Music
His compositions include works for solo guitar as well as orchestral, choral and chamber music. His
Symphony No. 1 (1986) represented Ireland at the
International Rostrum of Composers at UNESCO in Paris. He describes his style as "neither a Postmodernist nor a deaf-as-a-postmodernist. Above all I am suspicious of anything that seems like dogma." His harpsichord piece
Flux (1981) was performed at the
ISCM World Music Days in Germany in 1987 and is now published by Tonos Verlag of Darmstadt. According to guitarist
John Feeley, de Bromhead's solo guitar composition
Gemini (1970) is "a sophisticated work, both technically and compositionally. It has the dynamism of youth, with a sense of freshness and it projects an attractive, driving energy [...] It is an effective concert work, which speaks well on the instrument and is particularly gratifying for the performer." ==Selected works==
Selected works
Orchestral • Abstract Variations (1976) • Danzostinata (1978) • Venti Eventi (1978) • Symphony No. 1 (1985) • Concerto for Guitar and Strings (1991, rev. 1997) • Symphony No. 2 (1994) • Violin Concerto No. 1 (2008) • Corkamesca (2014) for string orchestra • A Lay for a Light Year (2014) Chamber music • Frenetics (1971) for 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano, guitar, drumkit, double bass • String Quartet No. 1 (1971) • Rotastasis (1975) for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar • Parameters (1976) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano • String Quartet No. 2 (1977) • Prelude for Viola and Piano (1977) • Brass Quintet No. 1 (1979) • Magister (1981) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello • Vespertine (1981) for flute and guitar • Wind Quintet (1983) • Quondam (1985) for flute, violin, viola, piano • Brass Quintet No. 2 (1986) • Torna un Suono (1992) for oboe, viola, cello • Gym (1999) for mixed ensemble (10 musicians) • Serenade (2005) for oboe/clarinet and double bass • Baroque Restorations (2006) for accordion and piano • Augury (2009) for violin and guitar • Few Get to the Orient (2009) for 4 percussionists • Noon (2009) for clarinet and piano • Brass Canons (2014) for 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba • Farewell Fair Friend (2014) for flute, clarinet, accordion, violin, cello Solo instrumental • Anno (1969) for guitar • Gemini (1970) for guitar • Benthos (1974) for piano • Xasolos (1975) for any treble instrument • Moto Impetuo (1977) for organ • Flux (1981) for harpsichord • Undulations (1984) for piano • Three Fresh Pieces (1989) for piano • Two Ladies Dancing (1998) film score, for piano • Guitar Sonata No. 1 (1999) • Gerousia (2006) for guitar • ''Charlie's Lonesome Violin Blues'' (2009) for violin • Fright Fight or Flight (2009) for viola • Party Games (2009) for violin • Pseudo Fugue and Presumptuous Postlude (2009) for cello Vocal • ''Dirge from Donne's Devotions'' (1975) for mixed choir • Bláth an Aitinn (1976) for mixed choir • Iomramh (1978) for mixed choir • Hy Brasil (1980) for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed choir, small orchestra • Joy (1982) for soprano, baritone, mixed choir • Music for No Myth (1992) for mezzo, spoken chorus, flute, horn, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello • New Lands (1993) for soprano, mezzo, baritone, piano • The Assize of Sighs (1993) for mezzo and piano • Clear Light and Thunder (1996) for medium voice and piano • Lynch Triptych (1998) for mixed choir • Ring Out Ring In (2006) for mixed choir • Bridal Song (2008) for mezzo, tenor, bass (solos) • In Youth is Pleasure (2008) for mezzo, tenor, bass (solos) • My Prime of Youth (2008) for mezzo, tenor, bass (solos) • The Dawning (2008) for mixed choir • The Quip (2008) for mixed choir • ''Love's Gleaning Tide'' (2009) for mixed choir • Our Hands Have Met (2009) for mixed choir • Not Yet Begun (2011), versions for a) soprano, viola, cello, double bass; or b) soprano, clarinet, violin, piano • I Breathe a Drug (2013) for soprano, cello, organ • Gaelic Prayer (2014) for mixed choir ==Scores==