Chris’ scores are available to purchase through the Australian Music Centre
Perusal scores available upon request
ALL WORKS (by year)
A veil of rippled glass (2023) - viola, harp, percussion - 6.5 mins
Sinopia (2023) - String quartet - 3 mins
Three incantations (2023) - String quartet - 6 mins
swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; (2022/23) - string quartet - 6 mins
Two studies for flute and ‘flute on tape’ (2023) - flute and tape - 7 mins
Aurora Pacifica (2023) - wind symphony - 12 mins
Endless Radiance (2022) - SATB - 4 mins
Ave, Regina caelorum (2022) - SATB - 7 mins
The stone and the dream are made from the same substance (2022) - 2 pianos, 2 percussion - 9 mins
(Codex) on the flights of birds (2022) - violin and cello - 7 mins
Forms that seem to float atop a vibrant and disorienting surface (2021/22) - 2 pianos, 2 percussion - 11 mins
Shadow songs (2021/22) - saxophone quartet - 10 mins
Canticum Novi Mundi (2019-2020), Cor Anglais Concerto - english horn, harp, percussion, and strings - 20 mins
I pray the sea (2020) – vocal quintet, percussion, chamber organ - 20 mins
Time before and time after (2016/2020) – string orchestra - 10 mins
Untitled (Song Company ‘Nineteen to the dozen’ commission) (2019) – vocal octet – 3 mins
The Convict Monologues Suite (2019) – cor anglais and string quintet – 25 mins
Memoria (2019) – symphony orchestra – 8 mins
Strange and solemn airs (2019) – flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello – 5 mins
Light of the two horizons (2018) – sho and recorders – 8 mins
Strange and solemn music (2018) – clarinet, harp, string trio – 12 mins
bird, songs, seas (2018) – violin and cello – 2 mins
Convict Monologues, Incidental music (2017) – cor anglais and string quintet – 22 mins
Growth is form (2017/2018) – carillon solo – 10 mins
Toccare : Ricercar dopo una fuga dopo a morte (2017) – piano solo – 10 mins
Lines at Infinity (2016) – string orchestra – 12 mins
No mortal air (2016) – vocal sextet – 5 mins
thus passes… (2016) – vocal sextet – 6 mins
Shifting Horizons, Distant Waves (2016) – guitar, flute, saxophone – 5 mins
gentle veils, ghosts (2016) – flute, clarinet, percussion, viola, violoncello – 6 mins
through fall of leaves (2016) – mezzo soprano, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and violoncello – 8 mins
(philadelphia) sky sketch (2016) – brass sextet – 3 mins
Among the silent trees (2016) – percussion and tape – 8 mins
three horizons (2015/16) – violin and piano – 15 mins
The truth of the flowers (2015) – operatic scene for piano, viola, soloists and chords – 20 mins
In Laudem (2015) – piano solo – 4 mins
Scilla autumnalis (2014) – Symphony Orchestra – 14 mins
thus passes… (2014) – double vocal quartet – 6 mins
Kolam (2014) – Symphony Orchestra – 7 mins
Morpho-Pappilo (2014) – flute, clarinet, percussion violin, violoncello and piano – 12 mins
Polyhymnia (2014) – double bass and laptop – 6 mins
Above the eight rotations of star-borne worlds (2014) – percussion duo – 12 mins
Sometimes there’s two, Part II (2014) – computer program – 6 mins
Theoria Sacra Undarum (2013) – Symphony Orchestra – 13 mins
birds(unfalling) (2013) – soprano and string sextet – 6 mins
Five Adorations (on the end of time) (2013) – soprano, baritone, percussion and cello – 10 mins
birds(unfalling) (2013) – soprano and string sextet – 6 mins
Beautiful lines (2012) – string quartet – 6 mins
a golden string (2012) – SATB Choir – 4 mins
Ochres -Sketch of Work in Progress- (2012) – SATB Choir – 3 mins
The Peaceful Night (2010/2012) – SATB Choir – 3.5 mins
Il Pleut (2010/2011) – percussion quartet – 20 mins (Mov 1, Mov 2, Mov 3)
A Strange Communion (2010) – Symphony Orchestra – 9 mins
of dust (2010) – SATB Choir – 3.5 mins
of silence into silence (2010) – Soprano and percussion – 7 mins
Paean (2010) – SATB Choir – 3 mins
Canto-Fiato (2010) – bass recorder, flute and percussion – 10 mins
Two Episodes for Solo Piano (2010) – solo piano – 6 mins
a frost-making stillness (2009/2010) – Chamber Orchestra – 8 mins
The Moon Lies Fair (2009) – Symphony Orchestra – 6 mins
Altjiranga Mitjina (2009) – String Orchestra – 8 Mins
Amid your candles and lilies (2009) – flute and 9 solo strings – 6 mins.
