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Title Orchestration and Duration Commissions and First Publisher Performances Asht Prahar (1965) 3+3.33+2(incl.sx) 3/44+1.31/ First performance 17th January 1970, Wise Music Classical, timp/3perc/pf+cel/2hp/str/sop London Philharmonic Orchestra formerly Novello and 25 minutes conducted by Norman del Mar. SPNM Co. Ltd.i concert, Royal Festival Hall. Concerto for Harmonica, Solo harmonica; 4perc/pf+cel.2hp/man/ Written for and dedicated to Larry Wise Music Classical Percussion and Strings (1966) str Adler. Awaits first performance. 15 minutes Aalaykyam I (1970) 2+1.1+1.1+1.1/1110/3perc/pf/hp/str First performance 27th November 1971, Wise Music Classical 15 minutes London Sinfonietta conducted by Andrew Davis, Queen Elizabeth Hall. Aalaykyam II (1972) 1111/1110/perc/pf/hp/man/gtr/str First performance 5th February 1973, Wise Music Classical 22 minutes English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis, Queen Elizabeth Hall. Indra-Dhanush (1973) 3+2.33+1.3+1/4431/4perc/2hp/pf+cel/str Awaits a first performance. Wise Music Classical 16 minutes Dhyan I (1974) Solo violoncello; Commissioned by the BBC. Wise Music Classical 1111/1110/3perc/hp/pf/str First performance 27th January 1975. 16 minutes Soloist Thomas Igloi with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton, The Round House, London. 1 Tandava Nritya (Dance of 3+3.3+1.3+1.3/4331/timp/ Commissioned by the British Council Wise Music Classical Destruction 3perc/hp/str for the London Symphony Orchestra. and Re-creation)(1984) 15 minutes First performance 8th April 1993, Royal Scottish Orchestra conducted by David Davies. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow. Concerto for Violin and 2+1.2+1.2+1.2/4231/timp/ Commissioned by the BBC. Wise Music Classical Orchestra 2perc/cel/hp/str First performance 24th October 1992. (1986) 28 minutes Soloist Xue Wei, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins. BBC Broadcasting House, Glasgow. Lila (1996) 3+3.3+1.3+2.3/4431/timp/ Commissioned by the BBC Symphony Naresh Sohal 4perc/2hp/pf(cel)/sop/str Orchestra. Publications 49 minutes First performance 13th October 1996, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins, with Sarah Leonard, soprano. Royal Festival Hall, London. Satyagraha (1996) 3+1.3+1.3+1.3/4431/ Commissioned by the London Naresh Sohal timp/4perc/2hp/cel/str Symphony Orchestra with funds Publications 12 minutes provided by the Arts Council of England to mark 50 years of India’s independence. First performance 17th March 1997, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. Barbican Hall, London. 2 Concerto for Viola and 4+1/3/2perc/table/hp/str/ Commissioned by Julian Gallant. Naresh Sohal Orchestra (2002) solo vla First performed by the Russian Publications 23 minutes Chamber Orchestra, Soloist: Rivka Golani and conducted by Julian Gallant on 15th February 2005 at St. Johns, Smith Square, London The Cosmic Dance (2012) 4444 al Commissioned by the BBC for 2013 Naresh Sohal sax/6442/timp/5perc/2synth/2hp/str Proms. Publications 53 minutes First performance 2nd August 2013, by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian, at the Royal Albert Hall, London Title Orchestration and Duration Commissions and First Publisher Performances Hexad (1971) 6 players: fl+pic/ hn+cym/ perc/ Composed for an SPNM composers’ Wise Music Classical vn.vc.db week-end. 17 minutes First performance 13th July 1971. London Contemporary Players, conducted by Elgar Howarth. Goldsmiths College, London. Chiaroscuro I (1971) Brass quintet: 2tpt.hn.tbn.tba Commissioned by the Philip Jones Wise Music Classical 10 minutes Brass Ensemble with funds provided by the Arts Council. BBC broadcast by the Northern Brass Ensemble, conducted by Lionel Friend 3 Oblation (1971) Violin and piano Written for a ‘Music in Our Time’ Wise Music Classical 18 minutes festival. First performance 10th December 1971 by Paul Collins, violin, and David Elwin, piano. Conway Hall, London. Octal (1972) Fl+pic.ob.cl+bcl/hn.tpt/egtr+ First performance 23rd July 1972. Wise Music Classical Cym/edb+tam/electronics London Contemporary Players, 11 minutes conducted by Justin Connolly. SPNM week-end, Durham University. A Mirage (1974) Piano First performance 23rd October 1974. Wise Music Classical 12 minutes Wendy Nightingale. Birmingham. Shades I (1974) Solo soprano saxophone Composed for Alan Hacker. Wise Music Classical 7 minutes First performance by him on 28th May 1978, BBC ‘Music in Our Time’ programme. Shades II (1975) Solo flute Composed for Susan Milan. Wise Music Classical 6 minutes First performance by her on 4th June 1978. Purcell Room, London. Hexahedron (1975) Fl.ob.clar+bcl.bsn/hn/pf Commissioned by the Portsmouth Wise Music Classical 15 minutes Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council. First performance 4th June 1975, Vesuvius Ensemble with Susan Bradshaw. Portsmouth. Chiaroscuro II (1976) String Qtet – 2vl/vla/vc First public performance 8th July 1978, Wise Music Classical 14 minutes Arditti Quartet, Middelburg, Holland. 