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“The Tacet Ensemble bring imagination and sensitivity to all their performances of the music of our time" Michael Finnissy

Tacet Ensemble repertoire includes:

Solos

Michael Finnissy
My love is like a red red rose
Michael Finnissy
Willow Willow
Anthony Gilbert
Swallowtail
Dudley Hyams
Downland Blues
Alvin Lucier
Music for Snare drum, pure wave oscillator and one or more reflective surfaces
Alvin Lucier
Nothing is Real
Alvin Lucier
Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra
Edgard Varèse
Density 21.5

Duets

John Alexander
haiku journey
Harrison Birtwistle
Duets for Storab
Martin Butler
Carillon for David
John Cage
Three pieces for flute duet
Witold Lutoslawski
Dance Preludes
James Macmillan
After the Tryst
Barry Mills
Duo for flute and clarinet
Barry Mills
Three pieces for Bassoon & Piano
Barry Mills
Duo for Violin and Cello
Conlon Nancarrow
Toccata for Violin and Piano
Steve Reich
Clapping Music
Robert Saxton
In Memoriam
Howard Skempton
Air Melody
Howard Skempton
Lament
Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertante
Anton Webern
Drei kleine Stücke für Violoncello & Klavier
Anton Webern
Vier Stücke für Violine & Klavier

Trios

Julian Anderson
Bach Machine
Bela Bartok
Contrasts
Martin Butler
Carillon
Michael Finnissy
Blancmange
Michael Finnissy
D. O. S.
Michael Finnissy
Independance Quadrilles
Anthony Gilbert
York Surprise
Ed Hughes
Trio
George Nicholson
Catch
Timothy Salter
Shadows
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Expo

Quartets

John Alexander
leavings
Paul Edlin
Glimpses of the Rubaiyat
Anthony Gilbert
Little Dance of Barrenjoey
Anthony Gilbert
Moon Comes Up, Pearl Beach
Sam Hayden
Chorale for David
Alison Kay
Melody Remembered
Olivier Messiaen
Quartet for the End of Time
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Microphonie 1

Qunitets

John Cage
5
Michael Finnissy
Amphitheatre des Sciences Mortes
Michael Torke
The Telephone Book

Sextets

John Alexander
a music of the grove (with bright Phoebe shining)
Martin Butler
Jazz machines
Martin Butler
On Claudy Banks
Morton Feldman
For Frank O'Hara
Morton Feldman
The Viola in my Life Part 1
Michael Finnissy
Young Brethren
Graham Fitkin
Totti
Ken Hesketh
Fra Duri Scogli
Ed Hughes
Sextet
Alison Kay
Rat Race
Alison Kay
Threads
Barry Mills
Sea Changes
Matthew Pollard
End of a Party
Matthew Pollard
Bridging and Chiming
Howard Skempton
Gemini Dances
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Dr K. Sextett

More than six instruments

Simon Jeffes (arr A Bushell)
Cage Dead
Michael Finnissy
Babylon
Alison Kay
Devil's Downfall (with the English Acoustic Collective)
Erik Satie
Le Piège de Méduse
Igor Stravinsky
Concert suite from the Soldier's Tale
Peter Wiegold
The cut worm forgives the plough (with the English Acoustic Collective)
Chris Wood
True North: John Clare's walk out of Essex (with the English Acoustic Collective)

Open scoring

Louis Andriessen
Workers Union
John Cage
4' 33"
John Cage
Radio Music
John Cage
Ryoanji
Terry Riley
In C

Pieces with vocalists

Berio (arr.)
Folksongs
Berio
O King
Arnold Schönberg
Pierrot Lunaire