Stage works •
Poe, opera (1983, premiered 1985,
Sydney Opera House) •
Whispers for tenor and chamber orchestra (1990) •
Casanova Confined for baritone and backing track (1995) •
Night and Dreams: The Death of Sigmund Freud for tenor and backing track (1999) • ''
Rembrandt's Wife'' (libretto by Sue Smith), opera (2007–2009) •
The Drowners for baritone and chamber orchestra (2015) •
Missa brevis for SATB choir and organ (2015) •
Comeclose and Sleepnow for singer and jazz ensemble (2016), to words by
Adrian Henri,
Brian Patten and
Roger McGough •
Nature for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (2019), to words by Jen Hadfield,
R.S. Thomas,
Robert Adamson,
Tomas Tranströmer,
Maria Takolander,
Edward Thomas and
W.B. Yeats •
The Blessing for mezzo-soprano and oboe (2021), libretto by
J.M. Coetzee based on a scene from his novel
Elizabeth Costello •
Red Dirt Hymns for voices and instruments (2020–24), lyrics by
Jordie Albiston,
David McCooey,
John Kinsella,
Ellen van Neerven,
Judith Bishop,
Judith Beveridge,
Sarah Holland-Batt,
Stephen Edgar,
Kate Fagan,
Merlinda Bobis, Mark Wakely,
Felicity Plunkett, Philip Harvey,
Erik Jensen,
Jill Jones,
Maria Takolander,
Melanie Horsnell,
Martha Marlow, Alison Flett and Lisa Brockwell •
I Sing the Birth for children's choir and electric guitar (2024)
Ensemble • Chamber Concerto No 3:
In Constant Flight for solo violin and ensemble (1988) •
Ringing the Changes for piccolo, bass clarinet and piano (1990) •
Pastoral for string octet (1991) •
Tattoo for 12 timpani (6 players) and 4 pianos (1998) •
Icarus Drowning (1998) • Chamber Concerto No. 4 (2002) •
Sad Jigs for string quintet (2005) •
A Reel, a Fling and a Ghostly Galliard (String Quartet No 2) (2006) •
Oma kodu for clarinet and string quartet (2006) •
Nine Fantasies about Brahms for piano trio (2009) • ''On Winter's Traces'' for piccolo, bass clarinet, piano and string quartet (2009) for the 30th anniversary of the Australia Ensemble •
The Rising (2010) for the
Black Dyke Band •
The Scattering of Light for piano quartet (2010) commissioned to mark the centenary of the University of Queensland • String Quartet No 3 (2012) for the
Brodsky Quartet • String Quartet No 4 (2012) for
The Noise • String Quartet No 5 (2013) for the
Australian String Quartet •
Uproar for 11 trombones and four bass drums (2013) •
Common Ground for two string quartets (2014) •
Contradance for 11 players (2015) • String Quartet No 6 (2014–17) for the
Flinders Quartet •
Scenes from Streeton (2019) for Arcadia Winds • String Quartet No 7:
Eden Ablaze (2020) for the Brodsky Quartet and
William Barton •
Machnamh: ruminations on a tune by Seán Ó Riada (2022) for the Brodsky Quartet and William Barton
Instrumental •
Like Icarus ascending for solo violin (1984) •
Swansong for solo viola (1987) •
Spinning for solo alto flute (1988) •
The Very End of Harvest for viola and piano (2000) •
The Waltz Book (60 one-minute waltzes for solo piano, 2002; commissioned by
Ian Munro) •
...fear no more ... (for the victims of Bali bombing 2002) for solo piano, written in 2003 for Indonesian pianist
Ananda Sukarlan •
War and Peace for violin and percussion (2004) •
Chorales from an Ox Life for viola and double bass (2007) •
Folly for solo piano (2007) •
You Must Sleep, but I Must Dance for viola and percussion (2010) •
On Reflection for two pianos (2012) •
Once upon a time there were two brothers...for flute and voice (2013) •
Hook for solo vibraphone (2018) •
In My Solitude for solo viola (2020) •
Confused Alarms for horn and piano (2021) •
Irish Tunes for piano (2024) •
Deep Riffs for electric guitar and looping pedal (2024)
Radiophonic •
Deirdre of the Sorrows (1989) •
Elegy in a Country Graveyard (2007) •
Untuning the Sky (2013)
Books •
Composer to Composer: Conversations about Contemporary Music (paperback) Sydney:
Allen & Unwin 1993, , (hardback) London: Quartet 1993, , 2nd edition (paperback) Sydney:
Hale & Iremonger 1997, ) •
Illegal Harmonies: Music in the 20th Century Hale & Iremonger 1997, ; 2nd ed. Sydney:
ABC Books 2002, , expanded 3rd ed. Melbourne:
Black Inc., ) • • • • • • • • • (hardback) London: Old Street Publishing 2024. -65-6. (paperback) New Delhi:
Picador India 2025 ISBN 978-93-6113-316-9. ==References==