JAMES LEDGER WORKS
Neon
2010
13 mins
2(ll = aflt.).1.corA.2(ll = bcl).2 / 2.2.0.0 / timp.perc.(1) / strings
FP: 22 April 2010
Burnie Town Hall, Tasmania
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky - conductor
Chronicles
2009
22 mins
2(ll = picc & aflt.).1=C.A.3(lll = bcl).2.cbn / 4.3.3.1 / timp.perc.(3) / pno / clsta / hrp / strings
FP: 11 & 12 September 2009
Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel - conductor
Arcs and Planes
2009
12 mins
3(lll = picc & aflt).2.corA.2.bcl.2.cbn / 4.3.3.1 / timp.perc.(4) / hrp / strings
FP: 14 & 15 May 2009
Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel - conductor
Crossing the Ditch
2005
10 mins
3(ll,lll = picc).3(lll = C.A).2(l = Ebcl, ll = bcl).2(ll = cbn) / 4.3.3.1 / T+3P - hrp / strings
FP: 25 November 2005
Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
Marc Taddei – conductor
Habits of Creatures
2004
11 mins
2(l,ll = picc).2.2(ll = bcl).2 / 4.3.3.1 / T+2P / strings
FP: 11 August 2004
Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Orchestra Victoria
Simone Young – conductor
Peeling
2004
12 mins
0.0.0.0 / 0.0.0.0 / T+2P / strings
FP: 26 June 2004
St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu – conductor
Fall From Grace
2003
9 mins
2.2(ll = corA).2(ll = bcl).2 / 4.2.3.1 / T+3P - hrp - pno / strings
FP: 23 May 2003
His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, Western Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Dobbs Franks – conductor
In This Day and Age (Fanfare for Orchestra)
2000
5 mins
3(lll =picc.).2.corA.2.bcl.3(lll = cbn) / 4.3.3.1 / timp.perc.(2) / hrp / strings
FP: 20 April 2001
Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Bernhard Gueller – conductor
Indian Pacific
1996
6 mins
2(l,ll = picc).2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / T+2P - hrp - pno / strings
FP: 1 April 1999
Perth Modern School Senior Orchestra
Perth Modern School, Western Australia
Christopher Sears – conductor
Trumpet Concerto
2007
20 mins
2(I,II = picc.,II = a flt.).2(II = C.A.).2(II = bcl).2(II = cbsn) / 4.2.3.1 / timp.perc(3) / pno (= clst) / hrp / tpt soloist/ strings
FP: 20 & 21 April 2007
Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia
David Elton / West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Sachio Fujioka – conductor
Line Drawing (concerto for recorder and strings)
2005
18 mins
recorders (bass, tenor, treble, descant, sopranino & ‘G’ Ganassi) – strings (6.5.4.3.1)
FP: 26 October 2005
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Genevieve Lacey / West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Dene Olding – conductor
Horn Concerto
2004
18 mins
2(I,II = picc).2.2(ll = bcl).2./ 4.2.3.1 / timp.perc(2) / hrp / horn soloist / strings
FP: 06 May 2006
Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia
Darryl Poulsen / University of Western Australia Orchestra
Tse Law Chan – conductor
Restless Night
2008
5 mins
violin solo / strgs
FP: 30 January 2009
Llewellyn Hall, Canberra
Richard Tognetti / Australian Chamber Orchestra
Rashomon Confessions
2009
22 mins
clarinet and string quartet
FP: 13 December 2009
Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
WASO Chamber Players
Bell Weather
2008
12 mins
1(=picc.+ a.flt.).1.corA.2.bcl.cbn / 2.0.0.0 / perc.(1) / 1kyb+laptop / strings(1.1.1.1.1)
FP: 15 August 2008
Art Gallery of Western Australia-
WASO Chamber Players
John Harding – conductor
New Tricks for Old Dogs
2008
12 min
recorder(s), b. viol, hpsd
FP: 14 September 2008
Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, New South Wales
Genevieve Lacey, Neal Peres Da Costa, Daniel Yeadon
The Madness and Death of King Ludwig
2007
9 mins
0.0.0.0 / 8.(V - VIII = Wr tbas) 4.(IV = Bs Tpt)4.1 / timp.perc.(3) / 8db
FP: 7 & 8 March 2008
Perth Concert Hall, Western Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Asher Fisch – conductor
Folk Song
2007
7 mins
recorder, vln, db (alt. version for vln, vla, db)
FP: 03 November 2007
Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Johann Has Left the Building
2007
4 mins
strings / hpschd
Inscriptions
2006
12 mins
vln, vcl, pno
FP: 29 April 2007
Darlington Town Hall, Western Australia
WA Piano Trio
Mean Ol’ World
2004
17 mins
ob(=corA).cl(=bcl). tpt. perc(1). strings (min:1.1.1.1.1)
FP: 12 Sep 2004
Grainger Studio, Adelaide, South Australia
Stellar! Collective
Two Fanfares for Brass
Fanfare Festiva/Fanfare Solemnis
4min (2min each)
4hns 3tpts 3trbs 1tuba timp.perc(1).
Abandoned Drive-in
2002
9 mins
ob(=corA), cl(=bcl), hrn, bsn, pno
FP: 27 Oct 2002
Conservatorium of Music, Brisbane, Australia
Southern Cross Soloists
Prophecy Songs
2008 20 mins
Texts by John Donne and various
ob, cl, hrn, bsn, gtr, pno, sop
FP: 22 October 2008
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Southern Cross Soloists & Slava Grigoryan
Devils on the Underground
2010
10 mins
tpt & electronics
Premiere: 7 July 2010
David Elton - trumpet
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Liberty. Equality. Karaoke
2001
8 mins
bsn & CD
Premiere: 8 Aug 2001
Wendy Cooper - bsn
West Virginia University, USA




