1963
Glyphs for piano (8 min)
1964
String Trio (9 min)
String Quartet No 1 (11 min)
1965/66
String Quintet – revision of String Quartet (11 min)
1967
Objects and Interruptions
for flute, trumpet, cello, piano, electric organ (10-14 min)
1969
Incidents
for any number of string players and/or pianists (duration variable)
For a Percussionist and Two Horns (11min)
1968/70
A Book of Offerings
five pieces which may be performed separately or as a set
1 for flute and bells (7 min)
2 for electric (or chamber) organ and a sustaining instrument (5 min)
3 for solo cello (9 min)
4 for flute and cello (6 min)
5 for horns and trombones (7 min)
1972/73
A Book of Emblems and Songs
seven pieces which may be performed separately or as a set
1 for voice and bells (7 min)
2 Play – for two woodwind instruments and violin (4 min)
3 The Hanged Fiddler – for violin, percussion and a sustaining instrument (5 min)
4 The Inner Garden – for soprano, flute, alto saxophone, trombone, violin and percussion (9 min)
5 The Shining Youth – for one or three trumpets (2 min)
6 Quick, Quick, the Tamberan is Coming – for four bass flutes (8 min)
7 The New Born Child – for soprano with or without violin (4 min)
Unison 1- 4
four separate pieces for a variable small ensemble of sustaining instruments (not more than one from any family of instruments), plus female voice
1973
Unison 5
for variable ensemble of sustaining contrabass instruments (9 min)
Unison 6
for variable ensemble of not less than seven brass instruments (21 min)
1974
Frog – two pieces for a bowed stringed instrument (7 min)
1974/77
Melodies
a work in 25 movements that can be adapted to instruments of various cultural origins, some may be specially made, and voices. Each movement is a melodic study in intonation (total 90 min)
1975
Await the Sea’s Red Hibiscus – for solo cello (10 min)
Piece for Koto – in koto tablature (2 min)
For a Singer – for female voice (5 min)
1977
On, On, It Must Be So
for shakuhachi, bass drum and castanets (9 min)
Wheat – for shakuhachi and percussion (14 min)
1978
Quite White – for shakuhachi (8 min)
1979
A Fragile Thread
two pieces for a bowed stringed instrument (7 min)
1980
Apocrypha 1 – for solo cello (8 mins)
Apocrypha 2 – for solo cello (8 mins)
1982
Fiery Earth-Womb
for three male voices with hand-held percussion (7 min)
1983
After the Rain
for shakuhachi, violin, seven ocarinas (three players) and percussion (16 min)
1984
Winged Play – for solo shakuhachi (11 min)
Passages – for flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin/viola, cello (17 min)
1986
Marine Residua
for shell trumpets (three players), viola and two percussionists (15 min)
Stalks – for shakuhachi, bass recorder and viola (10 min)
Music for Two Performers
for two male vocalists with hand-held percussion (7 min)
1987/88
A Monkey’s Paw
for solo violin, four female voices, three male voices (with eunuch flutes), five percussionists (with non-standard instruments), tin whistle, melodica, banjo, tuba, and three contrabass ocarinas (29 min)
Quartet (from A Monkey’s Paw)
for violin, tin whistle, banjo and melodica (4 min)
1988/89
Towards the Darkness
for three double basses, three flutes (tin whistles and plunger flutes), two percussionists (non-standard instruments) (11 min)
1988/90
Quartet
for bass flute, cimbalom, steel pans and double bass (11 min)
1990
Broken Music
for flute, contra-bassoon, melodica, cello, harp, banjo, two percussionists (non-standard instruments) (14 min)
1991
Archaeology
for bass flute, bass trombone, two percussionists (non-standard instruments) (12 min)
The Tender Sadness of Tyrants as They Dance
for shakuhachi and bass flute (18 min)
1992
Finding Refuge in the Remains
for soprano voice, bass flute/melodica, autoharp, bass trombone, double bass, two percussionists (non- standard instruments) (15 min)
1993
Contained in a Strange Garden
for soprano voice, bass flute/melodica, autoharp, bass trombone, double bass, two percussionists (non- standard instruments) (15 min)
1991/94
The Fish That Became The Sun
for four female voices, four male voices (with eunuch flutes), seven percussionists (non-standard instruments), solo violin, sitar, mandolin, cimbalom, three double basses, contra-bassoon, harmonium, four woodwind players (specially adapted organ pipes/crumhorns), two woodwind players (various whistles and shell trumpet), two child vocalists (aged 5-7), eight cornets off-stage (58 min)
1994
Resonances of Ancient Sins
for octobass flute, contrabass saxophone, bass tuba and percussion (wooden box) (8 min)
1994/95
Beneath the Fired City
original version for 2 percussionists (non-standard instruments) (12 mins)
revised version (2001) for 4 percussionists (non-standard instruments) (12 mins)
Out of the Shattered Shadows 1
for flute(s), tenor banjo, spinet/harmonium, percussion (non- standard) (13 min)
1997
Unnamed – for solo shakuhachi (47 mins)
Out of the Shattered Shadows 1
for flute(s), tenor banjo, spinet/harmonium, percussion (non-standard) (13 min)
1998
Out of the Shattered Shadows 2
for four male singers, two flutes, viola, percussion, and three off-stage musicians: low female voice, cornett, violin (15 mins)
2000
Prison Song
for flute, clarinet, violin, trombone/melodica and percussion (15 mins)
2001
Faint Traces
for violin, cello, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, male voice, percussion and trombone (13 mins)
2002/03
Tentative Thoughts, Silenced Voices
for muted violin, muted viola, Indian santur, two percussionists (special instruments), male vocalist 1 (with whistling tube) male vocalist 2 (with 6 concertina reeds) male vocalist 3 (with eunuch flute) offstage: trumpet (16 mins)
2004
Woman, Viola and Crow
for female violist who also sings etc (12 mins)
2004/05
Ghosts Again
for violin, muted violin, female voice, flute, clarinet, two percussionists (special instruments) six male vocalists with heavy percussion staves (13 mins)
2005
Two Beacons
for female voice, muted violin, Indian sarangi (or viola d’amore), muted double-bass, 3 flutes, 2 percussionists (special instruments), offstage: mixed choir, behind audience: french horn (15 mins)
2006/07
Mother, Child and Violin
female vocalist, child vocalist, muted violin (9 mins)
2007
Riverine Delusions
muted violin, muted cello, bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, percussion (11 mins)
2008
Woman with Jurashi Shakuhachi
female jurashi shakuhachi player who also sings (10 mins)
2009
A Woman Singing
for unaccompanied female voice (11 mins)
2010
Two Voices with Axe
for male and female voices, flute, muted violin, muted viola, double bass, percussion (2) (14 mins)
Whispers
17 pieces for solo male voice (with hand held percussion) and off-stage violin (18 mins)
2012
The Colours of Jellyfish
soprano solo, violin solo, small orchestra and childrens choir (28 mins)
2013
Two Female Voices and Two Flutes
for two female voices and two flutes (12 mins)
2014
Beyond the boundaries of Intimacy
solo flute (15 mins)
2015
A Linear Topography
small orchestra and shamisen (15 mins)
2016/17
String Quartet 2 (20 minutes)
2017/18
Screens
female voice, flute, violin, viola, two percussionists, speaker (18 minutes)
2021
Five Views of the Path
female voice, 3 flutes, violin, mandolin, 2 Percussionists (20 mins)
2022
String Quartet No 3 (18 mins)
2023
String Quartet No 4 (16 mins)
2025
String Quartet No 5 (16 mins)