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A CAPPELLA
An Order for Holy Communion, Op 4
1974
SATB choir & congregation, 20 min
Words from Holy Communion Order I, Church of England
World Premiere 1974, Chapel Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Birds of a Feather, Op 5
1974
SATB choir, 8 min
1. The Mock Bird
2. Doves
3. Little Trotty Wagtail
Words by John Clare
World Premiere 1974, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Hymn, Op 7
1974
SATB choir + divisi, 4 min
Words by Phineas Fletcher
World Premiere 1974, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
The Loam of Faith, Op 13
1974
SATB choir, 3 min
Words by Mervyn Peake
World premiere 1974, The Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Easter Motet I, from Two Easter Motets, Op 17
1974
SATB choir + divisi, 3 min
Version of No 1 from “Two Easter Motets” Op 17 (1974) for SATB choir & piano
Words by the composer
Epitaph, Op 19
1975
SATB choir, 2 min
Words anon
World Premiere 1975, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard, Op 26
1975
SATB choir, 3 min
Words by J.H.L. Hunt
World Premiere 1975, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
The Happy Man, Op 28
1975
SATB choir, 2 min
Words anon
World Premiere 1975, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
The Sands of Time, Op 30
1975
SATB choir, 2 min
Words by Charles Baron Bowen
World Premiere 1975, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Jubilate, Op 34
1976
SATB choir, 4 min
Version of “Jubilate” Op 34 (1976) for SATB choir + organ
Words from the Bible, Psalm 100 (New English Version)
World Premiere 1974, Choir of Bishop Otter College, Chichester
Two Madrigals for High Summer, Op 40
1976 (rev. 1992) & 2000 (rev. 2002)
SSATB + divisi, 11 min
1. August
2. A Wind of Night
Words by Rupert Brooke
Commissioned by the Bayerischer Sängerbund
World premiere 2001, Philharmonie im Gasteig Munich,
Capella Nova
Two Sacred Pieces, Op 52
1982
SATB choir, 5 min
1. Veni Creator Spiritus
2. Jam Christus
Words from the chants
Weißt du, wieviel Sternlein stehen, Op 57
1983
SATB choir, 5 min
Arrangement of German folk song
Words by William Hey
Kyrie, Op 60
1985
SATB choir, 3 min
Commissioned by Coro Lagazuoi
World Premiere 1985, Cortina d’Ampezzo
Words from the Mass
Alleluia For Easter Sunday, Op 65
1987
SATB choir, 2 min
Words by the composer
The Song of Zechariah, Op 68
1987
SATB choir + divisi, 5 min
Commissioned by the Cascade Singers
Words from the Bible, Luke 1:76—79 (King James Version)
World Premiere 1988, The Dalles, Orgeon, USA
Psalm 68, Op 72
1988
Pointed setting for SATB choir, 2 min
Words from the Bible (King James Version)
Three Psalms, Op 74
1988
Pointed settings of Psalms 128, 129 & 130 for SATB choir, 7 min
Words from the Bible (King James Version)
Sanctus, Op 77
1990
SSSAAATTTBBB, 8 min
Commissioned by The Choir of Queens’ College, Cambridge
World premiere 1991, Groß St. Martin, Cologne
Live broadcast by West German Radio
Four Lullabies, Op 80
1991
SATB, 14 min
1. Jesu Sweete Sonne Dear
2. At the Manger: Mary Sings
3. The World’s Desire
4. I sing of a Maiden
Words by anon, W.H. Auden, G.K. Chesterton, anon
World premiere 1995, Klosterkirche St. Anna im Lehel, Munich
The Cambridge Consort of Voices, Broadcast by Bavarian Radio
Winner Ortus New Music Competition 2014, New York
Recording (nos 1&2) VOCES8 “Christmas” (Signum Records SIGCD291)
IMAGES Book I, Op 92
2002
SSATBB, 13 min
1. Autumn Haze
2. Ts’ai Chi’h
3. Oread
4. Yoshiware Lament
Words by Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound, Hilda Doolittle, Amy Lowell
Choral version of “IMAGES Book I” Op 92 (1988) for vocal ensemble CtCtTBarBarB
IMAGES Book II, Op 95
2005
SSATBB, 13 min
