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...

Jumblies

“Their heads are green, and their hands are blue …” Looking for a mime or dancer to create – for a London performance this September – the role of the Jumbly Girl in a 15-minute staged version of Edward Lear’s tragic love story ‘The Dong...