list of works
(by category)
orchestra | large ensemble | chamber | solo | electro-acoustic | percussion | other
orchestra
- individual objects (2009) 7 minutes ~
 - orchestra
 - 3.3.3.3 | 4.3.3.1 | 2 perc, Piano, Harp | Strings
 - commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra as part of UBS Soundscapes: Pioneers
 - first performance, LSO, Gianandrea Noseda, 26 October 2010, Barbican, London
 
- thirty-five objects (2009) 7 minutes ~
 - orchestra
 - 2.2.2.2 | 2.2.0.0 | timp. | strings 8.6.4.4.2
 - commissioned by sinfonia ViVA
 - first performance, sinfonia ViVA, André de Ridder, 28th March 2012, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
 
- alizarin sun (2006) 7 minutes ~
 - orchestra
 - 2.2.2.3 | 4.2.3.1 | Timp. 3 perc. Harp | strings
 - first performance, Hallé Orchestra, Rory Macdonald, 26 October 2006, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
 
- pintura escondida (2005) 6 minutes ~
 - orchestra
 - 2.2.2.2 | 4.2.3.0 | 2 perc. | strings
 - first performance, Hallé Youth Orchestra, André de Ridder, 4 December 2005, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
 
- violet (2001) 8 minutes ~
 - orchestra
 - 2.2.2.3 | 4.2.3.0 | 1 perc. | piano | strings
 - first performance, BBC Symphony Orchestra, André de Ridder, 31 March 2010, Maida Vale Studios, London, UK
 
large ensemble
orchestra | large ensemble | chamber | solo | electro-acoustic | percussion | other
- twelve voices (2016-18) 1 hour 8 minutes ~
 - 12 male voices
 
- individual voices (2015) 5 minutes ~
 - alto flute, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, electric guitar, voice, violin, viola, double bass, electronics
 - co-commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and the Royal Philharmonic Society
 - first performance, the London Sinfonietta, Juliet Fraser (voice), Ian Vine (guitar & electronics), 9 May 2015, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
 
- forty-five objects (2014) 24 minutes ~
 - 45 electric guitars
 - on release, CDR/DL: forty objects/forty-five objects
 
- forty objects (2014) 25 minutes ~
 - 40 electric guitars
 - on release, CDR/DL: forty objects/forty-five objects
 
- division (2013) 18 minutes ~
 - 9 electric guitars with electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: frieze/static form/division
 
- ocre oscuro (2006-2007) 14 minutes ~
 - flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, violin, viola, cello
 - written for the London Sinfonietta under the Blue Touch Paper scheme
 - first performance, the London Sinfonietta, Richard Baker, 8 May 2007, LSO St. Luke's, London
 
- [untitled] (2004-2005) 27 minutes ~
 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion [1 player], harp, piano, electronics, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
 - exact details TBC
 
- writing on water (ensemble version) (2000/2003) 1 minute 36 seconds ~
 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
 
- white river sand (2002) 10 minutes ~
 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
 - first performance, Kokoro, André de Ridder, 11 Dec 2002, Lighthouse, Poole, UK
 
- ten white leaves (2000) 10 minutes ~
 - flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (1+bass), horn, trombone, percussion, piano, viola, cello, contrabass
 - commissioned by André de Ridder
 - first performance, ensemble eleven, André de Ridder, 20 June 2002, Lust for the Ears, The music of Louis Andriessen, RNCM, Manchester, UK
 
- shadow grounds (1999) 3 minutes ~
 - flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello
 - commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival for ensemble recherche
 - first performance 28 November 1999, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, UK
 
- espinas (1998-1999) 20 minutes ~
 - flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass
 - first performance New Ensemble, Clark Rundell (cond.), RNCM, Manchester, 21 June 1999
 - 2001 revised version: London Sinfonietta, Garry Walker (cond.), 22 April 2001, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
 
