e		Rectangles 8 & 9
		26/5/01	amere3	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
51f		Rectangular Concretions
52		...the old style...
52a		Allegro Furnituroso
		28/3/01	SFQ	Flim Flam Club, Stoke Newington, London, UK
53		Morton's Mobile	for orchestra	[2000]
		6/2/00	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		3/9/00	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		6/5/01	London Improvisers Orch.	Conway Hall, Holborn, London, UK
		3/4/04	Oxford Improvisers Orch.	Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, UK
		18/11/07	nenEnsemble	Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
		28/11/09	CoMA NW Ensemble	The Cornerstone, Liverpool, UK
		Emanem 4203	CD	2001
		Emanem 4206	CD	2002
54		Six Bells Pieces
		28/6/00	SFQ	Haverhill Arts Centre, UK
54a		Cambridge Surprise Minor
		28/3/01	SFQ	Flim Flam Club, Stoke Newington, London, UK
		19/6/01	SFQ	The Club Room, Shoreditch, London, UK
		3/11/01	SFQ	The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle, UK
		7/11/01	SFQ	The Wardrobe, Leeds, UK
		8/11/01	SFQ	Colchester Arts Centre, UK
		12/11/01	SFQ	John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
54b		Kent Treble Bob Minor
55		Open Letter To Wassily
		28/6/00	HEMP workshop ens.	Haverhill Arts Centre, UK
56		The Improving Inglenook		[2000-02]
		Irrational Arts IA 001	7in vinyl	2003
57		Kaleidozyklen	for improvising musician(s) & orchestra	[2000]
		15/11/00	LSTwo Ensemble	Clothworkers' Hall, Leeds, UK
		Bruce's Fingers BF 46	CD	2002
57a		(In)articulation	for plucked and bowed strings	[2000]
57b		(In)articulation	for string sextet, tenor saxophone and drums	[2007]
		26/10/07	The Basquiat Strings + guests	BBC Electric Proms, The Roundhouse, Camden, London, UK
		2/11/07	The Basquiat Strings + guests	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK (broadcast of 26/10/07 performance)
58		Deux Lignes
59		Iannis Xenakis In Memoriam	for improvising orchestra	[2001]
		4/3/01	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
60		32 Minutes For Large Ensemble
61		Three Pieces (New York)
62		Compilation IV	electroacoustic music	[2002- ]
		Bruce's Fingers BF 57	CD	2005
62a		Gruppen Modulor 1	for clarinet & double bass	[2002]
		10/8/02	SFD	Sound 323, Highgate, London, UK
		25/1/03	SFD	Resonance 104.4 FM, London, UK
62b		Gruppen Modulor 2	for clarinet, trombone, piano, double bass & percussion	[2003]
		13/3/03	SFQ	Open Ears Festival, Sheffield, UK
		1/8/03	SFQ	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK
		Red Toucan RT 9326	CD	2004
62c		Gruppen Modulor 3	for soprano saxophone & piano	[2003]
		12/12/03	Damien Royannais, Paul Jackson	Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, UK
		AMPCD 0502	CD	2006
62d		Archive Gruppen	electroacoustic music	[2002- ]
62e		Harrison's Montage	electroacoustic music	[2003- ]
62f		Three Set Pieces	for orchestra	[2003]
		2/4/04	Anglia Sinfonia	Emmanuel URC, Cambridge, UK
62g		Cue 33	for low instruments	[2003-05]
63		Ulysses	electronic music
64		Too Busy	for orchestra and pre-recorded sounds	[2002]
		7/4/02	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK (orchestra only; performance of incomplete work-in-progress)
		5/5/02	London Improvisers Orch.	Conway Hall, Holborn, London, UK
		20/9/02	London Improvisers Orch.	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK (broadcast of 5/5/02 performance)
		28/11/09	CoMA NW Ensemble	The Cornerstone, Liverpool, UK
		Emanem 4090	CD	2003
65		From The Old Masters	for clarinet, trombone, piano, double bass & percussion	[2002- ]
66		On B [Luciano Berio In Memoriam]	electronic music	[2003- ]
66a		On B2	for improvising orchestra	[2003]
		6/7/03	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
67		Improvisation Panels (1)	for orchestra	[2003]
		4/5/03	London Improvisers Orch.	Conway Hall, Holborn, London, UK
		3/4/04	Oxford Improvisers Orch.	Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, UK
		18/11/07	nenEnsemble	Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
		Emanem 4110	CD	2005
68		Mahler Pharmacy	for chamber orchestra	[2003- ]
69		Beethoven Readymades	for violin, 'cello & piano	[2003- ]
70		Liverpool Quartet	for clarinet, french horn, double bass & percussion	[2003-04]
		31/1/04	SFQ2	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
		Red Toucan RT 9326	CD	2004
70a		Oxford Trio	for orchestra	[2004]
71		Oriri	for improvising orchestra	[2004]
		1/8/04	London Improvisers Orch.	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
72		Three Folk Song Studies	for flute, guitar, piano, 'cello, improvisers and tape	[2004]
		28/11/09	CoMA NW Ensemble	The Cornerstone, Liverpool, UK
72.1		Étude	for flute, mandolin, piano, double bass & tape	[2004]
72.2		Mountain	for tape	[2004]
72.3		Mind	for tape	[2004]
73		Thirteen New Inventions	for piano	[2005]
		9/12/05	Philip Thomas	Persistence Works, Sheffield, UK
		22/2/06	Philip Thomas	St. Annes & St. Agnes Church, City Of London, UK
		23/2/06	Philip Thomas	St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, UK
		Bruce's Fingers BF 66	CD	2007
74		Beatles Medley	for orchestra	[2007- ]
75		Positions & Descriptions	for medium ensemble & prerecorded mobiles	[2007]
		25/11/07	SFE	Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK
		14/12/07	SFE	Jazz On 3, BBC Radio 3, UK (broadcast of 25/11/07 performance)
75a		CB's Ognatplus For EM	for medium ensemble	[2007]
75b		Three Electronic Pieces (2007)	electronic music	[2007]
75c		Six Electronic Pieces (2007)	electronic music	[2007]
75d		4 Positions (Mifune)	for violin & piano	[2007-08]
		24/10/08	Mifune Tsuji, Paul Jackson	Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, UK
		12/12/08	Mifune Tsuji, Paul Jackson	Michaelhouse, Cambridge, UK
75e		Six Paysages Oniriques (Damien)	for baritone saxophone, double bass & 'sons fixés'	[2009]
		23/7/09	Damien Royannais, Simon Fell	Chapelle des Pénitents, Gap, France
76		Treatise pp. 54-56	for baritone saxophone & double bass	[2009]
		[a realisation of a section of the 1967 score by Cornelius CARDEW]
		23/7/09	Damien Royannais, Simon Fell	Chapelle des Pénitents, Gap, France
77		Pantonality	for medium ensemble	[2009]
		28/11/09	CoMA NW Ensemble	The Cornerstone, Liverpool, UK

