Matt Laing - Composer - Violist
List of works
Solo works
Monologue (2014) for solo e flat clarinet 5’, premiered by Justin Beere 11/2014 at the Australian National Academy of Music
The Paper Dolls (2015) for speaking violist 4’ premiered by Katie Yap, 3/2015 at ACMI
Liebeslied (2015) for solo viola 5’ premiered by Katie Yap 6/2019 at the Church of All Nations, Carlton (listen)
Pieces of isolation (2020) for solo violin 11', written for Erica Kennedy
Destructive Interference (2021) for solo flute 8', for Lily Bryant, Australian National Academy of Music premiere TBA
Chamber music
Shapes (2017) for string quartet 11’ premiered by the Flinders Quartet 12/2017 at the Docklands City Library, Melbourne (listen)
Streams (2018) for wind quintet 10'
Out of Hibernation (2018/19) for string quartet 24’, premiered by the Flinders Quartet 2/2019 at the Monsalvat Barn (listen)
Portrait of Blood (2019) for mezzo soprano and string quartet 5’, premiered by Affinity Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean 2/2020 in London
Impulses and Invention (2020) for bass trombone, percussion and electronics 14', written for Ossicle Duo and supported by the City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants
Night Terrors (2020) for clarinet, cello and piano 12', written for Melbourne Chamber Players, supported by the Australia Council
Space Exploration (2020) for string quartet 2-3', written for the Australian String Quartet Encore program
From Home (2020-21) for string trio 15', written for Wattleseed Ensemble- premiere season March 2022
Orchestral music
If they knew (2019) for chamber orchestra 10’
112[1.2/bc]1 — 2211 — tmp+2 — hp — cel —str[2.2.2.2.1]
commissioned and premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, January 2020 as part of their Cybec Young Composer Program (performance details)
Pantomime (2020) for string orchestra 8', written for the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra - premiere season November 2021
Of Paradise Lost (2020/21) for solo bassoon and orchestra 22'
solo bassoon, 2[1.2/pic]2[1.2/ca]2[1.2bc]2[1.cb] - 222[1.btn]1 -tmp+1 - hp - str
written for Jack Schiller and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (performance details) -premiere July 2022
Upcoming
*New piano trio* 2021, written for ZEN Trio, commissioned by Musica Viva - premiere August 2022