- the other relics (1995) 8 minutes ~
 - mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, contrabassoon, bass trombone, percussion, 5 violas, 3 cellos, contrabass
 - text: James Kirkup, extract from No more Hiroshimas, 1960
 - first performed by Anna Burford (mezzo), New Ensemble, Baldur Brönnimann (cond.), RNCM, Manchester, 20 November 1996
 
chamber (2-6 instruments)
orchestra | large ensemble | chamber | solo | electro-acoustic | percussion | other
- still pieces (2018) 60 minutes ~
 - 3 flutes, accordion, 3 acoustic guitars, piano and electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: still pieces
 
- twenty-seven trios (2013/2016) 4 hours 30 minutes ~
 - 3 electric guitars with electronics
 - film installation / individual concert works (10 minutes ~ each)
 - first screening, 24 January 2016, RNCM, Manchester, UK
 
- replica (2013) 10 minutes ~
 - clarinet, vibraphone, 2 electric guitars, electronics
 - first performance, The House of Bedlam & Ian Vine (guitar), 30 October 2013, RNCM, Manchester
 
- flawed copies (2011) 12 minutes ~
 - can be performed in any order/combination:
 - I: 1'45"; II: 1'23"; III: 4'00"; IV: 1'50"; V: 2'50"
 - version 1: oboe, horn, violin, cello, live electronics (optional)
 - first performance, 26 May 2011, Wilbraham St Ninian's Church, Manchester
 
- perfect objects (2010) 15 minutes ~
 - flute, clarinet, violin, cello
 - first performance, Radius, 23 April 2010, National Portrait Gallery, London
 
- moon phase (2010) 5 minutes ~
 - female voice, bass flute, cello
 - commissioned by Trio Atem with funds provided by the RVW Trust
 - first performance, Trio Atem, 26 February 2010, University of Manchester, Manchester
 
- ohne titel (2008) 25 minutes ~
 - flute, horn, cello, multi-channel electronics
 - for Erika Hoffmann and the Sammlung Hoffmann
 - first performance, first moon, 2 March 2008, Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin
 
- fifty objects (2007) 3 minutes ~
 - flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone
 - first performance, Radius, 8 January 2008, Wigmore Hall, London
 
- underpaintings (2005) 8 minutes ~
 - clarinet, violin, cello, piano
 - first performance, Radius, 20 April 2007, Wigmore Hall, London
 
- a birthday card for Tony at 70 (2004) 3 minutes ~
 - string quartet
 
- broken colour (2003) 17 minutes ~
 - alto flute, oboe (+cor anglais), clarinet, horn, percussion (1 player: 4 crash cymbals; tam-tam; glockenspiel; marimba)
 - commissioned by Ensemble Q with funds provided by Music On The Edge
 - first performance, Ensemble Q, 28 October 2003, Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, UK
 
- oro y sombra (2002) 10 minutes ~
 - soprano, violin, cimbalom, piano
 - commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with support from the Arts Council of England and Stephen Bell
 - first performance, Psappha, Sarah Leonard (soprano), 24 Nov 2002, St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, UK
 
- blood on red (2000) 7 minutes ~
 - electric guitar, double bass (amplified), electronics
 - commissioned by [rout]
 - first performance, [rout], 23 November 2000, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK
 
- three black moons (1999) 15 minutes ~
 - clarinet, trombone, contrabass, tape
 - commissioned by The London Sinfonietta
 - first performance Hayward Gallery, London, 10 April 1999
 - Timothy Lines (cl), David Purser (tbn), Enno Senft (db), Ian Vine (tape), Ian Dearden/SOUND intermedia (sound diffusion)
 
- (music for animation) (1998) 6 minutes ~
 - flute, percussion (vibraphone, triangle), electronics
 - performed by mallika & mcqueen, Ian Vine
 - music for Writer's block by Steven Buckler
 - first screening - Royal Society of Arts, London, 22 July 1998
 
