Salus aeterna

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Sequence for Advent Sunday

Commissioned by Oakham School
First performed by Oakham School Chapel Choir, directed by David Woodcock, on 1 December 2002

The Lord’s Prayer

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Matthew 6:9-13 translated by Miles Coverdale (1487-1569)

Written for Benjamin Nicholas and the choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
First performed by Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir, directed by Benjamin Nicholas, on 12 June 2002

A Prayer of King Henry VI

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text by King Henry VI (1421-1471)

Commissioned by Oakham School
First performed by Oakham School Chapel Choir, directed by David Woodcock, on 28 June 2002

O thou that art the light

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text by St Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Written for Benjamin Nicholas and the choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
First performed by Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir, directed by Benjamin Nicholas, on 12 July 2001

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Truro Service)

7 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Commissioned for Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of Truro Cathedral by Mrs. Judith Rowe in memory of her husband Peter
First performed by Truro Cathedral Choir, directed by Andrew Nethsingha, on 5 October 2001

Edinburgh Mass

13 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Commissioned by the Very Revd. Graham Forbes, Provost of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
First performed by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, directed by Matthew Owens, on 22 November 2001

Salve Regina

5 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Antiphon to the Blessed Virgin Mary

Written for Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of Truro Cathedral
First performed by Truro Cathedral Choir, directed by Andrew Nethsingha, on 25 March 2001

Creator of the stars of night

4 mins

for SATB and organ

Text: Anonymous (7th century) translated by JM Neale (1818-1866) and adapted by the editors of the New English Hymnal

Commissioned by Matthew Owens for the Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
First performed by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir, directed by Matthew Owens, on 3 December 2000

Cecilia Virgo

8 mins

for 6S6A6T6B

Text: Anonymous (16th century)

Commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Singers
First performed by the BBC Singers, directed by Stephen Cleobury, in Canterbury Cathedral on 26 October 2000

Hymn to the Trinity (Honor, Virtus et Potestas)

6 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Sixth Respond at Matins, Trinity Sunday

Commissioned by Chapelle du Roi
First performed by Chapelle du Roi, directed by Alistair Dixon, at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick on 11 July 2000

Pure Religion and Undefiled before God

4 mins

for trebles and organ

Text: The Epistle of James 1:27

Commissioned by St Edmund’s School, Canterbury, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the school’s foundation
First performed by the choristers of Canterbury Cathedral, directed by David Flood, on 12 October 1999

A Vision of Aeroplanes

15 mins

for 6S4A4T4B

Text: Anonymous

Commissioned by Bernhard Starkmann
First performed by the BBC Singers, directed by Simon Joly, at St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, London on 17 October 1997

O fear the Lord

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Psalm 34:9 & 10
Commissioned by the Choir of All Saints’ Church, Blackheath
First performed by the All Saints’ Church Choir, directed by Michael Nicholas, on 1 November 1997

Hodie nobis caelorum Rex

6 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: First Respond at Matins, Christmas Day

Commissioned by Cappella Nova
First performed by Cappella Nova, directed by Alan Tavener, at the Barony Hall, Glasgow on 19 December 1996

Song (I gaze upon you)

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text by Paul Eluard (1895-1952) translated by Gilbert Bowen

Written for the wedding of Mark Wilde and Imogen Wright
First performed by the choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, directed by Jonathan Rees-Williams, on 1 June 1996

Lux mortuorum

7 mins

for SATB unaccompanied
Text by Richard George Elliott (b.1962)
Commissioned by the Ionian Singers
First performed by the Ionian Singers, directed by Timothy Salter, at St John’s, Smith Square, London on 19 November 1995

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Norwich Service)

9 mins

for SATB and organ

Written for Michael Nicholas and the choir of Norwich Cathedral
First performed by Norwich Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Nicholas, on 13 June 1993

Tomorrow go ye forth

3 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Vesper Responsory, Advent Sunday

Commissioned by Michael Nicholas and the Choir of Norwich Cathedral
First performed by Norwich Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Nicholas, on 26 November 1992

I look from afar

6 mins

for SSATB unaccompanied

Text: Matin Responsory, Advent Sunday

Commissioned by Stephen Darlington and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
First performed by Christ Church Cathedral Choir, directed by Stephen Darlington, on 14 December 1991

O sacrum convivium

6 mins

for SATB unaccompanied

Text: Antiphon at Second Vespers, Feast of Corpus Christi

Commissioned by the 1990 Guildford and Portsmouth Cathedrals Festival
First performed by the combined choirs of Guildford and Portsmouth Cathedrals, directed by Andrew Millington, on 16 June 1990