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Dorian Gray: a Doppleganger
This is a dance piece in development. The narrative is inspired by the tale of Dorian Gray but transplants the story to the world of social media. It builds on musical ideas developed in my instrumental work Suite for Dorian which was developed as part of the LSO Soundhub Showcase scheme. |
Woman Much Missed
This is a music-drama exploring the love triangle between Thomas Hardy, Emma Gifford and Florence Dugdale (Hardy's two wives). It's a collaboration with poet and playwright Mark Ford. |
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A Young Man's Exhortation Re-arranged
This is an arrangement of Finzi's song cycle 'A Young Man's Exhortation' for string quartet. Commissioned by American tenor Matthew Plenk. |
Two Solo Pieces
I'm writing two solo pieces, one for guitar, the other for violin as part of a year-long fellowship with YCAT. They will be written in close collaboration with the incredible performers Samrat Majumder and Mateo Cimatti |
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The Girl with the Yellow Coat, Her Pavane & Galliard
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Guitar Duration: c. 4' Year: 2026 Written for Samrat Majumder's John Dowland programme. The piece is inspired by the dance pieces Dowland wrote for the Elizabethan court and includes a poem by Tim Key. The piece was commissioned by the Young Classical Artist Trust. |
Coalesce: Quartet for the Start of Life
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Clarinet, violin, cello, piano Duration: c. 10' Year: 2025 Written for Hebrides Ensemble as a companion piece to Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. |
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String Quartet no. 1 'Elegies for Tom'
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: string quartet + optional singer Duration: c. 15 or 21 minutes (with vocal part) Year: 2023 Written for the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean. A response to Thomas Hardy's late poem Afterwards. The version with singer places four interludes between movements setting Larkin's The Mower (which riffs on Hardy's piece Afterwards). |
Back Inside
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1. 1.1.1.1. 2perc 1.1.1.1.) Duration: c. 11 minutes Year: 2023 Written for the Philharmonia Orchestra, this piece responds to Tim Key's lockdown poetry (from the collection Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush). Premiere performance 7th May 2023. |
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Suite for Dorian
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: fl. (picc.), cl. (b-cl.), perc., cello, el. and video Duration: c. 15 minutes Year: 2022 This is an instrumental suite with video inspired by the tale of Dorian Gray. |
Three Duets (responses to paintings by Liz Larkin)
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Violin and viola Duration: 12 minutes Year: 2018 Written for Mandhira de Saram & Richard Jones. Commissioned as a gift for Liz Larkin's birthday. |
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Sextet
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: flute, trombone (or horn), tuba, violin, viola, cello Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2019 (revised version) First performance of new arrangement given by the LSO (cond. Darren Bloom) in London, February 2019. Premiere was in 2013 by Ensemble MusikFabrik. |
Haiku for Calumet St.
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: harp Duration: 3 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Rosanna Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, responding to a Haiku by Basho |
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Tympanum Overture
Instrumentation: orchestra (2,2,2,2, 2,2,2,1, perc (2), harp, strings) Duration: 3 minutes Year: 2021 A celebratory overture. |
They Will Call Him Brave
Instrumentation: harp & percussion Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2019 Written for Sticks & Strings Ensemble. Premiere Rochester, NY 27th July 2019. |
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Thaw
Instrumentation: flute, harp, viola Duration: 7 minutes Year: 2018 This piece is a response to Imtiaz Dharker's poem Thaw. It was written for Trio Alexander, who premiered in Rochester, NY, November 2018. |
Organ Voluntary
Instrumentation: organ Duration: 3.5 minutes Year: 2021 Written for Philip Burnett for Rachel and Dave's wedding. This is a fanfare to celebrate the signing of the register. |
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Concerto for Orchestra and Percussion (Solo or Quartet)
Instrumentation: orchestra & percussion (solo or quartet) Duration: 23 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Drew Worden. |
Line Drawings
Instrumentation: alto flute/picc., clarinet (Bb), piano, cello, double-bass Duration: 6 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Ensemble Variances for the festival Bristol New Music |
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Impromptu
Instrumentation: oboe & vibraphone Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2016 Commissioned by the CMV series of concerts |
Three Rituals on Metal
Instrumentation: percussion quartet playing metallophones Duration: 13 minutes Year: 2016 Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts, revised in winter 2015 with help from the Eastman Percussion Quartet. |
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Study for Horn & Chamber Ensemble
Instrumentation: horn solo, flute, clarinet (Bb), Sax (alto), bassoon, perc (one player), violin, viola, cello Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2014 Written for Bristol New Music Ensemble |
If I Were So Sure
Instrumentation: prepared piano, clarinet (Bb, dbl. b. cl.), violin (dbl. viola) Duration: 5 minutes Year: 2014 Written for Gemini Ensemble |
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The Hardy Tin Soldier
Instrumentation: percussion (2), violin (3), viola (2), cello, double-bass Duration: 13 minutes Year: 2012 Ballet for two dancers based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale |
The Map Was Stitched With Threads of Thought
