All scores are available from the composer. To discuss performance opportunities, or for a perusal copy of any of these scores, please contact Peter at info[at]petercavell[dot]com.
Theatre Love at First Flight(2010)
A standalone musical-theatre ballad.
performed by Danielle Buonaiuto
Maude-Lynne Sells Out!(2010)
Original songs and incidental music for a play by Morgan Norwich and Johnnie Walker, presented in the Toronto Fringe Festival.
27 Weeks(2009)
Incidental music and sound design for a play by Joel Ivany, presented in Alumnae Theatre's New Ideas Festival. Directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa.
Main theme (excerpt)
Death! (2008)
An original one-act musical (book, music, and lyrics), premiered in the 2008 London Fringe Festival.
"James has just died, and finds that Purgatory isn't exactly what he was expecting. With sadness and a strange new sense of humour, he watches his wife Amelia try to cope with his departure. A bittersweet comedy (or funny drama?) about the grieving process."
Excerpts:
"We Danced", sung by Erica Laine and Mark Gough
"Orpheus", sung by Tracey Beltrano
Walking the Labyrinth(solo, 2007)
A musico-dramatic work for actor and electronics. Performed in the 2007 London Fringe Festival, and the 2008 Ottawa and Toronto Fringe Festivals.
"Awakening in an unfamiliar place, the wanderer must find his way through the twisting Labyrinth, and face the beast that waits at the centre. A dark, psychological re-imagining of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, combining live and recorded speech, electronic vocal distortion, original music, and 2000-year old poetry."
Recording (excerpts) featuring Peter Cavell (Minotaur/Theseus) and Danielle Buoniauto (Ariadne)
"Awakening"
"Lost in the maze"
"Sunset"
"Alone"
Walking the Labyrinth (thesis, 2006)
Musico-dramatic work for four singers, seven instrumentalists, three narrators, and live electronics.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
Incidental music for the Victoria Shakespeare Society.
The Devil Loves to Haggle (2003)
Co-written and co-performed with Jonathan de Souza. An experimental musical meta-theatre work exploring the story of Faust through the lens of vaudeville. A bizarre and hilarious examination of how souls are sold, complete with puppetry, juggling, escape acts, balloon animals, and audience participation.
Premiered in the London Fringe Festival. Winner of the 2003 Brickenden award for Best Musical.
Choral In Pace (2007)
SATB, 4 minutes
Text: Psalms 4:9 and 131:4
Miserere (2005)
SSAATTBB, 7 minutes
Fairy Lullaby (2005)
Children's chorus (SA), 4 minutes
Text by William Shakespeare
Four Songs Instead of Alban Berg's (2003)
SATB with piano, 8 minutes
Texts by Friedrich Hebbel and Alfred Mombert
Passage(2001)
SATB, 4 minutes
Vocal Le Secret (2004)
Soprano and piano, 4 minutes
Text by Armand Silvestre
Five Songs (2003)
Baritone and trombone, 7 minutes
Text by Peter Cavell
Eight Songs from "Jelly Belly" (2003)
Bass-baritone and piano, 10 minutes
Text by Dennis Lee, used with permission
Recording: Mark Gough (voice) and Peter Cavell (piano)
1. The Dreadful Doings of Jelly Belly
2. Mrs. Magee
3. The Seven Kinds of Bees
4. The Puzzle
5. Freddy
6. My Maple Tree
7. Bigamy Bill
8. Silverly
A Red, Red Rose (2002)
Tenor and piano, 3 minutes
Text by Robert Burns
Chipmunk Choir, Attempting to Forestall the Impending Apocalypse, Sings Bravely (2009)
Tape, 1 minute
Invention for Defective Yamaha Digital Piano (2009)
Tape, 1 minute
A Gliss to Build a Dream On (2008)
Tape, 1 minute
A short exploration of glissandi.
Interdeterminacy IV(2008)
Tape, 1 minute
A pastiche of John Cage's "Indeterminacies".
Backwards Brahms, with Sneeze and Vitamin-Bottle Shaker (2008)
Tape, 1 minute
Be Like Reich (2008)
Tape, 6 minutes
Homage to the early phase works of composer Steve Reich, particularly It's Gonna Rain and Come Out. Features the voice of Steve Reich himself.
Click It Like You Mean It (2008)
Tape, 1 minute
A celebration of audio distortion.
Twisting (2008)
Tape, 1 minute
Ariadne's Lament (2008)
Tape, 1 minute
Featuring the voice of Danielle Buonaiuto.
Asterion (2006)
Actor and live electronics, 10 minutes
Ave (2005)
Tape, 6 minutes
4'33: Dance Remix(2005)
Tape, 4 minutes 33 seconds
A modern update of John Cage's (in)famous "silent piece", featuring the voice of John Cage himself.
not an y thing ? (2005)
Narrator and tape, 4 minutes
De Profundis (2004)
Two narrators, baritone voice, string quartet, and live electronics, 8 minutes
Toast Music (2002)
Tape, 5 minutes
Made mostly out of sounds generated by the composer's toaster.
1. Furnulum pani nolo
2. Capriccio on the Departure of a Much-Beloved Electrical Appliance
