JOHN
COUSINS
List of works in Chronological order.
E =
Electroacoustic. (E/8=8chn format)
MMP = Mixed media/Performance Installation.
MMI = Mixed media
Installation.
V = Videotape.
DVD= Digital video.
C = Conventional
Resource
The Reason Why.
(C) Voice and
String Orchestra. Recorded R.N.Z. 1968.
Three
Songs. (C)Voice and Piano. Recorded R.N.Z. Published Price Milburn Press. 1970.
Three
Songs.(C) Two Singers/Pianists. Recorded
R.N.Z. 1972.
Three
Little Duets: (C). Violin and viola.
1973.
I
Sing of Olaf.(C) Cantata for Three voices, Three 'celli, and
Three flutes.1974.(Commissioned Christchurch Society for
Contemporary Music)
Christmasmusic.(E)
1974. ( KIWI: SLD
44/46 ) (CD:174:1.)
Christmasmusic(MMP)
C.S.A. Gallery. Christchurch. N.Z. Commission from
R.N.Z. 1974.
RUN:(V) Film for Television New Zealand. Broadcast Dec.1974.
ygUDuh.(E)
l975. (Revised
1989) ( CD:174:1) (MMP version
2003).
Co-active
Play.(MMP) With
Colleen Anstey and others. Tour of N.Z. Universities for Students Association Arts Council. 1975.
Strings
and Things.(MMP) With Colleen Anstey. C.S.A. Gallery.
Christchurch, N.Z. 1975.
Concert
for Strings I: (MMP). 1976.
Concert
for Strings II: (MMP). 1976.
Anna.(E)1976.( CD:174:1)
String
Quartet.(C) 1976.
Dulce
Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori.(C) Oratorio for Baritone, Chorus, Orchestra and Magnetic Tape. Premiered Christchurch Town Hall. Recorded R.N.Z. 1978.
Wouldn't
you Say?(E) 1978.( CD:174:1)
Cube
Study.(MMP) Brooke Gifford Gallery. Christchurch, N.Z.(Part of 1978 ChCh. Arts Festival).
Sleep
Exposure.(MMP) CSA Gallery, Christchurch. 1979. New Directions in N.Z. Music. National Art
Gallery. Wellington.N.Z.1979.
Sleep
Exposure.(E)1979.(Revised 1990) ( ODE:MANU1436) ( CD:174:2)
Soundings.(MMP)
Christchurch Arts Centre.1982. Melbourne Sculpture Triennial. Australia.
1982.
In
Real Time.(MMP) Interactive Performance
Group.(with Colleen Anstey ,Chris Cree Brown and Bronwyn Officer). Tour of
North Island Galleries (Manawatu, Sergeant, NAG). 1982.
Birthday.(MMP)
C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch, N.Z.
F.1. Sculpture Festival. Wellington, N.Z.1982.
Parade.(E)1983. ( ODE: MANU 1436 ) (CD:174:2)
Edit
for Pauline.(MMP) Performance version. Intermedia Concerts,
ChCh.1983. School of Music, University of Canterbury,1983.
Membrane.(MMP) Art in Dunedin Festival. Christchurch,
N.Z.1984. Edinburgh Festival.
Edinburgh, Great Britain, 1984.
Edit
for Pauline.(E)1985. ( 0DE : MANU 1436 ) (CD:174:2)
Bowed
Peace.(MMP) Christchurch. (Studio Performance)1986.
Bowed
Peace.(V) 1986.
Tense Test.(E)1986. (ODE : MANU 1436 ) (CD:174:2)
Earth
Turn Overlap: (Multi-monitor installation). 1988.
Reciprocal
Traverses: (Multi-monitor installation). 1988.
Sunwalk
Emblem: (MMI). 1988.
Icons
for Birdlings Flat.(MMP) McDougall Gallery Annex. Christchurch.N.Z. 1989.
Sunwalk
Series (MMP) Auckland Artspace. Auckland. N.Z. 1989.
Sunwalk
Mandala: (MMI).(Multiple slide projectors/stereo soundtrack) 1989.
Signs
in the Vicinity of Memories (E)1990.
Harps
at Arthurs Pass (V) Aeolian Harp installations and public field day. For Dept. of
Conservation. Arthurs Pass. N.Z. 1991.
Paturau
Interface Documents.(V) Four half hour videos documenting sonic/ sculptural work on the west
coast of the South Island, NZ, carried out since 1980. Edited
1992. Played at
various venues in NZ and overseas.
