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Posted on 09 May 2015

I have been commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to write music for a new radio play by Vivienne Franzmann, and to turn the music into a standalone orchestral work which will be performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Five composer/playwright pairings are being commissioned – myself with Vivienne, Aaron Parker with Francesca Martinez, Nina Whiteman with Esther Wilson,...

Posted on 09 Mar 2015

The Britten Sinfonia will premiere my new piece for string orchestra, 'My Curves are not Mad', on the 20th March. The piece's title comes from a quote in Henri Matisse's 1947 book Jazz where he asserts that the inventive and organic shapes and curves of his cut-outs are conceived always with reference to plain vertical lines. The piece was commissioned...

Posted on 10 Dec 2014

I'm delighted to have been commissioned by Aldeburgh Music to write an orchestral song cycle for the 2015 Aldeburgh Festival, to be premiered by soprano Claire Booth with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by George Benjamin. The programme will also feature Wagner's Siegried Idyll, Benjamin's A Mind of Winter, Boulez's Mémoriale and Ravel's Piano Concerto, featuring festival director Pierre-Laurent Aimard...

Posted on 05 Oct 2014

I am to be a featured composer at the Soundings 2014 programme of events this October, at London's Austrian Cultural Forum. Curated by the Fidelio Trio's Mary Dullea, Soundings is a platform for contemporary music that brings together composers from the UK and Austria for four days of roundtable talks, workshops and concerts. On Thursday 30th October (7pm), my Enmîmés...

Posted on 16 Sep 2014

I'm thrilled to be signing with Faber Music as one of their House Composers. They will publish my scores from now on, including my upcoming piece for the strings of the Britten Sinfonia, and will be publishing much of my back catalogue. Pieces available from Faber will include Codex (Homage to Serafini) for symphony orchestra, Four Perpetual Motions for ten...

Posted on 09 Sep 2014

This Thursday 11 September, violinist Sarah Hill will perform a new piece of mine, entitled Sparking & Slipping, at her final Masters recital at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. The piece is a virtuosic showpiece for violin soloist, accompanied by piano, harp & percussion – the accompagnato ensemble will be comprised of pianist Hannah Ely, harpist Anne Denholm and percussionist Henry Fynn, and...

Posted on 15 Aug 2014

The London Sinfonietta have made a little portrait film of me after they commissioned Études Nos. 3 & 4 for solo violin, performed by Jonathan Morton last week. Have a look! ...

Posted on 23 Jul 2014

My new Études Nos. 3 & 4 for solo violin, commissioned by London Sinfonietta as part of their 'Sinfonietta Shorts' series, were premiered on the 23rd July at King's Place's Rotunda Room. The two new études, lasting around five minutes in total, were played wonderfully by the Sinfonietta's principal violinist Jonathan Morton to invited guests at one of the Sinfonietta's...

Posted on 11 Jun 2014

It's the 67th Aldeburgh Festival this month, and my piece Rainbow-Shooting Cloud Contraption for 15 players is being performed on Saturday 21st by the Britten-Pears Composers Ensemble, conducted by Gregory Charette. The piece was written at Aldeburgh's Contemporary Composition course last year, run by Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews and Michael Gandolfi. The concert is at 6pm at the Britten Studio...