SUITE

• (1973)
• For oboe and piano
• ca. 5 minutes
• Suite, Minatures, Toccatino and Janus win the Unisa Composition Prize in 1975
• First performance: 13 March 1977, Henk Pretorius and Evelyn Green for the Society of SA Composers, Johannesburg

TARANTELLA

• (1973)
• For violin and piano
• ca.: 3½ minutes

BEPEINSING

• (1973)
• For cello and piano
• ca. 5 minutes
• Several undocumented perfomances

TOCCATINO

• (1973)
• For piano quartet
• ca. 4 minutes
• First performance: in 1974 for the South African Society of Music Teachers

PSIGE

• (1975)
• For chamber ensemble
• ca.: 1½ minutes
• manuscript

MAKIETIE

• (1978)
• For brass quintet
• ca. 14 minutes
• First performance: 1 December 1978, Royal Academy of Music, London, Regents Brass Quintet, Rupert Bond
• Broadcasts: 15 January and 7 November 1985 on SABC Radio; 23 March 1986, in the television programme "Arts on One", SABC TV1
• Recordings: SABC Transcription Service LT 21 000, and CDGSE 1510 (Mantis and other African inspired works)
• Music Example
• Sound Clip
• Programme Notes / Review

TO OPEN A WINDOW

• (1995)
• For string quartet
• ca. 20 minutes
• Commissioned by SAMRO for the Odeion String Quartet of Bloemfontein
• First performance: 5 August 1995, Stellenbosch, Odeion String Quartet, Derek Ochse
• International performances:
• 29 September 1995, Stellenbosch Festival, Chillingirian String Quartet of England; 12 August 1996, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Norway, Odeion String Quartet
• Broadcasts: 5 March 1996, Odeion String Quartet on SABC Radio; 20 August 1996, Odeion String Quartet, Nowegian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 2 Radio
• [Amanuensis Quality Editions]
• Music Example
• Sound Clip 1
• Sound Clip 2
• Programme Notes / Review

ARK I

• (1996)
• For French Horn solo
• ca. 4 minutes
• Commissioned by the SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts (SENA) for its Overseas Scholarship Competition for Instrumentalists 1996

ARK II

• (1996)
• For Tenor Trombone solo
• ca. 4 minutes
• Commissioned by the SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts (SENA) for its Overseas Scholarship Competition for Instrumentalists 1996

A NEW COSTUME FOR THE EMPEROR

• (2000)
• For Piano Trio
• ca. 24 minutes
• Commissioned by the SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts
• First performance: 28 August 2002, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, Musiaon Trio
• Music Example 1
• Music Example 2
• Sound Clip 1
• Sound Clip 2
• Programme Notes / Review

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