On 22 March the fantastic Owen Gunnell will premiere my new work for solo percussion, Changing Up. This work was commissioned by London Sinfonietta as part of their ‘Sinfonietta Shorts’ series.
Category Archives: Composition
‘The Circus Animals’ Desertion’ Video
Just uploaded a video of Ensemble Paramirabo‘s performance of my The Circus Animals’ Desertion from 7 November at Turner Sims in Southampton.
‘Extended from the inside’ Video
A few weeks ago Elizabeth Kenny performed my ‘Extending from the inside’ for solo theorbo at the launch night of PLAYLIST at God’s House Tower in Southampton. Here is a video of the performance:
Ensemble Paramirabo UK tour
Canadian new music group, Ensemble Paramirabo performed my The Circus Animals’ Desertion in Turner Sims as part of the University of Southampton Music Department’s Lunchtime Concert Series on Monday. It was great to have the ensemble here and they did an awesome job on my piece. They are also playing the piece tonight at a concert at Birmingham Conservatoire.
Catchup on Juice performance on BBC Radio 3
Last Friday Juice Vocal Ensemble performed two of my Songs for Stanley live on BBC Radio 3. Composed in 2014 and dedicated to my then newly born son, Songs for Stanley is the second work I have written to celebrate the arrival of my children into the world, the first of these pieces being Lullaby for Joni for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Songs for Stanley was commissioned by Riot Ensemble and Juice in 2014, and it is great that Juice have gone on to the perform the pieces on a number of occasions since.
You can hear the BBC broadcast on the IPlayer for a while (my piece around 34 minutes): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xz8w
Juice sing a selection from ‘Songs for Stanley’ live on BBC Radio 3
Next Friday Juice Vocal Ensemble will sing a couple of songs from my ‘Songs for Stanley’ live on BBC Radio 3 as part of Open Ear at St John-at-Hackney. The recording will be up on live for a while after the performance: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xz8w
PLAYLIST: God’s House Tower
I am pleased to be one of five professional musicians involved in setting up a brand new music for Southampton called PLAYLIST. The launch night of this new venture is at God’s House Tower in central Southampton on Tuesday 11th October.
The headline performer, Elizabeth Kenny, is one of Europe’s leading lute players. Liz’s programme will include my ‘Extending from the inside’, which I wrote for her in 2014. She is a brilliant and spell binding musician, not to be missed.
Also on the bill are the brilliant alternative folk trio Tenderlore and the fabulous Nicola Heinrich will perform music for solo ‘cello.
Tickets and further info about this event and the next event in November are available here: soplaylist.eventbrite.com
Ensemble Paramirabo: ‘Blurred Boundaries’
Ensemble Paramirabo will premiere my new twenty-minute piece, The Circus Animals’ Desertion, as they launch their 6th concert season on 23rd September with ‘Blurred Boundaries, a concert dedicated to exploring music on the edges of genres.
Other works on the programme are pop-inspired works by New York Indie Classical stars Nico Muhly (Doublespeak) and Missy Mazzoli (Still Life with Avalanche), the Montreal premiere of Transported for amplified sextet and electronics by Toronto composer Rose Bolton and premieres by Montreal jazzers Philippe Côté and Karine Bétournay.
The concert will take place at the Salle multimédia du Conservatoire in Montreal.
I’m super excited to be going out for this and to working with the ensemble in a few weeks time!
‘147’ Recording
In December 2015 Emanuele Torquati premiered my 147 for solo piano and video. Yshani Perinpanayagam performed the piece at Nonclassical and will play it again this month at the National Theatre River Festival. Here is a video the snooker plus the live sound of Emanuele’s fantastic premiere performance…
‘Beasts Bounding Through Time’
I had a great time working with the fantastic musicians from the London Sinfonietta Academy 2016 a couple of weeks ago. Due to illness I ended up conducting my new work for large ensemble Beasts Bounding Through Time. Here is the recording of the premiere:
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