2023

seven last words

for harp and electronics
Premiered 17 March 2023 by Parker Ramsay, harp and Geoffrey King, electronics
Robinson College Chapel, Cambridge


darkly he rose

for three singers and large ensemble
in progress

2022

perfect as you are

two violins
Premiered 27 January 2022 by Aliyata Foon-Dancoes and Emily Earl, violins
Bermondsey Project Space


second swell

for choir and monophonic instrument
Premiered 28 January 2022 by Cameron Howe, viola; Feldman Choir, conducted by Otis Enokido-Lineham
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


rare phases of flow

wind quintet and piano
Premiered 18 May 2022 by Ensemble Renard and Julian Chan, piano
Pushkin House, London


reactor songs

for mezzo-soprano and piano
words from The Reactor, by Nick Blackburn
Recorded 21 and 22 July 2022 by Anna Patterson, mezzo and Mark Rogers, piano
St Mark’s Church, Royal Academy of Music, London


on a clear day you can see for miles

bb clarinet, horn, cello and piano
in progress

2021

there is a great weight above us

viola, percussion (vibraphone & tubular bells), celesta
Premiered 28 January 2022 by Cameron Howe, viola; Joanne Chiang, percussion; Mihály Györfi, celesta
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


calm was the air

choir and organ
Premiered 28 January 2022 by Feldman Choir and Joshua Simoes, organ
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


swell

solo viola
for Cameron Howe
Premiered 11 November 2021 by Cameron Howe, viola
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


super sad vulnerable moment

string quartet
for the Salwa String Quartet
Premiered 11 November 2021 by the Salwa String Quartet: Ilhem Ben Khalfa and Caroline Heard, violins; Cameron Howe, viola; Pingping Zhang, cello
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


the holy presence of eleanor rykener

brass septet
for Septura
Premiered 26 November 2021 by Holy Clark and Simon Cox, trumpets; Joseph Skypala, eb trumpet; Peter Moore and Meggie Murphy, trombones; Dan West, bass trombone; James Tavares, tuba
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


two pairs of incantations

string trio and melodica
for the 2021 Creative Dialogues France residency
Premiered 3 September 2021 by Jennifer Murphy, violin; Aurore Pignoque, viola; Katarina Leskovar, cello; and Geoff King, melodica
Église Saint-Pierre de Chamtocé-sur-Loire


patina (this is truly a golden age)

orchestra
for the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Young Composer Scheme
Premiered 30 June 2021 by Brett Dean and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall, London


 

for your convenience

countertenor and piano
Premiered 18 July 2022 by Andrew Watts and Gavin Roberts
St Marylebone Parish Church, London

2020

solo piano
for XinRu Chen
Premiered 22 October 2020 by XinRu Chen
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


 

tenor and piano
for Andrew Bearden Brown
Premiered 22 July 2021 by Andrew Bearden Brown and George Ireland
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London

2019

five singers and chamber orchestra
words by Gareth Mattey

for my MMus final project
Premiered 10 January 2020 by Ryan Bair and the Audentia Ensemble
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


 

flute, bb clarinet, violin, cello

for CHROMA
Premiered 14 February 2019 by CHROMA
David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


five things i should mention

solo harp
for Parker Ramsay
Premiered 17 November 2019 by Parker Ramsay
Christ & Saint Stephen’s Church, New York

2018

notes 59 & 60

flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, percussion, piano, strings
Premiered 8 Feb 2019
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


 

radio engineer

soprano, clarinet, harp, double bass
words by Gillian Clarke
for the Hermes Experiment
Premiered 8 March 2018
David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London


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for mezzo-soprano, tenor, piano and narrator