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List of Works
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Timpanum - A Celebratory Overture
Forces: orchestra (2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 1, perc (2), harp, strings) Duration: 3-4 minutes Written for the University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra Premiere postponed to 2022 (date tbc) |
Wessex Love Songs : Thomas Hardy Song Cycle Project
Forces: mezzo-soprano & guitar Duration: c. 16 minutes A cycle of songs setting Hardy's Poems of 1912-13 alongside new arrangements of songs (that set Hardy texts) by Bax, Finzi, Betty Roe and Britten. We are also commissioning two further new works setting Hardy. Part funded by RVW Trust, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Lennox Berkley Society. |
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Love Songs to A Cat (song cycle)
Forces: mezzo-soprano, tenor and electronics Duration: c. 10 minutes 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, Jorge Luis Borges, William Carlos Williams, Billy Collins & anon (9th C Irish) |
Afterwards - String Quartet no. 1
Forces: string quartet Duration: c. 13 minutes Written for the Ligeti Quartet. A response to Thomas Hardy's late poem Afterwards. Premiere set for April 2022 |
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Timpanum - A Celebratory Overture
Forces: orchestra (2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 1, perc (2), harp, strings) Duration: 3-4 minutes Year: 2022 Written for the University of Bristol Symphony Orchestra. Premiere postponed to 2022 (date tbc). |
Organ Voluntary - a fanfare to celebrate signing the register
Forces: organ Duration: 3.5 minutes Year: 2021 Significant revisions to a piece from 2016. Written for Phillip Burnett for Rachel and Dave's wedding. |
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Three Duets; Responses to Paintings by Liz Larkin
Forces: violin & 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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Fanfare for Brass Quintet
Forces: brass quintet (trumpet (Bb) x2, horn, trombone, tuba) Duration: 1.5 minutes Year: 2021 Written for the Bristol Brass Consort. |
Haiku for Tom
Forces: oboe solo Duration: 2 minutes Year: 2021 Part of a series of responses to haiku. |
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Thaw
Forces: flute, harp, viola Duration: c. 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. |
They Will Call Him Brave
Forces: harp & percussion Duration: c. 5 minutes Year: 2019 Written for Sticks & Strings Ensemble. Premiere Rochester, NY 27th July 2019. |
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Tuesday Miniature
Forces: string quartet Duration: c. 2 minutes Year: 2017 Written for the Ligeti Quartet after a challenge issued by them at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy! |
Concerto for Orchestra and Percussion (Solo or Quartet)
Forces: orchestra & percussion (solo or quartet) Duration: c. 18 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Drew Worden. |
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Line Drawings
Forces: alto flute/picc., clarinet (Bb), piano, cello, double-bass Duration: c. 6 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Ensemble Variances for the festival Bristol New Music |
Haiku for Calumet St.
Forces: harp Duration: c. 3 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Rosanna Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, responding to a Haiku by Basho |
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Bristol Fanfare, A Pocket Portrait
Forces: three trumpets (either Bb or C) Duration: c. 2 minutes Year: 2016 |
Impromptu
Forces: oboe & vibraphone Duration: c. 5 minutes Year: 2016 Commissioned by the CMV series of concerts |
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Three Rituals on Metal
Forces: percussion quartet playing metallophones Duration: c. 13 minutes Year: 2016 Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts, revised in winter 2015 with help from the Eastman Percussion Quartet. |
Short (&) Suite
Forces: cello Duration: c. 4 minutes Year: 2015 Suite for solo 'cello, written for Pauline Fairclough. |
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Five Violin Duets
Forces: violins (2) Duration: c. 10 minutes Year: 2014 Five short duets based on pictures in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery |
Study for Horn & Chamber Ensemble
Forces: horn solo, flute, clarinet (Bb), Sax (alto), bassoon, perc (one player), violin, viola, cello Duration: c. 8 minutes Year: 2014 Written for Bristol New Music Ensemble |
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Into My Heart (A Shropshire Lad)
Forces: soprano, piano, electronics (stereo output) Duration: c. 12 minutes Year: 2013 Staged song cycle for soprano, piano, tape & electronics |
Snareata
Forces: snare drum Duration: c. 4 minutes Year: 2013 Written for Jonathan Godsall. For solo snare drum |
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The Interrogation of Adam Pollo
