Divertissements (2018-19)
Instrumentation: el. gtr, hps (amplified).
Duration: c. 15 minutes.
Performances: Jane Chapman and James Woodrow in the 2019 Borough New Music concert series (WP).
A heavily revised version of the original from 2002 which was written for [rout] and premiered at Ocean, Hackney, by Jane Chapman and Dave Arrowsmith.
Tänze (2018)
Instrumentation: 2 or more pianos and/or keyboards.
Duration: flexible although c. 25 minutes is usual.
Performances: Rossella Rubini, Anqi Wang, Rebecca Mok and Tom Armstrong (WP); Mine Doǧantan-Dack and Tom Armstrong at the Institut für Musikinformatik und Musikwissenschaft (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe), Germany.
Created from erased versions of Franz Schubert’s Thirty Six Original Dances.
Two Tributes and a Dance (2018)
Instrumentation: sop. sax. (dbl. cl. in A and b. cl.), vla (dbl. scordatura vln), pno.
Duration: c. 12 minutes (complete).
Performances: Trifarious at the Guildford International Music Festival (WP) and Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, Walton on Thames.
Three trios, the first and last consisting of re-workings of Bheki and Dancing in the Moonlight originally written for Sarah Field (saxophones) and Mike Hamnett (percussion).
Dance Maze: Duos for Trumpet and Piano (2017)
Duration: c. 20 minutes.
Performances: Simon Desbruslais and Jakob Fichert (WP). Available on the CD Dance Maze.
Dance Maze is a group of three related pieces – Variations for Piano, Duos for Trumpet and Piano, Solos for Trumpet – consisting of revisions and re-workings of the solo piano piece Dance Maze premiered by Stephen Gutman in 1994 and in a revised version by Rob Keeley in 2009.
Consort Music (2014-17)
Instrumentation: open scoring; fl., vla, pno (trio version 1); ob., vib., pno (trio version 2); cl., vla, pno (trio version 3).
Duration: c. 15 minutes (complete).
Performances: RCM students (open scored version WP); Durufle Trio (WP); Nancy Johnston, Martin Pyne and Matthew Schellhorn; Trifarious (WP complete version).
Commissioned by: Jane Chapman.
A re-working of pieces from Into the Garden (2009). It was originally written for Jane Chapman’s ‘Consort 21’ class at the Royal College of Music with an open scoring; subsequently three trio versions were made.
JPR (2015)
Instrumentation: fl. trv., vla da gb., hps.
Duration: c. 25 minutes (complete).
Performances: Trio Aporia – Stephen Preston, Richard Boothby and Jane Chapman – at Kings Place, London (WP); Centre for Performance Philosophy launch, University of Surrey.
Commissioned by: Trio Aporia.
Five trios created from erased and superimposed versions of pieces from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concert scored for period instruments.
Diversions 3 (2015)
Instrumentation: flexible – el. gtr/el. gtr with electronics/el. gtr with 1 or more instruments.
Duration: flexible.
Performances: Sergio Sorrentino at Festival Internazionale della Chitarra, Lagonegro, Italy (WP); James Woodrow at the 2019 Borough New Music concert series. Available on the CD Dance Maze in a version for electric guitar and cello.
Commissioned by: Sergio Sorrentino.
A re-working of Divertissements in its original 2002 version.
Damascene Redux (2014)
Instrumentation: s. sax., a. sax., t. sax., b. sax.
Duration: flexible.
Performances: Delta Saxophone Quartet (WP).
A re-working of Damascene Portrait incorporating guided improvisation.
Albumleaves (2013)
Instrumentation: tpt (dbl. flg. hrn, picc. tpt), string quartet.
Duration: c. 25 minutes (complete).
Performances: Simon Desbruslais and the Ligeti Quartet at Kings College London (WP); Simon Desbruslais and Ensemble Fractus at Tianjin Normal University, China.
Commissioned by: Simon Desbruslais funded by the Britten-Pears Foundation.
A piece in mobile form; the trumpet part may be detached for performance as a solo item.
Damascene Portrait (2012)
Instrumentation: s. sax., a. sax., t. sax., b. sax.
Duration: c. 8 minutes.
Performances: Marici Saxes at the Southbank Centre, London (WP).
A transcription (with minor alterations) of the original version for brass quartet.
New Brew (2011)
Instrumentation: open. The WP used: s. sax., tpt, tbn., vib., el. gtr, pno, vla, cb.
Duration: flexible.
Performances: Notes Inégales (WP).
A framework for group improvisation with a one-page score loosely based on materials from Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew.
Divertissements (2009)
Instrumentation: vln, vlc., pno.
Duration: c. 11 minutes.
Performances: Fidelio Trio at Blackheath Concert Halls, London (WP). Available on the CD Dance Maze.
The first major revision of the original 2002 version (see 2018-19 version – Diversions 3 – for details).
Into the Garden (2009)
Instrumentation: alt. rec. (dbl. sopranino rec.), vln, vla da gb., hps.
