The Goddess Returns
Scored for voice, string quartet and percussion (ghattam)
The Goddess Returns was the centerpiece of a large multi-media work I composed, of the same name, for an Elektra String Quartet performance project in 1999
Performed by: Antigone Foster, vocals
Elektra String Quartet - Mirka Rozmus and Romano Crivici, violins; Rudi Crivici, viola; Markus Hartstein, cello
Interview with Andrew Ford
-ABC Radio national
Romano Crivici
composer & performer
All Works
String Quartets
String Quartet No 1 19:00
String Quartet No 2 'Cosmic Dust’ 22:00
String Quartet No 3 'Hardware’ 15:00
String Quartet No 4 ‘Undercurrents’ 30:00
String Quartet No 5 ‘Gregorian Funk’ 25:00
String Quartet No 6 ‘On and On...’ 21:00
Song without Words 5:00
Landscapes 9:00
Nightshift 14:00
string quartet and looping device
Journey to the Mythical Place 3:55
string quartet or string orchestra, opt. marimba
Ensembles with didjeridu
Flat Earth 25:00
Didgeridu, string quartet & percussion x 3
As Old Men See It 17:00
Didjeridu, string quartet & percussion x 2
The Nameless One 15:00
Didjeridu, string quartet and looping device -or String Octet
Colours of Haze 40:00
Didjeridu, string quartet, piano & percussion x 2
The Open Sky 8:00
Didjeridu, sax, viola, piano, bass & percussion x2
String Quartet with Winds
Mantra 23:00
bass clarinet and string quartet
Icon 15:00
bass clarinet and string quartet
Clouds 15:00
saxophone and string quartet
An Ernest Groove 15:00
flute and string quartet (Vln, Vla x 2, cello)
String Quartet with other
Watching for Kali 6:37
tabla with string quartet
Prelude, Groove and Fugue 21:00
Sextet for 2 violins, viola, 2 celli and double bass
Knockturne 5:00
percussion with string quartet
The Rolling Force 13:00
string quartet w. looping device and percussion.
Haze 25:00
Didjeridu, string quintet, percussion x 3
Ensembles
SLAVIC GROOVES & MEDITATIONS 75:00
5 Mvts for flute, violin, viola, bass, piano, percussion
WINDS OF CHANGE PROJECT 90:00
10 Mvts for sax, oboe, clar, viola, piano, bass, perc
YAMATJI MAN - walking in two worlds 60:00
Music Theatre work in 11 mvts for didjeridu/narrator, saxophone, electric viola, piano, bass, Percussion x 2
HEART OF THE MATTER 90:00
10 works for singer/narrator, string quintet, didjeridu, clarinets, saxophone, Percussion x 3, (incl. vibes/tubular bells)
Still Point (Always Ever This) 15:00
tenor sax, piano, bass, strings, 2 x percussion
Home of the Blizzard Quartet 5:00
piano, oboe, clarinet, french horn
Still Land 4:05
viola, piano, didjeridu, looping device
Instrumental Solo
Sonata for Solo Violin 17:00
Sonata for Solo Guitar 16:00
L' Adieux -Pseudo-Partita for solo violin
Dur: ~ 6:00
Sonata for Solo Violin 17:00
Lament, rage, & release -for solo cello
Dur: ~ 6:00
Sonata for Solo Violin 17:00
Piano Solo
If Leaves Could Sing
For solo piano -15:00
Adagio and Allegro 25.00
For solo piano
Getting There 6.00
For solo piano
Ballet Music
Quinkan Ballet Suite 45.30
Strings, double wind, 2 x horn, 2 x trumpet, glock, xylo, vibes, marimba, 3 x perc.
