Fantasia for Orchestra
Written in 1991, this piece definitely falls into the category of 'juvenilia,' but it was, nevertheless, an important staging post for me. Writing at a time when I had not…
Written in 1991, this piece definitely falls into the category of 'juvenilia,' but it was, nevertheless, an important staging post for me. Writing at a time when I had not…
This work was inspired by Schoenberg's Op.31 Variations for Orchestra. Despite this, it shares almost no stylistic similarities with that piece, being more an amalgam of Mathias, Britten and Shostakovich…
An older work, but one for which I retain some fondness. It is unusual in form, consisting of just two movement (slow-fast). Over the years I made a number of…
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…
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…
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 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…