List of Works
Flute (solo)
Sky Dance
A suite in three movements: Invocation; Sky; Dance.
Trinity / Guildhall examinations grade 6. ABRSM grades 6-8. Approximately 8 minutes.
Sky Dance requires only conventional techniques but needs a highly developed sense of style and expression. A most welcome addition to the repertoire.
Brenda Dykes, Pan: British Flute Society Journal (1997).
Star Dance in Night Sky
ABRSM grades 7-8. Approximately 5 minutes.
First Performed by Christopher Britton, at Holywell Music Room, Oxford, on 20th April 2008.
It is a beautiful poetic meditation ... which stands as a companion piece to his successful and evocative Sky Dance for solo flute.
Tempo, October 2008.
Flute and Piano
Standing Stones
ABRSM grades 4-5. Approximately 5 minutes.
Commissioned by the Oxford Research Group for an international arms limitation conference at Oxford in June 2000, performed by David Oliver and Raymond Head.
Flute Ensemble
Living Water
Picc; flute 1-4; alto; bss.
ABRSM grades 7-8. Approximately 7 minutes.
First performed at the Stratford International Flute Festival, July 2005.
Flute and Strings
Standing Stones
Flute; vln 1-2; vla; vc; db.
ABRSM grade 5. Approximately 5 minutes.
First Performed at Bruton Girls School, Somerset, 2001.
Oboe and Piano
Kachina
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 6 minutes.
For Owen Dennis and Sarah Nicoll. Commissioned by Music Past and Present for performance in London, February 2004.
Cor Anglais (solo)
No Nights are Dark Enough
ABRSM grades 6-7. Approximately 2 minutes 50 seconds.
For Jane Woolfenden.
Recorder Orchestra or Ensemble
Recollections of Sun and Water
Sopranino; Sop. 1,2,3; Alto 1,2; Tenor 1,2; Bass 1,2; Great Bass; Contrabass.
Approximately 8 minutes.
For Colin Touchin. First performed by the Heart of England Recorder Orchestra, conductor Colin Touchin, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 1st December 2007.
Cello and Piano
Kachina
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 7 minutes.
First performed at the Warwick International Arts Festival, July 2006 by James Barralet (cello) and Sophie Rahman (piano).
Exhilarating.
Leamington Courier.
Piano
... and for all this ...
ABRSM grade 4. Approximately 1 minute.
First performed by Duncan Honeybourne, Magdalen College, Oxford, June 2000.
Gloria Primordium
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 10 minutes.
First performed at the Leominster Festival by the composer, 1997.
Of Bells and Birds
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 5 minutes.
Commissioned by the Alkan Society, London for a Ronald Smith memorial concert. First performed by Kirsten Johnson, Royal Academy of Music, London, September 2004.
Red
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 3 minutes.
First performed by Duncan Honeybourne, Magdalen College, Oxford, June 2000.
... an exciting and flamboyant work earned a standing ovation for performer (Kirsten Johnson) and composer.
Lionel Sainsbury, Tempo, October 2008.
The Fires of Prometheus
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 13 minutes.
Commissioned by Chipping Norton Theatre, Oxfordshire. First performed by Yoshiko Endo, 2001.
Piano Trio
A Labyrinth of Sorrows
Violin, cello, piano.
ABRSM grade 8+. Approximately 12 minutes.
Commissioned by the Lenthall Concerts, Burford, Oxfordshire and performed by the Rogeri Trio in 1998.
Harpsichord
Le Mystère: Two Pieces
1. Le Mystère; 2. Le Rappel de l'humanité. A tribute to Couperin and Rameau.
ABRSM grade 7. Approximately 6 minutes.
Excellent pieces
. Christopher Hogwood. A clavichord version is also available.
Sema Mevlana
ABRSM grade 8. Approximately 4 minutes.
Commissioned by Penelope Cave. First performance in January 2007.
Voice and Piano
The Call of Love
Words and music by Raymond Head.
Approximately 5 minutes.
Written for a wedding.
Choral Music
Lumen
SS AA TT BB.
Approximately 5 minutes.
For North Cotswold Chamber Choir, conductor Ashley Stafford.
Mehr Licht
Words by Goethe. SS AA T BB.
Approximately 6 minutes.
First performed by the Morley College Chamber Choir, conductor Dr Robert Hanson, June 2003.
Salve Regina
SS A.
Approximately 4 minutes.
First performed by the Morley College Chamber Choir, conductor Dr Robert Hanson, June 2003.
...profoundly haunting....
Leicester Echo.
This We Call Being
Words by Walt Whitman. Semi-chorus (SS A), double choir, flute, tam-tam, three trombones.
Approximately 18 minutes.
First performed by the Birmingham Conservatoire Choir, conductor Julian Pike, at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, February 1998.
This is a beautiful and often surprising piece which ought to appeal to the large audience already captured by Taverner and Pärt, yet offers a more complex and thought-provoking experience.
Calum MacDonald, Tempo (C.U.P) July 1998.
Brass
Pa-G-An
A trumpet fanfare in four parts.
Approximately 2 minutes.
First performed by the brass of the Music for You Summer Course, conductor Guy Woolfenden, Herefordshire 2003.
Mixed Ensemble
Symmetrical Light
For Soprano, Flute, Guitar, Violin, Cello.
Approximately 11 minutes.
Commissioned by David Pedder for the Abingdon Chamber Recitals with funds from the Arts Council, Autumn 2001. Words specially written by the Irish poet Bernard O'Donaghue. First Performance at St Nicholas Church Abingdon, September 2001.
Wind Orchestra
Three Imaginary Scenes
Karnak; ...and suddenly I saw the sun...
; Dance.
For junior wind orchestra: picc; flt 1,2; ob; Bb cl 1,2,3; b.cl; alto sax; tenor sax; baritone sax; bsn; hrn in F (hrn in Eb optional); tpt 1,2 in Bb; trb 1,2; euph in Bb; tuba; string bass; timp; perc 1-3.
US grades 2-3. Approximately 7 minutes.
First Public Performance at James Allen School, London, 5 November 2007, conductor Mr Leigh O'Hara. Played at the Music For You course held at Bicton College, Sidmouth, Devon in August 2007, conductor Guy Woolfenden.
This work has been admirably tailored to suit the developing player.
Winds Magazine, Autumn 2007.
Touching Eurydice
For large wind orchestra: picc; flt 1,2; ob 1,2; Eb cl; Bb cl 1,2,3; b.cl; alto sax 1,2; tenor sax; baritone sax; bsn 1,2; trp 1,2; hrn in F 1-4; tenor trb 1,2; bass trb; euph in Bb 1, 2(optional); tuba; db; timp; perc 1-6.
US grades 4-5. Approximately 9 minutes.
Commissioned by Keith Allen for Birmingham Symphonic Winds. First performance at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham, June 2004. Also performed by the National Youth Wind Orchestra, Birmingham Conservatoire Wind Orchestra, Hertfordshire County Youth Wind Orchestra and Vestidens Musikkorps, Norway.
An excellent addition to the repertoire - try it!
Robert Parker, Winds Magazine.
Incidental Music
Intruders in a Lost Time
Incidental music for solo cello, percussion and electronics.
Commissioned by the Chipping Norton Youth Theatre, Oxfordshire. Public performances in March 2000.