Patrick Shepherd
Composer / Conductor / Teacher / Critic
Works
Chamber/Choral/Concert Band/Concerto/Film/Orchestra/Organ/Piano/Voice/Stage/Young Performers/Misc.
Chamber Music
A Practical Answer (2008); flute, 2 clarinets in Bb, alto saxophone, bassoon, trumpet,
piano, violoncello, double bass
Adeliesong (2005); two clarinets (Bb/A)
Carpe Diem (2007); string quartet (also version for string orchestra)
Chamber Concerto (2002); flute, clarinet in Eb, bass clarinet, bass trombone,
violoncello, double bass
Chris e Ciara (2008); violin, viola, violoncello
Clarinet Carol (2002); clarinet in Bb, triangle, piano
Continuum II (2010); clarinet quartet
Conversations and Monologues (2008); two oboes
Four Aphorisms (2002); clarinet in Eb/bass clarinet, percussion
Geis (2001); bass clarinet, French horn, bass trombone, violoncello, double bass
Glittering Fragments (1995); string quartet
Hopscotch (2001); flute, piano
Katabatic (2004); clarinet in Eb, bass clarinet, French horn, bass trombone,
violoncello, double bass
Lick (2005); solo bass clarinet
Matakite (1997); flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, French horn, bassoon
Monody from "The Feast of Christ the King" (2010); solo clarinet (Bb/A)
One Brief Shining Moment (Symphony no.2) (2010); flute, alto flute, clarinet in Bb,
bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, piano, viola, violoncello,
double bass
Partita (1995); violin, pre-recorded tape
Partita for Solo Cello (1996); solo violoncello
Prelude (1996); trumpet, piano
Prelude and Toccata (1991); flute, piano
Sarabande and Allegro (2013); violin, violoncello, piano
Satyr's Dance (1999); solo flute
Sax Quartet (2010); saxophone quartet
Seismic Shifts (2011); oboe (or trumpet), string quartet
Shibui (2010); viola, string orchestra; (2012) version for viola and piano
Sonatine for Two Clarinets (1995); 2 clarinets, (Bb/A)
String Quartet no. 2 (1996); string quartet
Tarantella (2015); solo clarinet (Bb/A)
The Ice Is Singing (2017); violin, marimba
Three Antarctic Sketches (2005); violin, violoncello
Three Cameos for Solo Clarinet (2001); solo clarinet (Bb/A)
Three Short Pieces for Woodwind Trio (1987); flute, clarinet in Bb, bassoon
Two Short Arias (2005); flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, piano
Voluntary (2011); 2 oboes, cor anglais, bassoon, contrabassoon
Choral
A Pohutukawa Carol (1997); choir (single melodic line), piano/digital recording; (also version for solo voice and piano)
Agnus Dei (2016); SSA; (2017) version for SATB
Antarctic Spirit (2019); SATB
Beati Mundo Corde (1994); SSAA
By The Fire (2016); SATB
Christmas Bells (2000); SSA, piano; (also version for solo voice and piano)
Elegy for a Fallen City (2011); version for SATB; piano
In Flanders Fields (1993); S(orTr)ATB; (also version for solo voice and piano)
Magnificat (1998); choir, piano (4 hands)
O Magnum Mysterium (1992); S(or Tr)ATB
O Mistress Mine (1996); SSA, piano
Our Revels Now Are Ended (1995); SSAA
Requiem: In Nomine Patris (2001/02); soprano, tenor, SATB, percussion ensemble, piano, organ
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (1996); S(or Tr)ATB
Three Sea Chnaties (2019); SATB
Three Shakespeare Songs (1997); SATB
Timeless Land (2011); SATB
Concert Band
Heroes (1997)
Saturday Samba (1998)
Concerto
Flute Concerto (1999/2002); flute, chamber orchestra
Meccanismi del Arte (Cello Concerto) (2002); violoncello, orchestra