- koan (1997-1998)
 - koan (1997) 6 minutes ~
 - trumpet, organ
 - first performed by Peter Mainwaring (trumpet) and Jeremy Holland Smith (organ), Chelmsford Cathedral, 13 June 1997
 - second koan (1998) 7 minutes ~
 - trumpet, organ
 
orchestra | large ensemble | chamber | solo | electro-acoustic | percussion | other
solo
flute | piano | guitar | strings
flute
- butterfly pieces for jen (2007) 3 minutes ~
 - 6 pieces for flute (or piccolo, alto flute, bass flute)
 - for Jennifer George. the pieces can be reordered and performed in 720 different ways
 - first performance, Jennifer George, 2 March 2008, Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin
 
- thirty objects (2004) 3 minutes ~
 - flute
 
- satori (2000) 5-20 minutes ~
 - solo flute
 
- kôn tai né (1994) 4 minutes ~
 - solo flute
 - first performed by Susie Hodder-Williams, RNCM, Manchester, 23 January 1995
 
piano
- limited edition 2011 (2011) 1-3 minutes ~
 - piano
 - A6 postcard (148x105mm)
 - strictly limited edition
 
- limited edition VI 2010 (2010) 1-3 minutes ~
 - piano
 - first performance, Mary Dullea, 24 November 2010, The Forge, London
 - A6 postcard (148x105mm)
 - strictly limited edition of 50, signed & numbered
 - available to order directly from ianvine.com [here]
 
- over 5000 individual works (2007) 14 minutes ~
 - piano
 - 5040 different versions of the piece are possible
 - first performance: (over 5000 individual works #1642), Stephen Gutman, 26 November 2009, The Warehouse, London, UK
 
- [postcard] (2006) 75 seconds ~
 - piano
 - part of eleven piano pieces
 
- seventy objects (2004) 60 seconds
 - piano
 - first performance, Stephen Gutman, piano, 31 October 2004, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
 - What Strikes the Clocke?, part of Birtwistle Games festival
 
- postcards from chicago (2001)
 - piano
 - #1 70 seconds ~
 - #2 30 seconds ~
 - #3 60 seconds ~
 - first performance, Kate Dixon, 20 November 2003, Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax, UK
 
- first moon (1998) 10 minutes ~
 - piano, [incomplete]
 
guitar
- copies I-V (2016) 40 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - copy I 8 minutes
 - copy II 8 minutes
 - copy III 8 minutes
 - copy IV 8 minutes
 - copy V 8 minutes
 - on release, CDR/DL: copies I-V
 
- static form (2013) 10 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & live electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: frieze/static form/division
 
- frieze (2013) 18 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & live electronics
 - and versions with other instruments
 - on release, CDR/DL: frieze/static form/division
 
- always (2012) 10 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: limited 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- untitled (2012) 4 minutes ~
 - unplugged electric guitar & electronics
 - [forthcoming on digital release]
 
- immer (2012) 4 minutes 30 seconds ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: limited 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- gehalten (2012) 15 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - or: 4 electric guitars
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: limited 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- held (2012) 7 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - or: 3 electric guitars, 3 players; 3 electric guitars, 1 player
 - first performance, Ian Vine, 29 June 2012, KRAAK gallery, Manchester
 - [on digital release]
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: limited 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- 39-40 for Richard (2011) 5 minutes ~
 - electric guitar, electronics
 - first performance, Tom McKinney - electric guitar, Larry Goves - electronics, 24 June 2011, Spitalfields Festival, London
 - [digital release] Ian Vine - guitar, electronics
 
strings
- [2520] individual works for violin (2012) 3 minutes 30 seconds - 4 minutes 20 seconds each ~
 - violin
 - 2520 unique pieces
 - postcards (7 x A6 148x105mm)
 
- flawed copies vc (2012) 9 minutes ~
 - flawed copy vc I (2012) 3 minutes 15 seconds ~
 - flawed copy vc II (2012) 2 minutes 50 seconds ~
 - flawed copy vc III (2012) 2 minutes 30 seconds ~
 - cello
 - can be performed in any order/combination/separately
 
