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Clements, Dominy (b. October 18, 1964,
Newport, Wales). British-born Dutch composer of primarily orchestral, chamber
and vocal works that have been successfully performed throughout Europe; he is
also active as a flautist.
Mr. Clements graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1987, where he studied composition with Christopher Brown, Edward Gregson and Roger Steptoe. He also attended masterclasses with Hans Werner Henze and Krzysztof Penderecki. In 1987, he moved to The Netherlands, where he studied with Louis Andriessen and Gilius van Bergeijk and attended classes with Frederic Rzewski and Walter Zimmermann until 1989 at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.
He has won the Arts for the
Earth Festival/Rainforest (1990, for Murder
of Crows), the Piano Circus (1992, for Two
Lagrangian Functions) and the Icebreaker (1996, for A Little Dutch Snuff) composition competitions and was a finalist
in the Edvard Grieg Memorial Competition (1997-98, for Concerto in Esse).
In the 1980s, he performed
as a flautist in various ensembles and orchestras, including the Manson
Ensemble and his own ensemble, Rime. He is now flautist with the Duo Hofinger,
the world music trio Lautareasca, the Salonorkest Sofa, and the trio 3-Orm and
plays sub-contrabass flute with the Netherlands Flute Orchestra.
He now works at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag as coordinator of the composition department, manager of the Podium-bureau (the internal and external concert circuit for students) and compiler and editor of the bimonthly Maandagenda (event calendar).
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: dominy.clements@wanadoo.nl
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Symphony in Spades, 1991; Ultima Thule, 2 string orchestras, 1994
(version of work for 2 string quartets); The
Gnostic Ogdoads, small orchestra, 1995; Concerto
in Esse, piano, orchestra, 1997; Zeugma
Zee, 2 saxophones, orchestra, 1998; Lament
for Kilcumein, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, string
orchestra, 1999; Another Country,
flute orchestra (31 players), 1999-2000; King
Frederick’s Troublesome Loop, 2
flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, 2 bassoons, string orchestra,
2000
CHAMBER MUSIC: Old Man Eloquent, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets,
bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, harmonium,
1987; Inchoate Deuterium, bass
clarinet, tuba, piano, 1989 (also version for bass clarinet, piano, accordion,
1997); Murder of Crows, oboe, piano,
1989; Sonata, cello, 1989; Fitzroy Cocktail, 4 flutes, 1990; Archilochian Bitterness, bass clarinet,
ensemble (2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2
French horns), 1992; L’arrivée des Voyageurs, recorder, 1992; Tale of Two, bass flute, harpsichord,
1992; Transit, 2 violins, 1992-93; Down the Dutch Mines, flute, oboe,
clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1993; Four
Aeolian Miniatures, violin, piano, 1993; Three Eustatic Movements, string quartet, 1993; Pinebender, 2 flutes, bass clarinet, 2
saxophones, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass
guitar, piano, percussion, 1993-94; Sonata
Gastronomica, bass flute, 1994; Ultima
Thule, 2 string quartets, 1994 (also version for 2 string orchestras); Tichborne Dole, French horn, 2 trumpets,
trombone, tuba, 1994; Sonata
Malincoptimistica, piccolo, 1995; Mildurtai
Honaurpou, clarinet, 1995; SonatA-per-se,
flute, 1995; Sonnet: Sonata, alto flute, 1995; Pietà, string quartet, 1996; Four Freedoms, bass flute, bass
clarinet, piano, accordion, 1996; Law of
Sod, flute, clarinet, piano, accordion, 1996; Murder of Crows II, flute, clarinet, piano, accordion ad libitum,
1997; Giggibus/The Pemtrithone Deletions/Yew,
flute, cello, piano, 1997 (second section also exists in version for flute,
bass clarinet, piano, 1999); Élasticité
Secrète, 4 recorders, 1997; Élasticité
Secrète II, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1997; Spooky Fruit, 4 clarinets, 1997; Oscar’s Wish, 4
saxophones, 1997; Pocket Concerto No.
1, flute, clarinet, piano, 1997; 6 Scharrelminiaturen, flute, cello,
1997; Dee Mills, Rent Due, harp, 1998; Pocket
Symphony No. 1, flute, bass
clarinet, piano, accordion, 1998; Alamam
Alemon, French horn, violin, piano, 1999; Extant-Extinct, flute,
bass clarinet, 1999; Trois Dépêches pour
l’Attend (sonata), cello, piano,
1999; Three Wee Pieces for Josefien,
flute, 1999; Graham’s Pumps, 6 French horns, 2000; Three Things, bass clarinet, 2000; The blue and the dim and the dark,
flute, bass clarinet, piano, 2001; Bluebell
Woods, flute, harp, viola, 2001; Four
Periphrastic Amphigouri, flute, piano, 2002
VOCAL: Agony Slides, soprano, flute, clarinet,
violin, 2 celli, piano, 1989; See Who
Blinks First (text by the composer), soprano, piano, 1989; The Phoenix and the Turtle (text by
William Shakespeare), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1990; Epitaph (text by M. Armstrong), baritone, piano, 1991; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see (text by William
Shakespeare), soprano, piano, 1991; Iptych,
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano, 1992; For
Nothing Now (text by Wystan Hugh Auden), soprano, violin, cello, piano,
1995; Peace, and be… (text by T.S. Eliot), soprano, bass flute, 1993; Bluebell Woods (text by Jennetta
Clements), soprano, harp, 1994; A Little
Dutch Snuff (text by the composer), soprano, 2 flutes, 2 saxophones,
electric guitar, electric violin, electric cello, bass guitar, 2 electronic
keyboards, 1996; Breaking New Ground
(text by Jennetta Clements), soprano, harp, 1997; Lonely Spirit Guiding (text by Edgar Allan Poe), mezzo-soprano,
clarinet, piano, 1997; To Zante (Three Poe Songs), soprano/mezzo-soprano,
piano, 1998; Three Popular Songs (texts
by James Joyce, E.E. Cummings, William Blake), alto, piano, 2001; To live at all is miracle enough (text
by Mervyn Peake), baritone, bass clarinet, piano, 2001
PIANO: Catchment, pigment, segment,
fortepiano/clavichord, 1990; Two
Lagrangian Functions, 6 pianos, 1992; Winter
Eis, 1993; Holistic Sorites, 1994
ORGAN: Breuddwyd Rhonabwy, 1995
HARPSICHORD: 070 – 3259851, 1992
CARILLON: The Aristotelian Causes, 1989; Weight of Wind, 1990; The Ephesian Calls, 3-octave carillon,
1990; De Luiheid, 5 carillons, 1991
(Last updated on October 13, 2002)
