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.

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