Compositions

flute/picc, harp, string quartet                                              38′

in memory of my father-in-law, Bernard Ginsborg (1925-2018)

La Dame à la Licorne was conceived as a ballet score based on the imagery of the celebrated set of early sixteenth century Flemish tapestries housed in the Musée de Cluny in Paris

melodrama for narrator and 7 instruments                     20′

cl/bcl, bn, crt, tbn, perc, vln, db

Text: Christopher Logue

commissioned by Musicon with funds made available by Northern Arts

first performance: Gavin Muir, Northern Sinfonia cond. Alan Fearon, Durham University, 7 May 1983

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