Apr 30, 2018 | News and events
Originally written in 1974 for London’s City Lit. wind band, I have revived ‘Overture, Tragedy and Farce’. The City Lit. group was very flexible (meaning that sometimes the bassoonist didn’t turn up and the bass clarinet, a well-known actor...
Feb 4, 2018 | News and events
On 3rd March my Concerto for Clarinet and Strings had its first performance since 1974. This time it was here in Lewes with the always-exciting Steve Dummer and the Musicians of All Saints.
Feb 3, 2018 | News and events
The fantastic COMA – Contemporary Music for All – has a festival from 2nd to 4th March in venues all over Britain and Europe http://www.coma.org/whats-on/events/festival/. My own piece ‘Divisibility’ in COMA’s open score (any instrument, anyone can play!)...
Jan 25, 2018 | News and events
The Dong with a Luminous Nose is a new setting of the surprisingly lyrical, and sad, Edward Lear poem – much more than mere nonsense! The setting is for baritone and solo clarinet, with an alternative version for soprano voice and soprano saxophone. (c. 10...
Jan 1, 2018 | News and events
2017 was a busy year with performances of my Clarinet Sonata (clarinet and piano), Silk Road (voice and string quartet), Sonata Serenata (flute and piano), Lost in Translation (piano solo), Divisibility (COMA ensemble), Urizen (viola and piano), Like the Touch of...
Nov 25, 2017 | News and events
Two of the cabaret songs written by me and lyricist Alison Rutherford get their first outing on December 9th, sung by the wonderful Katherine Glasson. ‘Too Old to Fall in Love (Too Young to Believe it)’ and ‘When We Were Young’ come from our...