A list of Hughes's major compositions:
[There are detailed summaries of several works below this table.| Date |
Title |
Instrumentation |
Individual Movements (if relevant) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ynys Afallon (Isle of Avalon) | transcribed for brass band | A transcription of Hughes's SSAATTBB choir setting for brass band. | |
| 2016–17 | Amber on Black iii “Flying north at night...” |
soprano, alto flute & live electronics | Set to the poetry of Stephen Boon. Commissioned by the 2017 Bangor Music Festival and premiered by Juliet Fraser, Richard Craig and Gareth Olubunmi Hughes. | |
| 2016 | Eos un noson (One night's nightingale) |
a cycle of four songs for bass-baritone voice with piano accompaniment | #1: Eos un noson (One night's nightingale); #2: Rhagoloygon y llongau (Shipping forecast); #3: Mynd am dro (Going for a walk); #4: Philomela. |
Set to the Welsh-language poetry of Llŷr Gwyn Lewis from the series Storm ar Wyneb yr Haul (A Storm on the Face of the Sun). Winner of the main composers' medal (‘Tlws y Cerddor’) at the 2016 Welsh National Eisteddfod in Monmouthshire. |
| 2013–16 | Eternal Owl Call | Kingma System bass flute & live electronics | The work is inspired by the Celtic mythological fable of Blodeuwedd (The Flower Maiden) and was composed for virtuoso avant-garde flautist Carla Rees and the rarescale Contemporary Music Ensemble. | |
| 2013–15 | Amber on Black i “Articulation Derailed” |
four solo singers: soprano, alto, tenor, bass |
Set to a concrete poem by Stephen Boon. Part-performed in a workshop with the Exaudi vocal ensemble at Cardiff University in 2013. | |
| 2015 | Y Pili-Pala a'r Eos (The Butterfly and the Nightingale) |
alto flute & pianoforte | Winner of a prize to compose a new work for an amateur-level woodwind player and piano at the 2015 Welsh National Eisteddfod in Montgomeryshire. | |
| 2009–14 | Urban Wilderness | string quartet | #1: Apathetic Machines #2: Utopian Mirror |
Inspired by Fritz Lang's classic urban technological dystopian movie Metropolis (1927). Performed by the Carducci string quartet in a series of workshops at Cardiff University. |
| 2012–13 | Ynys Afallon (Isle of Avalon) | recomposed for SSAATTBB choir a cappella | Set to a translation of a Welsh-language poem by T. Gwynn Jones, which depicts the death of King Arthur, the Celtic mythological figurehead. | |
| 2012 | Cwyn y Gwynt (The Wind's Lament) |
recomposed for flute & harp | #1: Llwydnos Gwynfannus (Restless Twilight); #2: Galargan: “Dagrau ddaw...” (Elegy: “Tears come...”); #3: Breuddwyd (Dream). |
Inspired by a well known Welsh-language poem by Sir John Morris-Jones. Winner of the main composers' medal (‘Tlws y Cerddor’) at the 2012 Welsh National Eisteddfod in the Vale of Glamorgan. |
| 2011–12 | Ynys Afallon (Isle of Avalon) | SATB choir & pianoforte | Set to a translation of a Welsh-language poem by T. Gwynn Jones, which depicts the death of King Arthur, the Celtic mythological figurehead. There is also an English-language translation. Performed by the Exaudi vocal ensemble and Gareth Olubunmi Hughes in a workshop at Cardiff University in 2012. | |
| 2011–12 | Human Visions #2: Civilisations |
symphony orchestra | Performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the 2012 Welsh Composers’ Showcase at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay. | |
| 2010 | Cwyn y Gwynt (The Wind's Lament) |
recomposed for contralto voice, vibraphone & cello | #1: Gwylltineb (Wilderness) [Abstract]; #2: Galargan (Elegy); #3: Breuddwyd (Dream) [Abstract]. |
Recomposed and expanded from the 2009 song setting of John Morris-Jones's poem, Cwyn y Gwynt. |
| 2010 | Twilight Impulse |
clarinet, vibraphone & cello | Performed by the Lontano Contemporary Music Ensemble in a workshop at Cardiff University in 2010. | |
| 2008–9 | Chwe Chân (Six Songs) | A cycle of six songs for voice & pianoforte. | #1: Rhieingerdd (Love Poem), for tenor; #2: Iâr fach yr haf (Butterfly), for mezzo-soprano; #3: Cwyn y Gwynt (The Wind's Lament), for contralto; #4: Salm i Famon (A Psalm to a Mammon), for bass; #5: Y Gwylanod (The Seagulls), for soprano; #6 Cymru Fu: Cymru Fydd (Wales is: Wales will be), for baritone & pianoforte. |
A cycle of six songs (one for each standard vocal range) for voice & pianoforte, set to the poetry Sir John Morris-Jones. |
| 2002–3 | Complex Dimensions | five études for solo pianoforte | #1: Little Atmospheric Impulses #2: Dimension in Harps #3: Variations on Four Fixed Points #4: Dimension in Splashes #5: Chorale |
Performed by Gareth Olubunmi Hughes in concerts at Cardiff University between 2010 and 2011. |
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