- burnt umber (2005) 10 minutes ~
 - viola
 - written for Paul Silverthorne under the London Sinfonietta Blue Touch Paper scheme
 
electro-acoustic
orchestra | large ensemble | chamber | solo | electro-acoustic | percussion | other
- still pieces (2018) 60 minutes ~
 - 3 flutes, accordion, 3 acoustic guitars, piano and electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: still pieces
 
- feedback pieces (2017) 45 minutes ~
 - feedback piece II (2017) 15 minutes ~
 - feedback piece III (2017) 8 minutes ~
 - feedback piece I (2017) 21 minutes ~
 - electroacoustic
 - on release, CDR/DL: feedback pieces
 
- copies I-V (2016) 40 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: copies I-V
 
- interstices (2015) 35 minutes ~
 - electroacoustic
 
- facsimile (2013) 32 minutes ~
 - electroacoustic
 
- facsimile (A6) (2013) 1 minute ~
 - electroacoustic
 - DL only free on SoundCloud
 
- replica (2013) 10 minutes ~
 - clarinet, vibraphone, 2 electric guitars, electronics
 - first performance, The House of Bedlam & Ian Vine (guitar), 30 October 2013, RNCM, Manchester
 
- division (2013) 18 minutes ~
 - 9 electric guitars with electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: frieze/static form/division
 
- static form (2013) 10 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & live electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: frieze/static form/division
 
- frieze (2013) 18 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & live electronics
 - and versions with other instruments
 - on release, CDR/DL: frieze/static form/division
 
- always (2012) 10 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - first performance, Ian Vine, 5 May 2013, Salford, UK
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: strictly limited edition 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- untitled (2012) 4 minutes ~
 - unplugged electric guitar & electronics
 - [forthcoming on digital release]
 
- immer (2012) 4 minutes 30 seconds ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - first performance, Ian Vine, 5 May 2013, Salford, UK
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: strictly limited edition 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- gehalten (2012) 15 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - or: 4 electric guitars
 - first performance, Ian Vine, 5 May 2013, Salford, UK
 - [on release, held/always/immer/gehalten: strictly limited edition 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- held (2012) 7 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - or: 3 electric guitars, 3 players; 3 electric guitars, 1 player
 - first performance, Ian Vine, 29 June 2012, KRAAK gallery, Manchester
 - [on digital release]
 - [& held/always/immer/gehalten: strictly limited edition 12" vinyl, DL]
 
- 39-40 for Richard (2011) 5 minutes ~
 - electric guitar, electronics
 - first performance, Tom McKinney - electric guitar, Larry Goves - electronics, 24 June 2011, Spitalfields Festival, London
 - [digital release] Ian Vine - guitar, electronics
 
- flawed copies (2011) 12 minutes ~
 - can be performed in any order/combination:
 - I: 1'45"; II: 1'23"; III: 4'00"; IV: 1'50"; V: 2'50"
 - version 1: oboe, horn, violin, cello, live electronics (optional)
 - first performance, 26 May 2011, Wilbraham St Ninian's Church, Manchester
 
- ohne titel (2008) 25 minutes ~
 - flute, horn, cello, multi-channel electronics
 - for Erika Hoffmann and the Sammlung Hoffmann
 - first performance, first moon, 2 March 2008, Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin
 
- seven with four (2001) 3 minutes ~
 - piccolo, flute, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 7 classical guitars, electronics
 - Jennifer George (flutes), Ian Vine (guitars, electronics)
 - part of writing on water(second book)
 
- blood on red (2000) 7 minutes ~
 - electric guitar, double bass (amplified), electronics
 - commissioned by [rout]
 - first performance, [rout], 23 November 2000, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK
 
- writing on water (2000) 1 minute 40 seconds ~
 - flute, 7 guitars, piano and electronics
 - commissioned by Matthew Herbert, premiere recording on Accidental [AC07CD] 2003
 - Jennifer George (flute), Ian Vine (guitars, piano, electronics)
 
