Oct 17, 2022 | News and events
On October 28th the Piatti Quartet performed my ‘Fuzon’ string quartet. Based on the fiery character in Blake’s ‘Book of Ahania’, the quartet was written for the Piatti in 2012 and their recording of it can be seen on YouTube. The new...
Oct 10, 2022 | News and events, Uncategorized
My brass quintet ‘A Walk with Ingres’ Wife’ is now available from Edition Skellton. Why the title? The first issue (June 1914) of the Vorticist movement’s journal ’Blast’ included an article by it’s editor Wyndham Lewis claiming that the wife of classicist...
Oct 3, 2022 | News and events, Uncategorized
On November 4th the Stane Street Sinfonietta played my ‘Another Orpheus’ for string orchestra in Horsham where the poet Shelley was born. The concert is part of a series devoted to the 200th anniversary of Shelley’s death. The title comes his drama ‘Hellas’...
Sep 22, 2022 | News and events, Uncategorized
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...
Sep 12, 2022 | News and events, Uncategorized
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....
