Benjamin Gait

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Some pieces below can be clicked on for more information. Please contact me if you would like to know more, or would like to consult a PDF copy of any of the pieces listed below.

2006

Yellow Smoke

piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon

2007

A Country Doctor

flute/picc/alto flute, oboe, clarinet, clarinet/bass clarinet, 2 trumpets, 2 percussionists, piano, viola, cello

Dream Picture (1924)

Amplified viola or cello, string quartet, 2 flutes, clarinet, 2 keyboards, 2 percussionists, video projection

2008

A Mammal’s Notebook

3 voices (spoken, any), saxaphone quartet (SATB), 2 percussionists, piano

Celestial Fantasy

piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, 2 percussionists, keyboard, piano/celeste, violin, viola, cello

String Quartet #1 ‘Burnt Norton’

string quartet

2009

Four Settings of Li Po

mezzo-soprano, viola (or both combined), percussion (also arranged for piano)

deflected

piano (solo), oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, double bass (un-conducted)

Medicean Stars

percussion duo

Silent Rays

clarinet, horn, viola, vibraphone (solo quartet); piccolo, flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, 2 double basses

2010

Symmetry Trio

clarinet, cello and piano

With ripples like dragon scales

violin, piano and percussion

2011

String Quartet #2 “in a silent way”

string quartet - six movements, played in any order.

Twilight Songs: two settings for bass-baritone and alto

bass-baritone, alto, flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, celeste, 2 percussionists, violin, viola, cello

Five acts

flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion*, piano*, keyboard*, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (*=masked)

Aino

euphonium and vibraphone
(rearranged 2012 for bassoon and vibraphone) 

Song 61

a realisation of Song 61 from John Cage’s Song Books, for accordion, video and dance, in collaboration with Northern School of Contemporary Dance students Eloise Fouquet and Alexandra Doe.

2012

trees and paths I loved fade

chamber orchestra - 2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/2xperc.pno/8.6.4.4.2 

cloud chamber music

soprano, guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, cello

2013

Till night is overgone

clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, cello, double bass

2014

Three inventions

flute, clarinet and vibraphone

images: manuscripts from Four Settings of Li Po

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I am a composer based in the UK. My music, usually for chamber ensembles, aims to find new ways to engage performers in the creative process.

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