Jul 15, 2020 | News and events
Written in lockdown, these four short keyboard pieces follow an imagined baroque suite in form (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue) but not in style: not quite old and not quite new! PDF available from me. Hear the Gigue on Soundcloud
Jul 5, 2020 | News and events, Uncategorized
Fenella Humphries included a superb performance of my ‘BoBop’ for solo violin in her lockdown concert on 5th July, together with pieces by Biber and Schubert and the premiere of ‘Caged Bird’ by Alison Berry. See it all on YouTube at...
Jun 30, 2020 | News and events, Uncategorized
Great review of the Simplicius CD in MusicWeb International! “A varied and affecting programme of music by a rarely recorded contemporary British composer … Claudio Records has come up with a winner here. The music is involving and interesting, the...
May 27, 2020 | News and events
In a poetic palinode the writer retracts a view expressed in an earlier piece … but, sadly, like so many other events, the May 27th performance in the wonderful St Anne’s concert series of my own ‘Palinode’ quintet has had to be temporarily...
May 12, 2020 | News and events
For those working from home, here are some pieces I have written for solo instruments you could try! Solo ‘Cello ‘Stranger, Lover, Dancer’: Three pieces written for and premiered by Jessie Richardson (of the Piatti Quartet) in...
Apr 16, 2020 | News and events, Uncategorized
In these locked-down days, many are choosing to hear music streamed to save the postman! I’m glad to say that both my CDs (‘Voices from the Sea’ and ‘Simplicius’) are available streamed as well as on CD. For instance these sites can be...