Nicola LeFanu

Anti-World (1972) – 20 minutes (Novello)
Music Theatre for Dancer, Soprano and Baritone with three players (afl.cl/perc)

Dawnpath (1977) – 50 minutes (Novello)
Chamber Opera for Soprano, Baritone and Dancer with five players (fl(afl).cl(bcl).hn.perc.vc)

The Story of Mary O'Neill (1986) – 1 hour 15 minutes (Novello)
Radio Opera for 17 unaccompanied singers
Soloist Soprano
16 voices - SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB (one voice to a part)

The Green Children (1990) – 1 hour 30 minutes (Novello)
Children’s Opera (libretto Kevin Crossley-Holland)
Soloists - 3 Adults (STB), 5 young voices (2 Sopranos, Treble, 2 Baritones)
Children’s chorus (unbroken voices)
Ensemble (adult) - fl((pic).cl(bcl)/perc/gtr/vc

Blood Wedding (1992) – 2 hours (Novello)
Opera (libretto Deborah Levy after Lorca)
15 singers and Chamber Orchestra (1(picc:afl).0.1(asax:bcl).1/2110/3perc/epf (sampler)/hp/2vn.2vc.db)

The Wildman (1995) – 2 hours (Novello)
Opera (libretto Kevin Crossley-Holland)
Soloists - 2 Baritones, Bass, Mezzo Soprano, 2 Sopranos, 2 Tenors
Chamber Orchestra - fl(picc:afl)ob(ca)cl(Eb:A:bcl)/hn.tpt/2perc(MIDI-CAT)/vn.va.2vc.db

Light Passing (2004) – 1 hour 10 minutes EP 71224
Chamber Opera (libretto John Edmonds)
7 solo singers (Treble, Soprano, Contralto, Countertenor, 2 Tenors, Bass-baritone) Chamber Ensemble of six players (fl,bsn,tpt,1 perc,hp,vc) and small chorus (SATB, may be amateur)

Dream Hunter (2011) – 50 minutes EP 72026
Chamber Opera (libretto John Fuller)
4 singers (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass-baritone), Chamber Ensemble of seven players (fl,cl,tbn,1 perc, hp,vln,vc)

Tokaido Road, a Journey after Hiroshige (2014) – 55 minutes EP 72572
Chamber opera (libretto Nancy Gaffield) with projection of Hiroshige’s woodblock prints.
3 Singers (soprano, mezzo soprano, baritone). Mime/dancer.
Chamber ensemble of six players (sho, koto, ob, cl, vla, vc)

Preludio I (1967) – 6 minutes (Novello)
1111/1000/str

The Hidden Landscape (1973) – 23 minutes (Novello)
4(3pic)3(ca)4(3bcl)3(cbn)/443(btbn)1/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/gtr/str

Columbia Falls (1975) – 22 minutes (Novello)
3(2pic)233(cbn)/4331/4perc/hp/str

Preludio II (1976) – 7 minutes (Novello)
1111/2000/str

Farne (1980) – 20 minutes (Novello)
2222/2331/3perc/str

Concertino for Chamber Orchestra (2005) – 10 minutes EP 71227
1111/2100/str(3.3.2.2.1 min)

Wind-blown Seeds for String Orchestra (2012) – 15 minutes EP 72245
Str: 6.6.4.4.2

Threnody (2015) – 6 minutes EP 72636a
3333/4331/timp. 2 perc/hp/str

Wind among the Pines: Five Images of Norfolk (1987) – 20 minutes (Novello)
Soloist: Soprano
3(2pic)333(cbn)/4330/timp.3perc/str

Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra (1989) – 20 minutes (Novello)
Soloist: Alto Saxophone
String Orchestra (6.5.4.3.2)

Concertino for Clarinet and Strings (1997) – 16 minutes (Novello)
Soloist: Clarinet
String Orchestra

Duo Concertante (1999) – 18 minutes (Novello)
Soloists: Viola, Violin
2222/2100/str

Amores (2004) – 21 minutes EP 71217
Five Songs without words for Horn and Strings
Soloist: Horn
String Orchestra (3.3.3.2.1 min)

The Crimson Bird for soprano and orchestra (2016) – 23 minutes EP 72890
Soloist: soprano
3333/4331/timp3 perc/harp/cel/str.
text

Triptych for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra (2020) – 14 minutes EP 73513
Soloist: Baritone
1fl. 2 ob. 2 bsn. 2 hn. strings