Aria
(MMP) Auckland Artspace. Auckland, N.Z. 1992. Sonic Circus, Wellington
N.Z. 1992
Aria(V+E/8) Studio 174 (Part of Eddie’s
Wall). 2001/2.
On
Listening In (E) ( UCEMS: SW 1.) School of
Music, University of Canterbury, NZ.1993, Theremin Centre, Moscow, Russia. 1996, and
other venues.
Ictus
(Meditation on a Chinese Drinking Bowl) (MMP) Composers Association of New Zealand
conference, Wellington, NZ, 1994,Theremin Centre, Moscow, Russia1996.
Songs
for the Little Lady (MMP) Theremin Centre for Electroacoustic Music. Moscow,Russia. 1996, School of Music, Victoria University,
Wellington, NZ.1996., Icebreaker Gallery, Amsterdam Nov.2001,University of
Glasgow Music Dept, Nov. 2001.
SSAUFHAPT
(MMP) School of
Music, University of Canterbury, NZ. Music Centre, Christchurch, NZ.1996. Icebreaker Gallery, Amsterdam, Nov 2001.(Acousmatic version received honourable
mention at Bourges International Competition, 1998.)
'The
Quarter' (E) School of Music, University of Canterbury, NZ. 1997.
SAY
(E) School of
Music, University of Canterbury, NZ. 1998.
Birth
Circle (E/8) School of Music, University of Canterbury, NZ. 1999, Studio 174,
Christchurch, Various performances as part of Eddie’s
Wall 2001/2, Icebreaker Gallery, Amsterdam, Nov 2001,
University of Glasgow, Music Dept, Nov 2001.
In
The Hands Of: (DVD) 2000
The
Necessity for Consolation (MMP). Studio 174, Christchurch, March 2002.
Eddie's
Wall (MMP). Retrospective of eight works, in four interdependent programmes. Studio 174, Christchurch / University of
Canterbury/Christchurch. Series of performances during 2001
and 2002.
The
Paturau Array: (DVD)
Video of the five Paturau Harps. 8chn audio for studio replay. Also a
stereophonic audio mix on DVD. 2003.
The
Revelation of St John the Divine: (E/8). 2004
In
Place: (E/8). 2004.
Say:
(DVD) . Finalist, SOUNZ CONTEMPORARY award. October 2004.
Paturau
Equivalents : (DVD) 2004.
Riversong:
(DVD). 2004.
Rehab: (E/8). 2004.
Between
Floors: (E/8). 2005.
Within
The Frame: (E/8). 2005.
Sea
Section: (E/8). 2006.
Speak
Memory: (E/8). 2007.
Devotional
Equivalents: (DVD). 2007.
ÔCHOKEÕ(E/8).
2008.
TALKING
BOOKS. 2008. Four Illustrated books with accompanying Audio
Compact Discs.
LEGACY.
(E/16 + video) 2009
BETWEEN
FLOORS.(E/16 plus image) 2009 (Re-caste from the 2005 work).
VISIBLE
VOICES. (E/24) 2011.
EVENT
3468575. (E/18) 2011
THE GLORY
IS FALLEN. (E/16) 2011
THE GLORY
IS FALLEN (an investigation). (E/24) 2012
SHAPE
(E/26) 2012
JOHN
REMEMBERS. (E/8+video). 2013
TRANSCRIPTION
No.1 (E/24 plus image) 2013
TRANSCRIPTION
No.2 (E/16 plus image) 2013
TRANSCRIPTION
No.3 (E/24) 2013.
TRANSCRIPTION
No.4 (E/24) 2013
SONGS MY
MOTHER TAUGHT ME. (E/24). 2013
TRANSCRIPTION
No.5 (E/24 plus image) 2014
SASHAÕS
HARP (Paturau Array Special
edition) (E/8 plus image) 2014
DIRGE (E/24) 2014
TRANSCRIPTION
No.6 (E/8) (PPP and video) 2014
NAMING
THE UN-NAMEABLE (E/26) 2014
TRISTEZAS
DE CORRIENTES. (E/26) 2015.
SEEKING
SOLACE. (E/26) 2016.
TEN
STATIONS. (E/26) 2016.
IN
TODESBANDEN (E/26) 2017.
THE
LITTLE LADY ATTENDS MASS IN NOTRE DAME (E/26) 2018.
IN CASE I
FORGET (E/26) 2018.