I. Ouverture; II. Recitative; III. Ostinato

Recorded live at Sydney Conservatorium of Music 
Faculty Recital Series, 2019
Alexandre Oguey, oboe 
Ben Hoadley, bassoon

A. Jolivet: Sonatine pour hautbois et basson

Performance by Diana Doherty, Alexandre Oguey and Ben Hoadley at the International Double Reed Society Conference in Bagngok, Thailand, July 2023.
This work was commissioned by the Australian Double Reed Society, and score is available through www.adrs.com.au

La Lutine - Variations after Kirnberger for oboe, cor anglais and bassoon

String Quartet: Mt Eden

Performed by the Ellery String Quartet, 
Wesley Music Centre, Canberra
15 September 2024


String Quartet: Mt Eden

Nightflower
for viola and piano, Ben Hoadley (2021)
Marlena Stanhope: viola
Ben Hoadley: piano
Live performance in Sydney, Australia, March 2024

Nightflower

Live performance in the Music Theatre, University of Auckland
May 15, 2015
Recording by Radio New Zealand

Legend by Gao Ping

Haratua (2020): version for bassoon and piano
Bassoon: Ben Hoadley
Piano: Laurence Matheson

Haratua

Manaia 4 (2009) bassoon and bass clarinet
dedicated to Tony Seymour, premiered by Andrew Uren and Ben Hoadley.

this recording performed by Ben Hoadley and Peter Nevin, 28 June 2013, International Double Reed Society Convention, University of Redlands, California

Manaia 4

Manaia 2 (2008) for flute and oboe

Live recording, 2010
Peter Dykes, oboe
Luca Manghi, flute

Manaia 2

A short, theatrical piece for solo bassoon, I wrote "Lurch" to perform a Dada themed banquet presented by the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation in May 2016. It is dedicated to Judy Millar, who was the artistic director for this fantastic event (also featuring food by Peter Gordon!).


Lurch

1. Maestoso, Allegretto
2. Allegretto
3. Moderato assai

Performed by Louise Hwang, Emma Wu and Francesca Orchard-Hall in the final round of the New Zealand National Schools Chamber Music Contest in Wellington, August 6 2018. Their performance received the Gold Medal, People's Choice and Best Performance of a NZ Work awards. Recorded by Radio NZ Concert FM.

Trio for two oboes and cor anglais

Alexandre Oguey - oboe
Ben Hoadley - bassoon
David Miller - piano
Recorded at the Staff and Guest Chamber Music Series, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Recital Hall West, March 12, 2019.

The premiere performance in Wellington in 2018, recorded by SOUNZ, can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAM_nnmWK3Y

Waharoa

Luca Manghi - flute
Ben Hoadley - bassoon
Callum Hall - cello

Three River Pieces - No. 1 Barcarolle

Commissioned in 2018 by Professor Jack C Richards for Long Nguyen, performed here in a live recording with Ben Hoadley and Carol Wang (bassoons) and Sarah Watkins (piano).

Kawhia

involute for flute and piano by Ben Hoadley
recorded July 2020 by Luca Manghi, flute and David Kelly, piano

First prize winner of the 2020 NSW Flute Society Composition Competition.

Ben Hoadley, composer

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