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ItemFolio of compositions( 2012)The works in this folio were written between August 2010 and July 2012. They represent and traverse a significant period of development in the life of the composer. In particular, the works reflect the composer’s attempt to find a way of writing that enables him to synthesize two hitherto separate styles of writing; a more accessible ‘tonal’ style, and a more challenging ‘atonal’ style. Although the works in this folio show elements of both styles, in general the composer feels that during the period of study he has developed a way to combine aspects of both styles in a single work, with the following characteristics: • an advanced harmonic language, capable of moving flexibly between the more or less immediately accessible; • a strongly motivic way of writing melodic material; • using aspects of 20th century compositional pitch-generating techniques; and • more advanced 20th century rhythmic devices. The folio comprises the following compositions: • ‘Three Pieces for Piano’ (2010); • ‘Keith’s Dream’, for Bb clarinet and piano (2011); • ‘Mystic – Homage to Franz Liszt’, for organ, four hands and pedal (2011); • ‘Night Dances’, being Movement 2 from ‘Ancestors’ for Orchestra (2011); and • ‘Time is another river – seven fantasies on Spanish poems’, for Bb and A clarinet, cello and piano. The Folio is accompanied by a live CD recording of all the works, with the exception of ‘Mystic – Homage to Franz Liszt’. The duration is approximately 55 minutes. Scores and parts are available from the composer at info@tomhenry.com.au