Works.
Opera:
A Silver Spoon (Chamber Opera; 110 mins, six characters). Librettist: David Peimer. World premiere 1 July 2022, Beaumaris Festival, cond. Anthony Hose, WCO, dir. Janette Smith. Cast (6), ensemble/chorus, orchestra (11). 1 hour 50 mins.
Bronte the Opera (a chamber opera, based upon an award winning play by Polly Teale, two acts, DYCP Arts Council award). World premiere 2023, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, London. Cond. Alex Ingram, dir. Katharina Kastening. Cast (7), orchestra (20). 2 hours 30 mins.
Touch (current opera project in development, based upon a modern play by Brian Morgan, additional words by JR Thorpe). Cast (6), ensemble/chorus, orchestra (11). Estimated: 1 hour 50 mins.
Battlefield (opera project in development based upon a play by Peter Brook).
Legal Song Cycles:
Let Justice Walk, a song cycle for Mezzo or Counter-tenor plus quintet, inspired by and based on the UN Convention against Torture
Where I belong, a song cycle for Mezzo, violin and cello, inspired by and based on the UN Convention for Rights of a Child.
I am currently composing further legal song cycles.
Orchestral:
The Universe (Chamber Orchestra, Soprano and Counter-tenor). Orchestra (18), 18 minutes.
Journey of a war child (Quintet), flutes (2), oboe, Cl/Bass Cl, violin. 18 minutes.
Unrequited Love (Quintet), oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello. 12 minutes.
The Magical Fish (orchestra/narrator, full and chamber versions). Premiere 26 June 2022, with Docklands Sinfonia, an Arts Council funded Jubilee event. Orchestra (14), narrator. 18 minutes.
Choral:
‘Ad Matrem Virginem’
‘Before the Ice is in the Pools (Christmas Carol, SATB, piano or chamber orchestra).
Christmas carols:
‘A Painter’s Christmas’
‘The Brothers Human’
A series of modern carols, with contemporary female poets.