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CHORAL/VOCAL |
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Pange Lingua |
A setting of the text by St Thomas Aquinas |
6'57" |
Choir SATB |
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Mass for Four Voices |
First performed at the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music and subsequently on BBC Radio Three |
25'38" |
SATB |
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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] |
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Maxims, Hymn, Riddle |
Three movements on Old English texts Commissioned by the Spiral Dance Company, Liverpool |
20'08" |
TTB |
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Te Deum |
suitable for amateur choirs and an ebullient pianist |
12'00" |
Choir SATB and Piano |
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Phoning Up! |
a scenario for children's choir |
4'00 |
Choir SS and Piano |
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INSTRUMENTAL |
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String Quartet / 1 |
performed by the Locrian String Quartet |
22'18" |
vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello |
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Duet |
performed by David Campbell and Andrew Ball in an SPNM concert at the Guildhall School of Music 1979 |
3'44" |
Clarinet & Piano |
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Invention |
used by the Royal Ballet Choreographic Workshop |
5'24" |
Violin and Piano |
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Three Pieces for Lute |
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5' |
Lute solo |
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Trio |
performed at the St Bartholomew's Festival 1979 |
12'07" |
Clarinet, violin & cello |
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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 |
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String Quartet / 2 |
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14'58" |
vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello |
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String Quartet / 3 |
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16'46" |
vln 1, vln 2, vla, cello |
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LITURGICAL |
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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] |
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A Carol of Mary |
suitable for liturgical use [Christmas] |
4'00" |
Choir SATB & Organ |
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Duo Seraphim |
A setting of the Isaiah text suitable for liturgical use |
7'00" |
SA or TB / choir or soli & Organ |
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Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis |
A setting of the Evening Canticles suitable for liturgical use |
12'0" |
Choir SATB & Organ |
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Requiem |
Settings of texts from the Burial of the Dead in the Book of Common Prayer
Intended for liturgical use |
10' |
Choir SATB & Organ |
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MEDIA |
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Coming of Age |
Featured and background music for four 50min documentaries: Channel 4
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Flute and multitrack studio production |
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Eureka! Ancient Egypt |
Music for six educational programmes on Channel Four |
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studio production |
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ORCHESTRAL |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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SIMPLE OPERAS |
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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 |
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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 |
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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] |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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THEATRICAL |
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All in the Mind |
Opera for large cast of talented young people |
70' |
instruments: 3 keyboards, clar, perc |
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Ephialtes |
Electronic music for Scottish Ballet Workshop touring group |
15' |
studio production |
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CHAMBER OPERA |
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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 |
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SONGS |
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Canzonetta |
for two sopranos |
1'57" |
S, MS & piano |
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Ten Riddles |
Ten short settings of English folk verses |
6' |
Voice & piano |
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The Swan |
A setting of an Anglo-Saxon riddle (in Old English) |
4' |
Voice & piano |