Djemaa el Fna for 36 trumpets
Djemaa el Fna takes its name from the famous square that is the heart of Marrakesh’s medina. I visited this most exotic of African cities at Christmas 2008. Despite the…
Hyfrydol
Hyfrydol is my second orchestration of a work originally for organ. The famous Welsh hymn tune by Rowland Prichard literally translates as ‘Cheerful’. My aim has been to emphasize the exultant…
Movements for Orchestra
This work, as the title implies, explores different types of movement in a musical argument that spans the whole work. 1. World Cup Terrace The inspiration from this movement came…
Social Media Suite
This work is an orchestration of my work for four bassoons by the same name. Each of the movements is loosely inspired by elements of social media, the internet and…
Lyra Davidica
Lyra Davidica started life as a work for organ with the rather longer title Chorale from ‘Lyra Davidica’. The organ version is one of a series based upon Lutheran chorale tunes or English…
Chorale Prelude Herr, ich habe missgehandelt
The Chorale Prelude Herr, ich habe missgehandelt (Lord I have transgressed) is the first of a pair based upon Lutheran hymnody, the second being Warum Solt’ ich mich denn grämen. I was attracted…
Bring in the Holly
A Christmas cantata in eight movements, with words from Charles Causley's Bring in the Holly: PreludeThey’re Fetching in Ivy and HollyAt Nine of the NightA Song of TruthChristmas at Les…
Dum Juventus Floruit
Dum Juventus Floruit pits a single flautist placed in the centre of a performing space against the forces of a choir, who are ranged around the outside. The Latin text…
Sing We To This Merry Company
Commissioned by St. James's Church, Sussex Gardens Text: Sing we to this merry company: Regina caeli, laetare! Holy Maid, blessed thou be;The Son of God is born of thee,The Father…
Chorale from Lyra Davidica
For this piece, part of a collection of my organ music, I decided to turn to a melody familiar to a British audience: the Easter Hymn. Lyra Davidica is the collection from which…