O nata lux

8 mins

for ATTBB unaccompanied

Text: Office Hymn for Lauds, Feast of the Transfiguration

Written for John Scott and the Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral
First performed by St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, directed by John Scott, on 28 February 1992

A Prayer for Peace

4 mins

for trebles and organ

Text by Charles, Duc d’Orléans (1394-1465)

First performed by the choristers of Bristol Cathedral, directed by Christopher Brayne, on 13 May 1991

Ah, mine heart

4 mins

for SSAATB unaccompanied

Text: Anonymous (16th century)

First performed by Canterbury Cathedral Choir, directed by Allan Wicks, on 5 August 1988

Zero point reflection

10 mins

for three solo voices (SSA)

Text by Doris Kareva (b.1958)

Commissioned by the Vale of Glamorgan Festival for Juice Vocal Ensemble, with additional funds from Arts Council England
First performed by Juice Vocal Ensemble at Fonmon Castle, Cardiff on 11 May 2014

Ite missa est

2 mins

for four solo voices (ATBarB)

Written for New York Polyphony

First performed by New York Polyphony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, MO on 11 December 2012

Ubi flumem praesulis

5 mins

for four solo voices (SSSM-s) and small harp

Text: Antiphon at Lauds (from the Pars estivalis of the Breviarium Aberdonense) and Psalm 62

Written for Canty
First performed by Canty and William Taylor (harp) at St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen on 16 October 2009

Spring

4 mins

for five solo voices (SSATB)

Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1899)

Commissioned by EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Sir Michael Tippett
First performed by EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, directed by James Weeks, at the Bromsgrove Festival on 24 April 2005

Psalm 92: Dominus Regnavit

7 mins

for five solo voices (SM-sATB) and piano duet/two pianos

Text: Vulgate Psalm 92

Commissioned by Stichting Lek Art
First performed by Annelie Brinkhof (soprano), Elisa Roep (mezzo-soprano), Cecile Roovers (alto), Ruud van Iterson (tenor), Bas Kuijlenburg (bass) and Fred Oldenburg and Jeroen van Veen (pianos) at Grote of Barbarakerk, Culemborg on 26 September 2004

Warldis Vanitie: Ane Mirrour for Marie Stuart

19 mins

for eight solo voices (SSAATTBB)

Texts by Sir Richard Maitland (1496-1586), King Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley) (1546-1567), (?)Robert Sempill (c.1530-c.1595), Queen Mary Stuart (1542-1587) and John Wedderburn (c.1500-1556)

Commissioned by Cappella Nova
First performed by Cappella Nova, directed by Alan Tavener, at St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow on 8 February 2002

I am the Rose of Sharon

6 mins

for five solo voices (ATTBarB or SAATB)

Text: The Song of Solomon 2:1-3, 6:3, 5:1, 6:3, 2:4

Commissioned by the Opus Anglicanum Trust
First performed by Opus Anglicanum in Wells Cathedral on 15 July 2001

The Armed Man

6 mins

for 4/8 solo voices (SATB)

Texts: 15th century Burgundian Chanson and Robert Palmer (1888-1916)

Commissioned by The Clerks’ Group
First performed by The Clerks’ Group, directed by Edward Wickham, at the Wigmore Hall, London on 31 May 2000

Kyrie super Dunstaple

7 mins

for four solo voices (ATTBar)

Text: Troped Kyrie for Maundy Thursday from The Consuetudinary of St Mary Abbey, York

Commissioned by the York Early Music Foundation
First performed by the Orlando Consort at the National Centre for Early Music, York on 7 April 2000

At The Last Day

6 mins

for four solo voices (soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos and alto)

Text by Dugald Buchanan (1716-1768) translated by Lachlan MacBean (1853-1931)

Commissioned by Daniela Tošic and Tapestry (USA)
First performed by Tapestry at the National Music Center, Lenox, MA on 9 June 1999

On The Bridge Over The Narrow River

10 mins

for four solo voices (ATTBar)

Text by Richard George Elliott (b.1962)

Commissioned by the Orlando Consort
First performed by the Orlando Consort at Queen’s University, Belfast on 27 April 1994

Enjoyment (A Modern Madrigal)

11 mins

for six solo voices (SSATBarB)

Text by Richard George Elliott (b.1962)

Commissioned by I Fagiolini
First performed by I Fagiolini at the Spitalfields Festival on 8 June 1992

Aldington Images

8 mins

for soprano and piano

Text by Richard Aldington (1892-1962)

Commissioned by Leeds Lieder+ in memory of David and Honor Anthony
First performed by Felicity Lott and Malcolm Martineau at Leeds College of Music on 9 October 2011

Adonis Images

8 mins

(revision of Aldington Images)

for soprano and piano

Text by Kārlis Vērdiņš (b.1979)

Commissioned by Leeds Lieder+ in memory of David and Honor Anthony
First performed by Sarah Leonard and Stephen Gutman at Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds, on 29 April 2012

Psalm 112: Laudate Pueri

8 mins

for soprano and organ

Text: Vulgate Psalm 112

Commissioned by Matthew Owens
First performed by Susan Hamilton and Michael Bonaventure at St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh on 9 October 2005

A la mémoire de Claude Debussy

3 mins

for soprano and piano

Text by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Commissioned by Alison Smart and Katharine Durran for the New French Song project
First performed by Alison Smart and Katharine Durran at the Purcell Room, London on 13 July 2004

Aigrette Garzette to Échasse Blanche

8 mins

for tenor and piano

Text by John Fuller (b.1937)

Commissioned by Mark Milhofer
First performed by Mark Milhofer and Paul Plummer at Magdalen College, Oxford on 30 November 2002