- writing on water (first book) (1999)
 - commissioned by Matthew Herbert
 - Jennifer George (flutes), Ian Vine (guitars, piano, electronics)
 - pieces from cycle may be performed individually
 - satellite (1999) 32½ seconds
 - flute, guitar and electronics
 - for jen (1999) 33 seconds
 - 3 flutes, 3 guitars and electronics
 - small moon (1999) 30 seconds
 - flute, 4 guitars and piano
 - desert / catch (1999) 20 seconds
 - flute, 6 guitars, piano and electronics
 
- three black moons (1999) 15 minutes ~
 - clarinet, trombone, contrabass, tape
 - commissioned by The London Sinfonietta
 - first performance Hayward Gallery, London, 10 April 1999
 - Timothy Lines (cl), David Purser (tbn), Enno Senft (db), Ian Vine (tape), Ian Dearden/SOUND intermedia (sound diffusion)
 
- (music for animation) (1998) 6 minutes ~
 - flute, percussion (vibraphone, triangle), electronics
 - performed by mallika & mcqueen, Ian Vine
 - music for Writer's block by Steven Buckler
 - first screening - Royal Society of Arts, London, 22 July 1998
 
- SIRI (1997) 5 minutes 40 seconds ~
 - solo percussion and tape (cd)
 - first performed by Peadar Townsend, RNCM, Manchester, 30 May 1997
 
percussion
orchestra | large ensemble | chamber | solo | electro-acoustic | percussion | other
- X (2007) 8 minutes ~
 - solo percussion
 - first performance Adrian Spillett, 8 January 2008, Wigmore Hall, London
 
- siri² (2000) 10 minutes ~
 - percussion quartet
 - commissioned by Adrian Spillett on behalf of 4-MALITY
 - first performance 4-MALITY (Jan Bradley, Geir Rafnsson, Adrian Spillett, Stephen Whibley), 17 May 2000, Corn Exchange, Newbury, UK
 
- SIRI (1997) 5 minutes 40 seconds ~
 - solo percussion and tape (cd)
 - first performed by Peadar Townsend, RNCM, Manchester, 30 May 1997
 
other
- still pieces (2018) 60 minutes ~
 - 3 flutes, accordion, 3 acoustic guitars, piano and electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: still pieces
 - [IV1801]
 
- feedback pieces (2017) 45 minutes ~
 - electroacoustic
 - on release, CDR/DL: feedback pieces
 - [IV1701]
 
- copies I-V (2016) 40 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - on release, CDR/DL: copies I-V
 - [IV1601]
 
- interstices (2015) 35 minutes 36 seconds
 - on release, CDR/DL
 - [IV1502]
 
- forty objects/forty-five objects (2015) 49 minutes ~
 - on release, CDR/DL
 - [IV1501]
 
- frieze/static form/division (2014) 47 minutes ~
 - on release, CDR/DL
 - [IV1401]
 
twenty-seven trios (2013/2016) 4 hours 30 minutes ~- 3 electric guitars with electronics
 - film installation
 - first screening, 24 January 2016, RNCM, Manchester, UK
 
- division (2013) 18 minutes ~
 - 9 electric guitars with electronics
 - on release, DL only: bandcamp
 - [IV1302]
 
- static form (2013) 10 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & live electronics
 - on release, DL only: bandcamp
 - [IV1301]
 
- held/always/immer/gehalten (2012) 37 minutes ~
 - electric guitars & electronics
 - [on release, strictly limited edition 12" vinyl, DL]
 - [IV1201]
 
- unique pieces (2012-) various durations, various instrumentation
 - each unique piece is a one-off vinyl single
 - complete list
 
- held (2012) 7 minutes ~
 - electric guitar & electronics
 - or: 3 electric guitars, 3 players; 3 electric guitars, 1 player
 - first performance, Ian Vine, 29 June 2012, KRAAK gallery, Manchester
 - [on digital release]
 
- forty works for Richard (2011) 40 minutes ~
 - electric guitar ensemble [8-20 guitars]
 - all instruments performed by Ian Vine. Recorded at first moon studio, February-March 2011
 - [on digital release]
 - [IV1101]
 
  










