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Janet Beat: Aegean Nocturne (1983)  7' [w639]
Vn Pf
First Performed: Peter Mountain (vn), Angela Dale (pf) BBC Studio One, Edinburgh 1985-11-19. More details

 

Janet Beat: Alexa's Comet (1984)  4' [w641]
Hpd
First Performed: Alexa Maxwell Hutcheson's Hall, Glasgow 1989-03-14. More details

 

Janet Beat: Apollo And Marsyas (1973)  11' [w642]
Cl Tape
First Performed: Ian Drummond Glasgow 1973-04-13. More details

 

Janet Beat: Apsara Music 1 (1994)  12' [w643]
Ssm-S / S S M-S
Author: Janet Beat; First Performed: Cappella Nova Glasgow 1994-09-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Arabesque (1985)  6' [w644]
Gu
First Performed: Anne Chaurand Glasgow 1986-06-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Aztec Myth (1987)  13' [w645]
Voice Tape
First Performed: Helen Lothian (m-s) London 1988-02-21. More details

 

Janet Beat: All That Remains...  6' [w20623]
C-A Vn Va Vc
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Janet Beat: As if a dream (2016)  3' [w20550]
SATB
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Janet Beat: Atelier (2015)  20' [w20635]
Fl Ob Cl Hn Bsn
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Janet Beat: Beating Around The Bush (1990)  10' [w646]
Tape
First Performed: WIM, The Festival. London 1990-11-29. More details

 

Janet Beat: Bow Thine Ear O Lord (2021)  2' [w20983]
SATB
Author: Bible; First Performed: Glasgow University Chapel Choir / Kathryn Lavinia Cooper Glasgow 2021-02-17. More details

 

Janet Beat: Breakers Of The Ocean, The (1970)   [w647]
Voices Hands Feet
Author: Sanatomo; More details

 

Janet Beat: Brother Death Came (2004)   [w18588]
Vc Mba
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Janet Beat: Canite Tuba (2006)  2' [w18535]
SATB
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Janet Beat: Capriccii, Vol 1 for Piano (1999 / 2002)  10' [w13556]
Pf
First Performed: Alexandra Oehler Eisenacher Wartburg 2003-08-22. More details

 

Janet Beat: Capriccii, Vol 2 for Piano (2006 / 2008)  11' [w17655]
Pf
First Performed: 2003-08-22. More details

 

Janet Beat: Capriccii, Vol.3 for Piano (2014)  10' [w20552]
Pf
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Janet Beat: Cat's Cradle For The Nemuri - Neko (1991)  5' [w649]
Voice Clar (or Medieval Hp or Gu)
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Janet Beat: Chard Fanfare (1992)  2' [w18536]
Brass Band
First Performed: Chard Festival Brass Chard, at Chard Festival of Women in Music 1994-05-22. More details

 

Janet Beat: Circe (1974)  7' [w650]
Va
First Performed: James Durrant Glasgow 1982-05-15. More details

 

Janet Beat: Concealed Imaginings (1997-8)  9' [w651]
2 Vn Va Vc Pf
Commissioned by: Franke Piano Quintet. First Performed: Franke Piano Quintet University of Durham 1998-10-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Concertino for Orchestra (2015)  10' [w21129]
3+12+13+13 443+11 TP Perc Str
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Janet Beat: Convergencies (1992)   [w652]
Gu Db
First Performed: Grasse-Aumeier Duo Glasgow 1992-10-23. More details

 

Janet Beat: Crosscurrents And Reflections: (1982)  28' [w653]
Pf Tape Elec Keyb Indian Bells
Commissioned by: Gustav Fenyo. First Performed: Gusztav Fenyo Glasgow 1984-04-26. More details

 

Janet Beat: Cry of the Peacocks   [w21086]

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Janet Beat: Dancing On Moonbeams (1980)  10' [w654]
Tape
First Performed: BBC Radio Scotland broadcast 1981-09-29. More details

 

Janet Beat: Dans le Rêve (2003 Rev 2012)  15' [w19680]
Vn Hn Pf
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Janet Beat: Dream Magus, The (2002)  9' [w18537]
2 Vn Va Vc Pf
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Janet Beat: Dreamscapes (1980)  13' [w655]
Bsn Tape
Commissioned by: Lesley Wilson. First Performed: Angelica Zingale Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg 2007-05-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Echoes From Bali (1988)   [w657]
Synth ( Dx7 )
First Performed: Janet Beat Electric Music 3, Newscastle-upon-Tyne 1987-07-28. More details

 