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'conductions'

no.		ensemble	date	venue
1		London Improvisers Orchestra	1/11/98	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		Happy Families Double Concerto; with Alexander Balanescu, Mark Wastell
2		London Improvisers Orchestra	4/4/99	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
3		London Improvisers Orchestra	6/6/99	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
4		Frakture Big Band	12/6/99	Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
5		London Improvisers Orchestra	3/10/99	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
6		London Improvisers Orchestra	7/5/00	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
7		London Improvisers Orchestra	4/2/01	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
8		London Improvisers Orchestra	3/6/01	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
9		London Improvisers Orchestra	5/8/01	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
10		London Improvisers Orchestra	2/9/01	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
11		London Improvisers Orchestra	3/2/02	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
12		London Improvisers Orchestra	2/6/02	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		Bassoon Concerto; with Mick Beck
13		London Improvisers Orchestra	3/11/02	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
14		London Improvisers Orchestra	7/9/03	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
15		London Improvisers Orchestra	5/10/03	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		Sextet For Orchestra
16		London Improvisers Orchestra	7/3/04	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
17		Oxford Improvisers Orchestra	3/4/04	Drama Studio, Oxford Brookes University, UK
18		London Improvisers Orchestra	6/6/04	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		Steve Lacy In Memoriam
19		London Improvisers Orchestra	7/11/04	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
20		London Improvisers Orchestra	1/5/05	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
		Emanem 4216	CD	2006
21		London Improvisers Orchestra	5/6/05	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
22		London Improvisers Orchestra	3/7/05	Red Rose Club, Finsbury Park, London, UK
23		nenEnsemble	18/11/07	Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, UK

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