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Posted on 08 Oct 2026

My Black Shuck Lament will be performed by tenor Guy Cutting and the strings of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Zoë Beyers, at the Royal Northern College of Music on 16 October, at a concert called 'British Iconoclasts', also featuring music by Byrd, Britten, Errollyn Wallen, Edmund Finnis and Michael Tippett. It was first performed by Allan Clayton and the...

Posted on 15 Aug 2026

My horn trio, Two Nocturnes and a Maze, is being given its UK premiere this Thursday 20th August at the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, with horn player Benjamin Goldscheider, violinist Benjamin Baker, and pianist Daniel Lebhardt. The concert also features music by by Schumann, Kurtág, Beethoven, Schubert and Jörg Widmann.  The piece was originally written for Musikdorf Ernen, where I...

Posted on 18 May 2026

Two performances of my choral works on the same day on 23 May: Firstly O Euchari for voices & solo violin is being performed at London's Kings Place by Festival Voices and violinist Rakhi Singh, as part of a concert curated by composer Ben Nobuto. It was first performed at the 2024 Aldeburgh Festival with Marian Consort & Daniel Pioro. Tickets...

Posted on 12 Apr 2026

Craftsmen & Clowns for solo cello will be premiered by Nicolas Altstaedt at L'Auditori in Barcelona on 19 April. In 13 minutes and in three movements, it takes its name from a theory of the makeup of sitcom archetypes – the matriarch, the patriarch, the craftsmen and the clown. He'll premiere it in a wide-ranging programme alongside music by Gabrieli,...

Posted on 11 Mar 2026

Abide, my piece for young intermediate musicians, is being performed by London Sinfonietta and school-age students from North London Music Hub, at the Sinfonietta's 'Sound Out' event for schools at London's Royal Festival Hall on March 19. Patrick Bailey will be conducting, and has arranged the flexible piece for a large scale ensemble with wind, brass and percussion. It's particularly...

Posted on 09 Dec 2025

Two pieces of mine for solo string instruments will be premiered this Spring and Summer: ------- Craftsmen & Clowns for solo cello will be premiered by Nicolas Altstaedt at L'Auditori in Barcelona on 19 April 2026, and he will be giving its UK premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June. In Aldeburgh he'll be performing it alongside Britten's Cello Sonata and,...

Posted on 29 Aug 2025

Pieces that Disappear, the portrait disc of my orchestral music released last year on NMC Recordings, has been shortlisted for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards. The disc features four pieces, all performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and also features frequent collaborators Anna Dennis and Daniel Pioro: Three Pieces that Disappear – BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (cond.) Beautiful Caged Thing – BBC Philharmonic...

Posted on 06 Aug 2025

July saw the premiere of my Monologues for the Curious at the BBC Proms, by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and tenor Allan Clayton, conducted by John Storgårds. It's now available to hear on BBC Sounds by clicking here. You can also hear a little 10-minute interview feature that I recorded for Tom Service's show on Radio 3 – click here...

Posted on 01 Jul 2025

My String Quartet No. 2 is being given its UK premiere this 6 July at Clare O'Connell's Behind the Mirror concert series in Berkhamsted. The musicians are Clare on cello, with Jonathan Morton (violin), Clio Gould (violin), and Oliver Wilson (viola). They're playing it alongside Debussy's String Quartet – concert details here. Here's the programme note: Friedrich Fröbel’s ‘Gifts’ were sets of wooden educational...