Arrangements and Occasional Pieces

bass clarinet, piano and string quartet                                                               1′

composed to mark the inauguration of the Centre for New Music at Sheffield (CeNMaS)

first performance: Sarah Watts, Jonathan Ayerst and the Ligeti Quartet, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 26 April 2018

2016 Strayhorn: Chelsea Bridge

brass quintet                                                                  4′

first performance: St Peter’s Church, Hope, 30 June 2016

 

2015 Now we are Sixty

piano duet                                                                                      9′

variations on Happy Birthday in the style of several composers

2010 P.C.World

violin solo and string orchestra                                                              4′

Composed for the occasion of Peter Cropper’s final performance
with the Elgar String Orchestra. The piece alludes to, or quotes directly from, a number of celebrated string pieces.

first performance: Peter Cropper (violin) and the Elgar String Orchestra, Firth Hall, Sheffield, 16 November 2010

2009 Holst: Egdon Heath

arranged for 8 instruments                                    12½’

flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola, cello

first performance: Sheffield University New Music Ensemble cond. George Nicholson, University Drama Studio, Sheffield, 19 November 2009

 

8 instruments                                                                  11′

alto flute, oboe d’amore (or oboe), alto clarinet (or bass clarinet), horn, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello

(arrangement of the choral work by Robert Hacomplaynt)

first performance: Sheffield University New Music Ensemble cond. George Nicholson, St Mark’s, Broomhill, Sheffield, 8 June 2008

1995 Au Pays des Merveilles

string sextet (2.2.2.0)                                                                                         9½’

variations on Happy Birthday in the style of several composers

1992 Morton: Dr Jazz

arranged for brass ensemble + drums                                                             4′

0.4.2.1/drumkit

composed in celebration of the award of Honorary D.Mus to Humphrey Lyttelton, University of Keele

1986 HPPBRTHD

string trio                                                                         10′

variations on Happy Birthday in the style of several composers

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