8½ mins
for SATB unaccompanied
Texts by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Commissioned by Joy Hill and the Royal College of Music Junior Department Chamber Choir (with funds provided by the Friends of the RCMJD) and Sindre Hugo Bjerkestrand and the Oslo Cathedral Youth Choir
First performed by the RCMJD Chamber Choir, directed by Joy Hill, on 9 July 2016
4 mins
for SATB unaccompanied
Text by Kārlis Vērdiņš (b.1979) translated by Ieva Lešinska
Commissioned by The Crossing with funds provided by the Ann Stookey Fund for New Music
First performed by The Crossing, directed by Donald Nally, at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnt Hill, Philadephia, PA on 8 July 2016
7 mins
for SATB unaccompanied
Text by Georg Trakl (1887-1914)
Commissioned by Sospiri as part of the Multitude of Voices project to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of war in 1914
First performed by the BBC Singers, directed by Paul Brough, at Milton Court Concert Hall, London on 11 February 2014
6 mins
for SATB and organ
Texts: Magnificat Antiphon at All Saints & Revelation 7:12
Commissioned by the Dean & Chapter of Norwich Cathedral to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Norwich Cathedral Girls’ Choir, with the generous support of Norwich School, Norwich High School for Girls, Norwich Cathedral Ex-Choristers’ Guild, Mr Peter Siddons, Mr Tim Ambler and others.
First performed by Norwich Cathedral Choir, directed by Ashley Grote, on 1 November 2015
6 mins
for double choir SATB
Text by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8BC)
Commissioned for the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus (Philip Barnes, Artistic Director) by Jon D. Wilson in joyful celebration of his wife Dr. Margaret Stacey Albin-Wilson and their twentieth wedding anniversary.
First performed by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, directed by Philip Barnes, at St Louis Abbey, Creve Coeur, MO on 8 November 2015
5½ mins
for trebles, alto saxophone and organ
Text by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
‘To the Choristers of Truro Cathedral, who told me what to write’
First performed by the Choristers of Truro Cathedral with Joel Garthwaite (alto saxophone) and Luke Bond (organ), directed by Christopher Gray, on 6 May 2015
30 mins
for solo soprano, SATB choir and orchestra:
picc.fl.ob.cor a.Bb cl.bass cl.bsn.cbsn – 4.2.0.1 – percussion (1 player: bass drum, tubular bells, tam-tam, vibraphone, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal) – strings (6.6.4.4.2)
Texts by Thomas Carew (1595-1640), Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), Edward James (1907-1984), Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554-1628), Latvju dainas 33857-2, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) and Billy Collins (b.1941)
Commissioned by Youth Choir Kamēr… with funds provided by the Association of Culture Institutions of Riga City Council.
First performed by Jolanta Strikaite-Lapiņa (soprano), Youth Choir Kamēr… and orchestra, conducted by Jānis Liepiņš, at the Latvian National Opera, Riga on 25 May 2015
14 mins
for SATB unaccompanied
Texts: Magnificat Antiphons at Vespers, 17-23 December
O Clavis David commissioned by the Rev. Dr. Simon Jones, Chaplain of Merton College, Oxford
First performed by Merton College Choir, directed by Benjamin Nicholas, on 4 May 2012
O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, O Oriens, O Rex Gentium & O Emmanuel written for Christopher Gray and the Choir of Truro Cathedral
First complete performance by Truro Cathedral Choir, directed by Christopher Gray, on 7 December 2014
8 mins
for guitar
Commissioned by the IGF as a test piece for the 2013 International Guitar Competition
First performed by the six competition semi-finalists – Vladimir Gapontsev, Mikkel Egelund Nielsen, Srdjan Bulat, Laura Snowden, Alp Ozan Bursaliogliu and Gil Fesch – at the Royal College of Music, London on 25 October 2013
