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soprano and recorder (treble/tenor/bass) 14′

Texts: D.H.Lawrence

tenor and cello 10′

Texts: Emily Dickinson

soprano, flute, oboe and violin 3½’

Text: Thomas Hardy

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

One of a series of eight chamber works inspired by the writings of Thomas Hardy and known collectively as Wessex Heights. The pieces may be performed separately or in any combination.

soprano, recorder (treble/descant/tenor/bass/sopranino + Garklein Flötlein ad lib), cello and harpsichord 30′

Texts: Emily Dickinson

first performance: Alison Wells, John Turner, Jonathan Price and Keith Elcombe, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 12 March 2000

soprano and piano 5′

Texts: Swift, Carroll, Wyndham Lewis and Anon.

commissioned by Brighton Festival with funds made available by South East Arts

first performance: Anne Dawson and Jonathan Hinden, Brighton Festival, 9 May 1984

soprano and piano 7′

Texts: William Morris

commissioned by the William Morris Society

first performance: Jane Ginsborg and George Nicholson, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 24 March 1984

soprano, clarinet and piano 12′

Texts: Giacomo Leopardi

commissioned by the GLAA Young Musicians’ Scheme with funds provided by the Greater London Arts Association.

first performance: Jane Ginsborg, Mark van der Wiel, Richard Balcombe, Leighton House, London, 17 March 1981

soprano and organ 12′

Text: Psalms 117, 114 and 133 (in Hebrew)

commissioned by Phyllis Bryn-Julson

first performance: Phyllis Bryn-Julson and Donald S. Sutherland, Hertford, Connecticut, USA, 17 May 1981

soprano and piano 16′

Texts: Georg Trakl

first performance: Jane Ginsborg and George Nicholson, York Arts Centre, 8 November 1977