Janet Beat: Eclipse: No Sun, No Moon... (2017)  7' [w20704]
7 Bsn C-Bsn
First Performed: Fagott Ortet conducted by John Harris Sound Festival, St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen 2017-11-04. More details

 

Janet Beat: En Plein Air (2000 - 2001)  12' [w659]
2 Ob 2 Cl 2 Hn 2 Bsn
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Janet Beat: Encounter (2002)  5' [w13581]
Fl (A-Fl) Vc Hp
First Performed: Paragon Ensemble Tron, Glasgow 2002-09-23. More details

 

Janet Beat: Equinox Rituals : Autumn (1996)  12' [w660]
Va Pf
First Performed: Joanne Richardson, Nils Franke Winchester 1997-11-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Essay For Unaccompanied Oboe, No. 1 [And] No. 2 (1968 1974)  5' [w661]
Ob
First Performed: David Evans RCM, London 1975-01-25. More details

 

Janet Beat: Fanfare for Haydn (2000)  6' [w663]
Org
First Performed: Iwan Christiansen Haydnfest, Eisenstadt 2001-09-09. More details

 

Janet Beat: Fanfare for Katja (2006)  3' [w18539]
2 Tpt
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Janet Beat: Fantasias on Ancient Greek Melodies (2017)  7' [w20627]
Ob Cl Hn Bsn Pf
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Janet Beat: Fetes Pour Claude: Three Homages To Debussy (1992)  55' [w664]
M-S Fl Pf Gu
First Performed: Soundstrata, Glasgow 1992-11-20. More details

 

Janet Beat: Feuerfest, Das (The Fire Festival) (2009)   [w18154]
3 Cl (B-Cl)
First Performed: Anna Gärtner; Lisa Schuler; Christian Zweng Hochschule für Musik, Nuremberg 2009-04-30. More details

 

Janet Beat: Fiery Sunflower, The (1972)  7' [w665]
3 S Pf 3 Perc Alto Melodica
Author: Vasko Popa; First Performed: RSAMD ensemble Glasgow 1973-12-19. More details

 

Janet Beat: Fireworks In Steel (1987)  6' [w666]
Tpt (Bb)
Commissioned by: Scottish National Orchestra. First Performed: Jonathan Impett, Gemini Musica Nova, Glasgow 1987-09-15. More details

 

Janet Beat: First Raptures (2016)  4' [w20625]
Pf
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Janet Beat: Five Projects For Joan (1975)  14' [w667]
Vc
First Performed: Robert Irvine Mayfest, Glasgow 1995-05-07. More details

 

Janet Beat: Five Snapshots (2020)   [w20930]
Ob Bsn
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Janet Beat: Frosty Morning (2019)  10' [w20878]
Va / 2 Vn Vc Pf
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Janet Beat: Gedenkstuck fur Kaethe (2003)  5' [w13946]
Cl Va
First Performed: Two's Company GOMA, Glasgow 2003-04-05. More details

 

Janet Beat: Geryon : Prelude, Fanfares, Dante Fugue & Epilogue (2007)   [w18541]
Org
First Performed: Kevin Bowyer Glasgow International Organ Festival 2008-06-13. More details

 

Janet Beat: Gossamer Web, The (1975)  29' [w668]
S Pf Perc Tape
Author: Timothy Leary; Commissioned by: Dunferline College of Physical Education. First Performed: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1975-01-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Harmony in Autumn (2005)  11' [w16078]
4 Hn
First Performed: Students of the Hochschule für Musik, Nuremberg Kirche St Martin, Nuremberg 2008-05-29. More details

 

Janet Beat: Harmony in Opposites (2002)   [w13619]
Fl / A-Fl Va Hp
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Janet Beat: Harvest Moon II   [w669]
3 Voices
Author: Enomoto Kikatu; More details

 

Janet Beat: Hide-And-Seek (1970)  10' [w670]
S SSA Spkr / 2 Fl Cl Hn Tpt Vn (or Several Str) Perc Pf
First Performed: WCE Festival, Worcester 1970-01-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Hunting Horns Are Memories (1977)  22' [w671]
Hn Tape
First Performed: Morag Campbell Glasgow 1978-04-21. More details

 

Janet Beat: Hunza Aubade (1987)  7' [w672]
Tr-Rc Tape
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Janet Beat: Il Lamento Dell'Oboe Sommerso (2015)  12' [w20624]
Ob / Perc 2 Vn Va Vc Db
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Janet Beat: Intermezzo (1988)   [w673]
Synth **
First Performed: Soundstrata Burrell Collection, Glasgow 1989-06-25. More details

 

