Within a generation of highly influential, progressively modernist English composers, Ferneyhough maintains perhaps the highest profile and most distinctive voice.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Casandra's Dream Song for flute 1971 09:28 Chamber Music
Time and Motion Study II for cello & electronics 1976 22:08 Electronic/Computer Music
Prometheus for wind sextet 1967 17:21 Chamber Music
Unity Capsule, for flute solo 1976 14:12 Chamber Music
Superscriptio for piccolo solo 1981 05:38 Chamber Music
Adagissimo, for string quartet 1983 01:46 Chamber Music
Kurze Schaten II, for solo guitar 1983 16:15 Chamber Music
Bone Alphabet, for percussion 1992 11:26 Chamber Music
Lemma-Icon-Epigram, for piano 13:21 Keyboard
Mnemosyne for bass flute & 8-track tape 1986 11:06 Chamber Music Electronic/Computer Music
Carceri d'Invenzione IIb for flute solo 1984 10:58 Chamber Music
Miniatures (4) for flute & piano 1965 07:34 Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 4 for string quartet & soprano 1990 20:47 Vocal Music
Time and Motion Study I 09:19 Electronic/Computer Music
Carceri d'Invenzione III, for winds & percussion 1986 11:22 Chamber Music
Funérailles (Version 1) for string sextet, double bass, and harp 11:11 Chamber Music
La Chúte D'Icare for clarinet & small ensemble 09:57 Chamber Music
Missa Brevis, for 12 voices 14:03 Choral
Terrain, for violin and wind octet 1991 14:01 Chamber Music
Sonatas for string quartet 1967 41:28 Chamber Music
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