VOCAL/CHORAL WORKS
Glimpse (2022) 10' Download PDF
for voice and viola
for Mel Moore
Wringing out the knots (2018) 6' Download PDF
for voice and accordion
dedicated to Mark Storey and Paul Zaba
poem by Mark Storey
The Poetic Consciousness (2018) 12' Download PDF
for voice and violin
poems by Colin Blundell
Almost (2017) 12' Download PDF
for voice and violin
for Stephen Calder
First performance: 7th April 2018, St John's Church, Upper Norwood, London performed by Emma Tring (soprano) and Robin Martin(violin)
The Moods (2017) 9' Download PDF
for voice and violin
for Jack McNeill & Sarah Farmer
The Way it is Now (2016) 12' Download PDF
for voice and viola
for Rose Redgrave, Robert Nettleship, Andrew Hamilton, Murray Ashdown
Don't Let the Snow Fall (2016) 5' Download PDF
for voice
dedicated to James Purdy
First performance: 6th May 2016, Birmingham Conservatoire performed by Yfat Soul Zisso
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Mary's Lullaby (2010) 7' Download PDF
for choir, piano & percussion
First performance: December 2010, Alperton Community School conducted by Indi Padda
words by Morag Morris
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Beacon of Light (2008) 4' Download PDF
for SATB
First performance St Michael's Church, Brighton, December 7th 2008. St Michael's Church Choir, conductor Philip Adams
Einsame (2007) 20' Download PDF
for high voice and piano
for Josef Göschl
Five Rilke settings
Come Ready (2006) 7' Download PDF
for SATB
dedicated to Michael Finnissy and Philip Adams on the occasion of their wedding
setting of a poem by James Purdy
(Un)ending Joy (2006) 5' Download PDF
for SATB
dedicated to Milton Babbit on his 90th birthday
words adapted from a poem by James Purdy
Lux (1999) 10' Download PDF
for choir: SSAATTBB
First performance: October 2000, Sendai, Japan - The Sendai Choir - Nakajima (conductor)
Irish Settings (1994) 16' Download PDF
tenor or mezzo soprano voice and viola
for Morag Morris
First performance: 23 October 1994, Guildford - Jackie Homer and Charles Mutter
Commissioned by Guildford Festival
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Fallen (1991) 6' Download PDF
mezzo soprano and violin
for Valerie Hill
First performance: 23 February 1992, Holywell Music Room, Oxford. Jackie Homer and Charles Mutter
Text: Four poems by Rilke (G)
"Songs in which soprano and violin struck sparks off each other, and a strictly limited musical vocabulary was used to strong effect" The Independent
| You, darkness out of which I grew | |
| It may be that I am passing through difficult mountains | |
| The neighbour | |
| Autumn |
Recording available on Largo 5141
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Einsamkeit (1990) 12' Download PDF
contralto (low mezzo), with or without bowed vibraphone and/or piano
for Désirée Moorhead
First performance: 31 March 1991, Purcell Room, London - Nicola Walker Smith and Simon Limbrick
Text: Five poems by Rilke (G)
Recording available on Kitchenware Records KWCD 017
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Bitterness haunts remembrance (1990) 10' Download PDF
for two male voices
First performance by Andrew Toovey and James Mavor at the Great Hall, Dartington, Dartington Summer School, August 1990
An die Musik (1989) 9' Download PDF
mezzo soprano (contralto) and bowed vibraphone
for Elise Lorraine and Elizabeth Davies
First performance: 20 May 1989, Brighton Music Festival. Elise Lorraine and Elizabeth Davies
Text: Rilke (G)
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Te Deum (1986) 4' Download PDF
for SATB
carol: words by Morag Morris
Light of the World (1982) 5' Download PDF
for SATB
words by Morag Morris
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Elegy for England (1982) 10' Download PDF
for tenor and piano
setting of poems by A E Housman, Edward Thomas, Robert Graves and Philip Larkin
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Alleluya for Christmas (1981) 4' Download PDF
two version: for SATB or SSAA
for Morag Morris
words by Morag Morris
Recording available on Prima Facie PFCD075
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