Clare Loveday (b. 1967)
List of Works
Instrumentation: Soprano saxophone and piano
Duration: 2:40
Premier information: 22 August 2001, Adriaan Esterhuizen (saxophone), Clare Loveday (piano). Wits University Atrium, Johannesburg.
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone and organ
Duration: 10:00
Premier information: 17 November 2001. Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes (saxophone), Gerrit Jordaan (organ). Wits University Atrium, Johannesburg.
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone and piano
Duration: 5:03
Premier information: 16 April 2005, Wits University Atrium, Johannesburg. Ceri Moelwyn-Hughes (saxophone), Gregory Mollenz (piano).
Instrumentation: Solo alto saxophone
Duration: 08:00
Premier information: 7 May 2013, Paul Richard (alto saxophone), North-West University Konservatorium, Potchefstroom.
Instrumentation: Saxophone quartet (S, A, T, B)
Duration: 8:00
Premier information: 30 June 2006 Stockholm Saxophone Quartet: Sven Westerberg (soprano), Jörgen Pettersson (alto), Leif Karlborg (tenor), Per Hedlun (baritone). NewMusicSA Indaba, Beethoven Room, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.
Instrumentation: Saxophone duo (Soprano and tenor saxophone) and chamber orchestra
Duration: 10:00
Premier information: 2 October 2007, Ensemble Reconsil Vienna, Sabine Zwick (soprano saxophone), Thomas Schön (tenor saxophone), conducted by Roland Freisitzer. Arnold Schönberg Centre, Vienna
Instrumentation: Solo baritone saxophone
Duration: 8:25
Instrumentation: Saxophone orchestra (Saxophone ensemble)
Duration: 6:57
Instrumentation: Saxophone orchestra (Saxophone ensemble)
Duration: 7:08
Instrumentation: Baritone saxophone and Bb clarinet
Duration: 14:00
Premier information: 16 August 2018, Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg. Naomi Sullivan (saxophone), Luke Newby (clarinet).
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone and chamber orchestra
Duration: 17:00
Instrumentation: 8 saxophones: 1 soprano, 3 altos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones
Premier information: 6 May 2010. Royal College of Music Saxophone Ensemble, conducted by Kyle Horch. Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London.
Programmatic information: For Kyle Horch
Instrumentation: 8 saxophones: 1 soprano, 3 altos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones
Premier information: 6 May 2010. Royal College of Music Saxophone Ensemble, conducted by Kyle Horch. Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London.
Programmatic information: For Kyle Horch
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone and piano
Duration: 2:00
Programmatic information: Commissioned by SAMRO for The Book Project, a publication of pieces for young players of Grade 3 – 5 standard.
Instrumentation: Saxophone ensemble (1 soprano, 3 alto, 2 tenor, 2 baritone) and trumpet solo
Duration: 08:00
Premier information: Premiere of national touring exhibition at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (30 June – 10 July).
Programmatic information: Commissioned for the video by the same name by Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2011 Nandi Mntambo, a reinterpretation of the Paso Doble dance.
Instrumentation: 7-part vocal group, soprano saxophone and marimba
Duration: 10:00
Premier information: Premeired on the 23rd of October 2011 by Artemis singers, conducted by Susan Cock, Chris Luke (soprano sax), Magda de Vries (marimba). Wits University Atrium, Johannesburg.
Instrumentation: Alto saxophone and guitar
Duration: 7:00
Instrumentation: Saxophone octet: 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones
Duration: 07:00
Premier information: 24 June 2016, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music in London, conducted by Kyle Horch.
Instrumentation: Saxophone octet Saxophones: 2 sop, 2 alto, 2 tenor, 2 bari
Duration: 11:00
Premier information: 25 October 2017, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Saxophone Ensemble, at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Recital Hall, Birmingham, conducted by Naomi Sullivan.
Instrumentation: Solo alto saxophone
Duration: 08:00
Premier information: Premiered 14 July 2023 at Erin Hall, Rondebosch Cape Town by Josie McClure (Alto Saxophone). “Finding Home: An Exploration of New South African Saxophone Music”.
Programmatic information: This work formed part of a McClure’s Master’s research at Stellenbosch University into performer-composer collaboration.
Instrumentation: Saxophone quartet (S, A, T, B)
Premier information: Premiered 12 March 2023, Birmingham, UK.
Programmatic information: Commissioned by the Laefer Quartet.
About the composer...
Based in Johannesburg, Clare Loveday is one of South Africa’s most active and internationally acclaimed new music composers. Striving to convey through music the complications of life in an post-colonial society, her works have been described by critics in turn as ‘obstinate and fierce, big-boned and raw’, ‘subtle’ and ‘elusive’. She is best known for her ‘straight’ saxophone compositions and interdisciplinary collaborations, has worked with several award-winning artists including Gerhard Marx and Nandipha Mntambo, and has been involved in numerous projects with William Kentridge at the Centre for the Less Good Idea since 2018. She has received awards, grants and commissions from organisations such as the Mellon Foundation, SAMRO Foundation and numerous performers and ensembles around the world. She has had works performed throughout South Africa and in Australia, Europe, England and the US, including at the ISCM World New Music Days, Juilliard New York, the Royal College of Music in London, Festival d’Automne à Paris and the Venice Biennale Architettura 2023. Clare lectured music theory and composition for many years at Wits University and was awarded a Doctorate of Music in 2009. Recently, she worked on a collaborative commission from the Royal Opera House, London, and is a research associate at Africa Open Institute at Stellenbosch University.