Listen & Watch
Sketchbook (2021)
For Compère, Piano, E. Guitar, Cello, Percussion,
Diffused Audio, Video, and Staging
Duration: c. 80-100 minutes
Commissioned by K!ART Ensemble
Performances:
MINU_festival_for_expanded_music, Sketchbook,
Christianshavns Beboerhus, 21/11/21 (premiere)
Performed by K!ART (Mikkel Schou, Iiris Tötterström,
Hsiao Tung Yuan, Rob Durnin) & Michael Hope
Sketchbook, Musikhuset Aarhus, 02/04/22
Sketchbook, KoncertKirken, 05/04/22
Performed by K!ART (Mikkel Schou, Ida Nørby,
Hsiao Tung Yuan, Rob Durnin) & Michael Hope
*danceD (2020-21)
For Flute (dbl. Piccolo) , Clarinet (dbl. Bass Clarinet), Piano,
Cello, Two Performers, Playback, Lights, and Slide Projector
Duration: c. 30 minutes
Performances:
The Real Imitation, Musikhuset Aarhus, 03/11/21 (premiere)
Performed by Johanne Buus Andersen (Flute), Joss Smith (Bb Clarinet, Mathilde Schelin (Bass Clarinet, Maria Eshpai (Piano), Malthe Volfing Højager (Cello), Noemi Schrader (Performer)
& Michael Hope (Projectionist)
Johann_____You (2019-20)
For Chamber Orchestra
Duration: c. 14 minutes
Commissioned by Aarhus Sinfonietta
Performances:
Panorama Festival: Århus Sinfonietta+,
Skt Lukas Kirke Aarhus, 15/11/20 (premiere)
Performed by Aarhus Sinfonietta & students from
Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium
Conducted by Rei Munakata
Born/Again (2019)
For Solo Piano, Video and Playback
Duration: c.15 minutes
Performances:
Pulsar Festival 2023, with and without strings,
Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, 10/03/23
MINU_festival_for_expanded_music,
Spectres of _______, Christianshavns Beboerhus, 20/11/21
Pulsar Festival 2020, Current Resonance,
Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium, 11/03/20
Current Resonance Festival «3» Born/Again____,
Musikhuset Aarhus, 24/10/19 (premiere)
All performed by Michael Hope
Six videos of alt-right propaganda but
each time a millennial gets offended
the distortion increases by 4% (2018-19)
For Amplified Clarinet in B-flat, Trombone, Drum Kit,
Electric Piano, Cello, Electronics, and Video
Duration: c. 18 minutes
Performances:
Ung Nordisk Musik 2021: The Voice,
Musikhuset Aarhus, 14/08/21
Performed by Joss Smith (Clarinet), Christian Tscherning Larsen (Trombone), Lorenzo Colombo (Drum Kit), Fei Nei (Electric Piano), & Malthe Volfing Højager (Cello)
Panorama Festival 2019 Kaleidoscope II,
Musikhuset Aarhus, 09/03/19 (premiere)
Performed by Joss Smith (Clarinet), Mette Nielsen (Trombone),
Carl David Österberg (Drum Kit), Sofus Preisel (Electric Piano),
& Maria Kolby Sonstad (Cello)
Regnklang: A Survey of Rain Sounds (2019)
For Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Playback, and live ‘Rain’
Duration: 18 minutes
Commissioned by Duo Regnklang and AUT
Performances:
Ocean of Sound #5: Viral Spiral + CR Hougaard + Hyper Amplified, Radar, 06/12/20
Performed by Anja Nedremo (Alto Saxophone)
& Jakob Bangsø (Guitar)
Current Resonance «2»,
Musikhuset Aarhus 24/08/19 (premiere)
Performed by Elisa Lapan (Alto Saxophone)
& Tobias Krebs (Guitar)
Symphonification
Version 1 (Esbjerg Edition) (2019)
For changeable ensemble
Duration: N/A
Performances:
Esbjerg Ensemble Workshopkoncert,
Syddansk Musikkonservatorium, 10/05/19 (premiere)
Performed by Esbjerg Ensemble & Michael Hope
helpful smAAaAck/comBbiNnEedD sSlurp (2018/21)
For Two Pairs of Performers and Objects
Duration: 9 minutes
