concert works

Blue Electric

(2020)

Libretto: Alba Arikha

Based on Alba Arikha's memoir, 'Major/Minor'
Completed opera premièred at the Playground Theatre in October 2020
Directed by Orpha Phelan

The Shepherd’s Song

(2018)

For my mother at Christmas. Sung by Arianna and me (x2)

To a child dancing in the wind

(2017)

For my stepdaughter on her 15th birthday.
Sung by Arianna (the birthday girl).

Thro’ midnight streets

(2017)

SATB, clarinet, viola, cello and piano
Words: William Blake ('London')

Forgotten Voices of the Great War

(2016)

Song Cycle for soprano, tenor, baritone, cello & piano (12 songs)

Words from the book by Max Arthur

Trust your heart

(2016)

For my wife on her birthday. Sung by Arianna and me.

The hazard of the die

(2016)

Cello sonata

The Unseen

(2015)

For flute, horn and bassoon

A Winter’s Tale

(2014)

SSA and piano
Words: Dylan Thomas

Charade

(2014)

For violin and piano

Secrecy

(2014)

Libretto: Rupert Thomson

Based on the novel by Rupert Thomson
Work in progress

Soon

(2013)

Libretto: Alba Arikha

Chamber Opera

Somewhere Else

(2013)

For clarinet, violin and double bass

Soliloquy for Strings

(2012)

What Is the Word

(2012)

A setting of Samuel Beckett's last poem scored for 2 sopranos, cello and narrator

Instructions To Four Walls

(2012)

A setting of W.S. Merwin's poem, scored for two sopranos, two contraltos, harp and glass harp

As shade to shadow

(2012)

For viola and cello

Care-charmer Sleep

(2012)

SATB unaccompanied

Words: Samuel Daniel

In the bleak midwinter

SSAATTBB unaccompanied. Commissioned and premièred by the choir of St. George's, Hanover Square (2011)

Words: Christina Rossetti

Quo vadis?

(2011)

For oboe, clarinet and bass clarinet

Symphony No.1

(2011)

The Heart-in-Waiting

(2010)

SSATB unaccompanied
Words: Kevin Crossley-Holland

Music in the Marble

(2010)

Symphonic work: 7 short movements inspired by 7 sculptures

Jack and the Beanstalk

English Touring Opera (2009)

String Quartet No.1

(2009)

'For Alba'

Jack and the Beanstalk

(2009)

For large ensemble and narrator
Words: Emma House
Narrator: Michael Gambon

Sheep like stones

SATB unaccompanied. Premièred by the City of London Choir (2008)

Words: Jenny Overton

Benedictus Benedicat

Commissioned by David Benedictus for his birthday (for violin, trombone and piano) (2008)

Red Riding Hood

English Touring Opera (2008)

The Tale of Sly Ginger

(2008)

For large ensemble and narrator
Words: Emma House
Narrator: Tom Smail

Look thy last on all things lovely

For 3 baritones, clarinet, horn, cello and piano (2007)

Words: Walter de la Mare

Never doubt I love

SATB, violin, viola, cello (2007)

Words: William Shakespeare

Tread lightly

For mezzo, cello and piano (2005)

Words: Oscar Wilde

King of the dump

Children's Opera (2005)

Libretto: Juliet Ace

For piano and horn

(2004)

Adagio for violin, recorder, horn and piano

(2004)

Wind Quintet No.2

(2004)

When days are long in May

For baritone and piano (2003)

Words: Jaufré Rudel (translation: Frederick Goldin)

The Canticle of the Sun

SATB unaccompanied. Premièred by the choir of St. Michael's, Cornhill (2002)

Words: St. Francis of Assisi, translated by Adrian House

Wind Quintet No.1

Commissioned for the Cerne Abbas Festival (2002)

Merciless Pursuit

(2002)

Library Music for orchestra

The Swarm

(2002)

Library Music for string quartet

No more be done

(2002)

Library Music for string quartet

Sleeping Beauty

(2002)

For large ensemble and narrator
Words: Emma House
Narrator: Harry Enfield

Ominous

(2002)

Library Music for string quartet

The Villagers’ Carol

SATB unaccompanied (2001)

Words: Kenneth Grahame

Carry her over the water

SATB unaccompanied (2001)

Words: W.H. Auden

Red Riding Hood

(2001)

For large ensemble and narrator
Words: Emma House
Narrator: Harry Enfield

This endris night

SATB unaccompanied (2000)

Words: English 15th century

The Pied Piper

(2000)

For large ensemble and narrator
Words: Emma House
Narrator: Simon James

Not waving, but drowning

For tenor, horn and piano (1999)

Words: Stevie Smith

The darkling thrush

For tenor, horn and piano (1998)

Words: Thomas Hardy