ISABELLA GELLIS
british/canadian composer, in london
LIST OF WORKS
for now, itโs best to email me if you would like to see any scores [or hear any recordings that arenโt online]
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SONATA / piano / 8โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ/ ๎๏ธ
a sort of microsonata
SLOW DAY NO. 5 / piano / 2โ / 2020 / ๎๏ธ
a song without words
THE DISSOLUTE SOCIETY COMPRISED OF ALL SORTS / piano / 35โ / 2021
a suite based on Biberโs Battalia
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FALLING UP SONGS / soprano, vln, bcl, pft / 4โ / 2016
LA LUNE NE GARDE AUCUNE RANCUNE / tenor, fl, cl, bcl, hn, vl, vla, vlc / 16โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ
text by T.S. Eliot
MONTREAL SONGS /medium voice, piano / 14โ / 2021
three folk song arrangements in French, English and Yiddish
DEAD HORSES / solo voice / 12โ / 2021
text by me, RAM200 commission
I WISH I COULD SPEAK TO YOU / medium-high voice, piano / 3โ / 2021
text by Dan Sociu
HOW TO SING AND PLAY THE HARP / soprano, harp / 11โ / 2022
text by Dan Sociu
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FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [CHAMBER OPERA] / mezzo-soprano: ebcl, cl, bcl, a-sax, bn, tr, tb, vl, vlc, pft / 16โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ/ ๎๏ธ
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AYBROOK STREET / six sight-reading violinists of any ability / 12โ / 2017
a made-to-order piece, premiered at The Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall
HOW TO DRAW / string quartet / 6โ / 2018
written for Dartington International Summer School, premiered there by the Heath Quartet
AND OTHER THINGS / clarinet, cello, piano / 4โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ
written at Dartington International Summer School, premiered there by the Tritium Trio, relating to Charles Ives
SLOW DAY NO. 6 / piano + any other instrument, range Db4-B5 / 2โ / 2020
Slow Day No. 5 [see above] but with a bit more going on
SOMETHING PRETTY / harp, piano / 4โ / 2020
brunch music for Olivia Jageurs and Thomas Ang, at the Fidelio Cafe
AND OTHER THINGS [version 2] / violin, cello, piano / 11โ / 2021
more things relating to Charles Ives
THINKPIECE / flute, horn, cello + tape / 11โ / 2021
verses and choruses with some thoughts about Messiaen at the end
BOWED AND BLOWED / clarinet, violin, cello / 6โ / 2022
Listenpony commission, written for a trio from Explore Ensemble
LURID CUPOLA MOSS / violin, viola, cello / 9โ / 2022
Nash Ensemble commission, premiered at Wigmore Hall
BOWED BLOWED AND HIT / recorder[s], violin, double bass, marimba / 9โ / 2022
flexible[ish] scoring, any blowed instrument, any two bowed instruments, and any hit instrument could play this
STRANGE ISABELLA / wind quintet, piano / 2โ / 2022
Stomping Ground commission, programmed alongside Isabella Leonarda
AND OTHER THINGS [version 3?] / clarinet, cello, piano / 10โ / 2022
I like this one the most
FRIENDS / kalimba, trumpet / 10-20โ / 2022
bathroom music
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ABSURD WALLS / string orchestra [min. 3,3,3,3,2] / 4โ / 2016
SUBLUNAR / orchestra - no percussion / 8โ / 2019
very yearning, + thereโs an Ives song somewhere in the middle
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PIANO QUINTET, title tbc, premiere 12/22
orchestration of MONTREAL SONGS, for fun
๐น
SONATA / piano / 8โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ/ ๎๏ธ
a sort of microsonata
SLOW DAY NO. 5 / piano / 2โ / 2020 / ๎๏ธ
a song without words
THE DISSOLUTE SOCIETY COMPRISED OF ALL SORTS / piano / 35โ / 2021
a suite based on Biberโs Battalia
๐ค
FALLING UP SONGS / soprano, vln, bcl, pft / 4โ / 2016
LA LUNE NE GARDE AUCUNE RANCUNE / tenor, fl, cl, bcl, hn, vl, vla, vlc / 16โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ
text by T.S. Eliot
MONTREAL SONGS /medium voice, piano / 14โ / 2021
three folk song arrangements in French, English and Yiddish
DEAD HORSES / solo voice / 12โ / 2021
text by me, RAM200 commission
I WISH I COULD SPEAK TO YOU / medium-high voice, piano / 3โ / 2021
text by Dan Sociu
HOW TO SING AND PLAY THE HARP / soprano, harp / 11โ / 2022
text by Dan Sociu
๐ญ๏ธ
FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [CHAMBER OPERA] / mezzo-soprano: ebcl, cl, bcl, a-sax, bn, tr, tb, vl, vlc, pft / 16โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ/ ๎๏ธ
๐บ๏ธ๐ป๐ช
AYBROOK STREET / six sight-reading violinists of any ability / 12โ / 2017
a made-to-order piece, premiered at The Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall
HOW TO DRAW / string quartet / 6โ / 2018
written for Dartington International Summer School, premiered there by the Heath Quartet
