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Three Island Tales

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:40 +0000

for viola and piano – no. 3

Hilary Sturt and John York

Three Island Tales 3

Odysseus Unwound

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:55:04 +0000

Opera in a prologue and 3 acts. 105′

Libretto by Hattie Naylor

first performed 10 October 2006, Alexandra Palace Theatre

Act 1 Scene 1: Nausicaa Tends Odysseus’ Wounds (lullaby)

Act 1 Scene 2: Odysseus demonstrates how to kill

Act 2 Scene 2: The Sirens

Act 3 Scene 1: Penelope and the Suitors

Heroes Don’t Dance

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:40:30 +0000

The story of a tormented teacher, George, responsible for an accident on a school trip, who receives help from within his own bookshelves. The story is played out to the background of a fancy dress ball.

Rumba-song: I’ve just had a dance with Kevin

The fab dinner ladies

The Uninvited

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:39:48 +0000

A boy stumbles on a terrible secret, a suppressed underclass condemned to a ghostly life in London’s docklands.

The Uninvited: Deptford marketplace

Off Course

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:31:28 +0000

chamber concerto for piano and ensemble

2nd section (extract)

Inspired by the magical Buddhist paintings in the Magao Caves, Dunhuang, on the Silk Route.

Read programme note HERE

Douglas Finch, piano
Continuum Ensemble
Philip Headlam, conductor

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Jump Into My Sack

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:52:35 +0000

Opera in one act

Jump Into My Sack: Prelude

Jump Into My Sack: The Fairy of Lake Creno

Jump Into My Sack: The Gambling Den

more extracts available HERE

Great Game

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:34:28 +0000

for orchestra
3rd section (extract)

Great Game – 3rd Section audio clip

An orchestral piece evocative
of Central Asian terrain: the title
refers to the power struggle
between British forces in India
and Tsarist Russia.

Read programme note HERE

Salomon Orchestra
Paul Hoskins, conductor

more extracts available HERE

A Family Affair

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:25:18 +0000

A blistering comedy, based on Ostrovsky’s comedy, a scathing financial satire on the Russian upwardly mobile merchant class, in Nick Dear’s highly successful, profane and colloquial version.

Act 1 Why should a man

Act 3 How’s the cut? Perfect!

Act 3 At the side of a field

more extracts available HERE

The Queen of Sheba’s Legs

admin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:04:04 +0000

Solomon, a high-tech wizard summons the mysterious Queen of Sheba, to discover if all those snake or razor rumours are true.

The Legs Song