Janet Beat: Inventions For Woodwind (1966)  9' [w674]
Fl Ob Cl
First Performed: Lex McDowall (fl), Rona Pollard (ob), Lawrence Gill (cl) Glasgow 1983-05-06. More details

 

Janet Beat: Iter Temporis (1970)  10' [w675]
Fl Cl Vn Va Vc Pf Perc
Commissioned by: Worcester College of Education Arts Festival. First Performed: WCE ensemble, Janet Beat (condutor) 1971-01-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Jack in the Box (2025)  1' [w21799]
S-Sax
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Janet Beat: Joie de Vivre (1994)  15' [w18543]
3 Gu BGu Perc
Commissioned by: RSAMD with subsidy from the SAC. First Performed: RSAMD Students RSAMD, Glasgow 1995-05-04. More details

 

Janet Beat: Journey Of A Letter (1986)  15' [w676]
Tape
Commissioned by: Scottish Ballet & Scottish Postal Board. First Performed: Scottish Ballet Dundee 1986-09-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Kauffer's Flight (2009)   [w18134]
Fl/Picc Ob Cl Bsn
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Janet Beat: Landscapes (1976 / 1977)  26' [w677]
T Ob
Author: Kenneth White; First Performed: Ronald Murdoch; George Caird Glasgow 1979-11-02. More details

 

Janet Beat: Learning to Ice Skate (2022)   [w21217]
Pf (LH)
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Janet Beat: Leaves Of My Brain, The (1974)  6' [w678]
T Gu
Author: Mervyn Peake; First Performed: Enid Bannatyne; Phillip Thorne Edinburgh 1981-09-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Lighthouses   [w21085]

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Janet Beat: Lullaby for the Christ Child   [w18132]
Voice Pf
Author: Robert Croo; More details

 

Janet Beat: Lydian Mix (1988)   [w680]
Computer Controlled Synth (or Tape)**
First Performed: Soundstrata EISF, Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh 1990-04-04. More details

 

Janet Beat: Mandala (1990)  13' [w681]
Fl Synth Handbellsl Tape
First Performed: Soundstrata Hutcheson's Hall, Glasgow 1990-04-28. More details

 

Janet Beat: Merz Scherzo (2023)  3' [w21474]
S Cl
Author: Kurt Schwitters; More details

 

Janet Beat: Mestra (1980-81)  18' [w682]
Fl (Picc, A-Fl, B-Fl)
Commissioned by: Keith Wallace. First Performed: Keith Wallace Glasgow 1991-10-04. More details

 

Janet Beat: Mexican Night of the Dead (2002)  6' [w13580]
Cl Vn
First Performed: Two''s Company Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 2002-10-05. More details

 

Janet Beat: Miranda's Enchanted Island (2019)  11' [w21518]
M-s 6 Perc Pf
Author: William Shakespeare; More details

 

Janet Beat: Mitylene Mosaics (1983 - 1984)  19' [w683]
S 3 Cl
Author: Sappho; First Performed: Gillian Taylor; RSAMD ensemble Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1984-04-25. More details

 

Janet Beat: Noctuary (1979)  10' [w685]
Cl Pf
First Performed: Lawrence Gill; Janet Humberger Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1982-05-19. More details

 

Janet Beat: Nocturne : Sunsets and Lakes   [w15923]
2 Pf (8 Hands)
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Janet Beat: Nocturne: (1970)   [w686]
9 Perc
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Janet Beat: Nomoi Aulodiki (1984)  8' [w687]
S 3 Cl + Finger Cymbals
First Performed: Gillian Taylor; RSAMD ensemble Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1984-04-25. More details

 

Janet Beat: Ongaku (1981)  18' [w688]
Hpd Tape
First Performed: David Lumsden Glasgow 1982-01-08. More details

 

Janet Beat: Palimpsest : Wie Schön Leuchtet der Morgenstern (2006)  7' [w18547]
Org
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Janet Beat: Pastore D'aria (1979)  13' [w689]
Ob (Ob-D'am, C-A) Tape
Commissioned by: David Evans. First Performed: David Evans Reid Hall, Edinburgh 1980-01-12. More details

 

Janet Beat: Peacocks & Starlings for string orchestra  14' [w16471]
Str
First Performed: I Solisti Veneti conducted by Claudio Scimone Padua, Italy 2013-03-08. More details

 

Janet Beat: Pentad (1969)  14' [w690]
Pf
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Janet Beat: Phantasm (2022)   [w21216]
2 Va
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Janet Beat: Piangam (1979)  17' [w691]
Pf Tape
First Performed: Kevin Fitzsimmons Glasgow 1979-05-03. More details

 