Duration: c. 14 minutes.
Performances: Feinstein Ensemble at the Guildford International Music Festival (WP); Emerald directed by Bridget Cunningham at the Workshop Series, Lewes, and Tyneside Irish Festival.
Five pieces for period instrument quartet.
Dancing in the Moonlight and Bheki (2009)
Instrumentation: s. sax. (dbl. a. sax); perc (mar., cong.).
Duration: c. 9 minutes.
Performances: Sarah Field and Mike Hamnett at the Hat Factory, Luton (WP).
Commissioned by: Sarah Field.
Both of these duos were re-worked to form part of Two Tributes and a Dance (2018).
Akin (2008)
Instrumentation: vln, pno.
Duration: c. 7 minutes.
Performances: Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea at the National Portrait Gallery, London (WP), and Newcastle University. Available on the CD Dance Maze.
Commissioned by: Darragh Morgan.
Modelled on King Crimson’s Fracture.
To the Measures Fall (2006)
Instrumentation: fl., trv./fl., gtr.
Duration: c. 15 minutes.
Performances: Richard Hand and Martin Feinstein at Festival di Londra, Ripatransone, Italy (WP); Richard Hand and Jennifer Stinton at Wigmore Hall, London; Jennifer Stinton and Stewart French at the Guildford International Music Festival; Rarescale (Carla Rees and David Black) at the Forge, London.
Commissioned by: Richard Hand.
Six pieces for guitar and baroque flute with a version for modern flute.
From the Arabesque (2005)
Instrumentation: s. sax., tpt, tbn, tba.
Duration: c. 14 minutes.
Performances: Trillium at the National Portrait Gallery, London (WP).
A diptych consisting of An Opening Line (2005) and Damascene Portrait (2003) – the latter can be performed separately. Both pieces are based on Middle Eastern materials, the first invented, the second a transcription.
Four Instances (2005)
Instrumentation: b. cl., vln, vla.
Duration: c. 10 minutes.
Performances: Gemini at the University of Surrey, Guildford (WP), and the University of Southampton.
Commissioned by: Gemini as part of their residency at the University of Surrey.
Four pieces – violin solo, duos for violin and viola, violin and bass clarinet, and a concluding trio.
Subterrania (2003)
Instrumentation: cl. (dbl. b. cl.), vln, vlc., perc. (vib., snr. dr., 4 tom-toms, susp. cym., tam-tam), pno.
Duration: c. 8 minutes.
Performances: New Music Players conducted by Patrick Bailey at Bromsgrove Mixing Music series (WP); Black Hair conducted by John Stringer at National Centre for Early Music, York; Dr K. Sextet conducted by Dimitri Scarlato at the Forge, London.
Commissioned by: New Music Players.
A virtuosic show-piece for mixed quintet based on a cantus firmus.
Damascene Portrait (2003)
Instrumentation: s. sax., tpt, tbn, tba.
Duration: c. 7 minutes.
Performances: Trillium at the National Portrait Gallery, London (WP).
This became the second piece in From the Arabesque (2005) but it can be played independently of that diptych. It also exists in two versions for saxophone quartet (2012 and 2014), the more recent of which – Damascene Redux – replaces all but the melody with guided improvisation.
Adagio (2002)
Instrumentation: s. sax., perc. (vib., mark tree), el. gtr, b. gtr.
Duration: c. 6 minutes.
Performances: Subdivo – Christian Foreshaw, Alex Neal, Dave Arrowsmith, Pete Wilson – at Pheonix Arts Centre, Leicester (WP).
Commissioned by: Pete Wilson.
A mixed quartet for electric and acoustic instruments.
Promenade (1996-7)
Instrumentation: fl. (dbl. picc. and a. fl.), ob., cl. in A, bsn, hrn, hp, vla, cb.
Duration: c. 13 minutes.
Performances: Endymion Ensemble conducted by Quentin Poole at Purcell Room, London (WP); Psappha conducted by Paul MacAlindin at the Royal Northern College of Music.
Commissioned by: Endymion Ensemble funded by the London Arts Board.
A single movement for mixed octet.
The Chief Inspector of Holes (1994)
Instrumentation: cl., vln, pno, narr.
Duration: c. 9 minutes.
Performances: Composers’ Ensemble conducted by Brad Cohen at the Oxford Contemporary Music Festival (now Oxford Contemporary Music).
A quartet for narrator and piano trio setting ‘My Father’ by Ted Hughes.
Homing Instinct (1994)
Instrumentation: fl., cl., hrn, vln, vlc., pno.
Duration: c. 3 minutes.
Performances: students on the Advanced Composition and Performance Course at the Britten-Pears School (now the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme) conducted by Oliver Knussen (WP); Ensemble Corrente conducted by Stefan Asbury at St Cyprian’s Church, London; [rout] conducted by Richard Baker at Beaconsfield Gallery, London.
A miniature hocket for mixed sextet.