CHORAL/VOCAL

Pange Lingua

A setting of the text by St Thomas Aquinas
 

6'57"

Choir SATB

Mass for Four Voices

First performed at the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music and subsequently on BBC Radio Three

25'38"

SATB

Meditation on a Ruin

A setting of an Old English poem
in the original (Anglo-Saxon) language
using the composer's transliteration;
for chamber choir ('advanced') and strings

16'45"

Choir SATB [div; min 16 singers]
string orchestra or ensemble
[min: 4 vln, 2 vla, 2 cello, 1 cb]

Maxims, Hymn, Riddle

Three movements on Old English texts
Commissioned by the Spiral Dance Company, Liverpool

20'08"

TTB

Te Deum

suitable for amateur choirs and an ebullient pianist
 

12'00"

Choir SATB and Piano

Phoning Up!

a scenario for children's choir

4'00

Choir SS and Piano

INSTRUMENTAL

String Quartet / 1

performed by the Locrian String Quartet

22'18"

vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello

Duet

performed by David Campbell and Andrew Ball in an SPNM concert at the Guildhall School of Music 1979

3'44"

Clarinet & Piano

Invention

used by the Royal Ballet Choreographic Workshop

5'24"

Violin and Piano

Three Pieces for Lute


 

5'

Lute solo

Trio

performed at the St Bartholomew's Festival 1979

12'07"

Clarinet, violin & cello

Piano Quartet: Emplay

winner of the first Humphrey Searle Chamber Music Competition 1983; received two performances at the Purcell Room

11'00"

Violin Viola Cello Piano

String Quartet / 2


 

14'58"

vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello

String Quartet / 3


 

16'46"

vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello

LITURGICAL

Praise the Lord

Anthem for children's choirs with optional brass
commissioned by Christ's Hospital Schools 1983

8'00"

Choir SSA, SATB
Organ
[brass: 2 tpt, 2 tbn]

A Carol of Mary

suitable for liturgical use [Christmas]

4'00"

Choir SATB & Organ

Duo Seraphim

A setting of the Isaiah text
suitable for liturgical use

7'00"

SA or TB / choir or soli & Organ

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

A setting of the Evening Canticles
suitable for liturgical use

12'0"

Choir SATB & Organ

Requiem

Settings of texts from the Burial of the Dead in the Book of Common Prayer

Intended for liturgical use

10'

Choir SATB & Organ

MEDIA

Coming of Age

Featured and background music for four 50min documentaries: Channel 4

 


 

Flute and multitrack studio production

Eureka! Ancient Egypt

Music for six educational programmes on Channel Four


 

studio production

ORCHESTRAL

Chamber Concerto

First performed by Lontano at the Bath Festival

14'54"

fl, ob, clar, bsn
tpt, horn, tbn
drums
vln 1&2, vla, cello, cb
 

Opening Chapters

A short event for large orchestra (a concert overture)

11'06"

3 Fl/picc 3 ob/ca 3 clar/bass cl 3 bsn
4 tpt 4 horn 3 trombone, 1 tuba
3 percussionists
Strings

Symphony of Joys and of Sorrows

for orchestra
 

17'08"

2 fl, 2 ob, 2 clar, 2 bsn, 2 tpt, 2 hn, 2 tbn, timp
vln 1&2, vla, cello, cb

SIMPLE OPERAS

The Button Moulder or The Tale of Peer Gynt

A version of Peer Gynt for school or community performance - vocal & instrumental parts suitable for a wide range of talent
Commissioned by the Royal Opera Education Department

1 hr 20'

[1] voices and youth orchestra
[2] voices and keyboards/percussion

The Treasure and a Tale or The Story of Beowulf

Suitable for school or community performance
The chorus act as narrators telling of Beowulf's brave deeds and his death at the fangs of a dragon
Optional spoken interludes piece together the finding of the Sutton Hoo ship burial and its treasure

50'

[1] voices and youth orchestra
[2] voices and keyboards/percussion

The Fall of the Wall

The rise and fall of the Iron Curtain told in modern, mythological terms
Ideal for 9 - 13 year olds and classroon use

20'

voices and percussion [or keyboard]

The Paupers' Revenge or The Workhouse Scandal

The inspiration for OliverTwist was the suffering of those in the Andover Workhouse in mid 19th century England.
Ideal for school performance

20'

chorus and keyboard

The News from the World

It's the Dawn of a New Era - the Creation, the Downfall of Man and the Nativity all narrated as they happen!
Based on the medieval Mystery Plays
Ideal for schools

40'

chorus and keyboards/percussion

About Time!

A codebook, computer viruses, a mad professor, holograms.... a fantasy for primary schools.
Commissioned with funds made available by the Millenium Festival.

40'

chorus and keyboards/percussion

The Triumph of Lugh

When young archaeologists come across a strange looking object they get more iron age history than they bargained for... Lugh was an iron age warrior-god and this is his story.

20'

chorus and keyboards/percussion

The Dream That Hath No Bottom

A musical for young people drawn from A Midsummer Night's Dream - set against a background of Elizabethan England, the Armada, and the Reformation. Highly suitable for curriculum use!
Plenty of opportunities for percussion and other instruments.

105'

[1] voices and youth orchestra
[2] voices and keyboards/percussion

THEATRICAL

All in the Mind

Opera for large cast of talented young people

70'

instruments: 3 keyboards, clar, perc

Ephialtes

Electronic music for Scottish Ballet Workshop touring group

15'

studio production

CHAMBER OPERA

Caedmon

Chamber opera in one act after a play by Christopher Fry about the Anglo-Saxon poet
Commissioned by the Garden Venture at the Royal Opera House 1989 and performed at the Donmar Warehouse as part of the London International Opera Festival

70'

Six singers S, MS, T, T, Bar, B
fl, clar, horn, harp, vln, vla, cello

SONGS

Canzonetta

for two sopranos
 

1'57"

S, MS & piano

Ten Riddles

Ten short settings of English folk verses

6'

Voice & piano

The Swan

A setting of an Anglo-Saxon riddle (in Old English)
 

4'

Voice & piano