Songs, Oratorio, Opera and Music Theatre

The Last Journey of the Princess Elizabeth for mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, also saxophone, trumpet, cello, percussion and spoken chorus (2011) c. 8 mins. Commissioned by Swindon Chamber Music Society for the Music of Renown Ensemble with Clare McCaldin

Companion of Angels – chamber oratorio on the life of William Blake (2007)

The Cuckoo Tree – opera in two acts on the book by Joan Aiken for performance by children and professional musicians (2004)

Albert and the Lion – incidental music for dramatic recitation of the poem by Edgar Marriott.  Composed for Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Christmas 2003.

There are Still the Roses (2011), a setting of the poem by William Carlos Williams for two viola d’amores and SATB chorus c. 4 mins.

Ariel’s Songs – settings of verse from The Tempest for soprano and two viola d’amores (2000) c. 7 mins

Ariel’s Songs – settings of verse from The Tempest for counter tenor, 4 part viol consort, lute and theorbo (1999) c. 7 mins

Eternity – a setting of the poem by William Blake for soprano and viola or viola d’amore (2003) c. 3 mins

The Fly – a setting of the poem by William Blake for soprano and viola (2003) c. 2 mins.

The Frustrations of Childhood – settings of 18th & 19th century poems for mezzo soprano, flute, violin and piano (2006) c. 10 mins

…the air was a singing space… five poems by Stevie Smith set for soprano, violin and viola (1997) c. 12 mins

The photo shows Ronald Duncan’s Hut, on the Devon/Cornwall border, near Bude. Ronald Duncan wrote the libretto for Benjamin Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia.