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Posted on 22 Mar 2023

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, are premiering Three Pieces that Disappear on the 1 April at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall – the second of my three major pieces as their Composer-in-Association. Also in the concert are Berg's Seven Early Songs (with soprano Francesca Chiejina) and Richard Strauss' An Alpine Symphony. You can hear the broadcast of the concert on BBC...

Posted on 13 Feb 2023

March will see the premiere of a new piece for music education charity Music Masters at London's Wigmore Hall – they've commissioned ten composers to work with primary school-age students on a new piece for beginner/intermediate string ensemble. I ran a workshop at Jubilee Primary School near Brixton where I worked with nine- and ten-year olds, gathering material generated by them...

Posted on 13 Jan 2023

Violinist Daniel Pioro's new album, Saint Boy, is out today on Platoon, and it features a recording of my arrangement of Hildegard of Bingen's O Ecclesia. The arrangement was originally written in 2021 for solo violin and string orchestra, but on Saint Boy is adapted for violin and chamber organ (played by Kat Tinker). Also on the album are works by Tartini,...

Posted on 20 Dec 2022

I've written a short piece for solo bass viol, for the Royal Academy of Music's '200 Pieces' project to celebrate their bicentenary year in 2022 - A little recessional. It was given its world premiere by RAM student Nathan Giorgetti in the Academy's David Josefowicz Recital Hall in June, and Nathan has now recorded it beautifully for the 200 Pieces...

Posted on 29 Oct 2022

Violet, my opera with Alice Birch, was given its German premiere on Friday at Theater Ulm, in a fantastic production by Rahel Thiel – here are some photos… Designs by Maike Häber, lighting by Marcus Denk & Johannes Grebing. Soprano Maria Rosendorfsky as Violet, baritone Martin Gäbler as Felix, mezzo soprano Carolina Krogius as Laura and tenor Joshua Spink as the...

Posted on 19 Oct 2022

Daniel Pioro and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Manze, will give the London premiere of my violin concerto Pleasure Garden at the Royal Festival Hall on 26 October. Premiered by Daniel and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Manchester last year, the four movements of Pleasure Garden take inspiration from constructed natural spaces in and around cities. They will perform...

Posted on 10 Oct 2022

Violet, my opera written with writer Alice Birch which premiered in the UK earlier this year, is receiving its German premiere in a second production, at Theater Ulm, Germany. It is being directed by Rahel Thiel with designs by Maike Häber. Soprano Maria Rosendorfsky will take the lead role of Violet, with baritone Martin Gäbler as Felix, Carolina Krogius as Laura and Joshua...

Posted on 07 Sep 2022

Three performances this month of some chamber works of mine this month: The Davidoff Trio perform my Piano Trio "The Chronophage" on 11 September as part of Musikdorf Ernen in Switzerland, the festival where I've been Composer-in-Residence this year. This will be the piece's Swiss premiere and is the last piece of mine featured at the festival. Alongside it they'll be...

Posted on 13 Jul 2022

The beautiful Musikdorf Ernen festival in Switzerland is starting this month, and I am Composer-in-Residence for the 2022 festival. I've written two new pieces being premiered – a new horn trio and a reworking of a viol piece by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for five lower strings. In addition, three earlier pieces of mine will be performed: Pianist Sergey Tanin performs Inventions...