solo instrumental and chamber ensemble
CANZONI D’AMORE (2020)
Clarinet in A or Viola & Piano; and revised for Cello & Piano; and revised for Bassoon & Piano or Euphonium & Piano or Trombone & Piano
Duration ca. 8’30”
DANCING WITH A SHADOW OF MYSELVES – VARIATIONS ON AN IDEA OF A MAN WITH AT LEAST A BLUE HEAD (2020)
Soprano. Clarinet in Bb & Piano, including a setting of stanza XXXIII from The Man with the Blue Guitar by Wallace Stevens
Private recording made by Yvonne Patrick, soprano, Steve Dummer, clarinet & Christopher Langworthy, piano, West Sussex, November 2020.
Duration ca. 8’30”
THE HIDDEN MASKS OF ROGER COWEN – PARADE AND REFRAINS (2020)
Flute (=Picc) & Oboe (=CA)
Duration ca. 12’
LISTEN
JORDAN’S MARCH (2020)
Organ
Duration ca. 6’
SOME OF MISS VIDLER’S FORETHOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS WITH SEVERAL SMALL ENIGMAS (2020)
Piano
Duration ca. 7’ – 12’30”
LISTEN to one of the many versions of this piece
FRIPPERIES AND FRAZZLES (2019)
Oboe & Piano*
First-prize winner of the 4th International Music Composition Contest, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos
First performed by Vicente Llimerá, oboe & Stefanos Spanopoulos, piano, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, Valencia, October 2019.
Duration ca. 13’
*also available for Oboe & Chamber Orchestra
LISTEN
HAROLD AND ARTHUR’S UNPREDICTABLE PIANIST (2019)
Piano
Duration ca. 14’
TWO GRATEFUL DIVERSIONS (2019)
SERENADE FOR SARAH AUBADE FOR THE BOYS
Horn in F & Piano
First performed by Zachary Hayward, horn.
Duration ca. 5’
First performed by Zachary Hayward, horn, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Duration ca. 5’
VESPER – A MINIATURE (2019)
Clarinet in Bb & Piano
Duration ca. 2’30”
FOR DADDY (2017)
Piano (=Triangle. 2 Ice Bells. 2 Cowbells & Tam-tam)
Duration ca. 20’
LISTEN
QUINTETS FOR SAXOPHONES AND STRINGS (2017)
SCHERZO CAVATINA DANZA DIABOLICA
Soprano Saxophone (=ASax) & String Quartet; and revised for Clarinet in Bb and String Quartet
First performed by Harry Dichmont, saxophones, Seung-Youn Han & Cecily Moorsom, violins, Sophie Williams, viola & Kinna Whitehead, cello, Lancing College, West Sussex, May 2018.
Duration ca. 11’30”
THREE CAROLS (2017)
CAROL 1 CAROL 2 CAROL 3
Oboe & Piano
Duration ca. 5’
TWO PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (2017)
PRELUDING, WITH AN ILLUSION OF PEACE AND ON AND ON…
Violin & Piano
Composed for and first performed by Ani Batikian, violin, and Roland Roberts, piano, Rye Arts Festival 2018, St Thomas’ Church, Winchelsea, September 2018.
Duration ca. 28’
BALLET, WITH JUMPING (2016)
Clarinet in Bb. Cello & Piano
First performed by Steve Dummer, clarinet, Val Wellbanks, cello & Juliet Edwards, piano, Friends Meeting House, Brighton, July 2016.
Duration ca. 12’
ECHOES FROM A BALLET (2016)
Clarinet in A (=BCl in Bb) & Piano
Duration ca. 13’30”
LISTEN
TOUT EST DANS LE RYTHME, MON POTE (2016)
Flute. Clarinet in A. Horn in F & Piano
Composed for and first performed by Lucy Hopson, flute, Harry Dichmont, clarinet, Zachary Hayward, horn & Bethany Sullivan, piano, St Mary’s Church, Storrington, April 2017.
Duration ca. 9’
DANCIN’ 3 (…AS JENNY WOULD HAVE DANCED) (2015)
Oboe & Xylophone
Duration ca. 9’30”
DANCIN’ 3a (…AS JENNY WOULD HAVE DANCED AGAIN) (2015)
Oboe & Percussion (1: Temple Blocks & Concert-toms)
Duration ca. 9’30”
LISTEN
DANCIN’ 4 5 (A DIVERSION FOR FLUTES) (2015)
Flute Quintet (I=BFl II.IV=Picc III.V=AFl) – performers are required to dance, badly
Composed for and first performed by Sussex Flutes, St Luke’s Church, March 2016.
Duration ca. 5’30”
JENNY’S COR (PRELUDE, SKIPPING TUNE AND SONG) (2015)
Cor Anglais & Piano
Duration ca. 8’
PARTY PIECES – FIVE MINIATURES FOR CLARINET AND PIANO (2014)
…ME …THE ONE WITH THE TROUSERS …THE ONE WITH THE SHIRT …ME AGAIN? …DAVID
Clarinet in Bb & Piano
Composed for and first performed by Joseph Shiner, clarinet & Frederick Brown, piano, St John’s, Smith Square, London, November 2015.
