Works – Charlotte Bray

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ORCHESTRA

A Sky Too Small (2023) 7′
orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 4.3.2.1 – 3P – hrp – strings

A Dark Doorway (2023) 7′
orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 4.3.2.1 – 2P – hrp – strings

Landmark (2022) 6′
orchestral winds, percussion and basses
3.3.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – 1P – 3 basses

Forsaken (2021) 21′
orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 2.2.1.0 – 1P – hrp – strings

Where Icebergs Dance Away (2021) 6′
orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 2.2.1.0 – 1P – hrp – strings

The Flight of Bitter Water (2020) 16′ [withdrawn]
orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 2.2.2.1 – 1P – hrp – strings

Stone Dancer (2016) 10′
orchestra
3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp. 3P – hrp – strings

Black Rainbow (2013) 11’
orchestra
3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp. 2P – hrp – strings

At the Speed of Stillness (2011/12) 11′
orchestra
3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp. 3P – hrp – pn/cel – strings

ORCHESTRA WITH SOLOIST(S)

The Earth Cried Out to the Sky (2025/2) 11′
mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (arr.)
2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0 – strings (8.6.4.4.2)

Germinate (2018) 14′
violin, cello, piano and chamber orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0 – timp – strings

Falling in the Fire cello concerto (2015) 21′
cello and orchestra
3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp. 3P – hrp – solo cello – strings

ENSEMBLE

Nothing Ever Truly Ends (2024) 10′
ensemble of 24 players
2.1.2.1 – 2.1.1.1 – 3P – hrp – pn/cel – 3.(0).2.2.1

The Certainty of Tides (2019) 11′
solo cello and ensemble of 12 strings
solo cello 3.3.3.2.1

Red Swans Floating (2019) 7′ [withdrawn]
ensemble of 15 players
1.1.1.1 – sop. sax – 1.1.1.0 – 1P – hrp – 1.1.1.1.1

Reflections In Time (2018) 12′
ensemble of 14 players
1.0.1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – 2P – hrp – pn – 1.0.1.1.1

Sarabande (J.S.Bach, trans. Bray) (2015) 6′
ensemble of 11 players
1.1.1.1 – 1.1.0.0 – 1P – hrp – 1.1.1.1.1

Trading (2015) 3′
brass quintet

Fanfare for Birmingham (2014) 3′
ensemble of 8 players

The Sun was Chasing Venus (2012) 15′
2 violins, 2 violas, cello

Caught in Treetops chamber violin concerto (2010) 16′
solo violin and ensemble of 11 players
1.1.1.0 – 1.1.1.0 – 1P – hrp – pn – solo vln.vla.vcl

Beneath the Dawn Horizon (2008/rev.18) 8′
ensemble of 10 players
1.0.1.1 – 1.0.0.0 – pn – 2 vln.vla.vcl.db

Upflight of Butterflies (2008 rev. 2016) 10′
flute/piccolo, clarinet, piano, violin, cello

Renga Miniatures (2007) 9′
flute, clarinet, french horn, piano, violin, cello

Urban Nocturne (2007) 5′
saxophone octet

CHAMBER

The Sun and Her Flowers (2023) 5′
violin, piano

Mriya (2023) 16′
violin, piano

A Lost Place (2023) 15′
violin, viola, cello

April 21st (2022) 5′
french horn, piano

Ungrievable Lives (2021/22) 22′
string quartet

This other Eden (2020) 9′
oboe, piano

Mid-Oceaned (2017) 12′
viola, cello

Chant (2017) 5′
violin, clarinet, piano

Voyage (2017) 15′
saxophone quartet

Blaze and Fall (2017) 10′
clarinet, viola, piano

Zustände (2016) 12′
violin, viola, cello, piano

Bluer than Midnight (2016) 11′
oboe, violin, viola, cello

Perseus (2015) 8′
cello, piano

Here Everything Shines (2015) 8′
flute and guitar

Circling Point (2014) 10′
alto saxophone, piano

That Crazed Smile (2014) 5′
violin, cello, piano

Those Secret Eyes (2014) 6′
violin, cello, piano

The Barred Owl (2013) 6′
piano duet (two pianos)

Secret (2012) 2′
flute duet

Replay (2011) 10′
violin, viola, cello, piano

Invisible Cities (2011) 17′
viola, piano

Midnight Interludes (2010) 4′
clarinet, cello

Trail of Light (2008) 2′
flute, cello

SOLO

In An Eternal Dusk (2025) 10′
cimbalom

Portrait (2009, rev. 2023) 11′
cello

A Shelter for Imagining (2023) 5′
violin

From the Innermost Places (2022) 6′
cello

Different Realities (2020) 8′
cello

Bring Me All Your Dreams (2019) 6′
piano

In Black Light (2018) 8′
viola

Chapter Three (2015-17) 7′
piano

Chapter Two (2013-15) 9′
piano

on the Other Shore (2014) 3′
cello

Suya Dalmak (2013) 10′
cello, tape

Oneiroi (2013) 9′
piano

All at Sea (2012) 3′
piano

Beyond (2013) 4′
violin

Passing Shadows (2012) 10′
guitar

Chapter One (2009-11) 12′
piano

Late Snow (2009) 7′
oboe

Off the Rails (2006) 6′
piano

VOCAL

Curious Calculations (2026) 3′
soprano and horn

Eyes of the Unknown (2025) 15′
mezzo-soprano and piano

The Earth Cried Out to the Sky (2022) 11′
mezzo-soprano and piano [arr. chamber orchestra]

Crossing Faultlines (2021) 12′
soprano, piano

Por que tu não acorda (2015, revised 2021) 3′
mezzo soprano, small ensemble

Fire Burning in Snow (2013) 11′
mezzo soprano, oboe/cor anglais, clarinet in Bb/bass clarinet, violin, cello

Yellow Leaves (2012) 21′
soprano, piano

Sonnets and Love Songs (2011) 12′
baritone, piano

Midnight Closes (2010) 11′
soprano, piano, (clarinet, cello – optional)

Verre de Venise (2010) 16′
tenor, piano, string quartet

OPERA/STAGE WORKS

American Mother (2023/24) c.80′
soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus, orchestra

Entanglement (2015) 40′
soprano, tenor, baritone, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion, violin, cello, double bass

Out of the Ruins (2014) 8′
youth chorus, mezzo-soprano, orchestra

Making Arrangements (2012) 24′
soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone, flute, cor anglais, harp, violin, cello, double bass

The Fox and the Crow (2011) 7′
soprano, baritone, cello and harp

CHORAL

Agnus Dei (2014) 5′
a cappella SSATTB choir

Come Away (2014) 8′
a cappella SATB choir

On the Green (2013) 5′
two-part choir, piano accompaniment

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