Deva (1979) – 20 minutes (Novello)
Solo Cello and seven players (afl.cl.bn/hn/vln.vla.db)

The Old Woman of Beare (1981) – 18 minutes (Novello)
Soprano and Ensemble of 13 players
Soloist Soprano
1111/1110/2perc/hp/str(1.0.1.1.0)

May Rain for mezzo-soprano and ten instruments (2017) – 5 minutes EP 73055
Soloist: Mezzo-soprano
Fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, vln, vln, vla, cello, db.
A larger string ensemble can be used, if desired

Songs & Sketches (1971) – 13 minutes (Novello)
Cello Ensemble
Educational work (all standards)

Collana for six players (1976) – 12 minutes (Novello)
Soloist Percussion
fl(afl)cl(bcl)/vn.vc.db

Sextet – Fasach – A Wild Garden (1996) – 15 minutes (Novello)
fl(pic,afl)cl(bcl)/perc/pf/vln.vc

Catena (2001) – 18 minutes EP 71234
11 solo strings (3.3.2.2.1)

Stories for Farrera (2006) – 10 minutes EP71791
Three pieces for accordion band
Educational work (Intermediate standard)

In the Forests of the Night (2020) – 10 minutes EP73574
saxophone orchestra (2 soprano in Bb, 4 alto in Eb, 2 tenor in Bb, 2 baritone in Eb, 1 bass in Bb)

Variations for oboe quartet (1968) – 11 minutes (Novello)
ob.vn.va.vc

Abstracts and a Frame for violin and piano (1971) – 11 minutes (Novello)
vn.pf

Trio 1 (1980) – 11 minutes (Novello)
fl(pic).perc.vc

SPNM Birthday Fanfare (1983) – 1 minute (Novello)
tpt.tpt

Moon Over Western Ridge, Mootwingee: Quartet for Saxophones (1985) – 13 minutes (Novello)
Saxophone quartet

Invisible Places for clarinet and string quartet (1986) – 16 minutes (Novello)
cl.vn.vn.va.vc.

Lament 1988 for four players (1988) – 16 minutes (Novello)
ob.cl.va.vc

Lullaby for clarinet and piano (1988) – 7 minutes (Novello)
clarinet (A)/pf

Nocturne for cello and piano (1988) – 6 minutes (Novello)
cello/pf

String Quartet no. 1 (1988) – 15 minutes (Novello)
vn.vn.va.vc

String Quartet no. 2 (1996) – 9 minutes (Novello)
vn.vn.va.vc

Miniature and Canon for piano quartet (2000) – 4 minutes EP 71207
pf.vn.va.vc
Educational Work (Intermediate standard)

Seven Inventions and a Passacaglia (2000) – 14 minutes EP 71208
Previously entitled ‘A Little Sketchbook’
Piano Duet

A Little Concerto (2001) – 15 minutes EP 71213
Clarinet and String Trio

Isobirthday (2002) – 4 minutes EP 71230
Flute and Clarinet

Piano Trio (2003) – 16 minutes EP 712131
vn.vc.pn

Night Song with Frogs (2004) – 6 minutes EP 71218
Cimbalom (or harpsichord) and CD (pre-recorded frogs)

Song of the Night Sky (2004) – 2 minutes EP 71212
cl.pf (Grade 4)
Also available from ABRSM ‘Spectrum for Clarinet’

Night Songs for four players (2005) – 12 minutes EP 71223
fl(picc,afl).hn.vla.hp

Songs without Words for four players (2005) – 8 minutes EP 71226
cl.vn.va.vc

Echo and Narcissus (2006) – 13 minutes EP 71209
Two Pianos

One Voice in Two Parts (2007) – 4 minutes EP 71232
Two Recorders (Soprano and Bass)

Sea Sketches (2008) – 10 minutes EP 71210
cl.pf

String Quartet no. 3 (2010) – 11 minutes EP 72112
vn.vn.va.vc

Harlequin Memories (2011) – 20 minutes EP 72215
bn.vn.vn.va.vc

Fantasy (2014) – 5 minutes EP 72669
four harps

Rondel (2016) – 10 minutes EP 73016
wind quintet

String Quartet no. 4 (2017) – 9 minutes EP 73125
vn.vn.va.vc

Quintet for strings (2019) – 15 minutes EP 73524
vn.vn.va.vc.vc

String Quartet no. 5 (2022) – 17 minutes (EP 73660)
vn.vn.va.vc

Gemini Quartet (2022) – 10 minutes (ms)
cl.pf.vn.vc

Soliloquy (1966) – 4 minutes (Novello)
Oboe

Chiaroscuro (1969) – 13 minutes (Novello)
Piano

Omega (1972) – 7 minutes (Novello)
Organ

Ervallagh (1993) – 5 minutes (Novello)
Alto Saxophone

Dawns Dove (1994) – 4 minutes (Novello)
Recorder

Prelude (2001) – 2 minutes EP 71221
Cello (Intermediate Standard)
Also available from ABRSM in ‘Spectrum for Cello’