Whakapapa (Concerto for Flute, Guitar & Strings) (2002); flute, guitar, string orchestra
Film and Multimedia
Adelie Rhapsody (2011); digital recording
Admit One (1999); film soundtrack
Giant Jimmy Jones (2003); digital recording
Kitty (2002); film soundtrack
Lemi's Comic Strip Capers (1997); film soundtrack
Orchestra (full symphony orchestra unless otherwise stated)
Ancestral Voices (2001)
Arena Fanfare (2011)
Carpe Diem (2008); version for string orchestra
Clarion (2009); with brass ensemble
Continuum I (2002)
Cryosphere (2006)
Ex Tenebris Lux: From the Darkness Comes Light (Symphony no. 3) (2015)
Fanfare for a Frozen Land (2005)
Fiesta! (2006); with samba band
First Light (1992)
Gokståd Echoes (2010); with solo violoncello
Iceflight (2005)
Kitty's Three Piece Suite (2003)
Kyrie for the Solemn Mass of Christmas Day (2012); string orchestra with chimes
Lithosphere (Symphony no.1) (2017)
My Favourite Things (2013); string orchestra
Not Of This Time (2020); string orchestra
Pavane (2008); with recorder ensemble
Rehua (2019); with soprano and putataara
Rhapsody for Carolyn & Tim (2013); revision for soprano saxophone and string orchestra
Sinfonia da Camera (2010); string orchestra
Sinfonietta (2005)
Sword Dance (2020)
The Haunting (2007); with bagpipes
Two Seven Two One (2016); string orchestra
Under the Gingko Tree (2019)
Waiting for Hercules (2017)
Organ
After Ulysses (2019)
Wedding Anthem (1993)
Piano
Clocking On (2002)
Jongleurs (1998)
Sonatine (1995)
Three Polar Pieces (2007)
Three Short Pieces for Piano (1984)
Three Sketches from the East (1993)
Meditation I & II (2005)
Valse Triste (1992)
Variations on "The Keel Row" (2011)
Stage
Dear Felix (1996); stage musical
Poles Apart (2016); chamber opera
Santa's Workshop (1997); ballet
Tramps (1994); stage musical
Voice
A Pohutukawa Carol (2007); version for solo voice and piano
Arawata Bill (2015); tenor, piano
Christmas Bells (2012); version for soprano and piano
Elegy for a Fallen City (2011); soprano; piano (also version for SATB, piano)
Five Japanese Songs (1991); mezzo-soprano, piano
George McCulloch (2018); baritone, string orchestra
In Flanders Fields (2013); version for soprano and piano
In Years Defaced (2012); soprano, piano
Rehua ki te Whenua (2017); voice, guitar
So Sweet Love Seemed (1984); mezzo-soprano, piano
Three Miniatures to Love (1994); mezzo-soprano, clarinet in Bb, piano
To One Persuading a Lady to Marriage (2010); voice, piano
Up in the Morning Early (2018); baritone, string orchestra
Young Performers
If I Believe (2005); children's chorus, piano
Kaiapoi North School Song (2009); voice, piano
Pip The Penguin (2015); children's chorus, egg shaker, piano
Promise You Won't Forget (2003); voice, piano
Shinging Star (2010); voice, digital recording
Sing Your Song! (2009); voice, piano
Song of the Plains (2001); children’s chorus, junior orchestra
Southward (2006); choir, piano
Miscellaneous
Abby's Music Box (1999); digital recording
Elegy for Lesley (2018); soprano saxophone, digital recording
Free Spirit (2018); clarinet in Bb, digital recording
Lily's Lullaby (2011); digital recording
Lullaby for Danielle (1994); digital recording
Lullaby for James (2002); digital recording
Lullaby for Tsumugi (2020); digital recording
Meghan's Nursery Suite (1998); digital recording
Rhapsody for Carolyn and Tim (2001); tenor saxophone, digital recording
Wedding Waltz for Danielle & Aidan (2019); soprano saxophone, digital recording
