Yunomi (2020) 15' Download PDF
percussion quartet
for Christo
Broken Union (2020) 8' Download PDF
clarinet, soprano saxophone, percussion, trombone
First performance April 2020 by UTAS Ensemble
Skein (2017) 16' Download PDF
violin and piano
for Howard Skempton
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Contrecto (2016) 30' Download PDF (violin version) PDF
harmonium and tabla
for Xenia, Ed and Shawn
First performance: 25th February 2017. St Catherine's Church, Telegraph Hill, London , Xenia Pestova and Shawn Mativetsky
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Arthur's lullaby (2016) 3' Download PDF
violin and viola
for Joe and Rose
Ej upp (2016) 10' Download PDF
recorder quartet
dedicated to Suzanne Hartley
First performance: 13th March 2016. Birmingham Conservatoire "Frontiers Festival", Chris Orton & student recorder ensemble
Together (2003) 10' Download PDF
oboe/cor anglais and percussion
Written for New Noise Duo: Janey Miller and Joby Burgess
First performance: October 2003. The Warehouse, London. BMIC "Cutting Edge" series
Going Home (2003) 20' Download PDF
string quartet
For Leon Kassoff
First performance: Maida Vale Studios London by the Szymanowski String Quartet for BBC Radio 3 (broadcast October 2004). July 2004 premiered by The Dyke String Quartet at the Cheltenham Music Festival
"Andrew Toovey's Going Home for String Quartet put together a freeze of vivid episodes, unostentatiously integrated" The Guardian July 2004
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cello and percussion
Commissioned by James Wood's Microtonal Festival
For Judith Mitchell
First performance: 11th March 1994, St. Giles Cripplegate, Judith Mitchell and Richard Benjefield
Your Mouth (1993) 12' Download PDF
viola and percussion
Commissioned by Jane Atkins
For Jane Atkins
First performance: 13th December 1993, Purcell Room, London; Jane Atkins
"..quirky and assertive.." The Independent
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Whisper(ingly) Crumbling (into) Silence (1988) 14' Download PDF  Download parts PDF
for percussion trio
1. vibraphone, glockenspiel
2. marimba
3. 3 tomtoms, 3 suspended cymbals (with bow), 2 gongs, 2 wood
blocks
For Ben Morison
First performance: (2 players only) 22nd November 1988, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; Simon Limbrick and Martin Allen
Shimmer Bright (1988) 14' Download PDF
string trio (violin, viola, cello)
For S W Hayter (in memorium)
First performance: 21st August 1988, Dartington Summer School; Sharleen Harshenin, John Rayson and Kenneth Osborne
"Shimmer Bright for string trio, and (nobody'll know) for 'cello and piano, were both tough and airy." The Times
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(nobody'll know) (1988) 16' Download PDF
for cello and piano
For Kenneth Osborne
First performance: 21st August 1988, Darlington Summer School; Kenneth Osborne and James Clapperton
"Toovey is a productive, versatile composer. his bass clarinet piece, Veiled Wave 2, the parenthesized cello and piano work (nobody'll know), and the explosive ensemble piece White Fire, all point to a fluent, clear and determined musical brain." The Times
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String Quartet Music (1987) 12' Download PDF
string quartet
Dedicated in memorium to Morton Feldman
First performance: 9th June 1987, British Music Information Centre, London. IXION
Shining Forth (1987) 16' Download PDF
piano, violin and cello
For Robert Motherwell (in memorium)
First performance: 9th July 1987, Wigniore Hall, London; Kreutzer Trio
"Toovey's most strikingly original piece was Shining Forth, a work made up of several short, characteristically unique sections, but with eleownts calculated to unify the whole.....one was left in doubt as to the composer's highly sophisticated judgement" Tempo
Recording available on Largo CD 5139
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Cāntec (1986) 15' Download PDF Download viola part PDF
viola and piano
For Janet (sister) & Paul Chandler
First performance: 5th February 1987, Institute of Education, London University; Leon King and Robert Keeley
Untitled String Quartet (1985) 15' Download PDF
string quartet
For the Mistry Quartet
First performance: 6th August 1987, Darlington Summer School, Mistry String Quartet
Four Looks at the Book Of (1982) 10' Download PDF
clarinet and piano
Dedicated to Philip Benfell
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