Instrumentation: open scored for 10 players Duration: c. 9 minutes Year: 2012 Written for CoMA South-West |
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Young Man's Exhortation Re-arranged
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: string quartet, voice Duration: c. 35 minutes Year: 2026 These are my arrangements of Finzi's song cycle about love and death, setting Hardy's poetry: A Young Man's Exhortation. It was commissioned by Matthew Plenk (tenor). |
String Quartet No. 1 'Elegies for Tom'
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: string quartet (with optional mezzo-sop) Duration: c. 16 or 21 minutes Year: 2023 Written for the Ligeti Quartet and Lotte Betts-Dean. A response to Thomas Hardy's late poem Afterwards. The version with singer places four interludes between movements setting Larkin's The Mower (which riffs on Hardy's piece Afterwards). |
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Elegies for Emma
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, guitar Duration: c. 21 minutes Year: 2023 A song cycle setting some of Hardy's elegiac poems about his first wife Emma. Written for and with Lotte Betts-Dean and James Girling. |
Noster Cetus
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: soprano solo, small female choir (4+ to a part) Duration: 14 minutes Year: 2012 (revised 2016) Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts. |
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Three Poet's Cats
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2021 A song cycle for Lucy Schaufer and Chris Gillett commissioned by Wild Plum Arts and Old Possum's Practical Trust setting poems about cats. Texts by Christopher Smart, Emily Dickinson and anon (9th C Irish). |
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Suite for Dorian
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: fl. (picc.), cl. (b-cl.), perc., cello, el. and video Duration: c. 10-15 minutes Year: 2022 This is an instrumental suite with video inspired by the tale of Dorian Gray. |
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Nocturne
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: guitar & electronics (stereo output) Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2015 Written for Tom Torrisi during a residency at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. |
The Interrogation of Adam Pollo
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: tenor, clarinet (Bb), cello, percussion, computer (with operator, live feeds (3), stereo + 2 mono output) Duration: 35 minutes Year: 2012 Chamber opera in four scenes. Premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival |
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Three Poet's Cats
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics (mono or stereo) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2021 A song cycle for Lucy Schaufer and Chris Gillett commissioned by Wild Plum Arts and Old Possum's Practical Trust setting poems about cats. Texts by Christopher Smart, Emily Dickinson and anon (9th C Irish). |
Hollow (an Impromptu)
Instrumentation: bass flute, electronics Duration: c. 6 minutes Year: 2020 Written for Lisa Cella. This is a response to Vanessa Kissule's poem Hollow about Edward Colston's statue in Bristol. |
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Ludo Ludamus Redux
Instrumentation: string quartet, video, electronics (live feed (4), stereo output) Duration: 7 minutes Year: 2019 Written for the Ligeti Quartet. Premiered at the Open Circuit Festival, Liverpool, March 2019. |
Books That Will Be Read
Instrumentation: horn & electronics (tape, stereo + mono output) and piano resonance Duration: 4 minutes Year: 2017 (solo horn and piano resonance) Written for David Bevan, commissioned by the CMV Series |
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Diminuendi (Etude, Prelude, Response)
Instrumentation: Saxophone (alto & soprano) & electronics (live feed, stereo output) Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2015 Commissioned by Katherine Williams. |
Nocturne No. 2
Instrumentation: percussion (mar., vib., cym. bd) & electronics (live feed, 2 mono output) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2017 (percussion and electronics) Written for Joby Burgess for performance at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy |
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Echoic Memories
Instrumentation: piano, cello, electronics Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2015 Commissioned by New Music in the South-West. Premiered by the Bristol Ensemble. |
Ludo, Ludamus
Instrumentation: video, electronics and four participants Duration: 12 minutes Year: 2014 A musical game for tape and four participants Available as a concert piece or installation |
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The Girl with the Yellow Coat, Her Pavane & Galliard
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Guitar Duration: c. 4' Year: 2026 Written for Samrat Majumder's John Dowland programme. The piece is inspired by the dance pieces Dowland wrote for the Elizabethan court and includes a poem by Tim Key. The piece was commissioned by the Young Classical Artist Trust. |
Three Duets: Responses to Paintings by Liz Larkin
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Violin & Viola Duration: c. 12 minutes Year: 2018 Written for Mandhira de Saram and Richard Jones. Commissioned as a gift for Liz Larkin's birthday. |
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Haiku for Calumet St.
SCORE & RECORDING Instrumentation: Solo harp or harp and voice Duration: c. 3 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Rosanna Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, responding to a Haiku by Basho |
Short (&) Suite
Instrumentation: Solo cello Duration: c. 4 minutes Year: 2015 Solo suite for cello, written for Pauline Fairclough |
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Organ Voluntary
Instrumentation: organ Duration: c. 3/4 minutes Year: 2021 Written for Philip Burnett for Rachel and Dave's wedding. A fanfare to celebrate the signing of the register. |
They Will Call Him Brave
Instrumentation: harp and percussion Duration: c. 5 minutes Year: 2019 Written for the duo Sticks & Strings. |