Janet Beat: Piano Quintet: The Dream Magus (2002)  9' [w12750]
Va / 2 Vn Vc Pf
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Janet Beat: Piano Sonata No.1 (1985-7)  28' [w692]
Pf
Commissioned by: Peter Sievewright. First Performed: Peter Sievewright BBC Broadcast Performance 1990-08-04. More details

 

Janet Beat: Piano Trio (2007 rev 2009)  22' [w18155]
Vn Vc Pf
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Janet Beat: Pinch of Snuff, A (2004)   [w14603]
Spkr Cl Vn Vc
Commissioned by: Two's Company with subsidy from the SAC. First Performed: Ewan McVicar; Two's Company; Alison Lawrance GOMA, Glasgow 2004-03-06. More details

 

Janet Beat: Premiers Desirs (1978)  12' [w693]
S Pf
Author: Pierre Louys; First Performed: Patricia McMahon; Angela Dale BBC Scotland broadcast 1980-02-22. More details

 

Janet Beat: Psalm 150: Praise God in his Holiness (2009)   [w18508]
SATB Str
First Performed: Lanark and Carluke Choral Union / Phillip Fox Greyfriars Kirk, Lanark 2010-04-25. More details

 

Janet Beat: Psalm 96 (2016)   [w20551]
SATB
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Janet Beat: Puspawana (1988)  10' [w695]
Voice Tape
First Performed: Sandra Porter; Soundstrata The Burrell Collection, Glasgow 1990-08-26. More details

 

Janet Beat: Sera, La (2004)  7' [w16028]
S (or M-S) T Bar B-Cl (or Vc)
Author: Salvatore Quasimodo; First Performed: Dunedin Consort & Paragon The Tron, Glasgow 2004-11-29. More details

 

Janet Beat: Erklang de Nacht (2010)   [w19193]
SSAATBarB
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke; First Performed: Dufay Ensemble Nürnberg / Wolfgang Fulda St. Jakob Kirche, Nürnberg 2010-10-23. More details

 

Janet Beat: Rousseau's Snake Charmer (1986)  4' [w696]
T-Rc
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Janet Beat: Sanctus (2017)   [w20626]
SATB
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Janet Beat: Scherzo Notturno (String Quartet, 3rd Movement) (1992)  4' [w697]
2 Vn Va Vc
First Performed: Bingham String Quartet Chard International Festival 1992-05-24. More details

 

Janet Beat: Seascape With Clouds (1978)  9' [w698]
Cl
First Performed: David Campbell SPNM, London 1979-12-18. More details

 

Janet Beat: Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1 : After Reading ' Lessons Of The War' (1976)  13' [w640]
Vn Pf
First Performed: Jadwiga Kaliszewska; Barbara Miodynska Poznan, Poland 1976-11-17. More details

 

Janet Beat: Sonata For Violin And Piano No 2 (1997)   [w700]
Vn Pf
Commissioned by: Music-Makers. First Performed: Gusztav Fenyo; Susanne Stanzeleit Glasgow 1998-01-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Sonata For Violin And Piano No 3 (1999)  14' [w701]
Vn Pf
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Janet Beat: Song Of The Silkie, The (1991)  5' [w706]
Vc Elec Keyb Tape Delay
Commissioned by: Beverley Gray. First Performed: Beverley Gray (vc), Nancy Moffat (synth) Edinburgh 1991-10-19. More details

 

Janet Beat: Splendour Falls, The (2008)  3' [w17570]
3 Tpt 3 Trb Tu
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Janet Beat: Spring in Alba (2021)   [w21163]
Vn / Str
Commissioned by: The Glasgow Barons. First Performed: Hector Scott / Glasgow Barons / Paul MacAlindin Govan and Linthouse Parish Church, Glasgow 2022-03-22. More details

 

Janet Beat: Springtime Pillow Book, A (1989-90)   [w707]
M-S Fl (A-Fl) Synth Tape
Author: Janet Beat; Commissioned by: Soundstrata. First Performed: Soundstrata Burrell Collection, Glasgow 1990-08-26. More details

 

Janet Beat: Stadtpfeifer Rondo (2017)  10' [w20622]
2 Tpt Hn Trb Tu
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Janet Beat: String Quartet No. 1 (1992-99)  20' [w708]
2 Vn Va Vc
First Performed: Edinburgh Quartet Glasgow (1st complete performance) 2007-11-22. More details

 

Janet Beat: String Quartet No. 3: The Blackbird (2014)   [w20549]
2 Vn Va Vc
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Janet Beat: Study Of The Object No.3 (1970)  4' [w709]
Voices
Author: Zbigniew Herbert; First Performed: Worcester WCE Choir / Janet Beat 1970-06-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Summer Poem No.5 (1970)  4' [w710]
Voices Hands Feet
Author: Hans Magnus Enzensberger; More details

