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I Can’t Breathe

I Can’t Breathe In 2020 two world-changing events coincided within a couple of months of each other. The first was the murder of George Floyd which, in turn, led to the global Black Lives Matter movement. The second was the outbreak of a worldwide pandemic that attacked our ability to breathe. George Floyd’s plaintive cry “I Can’t Breathe”  serves as…

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When A Baby Is Born (SATB & Band)

When A Baby Is Born (SATB & Band) A setting of one of my Christmas carols, for SATB choir and brass band. In this version I have added colourful interludes for band in between the verses for choir. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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Music To Hear

Music To Hear A setting of Shakespeare’s foreboding 8th sonnet. Performed by Tenebrae under their Musical Director, Nigel Short. The sonnet, though seemingly about music, is in fact a warning — Shakespeare is continuing his attempts to persuade the Fair Youth to marry and have children. The sonnet ends with the darkly prophetic ‘Thou single wilt prove none.’ PURCHASE SCORE…

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Lullaby (sop, SATB, orchestra edition)

This Sweet Mother’s Lullaby This is a setting of one of my most popular compositions, ‘Lullaby’, for soprano, SATB choir and chamber orchestra. Performed by Crace Davidson, Tenebrae and the English Chamber Orchestra, musical director Nigel Short. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree A setting for female voices (SSSAA) of the haunting words from Suzanne Collins’ classic children’s trilogy  ‘The Hunger Games’. The dark words of the text are here contrasted with the clarity and purity of a vocal texture made entirely of female voices. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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New Prince, New Pomp

New Prince, New Pomp This is a simple Christmas carol using the text by the English 16th Century jesuit priest, Robert Southwell. It uses modal harmony and fluctuated between the Lydian mode on F, and F Aeolian. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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Music Fills My Very Soul

Music Fills My Very Soul This is a choral anthem for SATB choir and full symphony orchestra. It was originally composed to celebrate 85 years of Abbey Road studios. It has since taken on a new life of its own as a stand-alone piece for choirs and orchestra. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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A Boy Was Born In Bethlehem

A Boy Was Born In Bethlehem A Christmas carol for unaccompanied SATB. Words from the 16th Century German text, translated by Percy Bearmer. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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Requiem Aeternam: ‘Hymnus’

Requiem Aeternam: ‘Hymnus’ For unaccompanied SATB choir. A setting of the Requiem Aeternam, subtitled ‘Hymnus’. Performed by Tenebrae, under their Musical Director Nigel Short. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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Silence

Silence A setting of the poem by Thomas Hood, for SATB with multiple divisi. Recorded here by the choir Tenebrae, under their Musical Director Nigel Short. PURCHASE SCORE AND PARTS

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