4 Undulation (1976) Cello and piano Commissioned by Florian Kitt with Wise Music Classical 16 minutes funds provided by the Arts Council. First performance 11th May 1977. Graz, Austria. UK premiere 17th May 1983, by Anup Kumar Biswas. Queen Elizabeth Hall. Monody (1976) Solo Cello Written for Janet Swinney. Wise Music Classical 3 minutes First performance 18th September 1976 Anup Kumar Biswas, Hinkley Music Club, Leicester Shades III (1978) Solo cello Composed for Anup Kumar Biswas. Wise Music Classical 11 minutes First performance 7th January 1979. Calcutta. UK premiere 28th February 1979, Leighton House, London Chakra (1979) Piano Commissioned by Alberto Portugheis, Wise Music Classical 10 minutes and first performed by him 13th November 1979, Fairfield Hall, Croydon. Shades IV (1983) Solo viola Composed for Rivka Golani. Wise Music Classical 14 minutes First performed by her December 1983, Toronto. UK premiere 24th August 1984, Isle of Man viola competition. Brass Quintet No.2 2tpt/hn/tbn/tba Commissioned by the Gabrieli Brass Wise Music Classical (1983) 12 minutes Ensemble, and first performance given by them 26th March 1984, at Gray’s Inn, London. Conductor David Atherton. 5 Shades V (1988) Solo guitar First performed by Charles Ramirez, Naresh Sohal 15 minutes London. Publications Trio (1988) Vl/vc/pf Commissioned jointly by the Naresh Sohal 18 minutes Guadagnini Piano Trio and Hinckley Publications Music Club. First performance 17th March 1989, Guadagnini Piano Trio, Hinckley Music Club, Leicester. Concertino for Violoncello Solo vc/strings Written for the children of the Naresh Sohal and Strings (2000) 12 minutes Mathieson Music School, Calcutta, Publications director Anup Kumar Biswas. First performance 7th April 2000, Anup Kumar Biswas with the Cosmopolitan Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Peter Allwood. St. John’s Smith Square, London. Shades VI (2000) Solo Violin Written for Cristina Anghelescu. Naresh Sohal 9 minutes First performance given by her, Publications 2001, Romanian Embassy, London, String Quartet no. 2 (2005) 2vln/vla/vc Commissioned by the Edinburgh Naresh Sohal 27 minutes Quartet with funds provided by the Publications Scottish Arts Council and the Performing Rights Society. First performance 17th November 2005, Edinburgh Quartet, Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen. 6 Foray (2006) Cello and piano Commissioned by the BBC for Rohan Naresh Sohal 15 minutes de Saram and Ananda Sukarlan. Publications First performance 6th June 2006, Rohan de Saram and Ananda Sukarlan at the Spitalfields Festival, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, Excursion (2006) Solo cello Written at the request of Rohan de Naresh Sohal 11 minutes Saram. Publications First performed by him 4th October 2008, Denia, Spain Prayer (2006) Solo piano Written for Ananda Sukarlan. Naresh Sohal 12 minutes First performed by him October 2007, Publications St. Cecilia Conservatoire, Rome. Duo (2007) Flute and cello Written at the request of Rohan de Naresh Sohal 5 minutes Saram. First performed 14th May 2009, Publications by Carin Levine and Rohan de Saram. Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan Tsunami (2007) Solo piano Commissioned by Helen Reid with Naresh Sohal 5 minutes funds from the Dartington International Publications Festival and the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust. First perfomed 6th August 2007, at the Dartington International Festival. Clouds (2007) Flute and piano Adapted from Air section of Lila for Naresh Sohal 3.5 minutes Susan Milan. Publications Recording scheduled for 2007. 7 Shades VII (2010) Solo Accordion Written for Ksenia Sidorova. Naresh Sohal 7 minutes Premiered by Inigo Mikeleiz Berrade, Publications 23rd July 2016, Royal Academy of Music, London. String Quartet no.3 (2008) 2vl/vla/vc First performed 17th July 2010, as part Naresh Sohal 15 minutes of the composer’s 70th birthday concert, Publications by the Dante Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London. String Quartet no.4 (2009) 2vl/vla/vc Awaits a first performance Naresh Sohal 23 minutes Publications String Quartet no.5 (2010) 2vl/vla/vc Awaits a first performance Naresh Sohal 21 minutes Publications Reflection (2009) Harmonica/pno First performed by Jia-yi He Naresh Sohal 10 minutes (harmonica) and Ling-Zi Chong (piano) Publications 1st Aug, 2010 at Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore Reflection 2 (2010) Harmonica/pno/str First performed by Jia-yi He Naresh Sohal 10 minutes (harmonica), Nate Bartley (violin), Publications Fadlullah Ba'th (violin), Cory Ramey, (viola), Paul Wolfram (cello), Mathew Fieldes (bass) and Manon Hutton- DeWys, piano, 30th Sept. 2012. The Library for Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York. Shades VIII (2014) Solo Harmonica Written at the request of Jia-yi He and Naresh Sohal 5 minutes first performed by him 4th May, 2014 at Publications Gantry, New York, then on 3rd August 2014 Hangzou, China. 8 Title Orchestration and Duration Commissions and First Publisher Performances Kavita I (1970) Solo sop; 1111/0010/pf/vln/vc Composed for the Nash Ensemble at Wise Music Classical 15 minutes an SPNM composers’ week-end. First performance 13th July 1970.