Parque Central en la Luz
In 2014 and 2016 I spent many happy months in Antigua, the former colonial capital of Guatemala. Sitting in the bustling central park one could often hear semi-informal street performances…
Piano Sonatina
Written for Chris Warner as my entry for the 1997 Joyce Dixey Prize (in which it was highly commended), this work was heavily influenced by Michael Tippet's 2nd Piano Sonata,…
Concerto for Flute
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…
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Text by Madeleine L’Engle, from Ladder of Angels, 1979 Sacrifice of Isaac O my father, am I really to go with you?And help you with the sacrifice to the Lord?You’ve…
A Birthday
Lyrics: My heart is like a singing birdWhose nest is in a water'd shoot;My heart is like an apple-treeWhose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;My heart is like a rainbow…
Baptismal Sentences
For George Albert William Owen Thomas Commissioned by Fr. Paul Thomas for St. James’s Church, Sussex Gardens. The texts is adapted from two sections of the 1662 baptismal service: Be stedfast…
Three Tantum Ergos
Commissioned by Fr. Paul Thomas for St. James’s Church, Sussex Gardens. Tantum ergo SacramentumVeneremur cernui:Et antiquum documentumNovo cedat ritui:Præstet fides supplementumSensuum defectui. Genitori, GenitoqueLaus et iubilatio,Salus, honor, virtus quoqueSit et…
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…