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

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