New Ecstasies (2008/2009) – Solo percussion – 6 mins
And I heard the Songs Unsung (2008/2009) – song cycle for baritone and piano – 26 mins
By a thousand names o flower (2008) – flute, horn, celesta, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass – 7mins
Two War Songs (2008) – Soprano and piano
My east, My sun (2008) – SATB and organ
Mysterious Road (2008) – Bass Flute – 1.5 mins
Prelude (2007) – flute, violin and piano – 4 mins
Moonlight and the Sorrow – flute, guitar, piano, percussion, violin, and soprano (2007/2008) – 15 mins
The Slow and Infinite Dance of the Stars (2007) – flute, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, violin, and violoncello – 8mins
You in the night (2007) – Tenor, Baritone and Bass – 6 mins
The Poetry of Earth is Ceasing Never (2007) – Flute and Violin – 7 mins
Threnody (2006/2007) – String Orchestra – 8 mins
Temporal Light (2006) – Guitar and Flute or Guitar and Violin – 3 mins
Piano Quintet (2004/2005) – 20 mins
SOLO/DUO (by year)
Two studies for flute and ‘flute on tape’ (2023) - flute and tape - 7 mins
Light of the two horizons (2018) – sho and recorders – 8 mins
bird, songs, seas (2018) – violin and cello – 2 mins
Growth is form (2017/2018) – carillon solo – 10 mins
Toccare : Ricercar dopo una fuga dopo a morte (2017) – piano solo – 10 mins
Among the silent trees (2016) – percussion and tape – 8 mins
three horizons (2015/16) – violin and piano – 15 mins
In Laudem (2015) – piano solo – 4 mins
Polyhymnia (2014) – double bass and laptop – 6 mins
Above the eight rotations of star-borne worlds (2014) – percussion duo – 12 mins
Sometimes there’s two, Part II (2014) – computer program – 6 mins
Two Episodes for Solo Piano (2010) – solo piano – 6 mins
New Ecstasies (2008/2009) – Solo percussion – 6 mins
The Poetry of Earth is Ceasing Never (2007) – Flute and Violin – 7 mins
Temporal Light (2006) – Guitar and Flute or Guitar and Violin – 3 mins
CHAMBER (by year)
A veil of rippled glass (2023) - viola, harp, percussion - 6.5 mins
Sinopia (2023) - String quartet - 3 mins
Three incantations (2023) - String quartet - 6 mins
swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; (2022/23) - string quartet - 6 mins
The stone and the dream are made from the same substance (2022) - 2 pianos, 2 percussion - 9 mins
(Codex) on the flights of birds (2022) - violin and cello - 7 mins
Forms that seem to float atop a vibrant and disorienting surface (2021/22) - 2 pianos, 2 percussion - 11 mins
Shadow songs (2021/22) - saxophone quartet - 10 mins
The Convict Monologues Suite (2019) – cor anglais and string quintet – 25 mins
Strange and solemn airs (2019) – flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello – 5 mins
Strange and solemn music (2018) – clarinet, harp, string trio – 12 mins
Convict Monologues, Incidental music (2017) – cor anglais and string quintet – 22 mins
Shifting Horizons, Distant Waves (2016) – guitar, flute, saxophone – 5 mins
gentle veils, ghosts (2016) – flute, clarinet, percussion, viola, violoncello – 6 mins
(philadelphia) sky sketch (2016) – brass sextet – 3 mins
Morpho-Pappilo (2014) – flute, clarinet, percussion violin, violoncello and piano – 12 mins
Beautiful lines (2012) – string quartet – 6 mins
Il Pleut (2010/2011) – percussion quartet – 20 mins (Mov 1, Mov 2, Mov 3)
Canto-Fiato (2010) – bass recorder, flute and percussion – 10 mins
Amid your candles and lilies (2009) – flute and 9 solo strings – 6 mins.