Duration ca. 6’30”
SEVERAL ENDINGS (2014)
Piano Quartet
Duration ca. 9’30”
SUMMER SONGS, AND OTHERS (2013)
Clarinet in Bb. Violin. Viola & Cello
Duration ca. 11’
TWO PIECES FOR JOHN (2013)
REFLECTION . . . BUT THE SHOW GOES ON!
Bassoon & Piano
First performed by Anna Forster, bassoon & Adrian West, piano, Lancing College, 2014.
Duration: ca. 8’
FIVE OR SIX CORRIDORS (THIRTEEN MINIATURES FOR PIANO TRIO) (2012)
Violin. Cello & Piano
First performed by Daniel Bhattacharya, violin, Peter Adams, cello & Jeremy Young, piano, Brighton Unitarian Church, Brighton, July 2014.
Duration ca. 20’
. . . WITH VIEWS OF A HIGHER PLACE (2012)
VERY SLOWLY FAIRLY QUICK, BUT STEADY
Oboe & String Sextet (2.2.1.1)*
Duration ca. 12’30”
*also available for Oboe & String Orchestra
DANCIN’ 2 4 (MR KELLER’S BEACONS) (2011)
2 Clarinets in Bb & 2 Percussion (1: Glock & Vib; 2: TBl & RTom)
Composed for and first performed by Daisy Forden-Keech & Henry Kimber, clarinets; Sherlene Lau & Richard Clarke, percussion, St John’s, Smith Square, London, March 2012. Duration ca. 6’
READ: Dancin’ 2 4 – programme note
READ: Dancin’ 2 4 – score excerpt
LISTEN
DANCIN’ 1 (DANCIN’ FOR JOE. . . !) (2009)
Clarinet in Bb
Composed for and first performed by Joseph Shiner, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, November 2013.
Duration ca. 7’30”
PASTORAL (2009)
Flute. Guitar & Cello
Duration ca. 9’
LITTLE PIECES FOR PIANO (2008)
LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 1 LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 2 LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 3 LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 4
LITTLE PIECE FOR PIANO No. 5
Piano
Duration ca. 7’30”
FIVE PIECES FOR THE SOLO PIANO (2007, revised 2011)
1 (THE DREAM, METHINKS) 2 (THE FROLIC) 3 (THE HYMN) 4 (THE ARIA, OR PERHAPS JUST A SONG) 5 (THE DANCE, MOSTLY)
Piano
3 (The Hymn) first performed by Jeremy Young, Lancing College, West Sussex, March 2012.
Duration ca. 42’
TWO PIECES FOR VIOLINS AND HORN (2006)
…ANOTHER’S GOLDEN HORIZON …OR PERHAPS MY END
2 Violins & Horn in F
Duration ca. 24’
PORRIDGE SARABANDE (2004)
Piano
Performed by Ian Morgan-Williams on too many occasions to remember. Duration ca. 1’
THE GROTESQUE GARDEN (2003)
CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 1 (INTO THE GARDEN) I – RANCOROUS RHUBARB CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 2 (THERE’S SOMETHING STRANGE GOING ON HERE) II – CONSIRATORIAL CONVOLVULUS CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 3 (IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR A SIT DOWN) III – SOPORIPHIC SUNFLOWERS CIRCUMAMBULATION No. 4 (BEGINNING TO FEEL THE BREEZE) IV – EURHYTHMIC EUCALYPTUS
4 Violins & 4 Double Basses
Duration ca. 12’
J & B’s SUNDAY BOOK (2002)
SUNDAY MORNING MATRON MRS K-H UNDER THE BED . . . POLYDOR LAWN THE HEAD MASTER (…AND HIS WIFE)! THE BOYS
Piano, 4 hands
Duration ca. 11’
THE THREE DREAMS OF MR TURNER (2002)
MR TURNER’S FIRST DREAM MR TURNER’S SECOND DREAM MR TURNER’S THIRD DREAM
Treble Recorder & Harp
Duration ca. 14’
Y TAIR TELYN (THE THREE HARPS) (1992)
Y DELYN FELEN (THE YELLOW HARP) Y DELYN WYLLT (THE WILD HARP) Y DELYN DYFADWY (THE GROWING HARP)
Harp
Highly commended: Gregynog Composers Competition of Wales.
Duration ca. 11’30”
TWO IMPROVISATIONS FOR DOUBLE BASS AND PIANO (1984)
SGLEIN DISGLAIR
Double Bass & Piano (in versions for solo and orchestral tuning)
Duration ca. 18’
SYNNAU (1983)
ALLEGRO CON BRIO ANDANTINO PRESTO
2 Harps
First performed by Elinor Bennett & Meinir Heulyn, Gŵyl Gerdd Menai, 1983.