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A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE, Act II, Scene IV (2024)

A scene from a large-scale community opera in three acts for opera soloists and swing band

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WILD DEER (2021)

A song setting for soprano and guitar

after the Persian poet Hafiz

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FLYING FREE (2020)

Orchestral passages from ‘A Kestrel for a Knave’ for symphony orchestra

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THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE (2018)

A dramatic cantata for soloists, chorus, string orchestra, percussion, trumpets and organ after Carol Ann Duffy

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PINCHER MARTIN (2014)

A cinematic opera in one act after William Golding

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OWL FLIGHT (2012)

A suite for treble recorder (or violin) and piano

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THE OWL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK (2011)

An opera for children in one act after Jill Tomlinson

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THE SHATTERED MEMORY (2010)

A symphonic tone poem (or ballet) after Donna Tartt for full orchestra

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OCTOBER DAWN (2010)

For violin and piano

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THE CONQUESTS OF ZEUS (2009)

A sonata for trombone (or violoncello) and piano

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YORKSHIRE SONGS (2009)

A song cycle for baritone, piano and string quartet

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  • The Old Church Tower (words by Emily Brontë)

  • The Moon (words by J. H. Eccles)

  • The Coal Miner (words by D. H. Lawrence)

  • The Horse (words by Ted Hughes)

  • The Catch (words by Simon Armitage)

 

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EVENTIDE (2008)

For a cappella chorus (words by William Wordsworth)

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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL (2007)

A chamber opera in one scene after Oscar Wilde for soloists, chorus and chamber orchestra

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THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE (2006)

A romantic opera in one act after Oscar Wilde for soloists, chorus and full orchestra      

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FEUX D’ARTIFICE (2005)

For clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

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TWO ENGLISH SONGS (2005)

For soprano and piano

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  • Do not stand at my grave and weep

  • Daffodils

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BLESSING (2004)

For marimba sextet after the poem by

Imtiaz Dharker

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