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Trickier Tunes for Tamariki video preview

15/3/2025

String Quartet No.12 - new work 2025

28/2/2025

String Quartet No.12 - 'Animal Farm' new work 2025
in four movements - duration 17:00

Based on George Orwell's novel Animal Farm

Paean - new work for silver band

17/1/2025

Paean - for silver band new work 2025
duration 10:00

in loving memory of Derek Bruce"

The Christmas Truce of 1914 new work 2025

16/1/2025

The Christmas Truce of 1914 new work 2025
for full orchestra duration 6:00

suitable for Schools students age 11+

scored for: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in Bb, 2 bsns, c.bsn, 4 hns, 2 tpts in C, 2 ten trbs, bass trb, tba, harp, 2 percussion: (BD, tam, tamb, clsh cym, tgl), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass

It was late on Christmas Eve 1914, when men of the British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols. The following day, British and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football.

New Work for Piano Quintet - Gaudium

8/1/2025

Gaudium - for piano quintet (piano & string quartet)
duration 18:00

Two new Piano Trios - No.5 & No.6

16/12/2024

Orreries I - III

Wash All the Flags

Piano Trio No.5

for violin, cello & piano
'Unlikely Things Happen Through the Bodies of Beasts'
(in memory of UK artist Adam White)
Orreries I - III
- duration 16:00

Piano Trio No.6

for violin, cello & piano
'Wash All the Flags'
in four movements
- duration 23:28

Before the World Went Wrong

23/11/2024

Before the World Went Wrong - new work
for full orchestra duration 7:38

scored for:
pic, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in Bb, 2 bsns, c.bsn, 4 hns, 2 tpts in C, 2 ten trbs, bass trb, tba, timps, harp, 2 percussion: (BD, tam), violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, bass