Dong in Motion

Tête à Tête Opera made an excellent video of the first performance of ‘The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ which can be seen here with Steve Dummer, Aidan Smith and Eline Pérès in full...

Three Têtes better than one?

On September 11th ‘The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ got its first staged outing as a performance piece with Eline Peres as mime/dancer, Steve Dummer (clarinet) and Aidan Smith (voice) at the Cockpit Theatre, London as part the Tête à Tête Opera festival....

Two’s Company

On 2nd September viola duo Peter Mallinson and Matthias Wiesner gave an astonishingly wide-ranging concert – from Shostakovich to Frank Bridge and including my own ‘At Two’ which they commissioned and recorded on their Meridian Records CD ‘A Tale of...

Nose on the Tête

On Sunday 11 September my setting of Edward Lear’s ’The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ will get its first performance as part of the Tête À Tête Opera 2022 festival. ‘The Dong’ was recorded by Aidan Smith and Steve Dummer on my ‘Simplicius’ CD but in this...

Sonus

A new piece for tuba and piano – ‘Sonus’ is dramatic and perhaps surprisingly lyrical! Hear it on Soundcloud.  

Comings and Goings in 2022

COMING September 11 ‘The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ (performance version) Steve Dummer, clarinet , Aidan Smith, baritone with mime artist, Tête à Tête Opera, Cockpit Theatre, London September 17  ‘Veiled Lightning’ (organ) David Stevens, All Saints, Hove October 20...