LIST OF WORKS
send me an email if you would like to see any scores [or hear any recordings that aren’t online]
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SONATA / piano / 8’ / 2018 / ︎/ ︎
a sort of microsonata
SLOW DAY NO. 5 / piano / 2’ / 2020 /︎/ ︎ / ︎/
a song without words, intentionally very playable
THE DISSOLUTE SOCIETY COMPRISED OF ALL SORTS / piano / 35’ / 2021 / ︎
a suite based on Biber’s Battalia, for Joseph Havlat, premiered at Dartington
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FALLING UP SONGS / soprano, vln, bcl, pft / 3’ / 2016 / ︎
these are good fun, secret text, send me a message if you want to find out
MONTREAL SONGS /medium voice, piano / 14’ / 2021 / ︎
three folk song arrangements in French, English and Yiddish
DEAD HORSES / solo voice / 12’ / 2021 / ︎/ ︎
lots of good words in this, text by me, RAM200 commission, for Lotte Betts-Dean
I WISH I COULD SPEAK TO YOU / medium-high voice, piano / 3’ / 2021 / ︎
sweet and sad, text by Dan Sociu
HOW TO SING AND PLAY THE HARP / soprano, harp / 11’ / 2022 / ︎
quite theatrical, some text by Dan Sociu in the middle, lots of syllables either side
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FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [CHAMBER OPERA] / mezzo-soprano + ebcl, cl, bcl, a-sax, bn, tr, tuba, vl, vlc, pft / 16’ / 2018 / ︎/ ︎
libretto from a video my sister made when she was 8, the singer [Lotte Betts-Dean] plays 11 different characters (all stuffed toys) - children’s opera? sort of
WITH GLORY AND HIS SCISSORS GLINTING / countertenor, bcl, vcl, perc / 7’ / 2022
a “barbershopera”, text from clickhole.com, for Shadwell Opera, recorded in binaural audio
🎺️🎻🪕
AYBROOK STREET / six sight-reading violinists of any ability / 12’ / 2017 / ︎
a made-to-order piece, premiered at The Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall
THINKPIECE / flute, horn, cello + tape / 11’ / 2021
verses and choruses with some thoughts about Messiaen at the end
BOWED AND BLOWED / clarinet, violin, cello / 6’ / 2022 / ︎
quite jaunty, lullaby in the middle, Listenpony commission, written for a trio from Explore Ensemble
LURID CUPOLA MOSS / violin, viola, cello / 10’ / 2022 / ︎
earthy and airy, all harmonics, Nash Ensemble commission, premiered at Wigmore Hall
STRANGE ISABELLA / wind quintet, piano / 2’ / 2022
peeling piano chords and important horn part, Stomping Ground commission, programmed alongside Isabella Leonarda
AND OTHER THINGS [version 3?] / clarinet [or violin], cello, piano / 10’ / 2022 / ︎
thinking about Charles Ives - the middle was written at Dartington in 2018, the movements either side materialised in June 2022
FRIENDS / kalimba, trumpet / 10-20’ / 2022
bathroom music for Van Gogh House in London
VALEDICTIONS / flute, clarinet, horn, cello / 4’30” /2022
a little farewell
WHAT SHALL WE DO / alto flute, clarinet [Bb+Bass], perc., piano, string quartet / 9’ / 2023 /︎
based on an improvisation session with two nine year olds - the shanty “Drunken Sailor” was a starting point, AMFS commission
🎺️🎺️🎺️🎻🎻🎻🎻🪕🪕🪕🪕
SUBLUNAR / orchestra - no percussion / 8’ / 2019 / ︎
very yearning, + there’s an Ives song somewhere in the middle
VALEDICTIONS / orchestra / 9’ / 2023 / ︎
phantom ventifact, impluvious psithurisms
🛠️
YOU’RE A PIANO QUINTET / piano quintet / premiere tbc.
THE DEVIL’S DEN / Shadwell Opera commission / premiere tbc.