AND OTHER THINGS / clarinet, cello, piano / 4โ / 2018 / ๎๏ธ
written at Dartington International Summer School, premiered there by the Tritium Trio, relating to Charles Ives
SLOW DAY NO. 6 / piano + any other instrument, range Db4-B5 / 2โ / 2020
Slow Day No. 5 [see above] but with a bit more going on
SOMETHING PRETTY / harp, piano / 4โ / 2020
brunch music for Olivia Jageurs and Thomas Ang, at the Fidelio Cafe
AND OTHER THINGS [version 2] / violin, cello, piano / 11โ / 2021
more things relating to Charles Ives
THINKPIECE / flute, horn, cello + tape / 11โ / 2021
verses and choruses with some thoughts about Messiaen at the end
BOWED AND BLOWED / clarinet, violin, cello / 6โ / 2022
Listenpony commission, written for a trio from Explore Ensemble
LURID CUPOLA MOSS / violin, viola, cello / 9โ / 2022
Nash Ensemble commission, premiered at Wigmore Hall
BOWED BLOWED AND HIT / recorder[s], violin, double bass, marimba / 9โ / 2022
flexible[ish] scoring, any blowed instrument, any two bowed instruments, and any hit instrument could play this
STRANGE ISABELLA / wind quintet, piano / 2โ / 2022
Stomping Ground commission, programmed alongside Isabella Leonarda
AND OTHER THINGS [version 3?] / clarinet, cello, piano / 10โ / 2022
I like this one the most
FRIENDS / kalimba, trumpet / 10-20โ / 2022
bathroom music
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ABSURD WALLS / string orchestra [min. 3,3,3,3,2] / 4โ / 2016
SUBLUNAR / orchestra - no percussion / 8โ / 2019
very yearning, + thereโs an Ives song somewhere in the middle
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PIANO QUINTET, title tbc, premiere 12/22
orchestration of MONTREAL SONGS, for fun
EVENTS
this year
26/06/22 - FRIENDS @ VAN GOGH HOUSE LONDON
24/06/22 - STRANGE ISABELLA @ ROBINSON COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE W/ ENSEMBLE RENARD + JULIAN CHAN
21/06/22- STRANGE ISABELLA @ RAM W/ ENSEMBLE RENARD + JULIAN CHAN
12/06/22 - AND OTHER THINGS @ ST. STEPHENโS DULWICH W/ TRITIUM TRIO
18/05/22 - STRANGE ISABELLA @ PUSHKIN HOUSE W/ ENSEMBLE RENARD + JULIAN CHAN
05/05/22 - HOW TO SING AND PLAY THE HARP @ RAM W/ HรLOรSE WERNER + ESTHER BEYER
27/04/22 - BOWED BLOWED AND HIT @ RAM W/ TABEA DEBUS
22/03/22 - LURID CUPOLA MOSS @ WIGMORE HALL W/ NASH ENSEMBLE + RAM
03/03/22 - BOWED AND BLOWED @ LISTENPONY W/ EXPLORE ENSEMBLE
previous years
05/12/21 - ORCHESTRATIONS FOR BRIGHTON PHIL @ BRIGHTON DOME W/ JOANNA MACGREGOR, KATHRYN TICKELL AND AMY THATCHER
08/11/21 - DEAD HORSES @ RAM W/ LOTTE BETTS-DEAN
08/08/21 - THE DISSOLUTE SOCIETY COMPRISED OF ALL SORTS @ DARTINGTON FESTIVAL W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT
25/05/21 - MONTREAL SONGS @ NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT AND LOTTE BETTS-DEAN
21/05/21 - SONATA @ BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT
12/09/20 - SOMETHING PRETTY @ FIDELIO CAFE W/ OLIVIA JAGEURS AND THOMAS ANG
08/08/19 - FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [STAGED] @ TรTE ร TรTE FESTIVAL W/ LOTTE BETTS-DEAN, ELIAS BROWN review here
02/11/18 - SONATA @ RAM W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT
02/10/18 - FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [UNSTAGED] @ RAM W/ LOTTE BETTS-DEAN + ME CONDUCTING
24/08/18 - HOW TO DRAW @ DARTINGTON W/ HEATH QUARTET
24/08/18 - AND OTHER THINGS @DARTINGTON W/ TRITIUM TRIO
16/11/17 - FALLING UP SONGS @ RAM W/ CHRISTINE BURAS, DAVID SHAW, JAMES GILBERT, THOMAS ANG
16/06/17 - AYBROOK STREET @ THE DITCH W/ THOMAS ANG, JACK GREED, JOSEPH HAVLAT, SHIR LEVY, ROMAN LYTWYNIW, DAVID SHAW
08/11/21 - DEAD HORSES @ RAM W/ LOTTE BETTS-DEAN
08/08/21 - THE DISSOLUTE SOCIETY COMPRISED OF ALL SORTS @ DARTINGTON FESTIVAL W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT
25/05/21 - MONTREAL SONGS @ NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT AND LOTTE BETTS-DEAN
21/05/21 - SONATA @ BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT
12/09/20 - SOMETHING PRETTY @ FIDELIO CAFE W/ OLIVIA JAGEURS AND THOMAS ANG
08/08/19 - FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [STAGED] @ TรTE ร TรTE FESTIVAL W/ LOTTE BETTS-DEAN, ELIAS BROWN review here
02/11/18 - SONATA @ RAM W/ JOSEPH HAVLAT
02/10/18 - FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [UNSTAGED] @ RAM W/ LOTTE BETTS-DEAN + ME CONDUCTING
24/08/18 - HOW TO DRAW @ DARTINGTON W/ HEATH QUARTET
24/08/18 - AND OTHER THINGS @DARTINGTON W/ TRITIUM TRIO
16/11/17 - FALLING UP SONGS @ RAM W/ CHRISTINE BURAS, DAVID SHAW, JAMES GILBERT, THOMAS ANG
16/06/17 - AYBROOK STREET @ THE DITCH W/ THOMAS ANG, JACK GREED, JOSEPH HAVLAT, SHIR LEVY, ROMAN LYTWYNIW, DAVID SHAW
take your pick, all credited to photographer Ella Pavlides









