Apr 18, 2025 | News and events, Uncategorized
The Argilla Ensemble’s recital on 12 May 6.30 pm at the Royal Academy of Music, will include three of my pieces which feature double bass: ‘Worlds Apart’ (db/pno), ‘Waiting: Tango’ (vla/db) and ’Shadows’ (vla/db/pno) Angela Burgess Recital Hall 6.30 pm, plus pieces...
Apr 3, 2025 | News and events, Uncategorized
On March 22nd pianist and composer Nathan Williamson included my ‘Escape’ in a recital in memory of composer Malcolm Lipkin. ‘Escape’ was originally written for Nancy Cooley to play at a concert in aid of the Freedom from Torture charity. It...
Jan 11, 2023 | News and events, Uncategorized
My new short piano piece ‘Escape’ is one of three new works commissioned by pianist Nancy Cooley for her concert in support of the charity Freedom From Torture on 5 February. The recital was a sold-out success raising £3500 for the...
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...
