Untitled (for Robert Irvine)

3 mins

for cello

Written for Robert Irvine
First performed by Robert Irvine at Woodwick House, Evie, Orkney on 26 June 2016

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Flying solo

6 mins

for SA, alto saxophone in Bb, bass clarinet, trumpet in C and piano (or electric piano)

Texts by Extraordinary Voices

Commissioned by Newham Music with funds provided by the PRS Foundation
First performed by Extraordinary Voices, directed by Oscar Wood, at the Troxy, London on 12 July 2016

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All shall be Amen

4½ mins

for SATB unaccompnied

Text: Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Commissioned by The Choir of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL, in memory of Hope Adix 
First performed by The Choir of St Luke’s Episcopal Church, directed by Andrew Lewis, in Gloucester Cathedral on 17 July 2016

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Three Shakespeare Songs

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

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Yes, I am your angel

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

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Tantum ergo

3½ mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) (Hymn at Benediction)

Commissioned by Philip Evans and the Byron Consort of Harrow School
First performed by the Byron Consort, directed by Philip Evans, on 20 March 2016

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O salutaris hostia

2½ mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) (Hymn at Lauds, Corpus Christi)

Commissioned by Philip Evans and the Byron Consort of Harrow School
First performed by the Byron Consort, directed by Philip Evans, on 20 March 2016

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Am Abend

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

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O quam gloriosum

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

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Felices ter et amplius

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

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That wind blowing and that tide

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

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Spring Rounds

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

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Aria for Joel and Vicki

7 mins

for tenor saxophone and organ

‘To Joel Garthwaite and Vicki Adams on their wedding day’
First performed by Joel Garthwaite (tenor saxophone) and Luke Bond (organ) at Truro Cathedral on 27 February 2015

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Seven Advent Antiphons

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

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Holy is the true light

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text from the Salisbury Diurnal, translated by Dr G H Palmer

Commissioned by Simon Gay to mark his retirement as a Lay Vicar at Westminster Abbey after 30 years’ service
First performed by Westminster Abbey Choir, directed by Daniel Cook, on September 23rd 2013

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Hush! my dear

3½ mins

for SATB and optional keyboard

Text by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Written for Carols for Choirs 5
First performed by the Choir of St Andrew’s &  St George’s Church, Edinburgh, directed by Brigitte Harris, on 11 December 2011

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Fantasy with Anniversary Chorale

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

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Lopsided Waltz

2 mins

for piano duet

Commissioned by Thalia Myers and ABRSM
First performed by Leslie East and Jonathan Lee at the Royal College of Music, London on 27 October 2012

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Carillon: In Dulci Jubilo

1½ mins

(free transcription of the chorale prelude In Dulci Jubilo (BWV608) by J.S.Bach)

for piano

First performed by Antony Gray at Stella Maris Church, Maroochydore, Queensland on 1 August 2003

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Ciconia Fragment

2 mins

(free transcription of Amor per ti sempre by Johannes Ciconia)

for four clarinets (1 Eb, 2Bbs and bass)

Written for the 10th Anniversary of No Strings Attached
First performed by No Strings Attached at St James’, Piccadilly, London on 30 November 1993

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