ORCHESTRA:

Stabat Mater (2001)

[3(III with low B=picc1).alto fl(=picc2).0.0.0./2.3.2.0./timp.(4 drs., 2 plyrs.)/3-4 perc./hp./pf./strs.: 8.6.6.6.4.]

19 mins.

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3

fp: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust/BBC invitation concert), 22 February 2002: Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Emma Selway (mezzo-soprano), BBC Scottish SO, cond. Garry Walker

fb: BBC Radio 3, 23 March 2002 (rec. of above)

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Odysseus remembers (2003-04)

Text by the composer, after the Odyssey of Homer (Books X-XII)

Narrator (Odysseus), soprano (Circe), mezzo-soprano (Anticleia), countertenor (Teiresias) and orchestra

[1(with low B).2picc(II=fl.2).alto fl.2.corA.2.2 bass clt.2.cbsn./4.3.3.1./timp.(5 drs., 2 plyrs)/6-7 perc./2 hp./pf./strs.: 16.14.12.10.8.]

33 mins.

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3

fp: BBC, Maida Vale, 3 February 2006: Roderick Williams (Odysseus), Claire Booth (Circe), Andrew Watts (Teiresias), Susan Bickley (Anticleia), BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Edward Gardner

fb: BBC Radio 3, 10 June 2006 (rec. of above)

CD recording available: please contact the composer

Magnificat (2003-05)

Soprano and orchestra

[2.1.ob d'amore.0.2./2.2.0.0./tblr bells./strs.: 8.6.4.4.2.]

12 mins.

[for performance separately or with Nunc dimittis]

Nunc dimittis (2008-09)

Baritone and orchestra

[1.picc.1.ob d'amore (or 2nd oboe).0.0./2.0.0.0./tblr bell.4 handbells/strs.: 8.6.4.4.2.]

5 mins.

[for performance with Magnificat above]

CHAMBER:

Cantata (1983)

Flute, vibraphone and string trio

11 mins.

fp: Bath Festival of Music, 26 May 1985 (SPNM concert): Nancy Ruffer (flute), Music Projects/London, cond. Richard Bernas

fb: BBC Radio 3, 7 January 1988: Ingrid Culliford (flute), Lontano, cond. Odaline de la Martinez

Hymns and Constellations (2005)

String quartet and piano

15 mins.

***fp (scheduled): North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, August 2013***

VOCAL:

Three Songs on Chinese Poems (1972)

Texts: poems from the T'ang Dynasty (8th to 10th century, English translations)

1. Exile (Li Shang-yin)
2. Egrets (Tu Mu)
3. Thoughts on a Night Journey (Tu Fu)

Soprano, alto flute, bass clarinet and celesta

9 mins.

fp: Lancaster University (BBC Young Composers Forum), 16 October 1973: Jane Manning (soprano), Vesuvius Ensemble

fb: BBC Radio 3, April 1974 (rec. of above)

Ring of Light (1985)

Soprano solo

5 mins.

fp: Rebecca Lea (soprano); The Early Music Experiment, at The Rag Factory, London E1, 13 June 2011

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Three Motets (2006)

Texts: medieval Latin

1. Spes, via, vita
2. O lux quam non videt alia lux
3. Alma Redemptoris Mater

Soprano and piano

16 mins.

Tir-nan-Òg (2007)

Text: traditional from North Uist, Outer Hebrides (translated from Gaelic)

Dedication: 'for Alycia and Alex, 9. vi. 07'

Soprano, countertenor and piano

5 mins.

PIANO:

From the Paradiso of Dante (2005-06)

1. Piccarda Donati speaks to Dante
2. Seraphim

Dedication: 'for L., 1954-1988'

(Part 3 of cycle Scenes from Dante)

Piano solo

13 mins.

fp: Daniel Grimwood (piano); All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent, 30 April 2011

**From the Purgatorio of Dante** (2007)

1. The Valley of the Late-Repentant
2. Forese Donati speaks to Dante

(Part 2 of cycle Scenes from Dante)

Piano solo

12 mins.

In Progress:

PIANO:

From the Inferno of Dante (2011-)

1. The Burning Sand
2. The Wood of the Suicides

(Part 1 of cycle Scenes from Dante)

Piano solo

12 mins. ca.

***estd. completion: February/March 2012***

ORCHESTRA:

Byzantium (2011-)

After the poem by W.B. Yeats

[Orchestra, estd. (incl. doublings): 3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./timp./3-4 perc./2 hps./pf./strs.]

15-20 mins.

***BBC Symphony Orchestra commission for Radio 3***

Projected:

ORCHESTRA:

The Departing of Arthur (2007-)

Text by the composer, after Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and the medieval French romance Merlin (attrib. Robert de Boron)

Countertenor (Merlin), tenor (King Arthur), baritone (Sir Bedivere), female semi-chorus & orchestra

[Orchestra, max. estd. (incl. doublings): 3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./timp./3-4 perc./2 hp./pf./strs.]

4 sections, continuous: 35-40 mins.

Violin Concerto

[Orchestra, max. estd. (incl. doublings): 2.2.2.2./2.2.3.0./timp./1-2 perc./strs.]

Single movement: 15-20 mins.

February 2012

From the Purgatorio of Dante (2007)

**From the Purgatorio of Dante** (2007)