1. Dusk
2. Beech Leaves
3. Desolation
Words by J.C. Squire, Richard Aldington, Amy Lowell
Choral version of “IMAGES Book II” Op 95 (2000) for vocal ensemble CtCtTBarBarB
Estraines, Op 102
2016
SSATBB, 16 min
1. Conceit
2. Day
3. Ad infinitum
4. On love
Words by Mervyn Peake, William Blake, William Carlos Williams, Robert Herrick
Version for mixed voice choir of “Estraines” Op 102 (2012–2013) for vocal
ensemble CtCtTBarBarB
Hermes of the Ways, Op 104
2007 (rev. 2008)
SSA SSA + soli, 13 min
Words by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)
Commissioned by the Akademiska Damkören Lyran, Helsinki
World premiere 2008, Helsinki
The Mimic Heaven, Op 107
2007
SATB + SATB, 7 min
Words by A.E. Housman
Commissioned by the Monteverdi Chor, Munich
World premiere 2007, Klosterkirche St. Anna, Munich
Cell, Op 117
2012
SSATBarB, 2 min
Commissioned by The Australian Voices
World Premiere 2012, Adelaide, Australia
Im Dunkel, Op 118
2012
TTBB + divisi, 8 min
Commissioned by All the King’s Men
Words by Georg Trakl
World premiere 2012, Christchurch, Kowloon Tong, Singapore
British premiere 2012, Edinburgh Festival
Demesnes, Op 121
2017
SATB, 14 min
1. On the Night Song of a Wandering Shepherd in Asia . . .
2. On the Infinite
3. On Recollections
4. . . . on the Night Song of a Wandering Shepherd in Asia
Words by the composer after Giacomo Leopardi
Choral version of “Demesnes” Op 121 (2013) for vocal ensemble TTBB
The Burning of the Leaves, Op 122
2013
TTBB, 5 min
World Premiere Quartonal, Kings Place, London 2017
Published by Edition Peters “Reine Männersache” Vol 2 (9790014116927)
Aug juovarelis, Op 125
2015
SATB SATB + soli, 9 min
Words in English and Lithuanian from a folksong
Commissioned by the Vilnius State Choir
World premiere 2015, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius
Desire Lines, Op 126
2017
SSAATB
In seven movements
Words by Richard Aldington, J.C. Squire, Richard Aldington, J.C. Squire,
Richard Aldington, F.S. Flint, Edward Storer
Choral version of “Desire Lines” Op 126 (2012–2015) for vocal ensemble SSSAAA
Faburdens upon the Square, Op 133
2017
SSA a cappella, 9 min
Words from the Mass
For Trinity Boys Choir
Based on ‘Le Roy’ found in Missa Dominica by Nicholas Ludford
For version for SSA + organ (2017) see CHORAL WORKS | With Organ
This Ember Night, Op 135
2017
SATBarB a cappella soli, 9 min
Words by the composer after the medieaval poem “This Endris Night”
Commissioned by VOCES8
Recording “Equinox” (VCM Records, VCM121)
Rejoice in Rose, Op 137
2017
SSTBarB a cappella soli, 6 min
Words by the composer
Commissioned by Apollo5
WITH ORGAN
Jubilate, Op 34
1976
SATB choir + organ, 4 min
Words from the Bible, Psalm 100 (King James Version)
For version for SATB choir a cappella (1976) see CHORAL WORKS | A Cappella
Psalm 133, Op 36
1976
SATB choir + organ, 5 min
Words from the Bible (King James Version)
World premiere, St Paul’s Church Howell Hill, London, 1977
Missa Brevis, Op 50
1979
SATB choir & organ, 8 min
Words from the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria)
Ad te levavi, Op 53
1983
SSA voices & organ, 3 min
Words from the chant
Gloria (I), Op 70
1988
SATB choir & organ, 7 min
Words from the Mass
World premiere 1988, The Choir of the Church of the Ascension, Munich
Lux divisa, Op 119
2012
Four mixed voice choirs SSATTB & organ, 8 min
Words from the Bible, Genesis 1:4 (Vulgate)
World premiere 2012, Erlöserkirche Bad Homburg
Collegium Vocale Bad Homburg, d’aChor Dreieich, enChore Oberursel,
Kammerchor Bad Homburg, Martin Winkler
Faburdens upon the Square, Op 133
2017
SSA voices, tenor solo & organ, 9 min
Words from the Mass
For Trinity Boys Choir
Based on ‘Le Roy’ found in Missa Dominica by Nicholas Ludford