 

Janet Beat: Sylvia Myrtea (1986)  8' [w711]
Ssaa
Author: Ausonius; More details

 

Janet Beat: Synchronism (1977)  28' [w18549]
2(1)+21+12+2 432+11 Tp 2 Perc Hp Str
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Janet Beat: Three Incidents (2016 revised 2023)   [w20621]
2222 / 2230 Tp 2 Perc Str
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Janet Beat: Threnody: The Warm Sap Seeps ... (2004)   [w14898]
Tpt Pf
First Performed: Mark O'Keeffe, Linda Cochrane The Tron, Glasgow 2004-06-07. More details

 

Janet Beat: Tombeau De Claude, Le (1973)  12' [w679]
Fl Ob Hp
First Performed: John Grant; Anne Marshall; Saida de Lyon Third Eye Centre, Glasgow 1990-04-28. More details

 

Janet Beat: Troubadour Music (1948)   [w21479]
Tr Rec
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Janet Beat: Trout, The (1970)   [w712]
Voices
Author: Uejima Onitsura; More details

 

Janet Beat: Two Caprices : Dialogue & Krishna's Hymn To The Dawn (1998)  11' [w713]
Fl
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Janet Beat: 2 Insect Choruses (2023)   [w21478]
SSATB
Author: Janet Beat; More details

 

Janet Beat: Two Sapphic Songs (2020)  5' [w21119]
S Pf
Author: Sappho; More details

 

Janet Beat: Ur Scherzo (2023)  8' [w21409]
Fl Ob Cl Bsn Hn
Author: Kurt Schwitters; More details

 

Janet Beat: Vibrancy : Harmonies from Sight into Sound : At the Circus (2000 - 2004)   [w15111]
2 Pf (8 Hands)
First Performed: Piano 40 Purcell Room, London 2005-06-05. More details

 

Janet Beat: Vibrancy : Harmonies from Sight into Sound : Nocturne : Sunsets & Lakes (2000 - 2004)  8' [w18551]
2 Pf (8 Hands)
First Performed: Piano 40 Purcell Room, London 2004-09-10. More details

 

Janet Beat: Vibrancy : Harmonies from Sight into Sound : Dynamism (2000 - 2004)  8' [w18552]
2 Pf (8 Hands)
First Performed: Piano 40 Purcell Room, London 2001-04-24. More details

 

Janet Beat: Vincent Sonata (1980)  12' [w714]
Vn
First Performed: Ruth Crouch Stevenson Hall, Glasgow 1996-01-28. More details

 

Janet Beat: Vision Of The Unseen, A; No. 1 (1988)  18' [w715]
Tape, Improvising Players
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Janet Beat: Vision Of The Unseen, A; No. 2 (1988)  18' [w716]
Tape
First Performed: Burrell Collection, Glasgow 1990-07-01. More details

 

Janet Beat: Walls of my Dream, The (2017)  8' [w20620]
Bsn
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Janet Beat: Watching Clouds (2020)  3' [w20948]
Str
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Janet Beat: Willow Swept By Rain, A (1982)  12' [w717]
Gu Tape
Commissioned by: Phillip Thorne. First Performed: Phillip Thorne Reid Hall, Edinburgh 1986-05-15. More details

 

John Maxwell Geddes: Callanish III (1986)  23' [w3930]
Fl Gu
First Performed: Phillip Thorne; David Davies Hutchesons' Hall, Glasgow 1986-12-01. More details

 

John Hearne: Thaisa [2] (1988)  5' [w13434]
Fl Tape
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Edward McGuire: Four Two-Part Inventions : Version for Violin and Clarinet (1966 / 2000)  7' [w13748]
Cl Vn
First Performed: Hector and Shinobu Scott GOMA, Glasgow 2000-01-01. More details

 

Edward McGuire: Prelude 3: for Flute (1985)  4' [w6844]
Fl
First Performed: David Davies Concert Hall, Glasgow University 1986-04-17. More details

 

Edward McGuire: Prelude 5: for Guitar (1981)  10' [w6846]
Gu
Commissioned by: Phillip Thorne. First Performed: Phillip Thorne St. Andrew's & St. George's, Edinburgh 1981-09-04. More details

 

Edward McGuire: Prelude 21 : Ninian's Chant - for Solo Violin (2002)  7' [w13950]
Vn
Commissioned by: The Friends of the Whithorn Trust. First Performed: Hector Scott The Church, Isle of Whithorn at the St. Ninian Festival 2002-09-08. More details