Compositions

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

solo piano                                                                       22′

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

first performance: Renée Reznek, Purcell Room, London, 15 November 1983

1983 Sound Progressions Newly Minted

fanfare for brass quintet                                                  1′

requested by the SPNM for their 40th anniversary concert

first performance: English Brass Ensemble, Barbican Foyer, London, 23 May 1983

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