For version of “Faburdens upon the Square” Op 133 (2017) for SSA voices a cappella
see CHORAL WORKS | A Cappella
WITH PIANO
Two Easter Motets, Op 17
1974
SATB choir + piano, 5 min
Words by the composer
For version of No. 1 for SATB choir + divisi a cappella (1974)
see CHORAL WORKS | A Cappella
Clock-A-Clay, Op 18
1975
Unison high voices & piano, 4 min
Words by John Clare
World premiere 1997, The Tiffin Girls’ School Choir, Kingston, GB
The Heavenly Child, Op 29
1975
Unison high voices & piano, 3 min
German words by Georg Götsch, English words by F.W. Herzberger
An Age of Winter, Op 129
2016
Unison voices and piano, 6 min
Words by William Shakespeare
Commissioned by Trinity Boys Choir
World premiere 2016, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center
WITH OTHER FORCES
Good Friday, 1613, Riding Westwards, Op 41
1976—1977
SATB chorus, wind ensemble (variable), string ensemble (variable), harpsichord,
plucked strings (variable) & percussion (ad libitum)
Words by John Donne from the eponymous poem
World Premiere 1977, St Paul’s Church Cheam, Howell Nowell
Nowell Sing We Both and Some (II), Op 76
1990
SA voices, brass quartet (tpt I & tr II in B flat, hn in F, tbn), organ, 12 min
Words traditional
Sing to the Lord a New Song, Op 85
1992 (rev. 1993)
SSAATTBB chorus and three percussion (glock, marim, xyl), 12 min
Words from the Bible, Psalm 96 (New International Version)
World premiere 1995, Vokal Ensemble München & Ensemble für Perkussive Kunst
Philharmonie im Gasteig Munich
Petersiliensommer, Op 99
2003/2016
SSAA voices + divisi, harp, 28 min
Words by Ulla Hahn from the eponymous poem
Tableau I commissioned by the Philharmonischer Chor München
World premiere 2003, Hubertussaal, Munich
Recorded by Bavarian Radio
Tableau II commissioned by Trinity Boys Choir London
World premiere (Tableaux I & II) with Anne Denholm (harp) 2016, Trierer Dom
REFUGIUM, Op 106
2007 (rev. 2010 & 2011)
SATB choir, 3 percussion (I: glock, xyl, vib, 4 chn gng, cenc, sng bwl, pipe d; II: crot, sizz cym, sng bwl, gl wd ch, tub b, hnd b, par d; III: crot, lge tri, sm tri, tub b, sng bwl, sh wd ch, tamb), organ, positive organ, 32 min
In six movements to Latin texts by Petar Hektorović
World premiere (version I) 2007, Herz Jesu-Kirche Munich,
Via Nova Chor, Florian Helgath
World premiere (version II) 2008, Trinity Boys Choir & Cirrus Voices
London, David Swinson
Lewis Brito-Babapulle, organ | Michael Prager, positive organ
Rainer Furthner + Thomas Hastreiter + Sabine Pyrker, percussion
The Legend of Saint Wite, Op 109
2009
SSA voices, solo soprano (or treble) & string quartet (or string orchestra), 12 min
Words by the composer
Prize-winner in 2009 BBC Music Magazine Competition
World premiere 2010, Cambridge, England
Allegro Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Gloria (II), Op 113
2011
Mixed voice choir SSSAAATTTBBB, organ and harp, 16 min
Words from the Mass
A Reverie of Bone, Op 123
2014
Mixed voice choir SATB + divisi with objets trouvés & 1 percussion (bd, clv, lge tri,
sm tri, mar, wd bl, marim, anv, pipe d), 9 min
Words by Mervyn Peake
Commissioned by The Australian Voices
World premiere 2014, Adelaide
Live Broadcast Australian Classic FM
The Night Adamantine, Op 124
2014
Male voice chorus TTBB + divisi, horn quartet, harp and piano, 13 min
Words by the composer after Josef Seidl
Commissioned by Camerata Musica Limburg
World premiere (version for choir & piano four hands) 2014, Weimarhalle, Weimar
To the Tallow and the Wick, Op 130
2016
SSA voices, positive organ and handbells
Words by the composer
Commissioned by Trinity Boys Choir
World Premiere of Tableau I ‘Candlemas’ 2017, Kings Place London
Recording “Missa Dominica” (Rondeau Horizon ROP 8001)