Performances:
Double Duos, Metronomen, Copenhagen, 20/06/22
Double Duos, Dokk 1, Aarhus, 24/06/22
Performed by Current Resoncance
Nordic Saxophone Festival 2019, Musikhuset Aarhus, 14/04/19
Performed by Kevin Shen & Michael Hope
Panorama @ SPLAB, Jutland Art Academy, 08/03/19 (premiere)
Performed by Dylan Richards & Michael Hope
"They Rolled and Rolled like the Sea" (2017)
For Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Piano and Orchestra
Duration: c. 10 minutes
Performances:
Brand New Day Concert,
Royal Northern College of Music, 27/04/17 (premiere)
Performed by Isobel Williams (Alto Saxophone), Aaron Breeze (Piano), Elizabeth Brightwell-Gibbons (Percussion)
& the Brand New Day Orchestra
Conducted by Tom Goff
Failure Means a Drowning Death (2017)
For Solo Piano and 12 Stage Hands
Duration: c. 20 minutes
Commissioned by Aaron Breeze
Performances:
Exposure Piano Recital,
International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 14/11/16 (premiere)
Performed by Aaron Breeze
On His Hands (2014/2017)
For Solo Guitar
Duration: c. 20 minutes
Commissioned by Owen Bunting
Performances:
Composer’s Concert, Royal Northern College of Music,
07/06/17 (premiere)
Performed by Owen Bunting
The Glory of the Human Voice (2017)
For Diffused Electronics
Duration: c. 7 minutes
Performances:
DIEM Elektro: Sound Diffusion Concert,
Musikhuset Aarhus, 14/02/19 (premiere)
Diffused Live by Michael Hope
What You Hear Is Not A Test (2017)
For Big Band
Duration: c. 5 minutes
Performances:
RNCM Jazz Collective Concert,
Royal Northern College of Music, 12/05/17 (premiere)
Performed by the RNCM Jazz Collective
Conducted by Mike Hall
Wither (2016)
For Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Celesta, Violin, Viola and Cello
Duration: c. 9 minutes
Commissioned by New Music North West
Performances:
New Music North West,
Royal Northern College of Music, 28/01/16 (premiere)
Performed by the RNCM New Ensemble
Dublinesque (2015)
For Soprano Soloist and String Orchestra
Duration: c. 7 minutes
Performances:
Brand New Day Concert,
Royal Northern College of Music, 08/10/15 (premiere)
Performed by Joanna Harries (Soloist)
& the Brand New Day Orchestra
Conducted by Adam Kornas
Recordings Available on Request
klang//farben//melodie (2020)
For Diffused Audio & Video
Duration: 12 minutes (3x 4 minutes)
Performances:
MINU_festival_for_expanded_music, Modern Cinema, Cinemateket, Copenhagen, 30/11/21
Modern Cinema, Musikhuset Aarhus, 09/06/21 (premiere)
This Girl Will Dream of Sleep
(Installation Version) (2017/19)
For Electronics and ‘Scene’
Duration: c. 90 minutes
Performances:
RAMA Festival 2019 30/03/19, Musikhuset Aarhus (premiere)
Into the Mudflats (2016)
For Soprano Soloist, Violin, Bassoon, Percussion and Piano
Duration: c. 8 minutes
Text by Mark Pajak
Performances:
Rosamund Prize Concert,
Royal Northern College of Music, 25/04/16 (premiere)
Fresh, For the Opening of the Morning’s Eye (2015)
For Saxophone Quartet
Duration: c. 5 minutes
Performances:
RNCM Chamber Music Festival,
Royal Northern College of Music, 06/03/16 (premiere)
Carousels on Route 50 (2015)
For Flute, Alto Saxophone, Violin and Cello
Duration: c. 5 minutes
…but it moved too fast (2014)
For Brass Quartet
(Cornet, Tenor Horn, Baritone Horn, Euphonium)
Duration: c. 5 minutes
Silent Fires (2014)
For Flute, Oboe, Alto Saxophone and String Trio
Duration: c. 5 minutes