Compositions

violin and piano                                                               13′

commissioned by Miranda Fulleylove with funds made available by Greater London Arts

first performance: Miranda Fulleylove and Caroline Clemnow, British Music Information Centre, London, 13 April 1988

soprano and large ensemble                                                                       38′

Texts: Dickinson, Thoreau, Mary Shelley, Hardy, Blake, Byron

2 (both+picc).2 (1st+ob d’amr).3 (all+bcl, 2nd+asax, 3rd+tsax).1 (+cbn) / 2.0.1.0 / 2 perc.pf (+cel).hp / 1.1.1.1.1

commissioned by Paul Webster for the Orpheus Ensemble with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain

first performance: Jane Ginsborg and the Orpheus Ensemble cond. Paul Webster, Almeida Festival, 27 June 1987

clarinet in A/Ebcl/bcl, violin, cello and piano                                     20′

commissioned by Quorum with funds made available by Greater London Arts

first performance: Quorum, Purcell Room, London, 17 November 1986

fl, bcl, fgh, vn, db                                                                  13′

commissioned by Lysis with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain

first performance: Lysis, Purcell Room, London, 14 January 1986

1985 Cascate

solo piano                                                                     8′

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

first performance: George Nicholson, Brighton Festival, 24 May 1985

string quartet                                                                          20′

commissioned by Wolfson College, Oxford, with funds made available by Southern Arts

first performance: Fairfield Quartet, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2 March 1985

1984 Peripheral Visions

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

SATB choir                                                                                             3′

Text: William Blake

commissioned by the Choir of St James’s, Piccadilly

first performance: the Choir of St James’s Piccadilly cond. Harry Bickett, 11 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

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