Catalogue

Works for Solo Instrument

• Alone for solo oboe (1984)
  
  3 mins
  
  First performed at Burgh House in 1985 by Anne Glover
• Three Miniatures for solo clarinet (1984)
  
  4 mins
  
  First performed at St. Mary’s Bryanston Square, London in 1984 by Rodney
  Smith and selected for a workshop performance in the Cornelius Cardew
  Composition Prize in 1985
• Fiddlers’ Three for solo violin (1991, rev. 1995)
  The Bitter Taste - Other Places - Gavotte
  
  6 mins
  
  First performed at Burgh House in 1991 by Arijit Chakravarky
• Two Studies for Piano (1991)*
  Invention - Chords
  
  4 mins
  
  First performed at Leighton House in 1991 by Jeremy Carter
• The Dream for solo piano (1992)
  
  3 mins
  
  First performed at Petersfield Library in 1993 by Jeremy Carter and widely
  since, including recent performances in Croatia and Prague by Richard
  Meyrick and at the Purcell Room, London by Andrew Ball
• A Woldgate Requiem for solo organ (1993)*
  
  8 mins
  
  First performed at Kingston Parish Church in 1995 by Kevin Bowyer and
  subsequently at the St. Alban’s International Organ Festival. Recorded by
  Kevin Bowyer on a CD of contemporary organ works to be released in December
  1998
  
  ’ ... an impassioned work, with great drive and momentum ... the highlight
  of the concert’ The Organ
  
  ’It is indeed a powerful piece ... and finely crafted. A significant
  contribution to the repertoire, it certainly manages to convey the
  composer’s ... intention most vividly.' Dr Gerald Gifford
  
  ’... riveting power, searing economy and total emotional commitment.'
  Philip Cannon
• Dance of Leilah: Dance of Lilith for piano solo (1994)
  
  11 mins
  
  First performed at St. John’s Smith Square in 1995 by Philip Mead
• Five Canons for double-manual harpsichord or organ (1997)
  
  8-10 mins
  
  First performed (at the harpsichord) by Kevin Bowyer at the Alhambra
  Theatre, Bradford in 1998

Works for Choir

• Release for unaccompanied SATB (1981)*
  Words by Marguerite Wood
  
  6 mins
  
  Selected for the Essex Composers’ Forum in 1991 where it was nominated the
  ‘best work’ by Geoffrey Mitchell of the BBC Singers

Works for Orchestra

• Suite for junior string orchestra (1991)
  The Juggling Jugglers - Underwater - The Men with Beards
  
  5 mins
• The Jazzwoz for symphony orchestra (1993)
  
  12 mins
• Concerto for chamber orchestra with piano solo and string quartet
  concertante (1995)
  
  20 mins
• Offerings from the Earth People concerto in one movement for two recorders
  (sop., alt. and sop., alt., ten.) and string orchestra (1998)
  
  13 mins

Works for Recorders

• Two Responses to Silence for solo tenor recorder (1985 rev. 1998)
  
  3 mins
  
  First performed by Celia Ireland at Birkenhead 6th Form Centre in November
  1998
• Four Pieces for Two Alto Recorders (1989)
  Sonorities - Hocket - Moto Perpetuo - Jive
  
  9 mins
  
  First performed at Kent Music School in 1989 by Kathryn Bennetts and Peter
  Bowman and widely since. Selected for the North East New Music series ‘The
  Recorder Reborn’ in 1998
  
  "Eclectic mix of Mediaeval, minimal and jazz elements ... Hocket, a strange
  yet delightful movement with fascinating rhythmic shifts ... rewarding if
  executed well ... interesting and attractive ... well-thought out integral
  harmonies and visceral rhythms." The American Recorder
  
  "The highlight of the programme could have been, judging by the tumultuous
  applause, Sonorities by Donald Bousted, its slow, slow oscillation of notes
  touching each other was quite something." Kent and Sussex Courier
  "The serene, peaceful mood was continued in ... the first of Donald
  Bousted’s rather minimalistic ‘Four Pieces’, entitled ‘Sonorities’. This
  latter work was an exploration of changing sound intervals in a static,
  mesmeric framework whilst the ‘Moto Perpetuo’ by contrast was a patchwork
  of unrelenting passagework tossed from player to player." The Recorder
  Magazine
  
  "An eclectic work in an avant-garde idiom ... able to communicate directly
  to the audience." Kent and Sussex Courier
• Pieces for Dorothy (Part One) for two recorders (soprano and alto) and
  harpsichord (1991)*
  In the Garden - On Hay Bluff - The Big Hallelujah
  
  5 mins
  
  First performed at Orleans House Gallery in 1991 by Kathryn Bennetts and
  Peter Bowman (recorders) and Yeo Yat-Soon (harpsichord)
  
  "poignant and uncomplicated ... inspired by Bousted’s experiences as a new
  parent ... accessible both rhythmically and musically ... broad, static
  melodies." The Recorder Magazine
  
  "simple and easily accessible ... pleasing sonorous ambience ... somewhere
  between Impressionism and minimal music." The American Recorder
• This is Hell for two alto recorders (1993)
  
