Compositions
flute/alto flute, horn, viola and harp 10½’
first performance: Arpège, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 26 February 2008
sop sax, hn, tpt, hp, gtr, perc/1.1.1.1.0 9′
(incorporates Hic Harold Rex interfectus est as the second movement)
horn, violin and piano 12′
in memory of my father
first performance: Darryl Poulsen, Peter Cropper and George Nicholson, Firth Hal, Sheffield University, 20 March 2007
oboe/oboe d’amore/cor anglais and percussion 20′
first performance: New Noise, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 13 February 2007
bass clarinet, violin, viola and cello 15′
first performance: Gemini, University of Surrey, 20 September 2006
SATB choir and piano 5½’
Text: traditional in Latin and English translation by Coleridge
horn and harp 8′
first performance: Stephen Stirling and Christina Rhys, St James’s, Piccadilly, London, 11 November 2005 (third movement only)
first complete performance: Stephen Stirling and Christina Rhys, Firth Hall, Sheffield University, 26 February 2008
3 (3rd+picc).3 (3rd+ca).4 (3rd+Ebcl, 4th+bcl).3 (3rd+cbsn)/ 2 sax: SA / 4.3.3.1 / timp.5 perc.hp.cel / strings 37′
first performance: University of Sheffield Symphony Orchestra cond. George Nicholson, City Hall, Sheffield, 11 December 2005
soprano and 7 players 8′
Text: Thomas Hardy
ob, cl, hn, vib, vn, va, vc
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.