worklist

This is a list of my main pieces from recent years, together with the scoring and duration of each piece. For a complete catalogue, or for any queries about scores, recordings or performance opportunities, send me a message via the ‘Comments’ page.

Music for piano(s)

fleeting (2007) for solo piano. 3 mins. Premiere: Matthew Schellhorn, University of Bangor, February 2008.

Music for Strings and Hammers (2006-7), for four pianos, honky-tonk and celesta (i.e. six players). Two movements: 12 mins in total. Also arranged for four pianos. Premiere: Rolf Hind et al, FUSELeeds, May 2006. (Premiere of first movement, which was added in 2007: West Road Concert Hall, March 2007.)

The Will of the Tones (2004), piano solo, 9 mins. Premiere: Matthew Schellhorn, St Martin in the Fields, London, November 2004.

Plumbline (2002), piano solo [for children], 1 min. Premiere: Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, June 2002.

Tout abus sera puni (2002), piano solo, 4 mins. Joint Premiere: Daniel Propper, Art et Nature festival, Rochefort; Tom Poster, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, June 2003.

My secret music remembers me (1999), piano solo, 4 mins. Premiere: HIVT, Antwerp, 1999.

Strangers on a shore (1996), piano solo, 4 mins. Premiere: Younger Hall, St Andrews, 1997.

Vocal music

The Pedlar of Swaffham (2007), a fable for soprano and five instruments (flute, clarinet (both A and Bb instruments required), violin, cello, piano). 10 mins. Premiere: Lesley-Jane Rogers, Bergamo Ensemble, dir. Michael Downes, October 2007, Canterbury Festival.

Exultation is the going (2007), for 24 voices (SATB), words by Emily Dickinson. 6 mins. Premiere: BBC Singers, July 2007.

A sudden cartography of song (2007), video-opera for four solo voices (SATB), narrator, video and live electronics. Words and video by Alistair Appleton. 28 mins. Premiere: Spitalfields Festival, June 2007.

The She-Wolf (2004), a fable for soprano, cello and piano. Words by the composer, based on a Croatian folktale. 9 mins. Also arranged for soprano, percussion (vibes, marimba: 1 player) and piano.

This is the garden (2004) for choir (SATB) and four horns. Words by e.e. cummings. 4 mins.

Ancient Stone at Twilight (2003) for soprano and string quartet. 6 mins. see chamber music

Of Noblest Cities (2000), an Epiphany Carol for choir and organ (SSATBB). Words by Prudentius. 6 mins.

Fearfully and wonderfully made (1995). Psalm setting for choir and organ pedals (women’s and men’s voices, in 3 groups). 7 mins.

Flos Florum (1991), for double choir and solo flute (SATB x2). Words anon., medieval.

Orchestral music

Flare for chamber orchestra: 2 fl (2nd=picc), 2 ob, 2 clar, 2 bsn; 2 hn, 2 tpt, 1 tbn; timpani, percussion (timpanist + 1 other player); strings. 4 mins.
Premiere: Ghent University Symphony Orchestra, cond. Steven Decraene, March 2008.

Breath for mixed ensemble. 8 minutes. For full scoring see ‘Chamber Music’ below.

Search Engines (2002-6), for orchestra: picc., 2 fl; 2 ob, c.a; Eb cl, 2 cl; 2 bn; 4 hn, 2 tpt, 1 tbn; timps, xylo; hp; strings (approx. 14, 12, 10, 8, 6). 12 mins. Premiere: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by James Macmillan, BBC Manchester, February 2007.

Search Engines is also available for chamber orchestra: 2*, 2*, 2*, 2; 2, 2, 0, 0; timps/xylo (1 player); harp; strings (approx. 8, 6, 5, 5, 2). (* 2nd player doubles picc, c.a., Eb clar. respectively). 13 mins.

Piano Concerto (2000-2006), for piano and chamber orchestra: 2, 2, 2, 2; 2, 2, 0, 0; timps; strings (approx. 8, 6, 5, 5, 3); no ww doubling. Three movements. 35 mins.

Chamber music

String Quartet (2008). In three movements; c. 16 minutes.
Premiere: Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Maverick Summer Music Festival, Woodstock, NY, July 2008.

Ancient Stone at Twilight, for string quartet (with soprano, optional). This is the first movement of the String Quartet, which was originally written in 2003 as a separate piece, and can be performed on its own. 6 minutes.

Wheels within wheels, for cello and piano. 8 minutes. Premiere: Oliver Gledhill and David Christophersen, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, February 2008.

Breath for mixed ensemble: alto flute, oboe, cor anglais, soprano sax, clarinet, marimba (4 octaves); strings: either 4 violins, 2 violas, 0 cellos/basses; or string quartet. 8 minutes.
Premiere: Ensemble CB3, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, cond. Downes, January 2008.

Man-cockerel meets the donkey-bird (2006), six miniatures for five players: cl (= b. cl.), vn, vc, pc, pf ; 11 mins. Premiere: Curious Chamber Players, Stockholm, May 2006.

An innocent abroad (2003), for bassoon, clarinet and piano; 5 mins.

When the magus reads the night sky (2003), for cello and piano; 6 mins. Premiere: Oliver Gledhill, David Christophersen; West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 2003.

see also Music for Strings and Hammers in ‘Music for pianos’ above.

Wind Band

Swings and Roundabouts 7 mins.

Organ

Rising Dough (1999), 7 mins. can be played on its own or as a pair with:

Dry-Stone Wall (2003, rev 2007), 3 mins. (Again, can be played on its own in as a pair with Rising Dough).