LADY SKIMMINGTON / for LSO / premiere 2024
ORCHESTRA PIECE / for Aspen Music Festival / premiere August 2024
🎹
SONATA / piano / 8’ / 2018 / ︎/ ︎
a sort of microsonata
SLOW DAY NO. 5 / piano / 2’ / 2020 /︎/ ︎ / ︎/
a song without words, intentionally very playable
THE DISSOLUTE SOCIETY COMPRISED OF ALL SORTS / piano / 35’ / 2021 / ︎
a suite based on Biber’s Battalia, for Joseph Havlat, premiered at Dartington
🎤
FALLING UP SONGS / soprano, vln, bcl, pft / 3’ / 2016 / ︎
these are good fun, secret text, send me a message if you want to find out
MONTREAL SONGS /medium voice, piano / 14’ / 2021 / ︎
three folk song arrangements in French, English and Yiddish
DEAD HORSES / solo voice / 12’ / 2021 / ︎/ ︎
lots of good words in this, text by me, RAM200 commission, for Lotte Betts-Dean
I WISH I COULD SPEAK TO YOU / medium-high voice, piano / 3’ / 2021 / ︎
sweet and sad, text by Dan Sociu
HOW TO SING AND PLAY THE HARP / soprano, harp / 11’ / 2022 / ︎
quite theatrical, some text by Dan Sociu in the middle, lots of syllables either side
🎭️
FOR PEACE AND COUNTRY [CHAMBER OPERA] / mezzo-soprano + ebcl, cl, bcl, a-sax, bn, tr, tuba, vl, vlc, pft / 16’ / 2018 / ︎/ ︎
libretto from a video my sister made when she was 8, the singer [Lotte Betts-Dean] plays 11 different characters (all stuffed toys) - children’s opera? sort of
WITH GLORY AND HIS SCISSORS GLINTING / countertenor, bcl, vcl, perc / 7’ / 2022
a “barbershopera”, text from clickhole.com, for Shadwell Opera, recorded in binaural audio
🎺️🎻🪕
AYBROOK STREET / six sight-reading violinists of any ability / 12’ / 2017 / ︎
a made-to-order piece, premiered at The Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall
THINKPIECE / flute, horn, cello + tape / 11’ / 2021
verses and choruses with some thoughts about Messiaen at the end
BOWED AND BLOWED / clarinet, violin, cello / 6’ / 2022 / ︎
quite jaunty, lullaby in the middle, Listenpony commission, written for a trio from Explore Ensemble
LURID CUPOLA MOSS / violin, viola, cello / 10’ / 2022 / ︎
earthy and airy, all harmonics, Nash Ensemble commission, premiered at Wigmore Hall
STRANGE ISABELLA / wind quintet, piano / 2’ / 2022
peeling piano chords and important horn part, Stomping Ground commission, programmed alongside Isabella Leonarda
AND OTHER THINGS [version 3?] / clarinet [or violin], cello, piano / 10’ / 2022 / ︎
thinking about Charles Ives - the middle was written at Dartington in 2018, the movements either side materialised in June 2022
FRIENDS / kalimba, trumpet / 10-20’ / 2022
bathroom music for Van Gogh House in London
VALEDICTIONS / flute, clarinet, horn, cello / 4’30” /2022
a little farewell
WHAT SHALL WE DO / alto flute, clarinet [Bb+Bass], perc., piano, string quartet / 9’ / 2023 /︎
based on an improvisation session with two nine year olds - the shanty “Drunken Sailor” was a starting point, AMFS commission
🎺️🎺️🎺️🎻🎻🎻🎻🪕🪕🪕🪕
SUBLUNAR / orchestra - no percussion / 8’ / 2019 / ︎
very yearning, + there’s an Ives song somewhere in the middle
VALEDICTIONS / orchestra / 9’ / 2023 / ︎
phantom ventifact, impluvious psithurisms
🛠️
YOU’RE A PIANO QUINTET / piano quintet / premiere tbc.
THE DEVIL’S DEN / Shadwell Opera commission / premiere tbc.
LADY SKIMMINGTON / for LSO / premiere 2024
ORCHESTRA PIECE / for Aspen Music Festival / premiere August 2024