Mark Isaacs Website - List of Works

MARK ISAACS

Major Compositions with Key Performances and Recordings

Mark Isaacs's output of over 80 major composed works includes pieces for solo instrument and orchestra (trumpet, piano, violin, flute & cor anglais), string quartets, general orchestral music (including for jazz group & orchestra), two books of piano preludes, numerous chamber ensemble works, choral works, an oratorio, a mini-opera, a musical, big band pieces and scores for film, television and the theatre. (Tunes for small jazz ensemble are not included here).

Age 51 to present

2009 Sextet for strings

Age 41 to 50

2009 Study for guitar

2009 Cantus Firmus for trumpet, chamber ensemble and rhythm section

2008 Sonatine for flute and piano

2008 Songs at First Light for jazz piano trio and chamber sextet; Aurora Festival 2008

2007 Chorale for piano solo

2007 Between the Shores for flutes and percussion; MLC School

2007 Nacht und Tag for piano solo; The Music Show, ABC Radio National

2007 Pange Lingua: Fantasia on a Hymn of St Thomas Aquinas for string quartet and string orchestra; MLC School

2006 Chinkon for bass koto solo; Satsuki Odamura

2006 Divertimento for six players; MLC School

2006 i carry your heart with me for mixed chorus a cappella; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

2005 Preludes for Piano Book II [12]

2005 Side-Wise Suite for jazz sextet

2005 Over the Rainbow Four Ballads from the Great American Songbook for jazz piano trio & orchestra

2004 Serenade for string quartet; Tankstream Quartet

2004 Night Songs for viola and piano; Deborah Lander/Australia & New Zealand Viola Society

2003 Autumnal Dances for guitar quartet; Saffire

2003 Ave Maria for cello and piano

2003 Canticle for trumpet and orchestra; James Morrison, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, 2003

2002 Kensington Rags; Australia Ensemble 2002

2001 Chaconne/Salsa for cor anglais and orchestra; Peter Duggan/Adelaide Symphony/Kristjan Jarvi 2001

2001 Three Days of Rain Sydney Theatre Company (Richard Greenburg, playwright)

1999 Three Excursions for concert band and strings; Fort Street High School Sesquicentennial

Age 31 to 40

1998 Scherzo for wind quintet; Calefax Quintet, Amsterdam 2001
1997 The Burning Thread for mixed chorus a cappella; The Australian Voices, Brisbane
1996 Voices The Passion of St Jeanne; Sydney Opera House, 1997
1995 Scherzo for small orchestra
1994 Songs of the Universal for viola, cello, clarinet & piano; Perihelion, 1995
1993 Lyric Caprice for cello and piano; NSW Conservatorium of Music; 1993
1992 Threnody for violin and cello; NSW Conservatorium of Music; 1993

1992 Sunday Afternoon with Peter Ross (ABC TV Theme) Version 2

1991 Litany for piano and orchestra; Mark Isaacs, St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, 1994
1990 Beach Dreaming A one act opera for young people; school performances
1989 Purple Prayer for jazz quartet and strings

1989-90 G.P. (ABC TV drama series, underscore 34 episodes)

Age 21 to 30

1988 Variations for flute, clarinet & cello; Seymour Group 1988, Sydney Opera House
1988 Debekuth for violin and orchestra; rec. Dene Olding/QSO/Mills 1990 (ABC)
1988 String Quartet No. 2: Burlesque Miniatures; rec. Sydney String Quartet 1988 (ABC)

1988 Drums of Thunder Belvoir Street Theatre (Martin Buzacott)

1988 Wind in the Willows (animated telemovie)

1988 Black Arrow (animated telemovie)

1988 Alice in Wonderland (animated telemovie)

1988-91 Sunday Afternoon with Peter Ross (ABC TV Theme) Version 1
1987 Cantilena for bass clarinet and piano; rec. TP004
1987 Piece for flute and strings; Australian Chamber Orchestra, 1987; rec. Bonita Boyd/QSO/Franks 1988 (ABC)
1987 Elegy for cello and piano

1987 Don Quixote (animated telemovie)

1987 Rob Roy (animated telemovie)

1987 Black Beauty (animated telemovie)

1986 Memoirs for percussion and piano; Synergy, 1986
1986 Preludes for Piano Book I [12]; rec. by composer JHR2003
1986 Visitation for solo piano; Lisa Moore, Sydney Opera House, 1986
1986 Four Comments for winds; Sydney Grammar School

1986 Ivanhoe (animated telemovie)

1986 Kidnapped (animated telemovie)
1985 So It Does for six players; Japan, India, China, USA etc; rec. TP002
1985 Ballade for Orchestra; 1985 Sydney Town Hall
1985 Three Songs for soprano and piano
1985 Character References for violin and piano

1985 Robin Hood (animated telemovie)
1984 I Am for mixed chorus a cappella
1984 Three Scherzi for flute, clarinet, violin and cello
1984 String Quartet No 1; Sydney String Quartet, Sydney Opera House, 1984

1984 A Tale of Two Cities (animated telemovie)

1983 Diversion for six players
1982 Moving Pictures for piano and orchestra; ABC, 1982
1982 Four Glimpses for orchestra
1981 Ha Laitsun for two pianos; rec. 1M1CD1004
1981 Quintet for Brass
1980 Four Lyric Pieces for string trio
1980 Liturgy for string orchestra
1979 Fantasy for violin and piano; rec. BAT2071

Age 12 to 20
1978 Lamente for oboe and piano; rec. BAT2071
1977 Mad Jean A Musical; Balmain Bijou, 1978
1977 Ode to Peace for big band
1977 Footsteps for big band
1977 Sad Girl for big band
1976 Ballade for big band
1976 D'Urbeville House for big band
1975 Interlude for flute and piano; rec. ABC 1976
1974 Three to Go for big band
1973 Reflections for piano and orchestra; Sydney Town Hall, 1974
1972 Reverie for piano and orchestra; TCN 9 TV, 1973
1971 Three Excursions for woodwind