Sonnet 126
In this, the final work in the sequence of sonnets directed towards a fair youth, Shakespeare reflects upon time and decay… For SATB choir or SATB soloists.
In this, the final work in the sequence of sonnets directed towards a fair youth, Shakespeare reflects upon time and decay… For SATB choir or SATB soloists.
This setting of a poem by Allen Ginsberg was written for the vocal trio Juice for a workshop performance at Cardiff University on 27th November 2007. The music attempts to reflect the various…
Second of my Oppositions pieces, each of which explores the juxtapositions of contrasting groups of thematic material. It was written for a workshop performance given by players of the London…
The third of my oppositions pieces. Here ‘Oppositions’ refers to the use of groups of thematic ideas based upon a particular interval and the exploration of music with and without…
A small piece written as my contribution to a project to write variations on Elgar's Enigma theme, marking the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth.
Hommage was my contribution to a joint project amongst staff and students at Cardiff University to write a work inspired by the instrumentation used in Henri Dutilleux’s Citations. The individual compositions were then…
Mwg is named after an ensemble that never met, in turn named after the Welsh word for ‘smoke’. Mwg was adopted as a working title but – appropriately, perhaps – has stuck; the…
This highly autobiographical work explores the idea of places that are lost, either in the sense of geographical remoteness, or because they are form part of my past. Menevia Menevia…
Each of the movements is loosely inspired by elements of social media, the internet and electronic communication in general, though purely musical argument always takes precedence: 1. En Face 2.…