Spiral for viola with delay

Solo

A collection of works for solo instruments, including guitar, piano, bass clarinet, cello, viola and more

Spiral for viola with delay

The viola soloist becomes an ensemble through looping, but in intricate ways that involve hockets and overlapping harmonics.

This Single Moment for violin and piano

Capturing a particular instance seared in the memory from walking to primary school on a sunlit spring day, this short work is a meditative reflection on the fleeting moments that make up our lives. Robert Davidson was commissioned by 4MBS Festival of Classics to compose this duo for Jonny Ng and Fern Ong, who play it here in a loungeroom recording.

Jump for bass clarinet

This piece jumps all over the range of the very flexible bass clarinet, in an attempt to make a single instrument sound like a group.

Robert Davidson

Solo improvised concert by the composer on double bass

Out of Silence (2014) for piano and delay, by Robert Davidson

A piano with digital delay transforms a single note into a dense tapestry of sound.