By a thousand names o flower (2008) – flute, horn, celesta, guitar, violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass – 7mins
Prelude (2007) – flute, violin and piano – 4 mins
Moonlight and the Sorrow – flute, guitar, piano, percussion, violin, and soprano (2007/2008) – 15 mins
The Slow and Infinite Dance of the Stars (2007) – flute, clarinet, vibraphone, piano, violin, and violoncello – 8mins
Piano Quintet (2004/2005) – 20 mins
ORCHESTRA/LARGE ENSEMBLE (by year)
Canticum Novi Mundi (2019-2020), Cor Anglais Concerto - english horn, harp, percussion, and strings - 20 mins
Time before and time after (2016/2020) – string orchestra - 10 mins
Memoria (2019) – symphony orchestra – 8 mins
Lines at Infinity (2016) – string orchestra – 12 mins
Kolam (2014) – Symphony Orchestra – 7 mins
Theoria Sacra Undarum (2013) – Symphony Orchestra – 13 mins
A Strange Communion (2010) – Symphony Orchestra – 9 mins
a frost-making stillness (2009/2010) – Chamber Orchestra – 8 mins
Altjiranga Mitjina (2009) – String Orchestra – 8 Mins
Threnody (2006/2007) – String Orchestra – 8 mins
“Chris Williams has composed some brilliantly unsettling music”
THEATRE MUSIC (by year)
Cosi (2019) – Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company (co-production), directed by Sarah Goodes,
A Doll’s House, Part 2 (2018) – Melbourne Theatre Company, directed by Sarah Goodes,
Cloud Nine (2017) – Sydney Theatre Company, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Opera House
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016) – Sydney Theatre Company, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Opera House
Harvest (2015) – Gettysburg College, directed by Susan Russell
Fascination (2015) – 50 Miniaturists (Arcola Theatre, London), written and directed by Sarah Sigal
No Border (2014 – Development) – Rough-Hewn (with assistance from the Arts Council England), written and directed by Carla Kingham
The Cold Clear Elsewhere (2014) – Edinburgh Fringe Festival, written by Jennifer Williams, directed by Sarah Sigal
Altogether Now (2014) – North Wall Summer Residency, Oxford, written by Tom Wainwright
The Merchant of Venice (2013) – Buskins Dramatic Society/Oxford University Dramatic Society
Orphans (2013) – Rough-Hewn
Love’s Labour’s Lost (2012) – Oxford University Dramatic Society
Hyppolytus Raised (2010) – Sydney University Dramatic Society
Moonlight (2008) – Mummer’s Dramatic Society
Whispers and Fumbles (2008) – Sydney University Dramatic Society
Arcadia (2007) – Sydney University Dramatic Society
Hating Alison Ashleigh (2003) – Young People’s Theatre Newcastle
Boss of the Pool (2002) – Young People’s Theatre Newcastle
The Golden Masque of Agamemnon (2001) – Young People’s Theatre Newcastle
VOCAL/CHORAL (by year)
Endless Radiance (2022) - SATB - 4 mins
Ave, Regina caelorum (2022) - SATB - 7 mins
I pray the sea (2020) – vocal quintet, percussion, chamber organ - 20 mins
Untitled (Song Company ‘Nineteen to the dozen’ commission) (2019) – vocal octet – 3 mins
No mortal air (2016) – vocal sextet – 5 mins
thus passes… (2016) – vocal sextet – 6 mins
through fall of leaves (2016) – mezzo soprano, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and violoncello – 8 mins
The truth of the flowers (2015) – operatic scene for piano, viola, soloists and chords – 20 mins
thus passes… (2014) – double vocal quartet – 6 mins
birds(unfalling) (2013) – soprano and string sextet – 6 mins
Five Adorations (on the end of time) (2013) – soprano, baritone, percussion and cello – 10 mins
birds(unfalling) (2013) – soprano and string sextet – 6 mins
a golden string (2012) – SATB Choir – 4 mins
Ochres -Sketch of Work in Progress- (2012) – SATB Choir – 3 mins
The Peaceful Night (2010/2012) – SATB Choir – 3.5 mins
of dust (2010) – SATB Choir – 3.5 mins
of silence into silence (2010) – Soprano and percussion – 7 mins
Paean (2010) – SATB Choir – 3 mins
And I heard the Songs Unsung (2008/2009) – song cycle for baritone and piano – 26 mins
Two War Songs (2008) – Soprano and piano
My east, My sun (2008) – SATB and organ
You in the night (2007) – Tenor, Baritone and Bass – 6 mins
MUSIC FOR STUDENTS (by year)
Aurora Pacifica (2023) - wind symphony - 12 mins
Golden Morn (2006) - SSAA
Postcards from Austria (2005) – solo piano
Processional (2004) - high school orchestral
Anthem (2004) - SATB