Forces: tenor, clarinet (Bb), cello, percussion, computer (with operator) Duration: c. 35 minutes Year: 2012 Chamber opera in four scenes. Premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival |
The Map Was Stitched With Threads of Thought
Forces: open scored for 10 players Duration: c. 9 minutes Year: 2012 Written for CoMA South-West |
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The Hardy Tin Soldier
Forces: percussion (2), violin (3), viola (2), cello, double-bass Duration: c. 13 minutes Year: 2012 Ballet for two dancers based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale |
If I Were So Sure
Forces: prepared piano, clarinet (Bb, dbl. b. cl.), violin (dbl. viola) Duration: c. 5 minutes Year: 2014 Written for Gemini Ensemble |
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Wessex Love Songs (song cycle)
Forces: mezzo-soprano, guitar Duration: c. 16 minutes Year: 2022 A cycle of songs setting Hardy's Poems of 1912-13. Written for (and with) Lotte Betts-Dean. |
Love Songs to A Cat (song cycle)
Forces: mezzo-soprano, tenor, electronics (mono or stereo) Duration: c. 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, Jorge Luis Borges, William Carlos Williams, Billy Collins & anon (9th C Irish). |
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Noster Cetus
Forces: soprano solo, small female choir (minimum 4 to a part) Duration: c. 5-7 minutes Year: 2012 (revised 2016) Commissioned by the CMV Series of Concerts. The Interrogation of Adam Pollo
Forces: tenor, clarinet (Bb), cello, percussion, computer (with operator, live feeds (3) stereo + 2 mono output) Duration: c. 35 minutes Year: 2012 Chamber opera in four scenes. Premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival |
The Life of St. Aemilion
Forces: female choir, electronics (live feed, stereo output) Duration: c. 5-7 minutes Year: 2021 Written for the Schola Cantorum (dir. Emma Hornby), premiere Bristol, April (cancelled) |
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Lullaby Haiku
Forces: video, stereo audio Duration: 2 minutes Year: 2021 Part of a series of responses to haiku. Commissioned by Severnside Compose Alliance. |
Hollow (an Impromptu)
Forces: 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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Nocturne No.1
Forces: 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. |
Ludo Ludamus Redux
Forces: 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. |
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Nocturne No. 2
Forces: 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 |
Books That Will Be Read
Forces: 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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Echoic Memories
Forces: piano, cello, electronics (live feed (2), stereo + mono output) Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2015 Commissioned by New Music in the South-West. Premiered by the Bristol Ensemble. |
Diminuendi (Etude, Prelude, Response)
Forces: Saxophone (alto & soprano) & electronics (live feed, stereo output) Duration: 8 minutes Year: 2015 Commissioned by Katherine Williams. |
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The Interrogation of Adam Pollo
Forces: tenor, clarinet (Bb), cello, percussion, computer (with operator, live feeds (3), stereo + 2 mono output) Duration: c. 35 minutes Year: 2012 Chamber opera in four scenes. Premiered at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival |
Ludo, Ludamus
Forces: Computer, four participants Duration: c. 12 minutes Year: 2014 A musical game for tape and four participants Available as a concert piece or installation |
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Organ Voluntary - a fanfare to celebrate signing the register
Forces: organ Duration: 3.5 minutes Year: 2021 Significant revisions to a piece from 2016. Written for Phillip Burnett for Rachel and Dave's wedding. |
Three Duets; Responses to Paintings by Liz Larkin
Forces: violin & 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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Haiku for Calumet St.
Forces: harp Duration: c. 3 minutes Year: 2016 Written for Rosanna Moore as a gift to Nat & Shari, responding to a Haiku by Basho |
Short (&) Suite
Forces: cello Duration: c. 4 minutes Year: 2015 Suite for solo 'cello, written for Pauline Fairclough. |
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Haiku for Tom
Forces: oboe solo Duration: 2 minutes Year: 2021 Part of a series of responses to haiku. |
They Will Call Him Brave
Forces: harp & percussion Duration: c. 5 minutes Year: 2019 Written for Sticks & Strings Ensemble. Premiere Rochester, NY 27th July 2019. |
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Five Violin Duets
Forces: violins (2) Duration: c. 10 minutes Year: 2014 Five short duets based on pictures in the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery |
Snareata
Forces: snare drum Duration: c. 4 minutes Year: 2013 Written for Jonathan Godsall. For solo snare drum |