And So the Night Became (2002) – 7 minutes EP 71220
Prepared Piano – piano preparation as for John Cage Sonatas and Interludes

A Postcard and a Letter (2006/8) – 3 minutes EP 71728
Solo Piano

Eight Studies (2012) – 16 minutes EP 72423
Piano

Sir Harlequin (2012) – 14 minutes EP 72292
Bassoon

A Phoenix for Carla (2012) – 10 minutes EP 72465
Solo Flutes (flute d’amour and alto flute)

A Birthday Card for Jane O’Leary (2016) — 3 minutes EP 73000
Solo piano

Prelude after Grinling Gibbons (2018) – 8 minutes EP 73300
Solo violin

After Lindisfarne: Three Miniatures for solo horn (2020) – 7 minutes EP73553
Horn

the forest, the strand, the sea (2021) – 15 minutes EP 73616
solo Piano

Broadwood Bagatelles – 14 minutes (2021)
Clavichord

Il Cantico Dei Cantici II (1968) – 5 minutes (Novello)
Soprano

But Stars Remaining (1970) – 8 minutes (Novello)
Soprano

Rondeaux (1972) – 11 minutes (Novello)
Tenor and Horn

Paysage (1973) – 8 minutes (Novello)
Baritone

The Same Day Dawns (1974) – 18 minutes (Novello)
Soprano and Ensemble (fl(afl).cl(bcl)/perc/vn.vc)

A Penny for a Song (1981) – 18 minutes (Novello)
Soprano and Piano

Trio 2: Song for Peter (1983) – 18 minutes (Novello)
Soprano, Clarinet and Cello

I am Bread (1987) – 7 minutes (Novello)
Soprano and Piano

Sundari and the Secret Message (1993) – 20 minutes (Novello)
Narrator and Ensemble (fl(pic)/sitar.tabla.epf/vc)

La Cancion De La Luna (1994) – 10 minutes (Novello)
Countertenor and String Quartet

A Travelling Spirit – (1996)
Soprano and Treble Recorder

Mira Clar Tenebras (2002) – 20 minutes (complete) EP 71206
Mezzo Soprano and three players (oboe d’amore/cor anglais, viola, harp)

Two French Songs (2003) – 7 minutes EP 71063
Billet à Whistler and Au Chat (also available separately: EP 71229/71222)
Soprano and Piano

Songs for Jane (2006) – 7 minutes EP 71211
Soprano and Viola

Alkman the Choirmaster (2007) – 12 minutes EP 71215
Tenor and Harp

Two Auden Songs (2007) – 8 minutes (together) EP 71225
Lullaby- ‘Lay your Sleeping Head’ and Edward Lear (also available separately: EP 71219/71792)
Tenor and Piano

The Bourne (2008) – 2 minutes EP 71730
Soprano and Harp

The Tongue and the Heart (2008) – 10 minutes EP 71044
Soprano and Cello

Finding (2008) – 4 minutes EP 71789
Baritone and Piano

The Swan (2017) – 11 minutes EP 73106
Baritone and Piano

The Swan (2017) – 11 minutes EP
Baritone with String Trio and Trumpet or Flugel Horn

The Moth Ghost (2020) – 10 minutes EP 73532
Soprano and Piano

Christ Calls Man Home (1971) – 14 minutes (Novello)
Soloists 2 Sopranos
3 SATB choirs

The Little Valleys (1975) – 4 minutes (Novello)
SSSS Choir

For We Are The Stars (1978) – 8 minutes (Novello)
16 Solo Voices (4S.4A.4T.4B)

Verses From Psalm 90 (1978) – 3 minutes (Novello)
Anthem
Soloist Soprano
SSAATTBB Choir

Rory's Rounds (1983) (Novello)
Unison Children’s voices
Melody instruments may be used to double voices, and percussion may be added

The Story of Mary O'Neill (1986) – 1 hour 15 minutes (Novello)
Radio Opera for 17 unaccompanied singers
Soloist Soprano
16 voices - SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB (one voice to a part)