  10 mins
  
  "It requires both players to have an extraordinary virtuosic command of
  quarter-tone fingerings ... and is - with the notable exception of Mathias
  Spahlinger’s Nah, Getrennt - the most demanding microtonal work extant."
  The American Recorder
• Three Virtuosic Pieces for two alto recorders (1995)
  Chanson - Line - Carol
  
  9 mins
  
  First performed at St Paul’s, Huddersfield by Kathryn Bennetts and Peter
  Bowman in 1996 and widely since, including two concerts in Germany in June
  1996
• A Journey Among Travellers for two alto recorders (1995-6)
  
  25 mins
  
  Curve - Colours - Melody - High - Sonata - Double - Still - Descent -
  Racket
  
  Nos 1-3 first performed at St Gregory’s, Canterbury by Kathryn Bennetts and
  Peter Bowman in April, 1996 and subsequently at the ERTA International
  Symposium on Contemporary Music for Recorder in Kassel, Germany; No 5 first
  performed at Burgh House Hampstead by Kathryn Bennetts and Peter Bowman in
  September, 1996; Nos 7-9 first performed by Kathryn Bennetts and Peter
  Bowman at the British Music Information Centre in November 1997. First
  complete performance at the University of Huddersfield in May 1998 by
  Kathryn Bennetts and Peter Bowman and in June 1998 performed by them at the
  Berkeley Music Festival, California, USA. Recorded on CD single by
  Bennetts/Bowman in 1998.
  
  "Bousted has attempted to develop a new "tonality" and sound world for the
  instrument through a carefully worked out quarter-tone system ... All nine
  movements are contrasting in character ... It is a challenging work which
  is well structured ... This work is an excellent addition to our
  contemporary repertoire." The Recorder Magazine
  
  ’the sounds are uncanny, wild and a million miles from your
  expectations.'
  The Newsletter of the British Harry Partch Society
• Pieces for Dorothy (Part Two) for two recorders (soprano and alto) and
  harpsichord (1995)*
  Bikes - Are They Angels - Growing
  
  5 mins
  
  "complex compositional style with many changes of time and rhythm ...
  imaginative changes in texture and mood ... a worthwhile challenge."
  The Recorder Magazine
• Study in Transforming Curves for solo alto recorder (1997)
  
  3 mins
  
  Published as an extended study in The Quarter-Tone Recorder Manual (Moeck
  1998) by Kathryn Bennetts, Donald Bousted and Peter Bowman
  First performed by Kathryn Bennetts at the ERTA (UK) Conference 1997,
  Little Benslow Hills, Hitchin
• The Evolution of Line for amplified solo tenor recorder (1997)
  
  9 mins
  
  Commissioned by Philippe Bolton and first performed at Musicora 97, Paris
  in 1997 by Philippe Renard and widely since in France and England. First
  broadcast on France Musique in March 1998
• Five Quarter-Tone Pieces for solo alto and tenor recorders (1997)
  
  16 mins
  
  Nos. 1 and 3 first performed by Rachel Barnes at the British Music
  Information Centre in 1998
  "very effective."
  The Recorder Magazine
• Twelve Short Quarter- and Eighth-Tone Pieces
  for solo alto and tenor recorders (1997-8)
  Dialogue and Slow Ascent - Trem - Blind Mice - Static Shapes with Twiddles
  - An Unhealthy Obsession with Snakes - The Cave - Serial Killer - The
  Interval-Trickster Bird - Monograph - Eighth-Tone Riff - Vanish! -
  Hornpipe/Fantasy
  
  27 mins
  
  Dialogue and Slow Ascent, Trem and Vanish first performed by Philippe
  Renard at the Royal College of Music in September 1998.
• Three Exotic Canons for two recorders (alt., sop., ten. and alt., ten.)
  (1997-8)
  
  6 mins
• Whale Song for two renaissance recorders (alt., ten. and bass, alt.) (1998)
  
  8 mins

Chamber Music

• Five Pieces for String Quartet (1986)
  Inflow - Flux - Interlude - Chords - Elegy
  
  11 mins
  
  First performed at the British Music Information Centre in 1986 by the
  Goldsmith’s String Quartet and toured by the Almira String Quartet (1994-5)
• Five Songs for Jeanne La Pucelle for soprano and string quartet (1987)
  Mark My Words - Symbol of Love - Fille de Dieu - Symbols of Status and
  Power - Pray for Me
  Words by Marguerite Wood
  
  16 mins
  
  First performed at the Purcell Room in 1987 by Frances Lynch and the
  Goldsmith’s String Quartet
• Islands for flute and harp (1990)
  
  5 mins
  
  First performed at Burgh House in 1991 by Denise Dance (flute) and Fiona
  Clifton-Welker (harp) and widely since, including a performance by Rowland
  Sutherland and Hugh Webb in the Composers’ Guild of Great Britain 50th
  Anniversary Series
  "A languid tone-painting of sun-bleached scenery." The Hampstead and
  Highgate Express
• Two Pieces for Alto Flute and Guitar (1990)
  Invention - The Changing Tune
  
  5 mins
  
  First performed at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham in 1990 by Lucinda
  Bunce (flute) and Donald Bousted (guitar) and subsequently broadcast on
  Classic FM. Also played by the Helios Duo and Nancy Ruffer and Steve Smith
  "Two Pieces for alto flute and guitar moved nicely. Repeated phrases ...
  returning to their central point