MARK BOWLER
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Works:

Audiobuibble I & II [2021] / electronic music production, cello, saxophone, countertenor
Two EPs of collaborative, stylistically fluid electronic music.
https://audiobubble.bandcamp.com/​

Little England [2020] / countertenor, mezzo soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, cello / 45' /
A chamber opera in nine scenes. Libretto by Gareth Mattey.


Pentaplex [2020] / countertenor, piano / 4' /
Collaboration with poet Emma Storr.

https://youtu.be/9aHaJFBUBE0

The Gates of Light Swing Open [2020] / chamber orchestra / 6' /
Workshopped by LSO players alongside GSMD performers.


Excogitate, Substantiate [2019] / flute, horn in F, snare drum, piano, violin, cello / 4' /

The Bramblelands [2019] / flute (dbl. piccolo), clarinet in Bb, vibraphone, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, speaker / 9' /
Collaboration with No Dice Collective and poet Laura Potts.


Illuminated River - Millennium Bridge [2019] / orchestra, studio electronics / 4' /
Commissioned by Illuminated River Foundation and recorded by Guildhall Session Orchestra.​
String orchestra arrangement:  https://youtu.be/6ov5-YnANVQ
String quintet arrangement: https://youtu.be/UJtpO73CswQ
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/illuminated-river-millennium-bridge

​Komm [2019] / bass baritone, piano, harp, cello / 5' /
Premiered by Samuel Lom 04/06/19, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/komm

Theme & Transformations [2019] / cello, piano / 10' /
Premiered by Joanna Twaddle and Victor Braojos 03/05/19, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/theme-transformations

Promise, Promise, Promise?  [2019] / vocal ensemble / 6’ / 
Libretto by Gareth Mattey. Premiered by EXAUDI 22/04/19, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Nqq9B-bqs

If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso  [2019] / tenor, piano / 10’ / 
Premiered by Heldur Harry Põlda 26/04/19, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/if-i-told-him

Bostrom's Argument  [2018] / flugelhorn, trumpet, fixed media (studio production) / 9’ / 
Collaboration with choreographer Ben Todd-Jones. Premiered 06/12/18, The Place Theatre, London
https://youtu.be/krXFRUY18JA

Transitions  [2018] / clarinet, violin, cello, electric guitar, vibraphone / 7’ / 
Premiered by Plus Minus Ensemble 29/06/18, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/transitions-plus-minus-ensemble-excerpt

A Seductive Event  [2018] / countertenor, tenor, piano / 10’ / 
Libretto by Gareth Mattey. Premiered 07/06/18,  Wigmore Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/a-seductive-event-wigmore-hall

Zissou's Song  [2018] / alto flute (Kingma System) / 2’ /

Puzzle Book [2018] / saxophone quartet / 9’ / 
Commissioned by Kaleidoscope Quartet and premiered 19/04/18, 1901 Arts Club, London
https://oneglasseye.bandcamp.com/album/puzzle-book

Our Drugged Balloonist [2018] / viola, piano / 7’ / 
Premiered 02/05/18 by Agnieszka Zyniewicz and Jason Gong, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/our-drugged-balloonist-excerpt
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/our-drugged-balloonist

Deep Green [2017] / flute, clarinet, double bass / 7’ / 
Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and premiered 17/11/17, Wigmore Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/deep-green-excerpt

Three Prime [2017] /2 pianos / 2’ / 
Premiered 22/09/17 by Sashi Ayyangar and Aya Bulatova, Milton Court Concert Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/three-prime

Unquadnilium [ 2017] / 2 violins, viola, cello / 1’ /
a #quartweet written for Signum Quartet
Score here: mbmus.uk/unquadnilium

Magnificat [2017] / SATB / 7’ /

Quartet for Strings [2017] / 2 violins, viola, cello / 22’ /
Premiered 29/11/16 by Ligeti Quartet, Churchill College, Cambridge UK
CD and high def lossless digital download available here
Excerpts here 
Review here

Monkey-Brain Overture [2016] / orchestra 3222.2211.timp+2perc.strings / 5’ /

Bob’s Trajectory [2016] / piano / 11’ /
Premiered 30/11/17 by Robert Allan, Silk Street Music Hall, London
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/bobs-trajectory

​Rain Now [2016] / piano / 9’ /

Fother-Jiggen, Downy and Full-Score [2016] / SATB / 3’ /
Premiered 18/06/16 by Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Shaftesbury UK
"...
a tongue twisting musical work appealingly full of vibrant rhythms" - Robert Hugill, Planethugill.com
https://soundcloud.com/mbowlercomposer/fother-jiggen-downy-full-score

Dorset Suite [2016] / SATB / 9’ /

Top-Down [2016] / piano / 2’ /

Helix (3+5) 1 [2016] / piano / 2’ /

My Answer, Unchanging [2016] / oboe, piano / 6’ /

Comes The Light [2015] / SATB / 3’ /
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Battle Scars (EP) [2015] / vocals, guitars, drums, keyboards / 20’ / LINK
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