The Silver Strand (1989) – 10 minutes (Novello)
SATB Choir (adapted from 'Stranded on my Heart')

Four Rounds From ‘The Green Children’ (1990) (Novello)
Unison Children’s voices

The Spirit Moves (1992) – 4 minutes (Novello)
Anthem
SATB Choir

On The Wind (1997) – 5 minutes (Novello)
SATB Choir

Misterium Mirabile (1999) – 4 minutes EP 71216
SSA Choir
Rosa Sine Spine (2002) – 4 minutes EP 71205
SSA Choir or Soli
These two carols also sold together as:
Two Latin Carols – 8 minutes EP71064
SSA Choir

Five Songs from Catalunya (2006) – 12 minutes (complete) EP 71790
Henny Penny; The Storm Cock; The Month of May; The Moon in the Clear Blue Sky; Lullaby, Sleep and Dream.
SATB Choir (amateur)

Rossetti Songs for women’s voices (2008) – 5 minutes (complete) EP 71735
The Bourne; The Pancake; Lullaby; No friend like a sister; The Swallow; Home by Different Ways; October Canzonet.
SSAA Choir (amateur)

St Ita’s Lullaby (2014) – 3 minutes EP 72629
Christmas Carol
SATB

Two Christmas Carols (2019) – 7 minutes EP 73422
SATB a cappella

as heather curves (2021) – 4 minutes (EP 73625)
Double SATB Choir

The Valleys Shall Sing (1973) – 12 minutes (Novello)
SATB Choir and Wind Ensemble (2bn.2tpt.3tbn)

Like a Wave of the Sea (1981) – 20 minutes (Novello)
SATB Choir and Ensemble of early instruments

Stranded on my Heart (1984) – 22 minutes (Novello)
Soloist tenor
SATB Choir and String Orchestra

St Hilda of Whitby: A Cantata (2018) – 25 minutes (EP 73178)
SATB choir, with soloists (S and B) and chamber ensemble or keyboard

The Last Laugh (1972) – 16 minutes (Novello)
Soprano and Ensemble (fl.ca.cl.bn/va.db/tape)

Gathering Paths (1998) – duration variable, to 45 minutes
Percussion and CD (ms)
First performance: May 12, 1998, Tim Williams (perc), Ormeau Baths Galleries, Belfast.
Commissioned by Sonorities Festival, Belfast.

A Wild Ride to Heaven (1980) – 59 minutes
First broadcast performance: October 1980
Commissioned by BBC

Instrumental

Songs & Sketches (1971) – 13 minutes (Novello)
Cello Ensemble
Educational work (all standards)
First performance: May 1972, Kathleen Anderson Cello Ensemble, Farnham. Commissioned by the Farnham Festival.

Stories for Farrera (2006) – 10 minutes EP 71791
Three pieces for accordion band
Educational work (Intermediate standard)
First performance: 3 June 2006, Farrera, Catalonia.

Miniature and Canon for piano quartet (2000) – 4 minutes EP 71207
pf.vln.vla.vc
Educational Work (Intermediate standard)
First performance 23 March 2001, The Schubert Ensemble. Wigmore Hall, London.
Commissioned by The Schubert Ensemble for Chamber Music 2000.

Song of the Night Sky (2004) – 2 minutes EP 71212
Clarinet/pf (Grade 4)
Also available from ABRSM ‘Spectrum for Clarinet’, ed. Ian Mitchell
Commissioned by ABRSM

Prelude (2001) – 2 minutes EP 71221
Cello (Intermediate Standard)
Also available from ABRSM in ‘Spectrum for Cello’ ed. William Bruce
Commissioned by ABRSM

Vocal

Rory's Rounds (1983) (Novello)
Unison Children’s voices
Melody instruments may be used to double voices,
and percussion may be added.

Four Rounds From ‘The Green Children’ 1990 (Novello)
Unison Children’s voices
from the opera The Green Children
Text: Kevin Crossley-Holland

See also:
The Green Children (1990) – 1 hour 30 minutes (Novello)
Children’s Opera
Libretto: Kevin Crossley – Holland
Soloists - 3 Adults (STB), 5 young voices (2 Sopranos, Treble, 2 Baritones)
Children’s chorus (unbroken voices)
Ensemble (adult) fl(picc)/cl(bcl)/perc/gtr/vc
The opera contains ‘windows’ where the children may compose their own scenes