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

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

string quartet                                                                  22′

first performance: Ligeti Quartet, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 24 October 2017

2016 Salut

string quartet                                                                  6′

in memory of Peter Cropper (1945-2015)

first performance: Ligeti Quartet, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 17 May 20166

trumpet/flugelhorn, trombone and piano                                                        24′

 

flute and clarinet in A                                                                                       12′

first performance: Simon Desorgher and Philip Edwards, Regent Hall, Oxford Street, London, 20 November 2015

2015 (Fifty-second) Streets

vocal quartet                                                                                           1′

Text: Anon. (York street names)

composed for the Music at 50 anniversary weekend, York University

first performance: Chimera Ensemble, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University, 13 June 2015

2014-5 Far Cry

alto saxophone and piano                                                              17′

first performance: Anthony Brown and Leo Nicholson, St Andrew’s Festival, Sheffield, 14 November 2011

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

Texts: D.H.Lawrence

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