In Times of Change Ballet 14:00
ob, 2 clar, F horn, marimba, keyboards, perc x 4
One in the Rhythm Ballet 9:36
ob, 2 clar, F horn, marimba, keyboards, perc x 4
Orchestral Works
In Times of Change
for chamber orchestra -strings, winds x 4, trpt, hrn, piano and percussion x 2
Symphony No. 1 -As Night Follows Day 31:00
Strings, double wind, horns x 2, trumpets x 2, & perc. x 3 (incl. glock + xylo)
Symphony No. 2 Icon 30:00
For solo sax. (alto or ten.), strings, double wind, 2 x horns, 2 x trumpets, 5 x perc (vibes, celeste, 2 x marimba)
Flat Earth 25:00
Didgeridu, strings, double winds, 2 trumpet, 2 horns, 4 percussion
A Playground Groove 9.30
Strings, double wind, 2 x horn, 2 x trumpet, glock, xylo, marimba, 3 x perc
Cello Concerto 25:00
Work in progress
Strings, double winds, 4 x horns, 2 x trumpets, 4 x perc, harp
String Orchestra
A Solitary Path 12:00
Solo vln, + 4:4:3:2:1
In Times of Change 7.30
string orchestra and bell
Pastoral 1:45
string orchestra, piano & bell
A Rhythmic Offering 6:00
string orchestra piano and bell
On the Edge 7.45
string orchestra, percussion x4, keyboard
Interplanetary 15 :00
Double strings - 8:8:6:4:2
Instrumental Duo
Reflections on Life, Death & Transience
9 Mvts for violin & viola 85:00
Slavic Grooves & Meditations (Duos)
5 Mvts for violin & flute 31:00
Instrumental Trio
Trio for flute, viola, harp
Arafura Haze - 2020 20:00
Trio for Flute, Guitar & Cello
2021 15:30
Trio for Flute, Viola & Piano
Mirni Dan (Peaceful Day) 2022 13:30
Slavic Grooves & Meditations (Trios)
7 Mvts for flute, violin & viola 50:00
Solo with piano accompaniment
Let it Go
violin & piano
A Moments Peace 3.45
violin (or cello) with piano
The Stillness of Waves 14:00
Sonata for Flute & Piano July, 2020
A Distant Voice - in memoriam 4:00
viola & piano
The Tree (Oj Javore) 13:00
for flute & piano -2021
Vocal
There are Times 9:15
Motet No 1, in six parts (s, s, a, t, bar, bass)
Dreams & Visions 7:15
Motet No 2 n Four Parts (s, a, t, bar.)
Wind & Clouds 9:30
Motet No 3, in Six Parts (s, s, a, a, t, b) with Palmas (clapping) and viola (optional)
Sanctus 7:00
Motet No 4, in Six Parts (s, s, a, a, t, b)
Whenever
Motet No 5, in Six Parts (s, s, a, a, t, b)
And so too, We Dream
Motet No 6, in Six Parts (s, s, a, a, t, b) with piano and D.bass.
Songs of Psyche 56:30
Alto solo, chorus (S,A,T,B), violin, viola, D.bass, keyboards and perc. x 2
PsychoStasia 35:30
voice, chorus (SAATB), sax, strings, keyboards, bass and percussion x2
The Goddess Returns 15.00
Mezo soprano, string quartet, percussion
Two Short Songs 2.00 + 2:15
Two works for solo alto & loop, or 3 altos
Lad From Marrickville 2:15
Punk 'Lieder' -for voice, piano x 2 & cello
Children's Music
Journey to the Mythical Place 3:55
string quartet or string orchestra, opt. marimba
Anecdotal Recollections
5 duos for 2 cellos + optional double bass
Opus one and a half
5 duos for 2 violins
The Bare Minimum
5 duos for 2 violins (or viola)
Only a Dream 6:45
narrator, sop + altos, string orchestra, piano, glock., xylo., marimba, perc. x3
A Playground Groove 7.30
double strings (begin.+ advanced), glock., xylo., vibes, marimba (two players) and percussion x2
Introduction, Allegro & Fade 5:25
string orchestra
A Simple Groove 5:05
string orchestra, piano, bell and drum, opt flutes
And Then It shone (It always does!)5:05
string orchestra, piano, bell and drum, opt flutes
A Question of Taste…Hmmm? 2:30
string orchestra, piano, and bell
A Moments Peace 3.45
violin, (or cello) with piano
Birth of the Bongo Bangers 1:30
marimba x 2 (single lines), xylophone, bass drum and bell
Bongo Thongo Ahh! (kin kin) 2:15 marimba x 2 (single lines), bass marimba, xylophone x 2, drum and bell
In Time(almost) 3.20
wind band, percussion and piano
In Pulse
Saxophone quartet
Film Music
Running with the Boys
Teotiuhacan Productions, 2007
Home of the Blizzard
Original footage by Frank Hurley of Antartic Expedition for Sydney Film Festival.
The Drip
Produced by Nick Tantaro
Know Thyself
gothic horror film score
2019