Works & Commissions

Nat is a sought after composer for other ensembles and artists, particularly in chamber music settings. She has been commissioned by many leading Australian ensembles and artists including Grigoryan Brothers, Hush Foundation, Matt Withers & Sally Whitwell, Inventi Ensemble and Muses Trio. Her compositions have received numerous awards, nominations, performances and recordings, and been performed across Australia as well as in the USA, Europe, New Zealand and Japan.

Several of Nat’s works are available in her online shop, via the Australian Music Centre, or directly from Nat. Nat has arranged several of her works for different instrumentations, genres or skill levels. Contact Nat to enquire about a work or commission.

Catalog

  • Notated piano music available:

    • Forever, and No Time At All*, 2018, 3 to 45 mins

    • Hope (arr. for solo piano)*, 2021, 3 to 40 mins

    *single movements, or a selection, or the full suite, can be performed

    • Hope* (for piano, string quartet & ambient effects), 2021, 3 to 40 min
      As recorded by Nat Bartsch on her album Hope

    • Hope* (simplified version for piano and emerging string quartet), 2023, 3 to 40 min
      Premiered by John Noble’s ITet Traralgon Traq Quartet

    • Hope* (arr. for piano trio), 2022, 3 to 40 min
      Premiered by Lucy Warren, Charlotte Jacke & Nat Bartsch, 2023

    • Haze for Days (from Fire Dances Suite) for piano trio, 2020, 2 min
      Commissioned by ABC Fresh Start Fund, Recorded by Muses Trio

    • For Mary (for piano trio), 2016, 5 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Solstice Trio

    • Homecoming (for piano trio), 2016, 6 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Solstice Trio

    • Into the Light (for clarinet/violin/piano), 2015, 7 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Plexus Collective

    • Into the Light (arr. for piano trio), 2016, 7 min

    • Under the Thinking Tree* (for piano trio), 2023, 10 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Muses Trio

    • Hope (arr. for piano/cello), 2022, 5 min
      Premiered by Nat Bartsch & Anna Pokorny

    • Lights & Shadows (from Forever, and No Time At All) (arr. for viola/piano), 2021, 4 min
      Premiered by Nat Bartsch & Katie Yap

    • Steadfast (for piano/cello), 2023, 5 min
      Private commission, recorded by Anna Pokorny/Nat Bartsch

    *single movements, or a selection, or the full suite, can be performed

    • Hope* (arr. for piano trio), 2022, 3 to 40 min
      Premiered by Lucy Warren, Charlotte Jacke & Nat Bartsch, 2023

    • Haze for Days (from Fire Dances Suite) for piano trio, 2020, 2 min
      Commissioned by ABC Fresh Start Fund, Recorded by Muses Trio

    • For Mary (for piano trio), 2016, 5 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Solstice Trio

    • Homecoming (for piano trio), 2016, 6 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Solstice Trio

    • Into the Light (arr. for piano trio), 2016, 7 min
      Premiered by Solstice Trio

    • Under the Thinking Tree* (for piano trio), 2023, 10 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Muses Trio

    *single movements, or a selection, or the full suite, can be performed

    • Forever, and No Time at All* (piano & celeste), 2018, 3 to 50min

    • Where We Were (classical guitar & piano), 2020, 5 min
      Commissioned/recorded by Matt Withers & Sally Whitwell

    • Kindling (classical guitar duo), 2022, 5 min
      Commissioned/recorded by Grigoryan Brothers

    • Hope (arr. for piano/cello), 2022, 5 min
      Premiered by Nat Bartsch & Anna Pokorny

    • Lights & Shadows (from Forever, and No Time At All) (arr. for viola/piano), 2021, 4 min
      Premiered by Nat Bartsch & Katie Yap

    • Steadfast (for piano/cello), 2023, 5 min
      Private commission, recorded by Anna Pokorny/Nat Bartsch

    *single movements, or a selection, or the full suite, can be performed

    • Bart Tricky Matilda Frankie (for solo classical guitar), 2023, 5 min
      Melbourne Conservatorium Guitar Perspectives Commission, premiered by Roy Girvan

    • Kindling (for classical guitar duo), 2022, 5 min
      Commissioned/recorded by Grigoryan Brothers

    • Where We Were (for classical guitar & piano), 2020, 5 min
      Commissioned/recorded by Matt Withers & Sally Whitwell

    • Impatience, a lockdown miniature (for solo cello), 2020, 2 min

    • Hope (from Hope) arr. for string quintet, 2022, 5 min

    • Just Us (for string quartet), 2021, 5 min

    • Over the River (from Hope) for string quartet, 2021, 5 min

    • The Glasshouse* (for mixed quintet & jazz piano), 2021, 30 min
      Merlyn Myer Commission, premiered by Inventi Ensemble & Nat Bartsch

    • Into the Light (for clarinet/violin/piano), 2015, 7 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Plexus Collective

    • Into the Light (arr. for mixed quintet & piano), 2021, 7 min
      Premiered by Inventi Ensemble & Nat Bartsch

    *single movements, or a selection, or the full suite, can be performed

    • Hope (from Hope) arr. for Symphony Orchestra, 2022, 5 min
      Commissioned/premiered by Stonnington Symphony Orchestra

    • Hope (from Hope) arr. for Orchestra, 2022, 5min
      Recorded by Budapest Art Orchestra

    • J.F.W Herschel for symphony orchestra, 2022, 7 min
      Workshopped by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

    • Busy/Quiet (for jazz sextet), 2022, 7 min
      Commissioned by ABC Jazz for International Women’s Day 2022, recorded by Nat Bartsch Quartet, Loretta Palmeiro, Ellen Kirkwood

    • Forever More* (for jazz quartet, quartet & vln/cello, jazz sextet), 2020, 5 min to 40 min
      Recorded by Nat Bartsch Quartet with Melbourne Amplified Strings

    • My Alpha & Omega (for tenor saxophone/piano), 2023, 5 min
      Private commission, recorded by Julien Wilson/Nat Bartsch

    *single movements, or a selection, or the full suite, can be performed

    • Whatever Scares You, dir. Tamara Searle, Back to Back Theatre/SBS, 2022

    • Riley, dir. Bonnie Sveen, 2023 (co-composer Ania Reynolds)