8′
for SATB choir and piano
Poems by Anne Pierson-Wiese
Commissioned by the Grace and Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn, with a grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
fp Grace and Spiritus Chorale, c. James Busby. Friday 21 January 2011, Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY, Saturday 22 January 2011: Lafayatte Avenue Presbyterian Church, Fort Greene: Sunday 23 January 2011, Old First Reformed Church, Park Slope
11’
Five songs to anonymous texts
for SSA chorus and string orchestra
fp. 7 July 2007, St Paul’s Girls’ School
SPGS Senior Choir and orchestra c. Mark Wilderspin
8’
Four songs for soprano and piano
Poems by Christopher Reid
For Tillie and for Sarah Leonard to sing to her
fp. 7 November 2004, BMIC Cutting Edge, The Warehouse, Theed St, London SE1
Sarah Leonard and Stephen Gutman
COLLECTED SONGS for Voice and Piano available from Andromache Music HERE
6’
Five songs to anonymous texts
for mezzo-soprano, three clarinets and double-bass
3’
Carol to anonymous words
for SSA chorus and string orchestra
fp.6 December 2002, St Peter’s Church, Barnes, London SW13
SPGS Madrigal group and ensemble c. Heidi Pegler
16’
Six songs of abandonment
Poems by Pascoli, Wordsworth, Liu Ch’ang Ch’ing, The Book of Songs, Mandelstam,
in English and Italian
for mezzo-soprano, violin, viola and ‘cello
7’
Scena for soprano and piano (versions for mezzo, and baritone)
Poem by Edward Lear
For Hattie Lighte
Ensemble version 1: flute, clarinet (+bcl), piano, violin, ‘cello
fp. 11 February 2000, Norwegian Church, Cardiff
Adey Grummet, PM Ensemble c. Michael Rafferty
Ensemble version 2: clarinet (+ecl), clarinet (+bcl), viola, ‘cello, double-bass
fp. 16 November 2001, The Warehouse, Theed St, London SE1
Mary Wiegold, Composers’ ensemble
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(orchestral version also available)
15’
Four songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
Settings of fragments of the Carmina Gadelica, translated by Alexander Carmichael
In memory of my mother, Lori
fp. 28 May 1998, St Giles’ Church, Cripplegate, Barbican, London EC4
Susannah Self and Philip Headlam
read programme note HERE
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(orchestral version also available)
3’
for SATB choir
Text: Confucius, adapted Peter Lighte
A birthday greeting for Giles Swayne
fp. 14 October 1996, Purcell Room, South Bank, London SE1
Laudibus c: Michael Brewer
12’
for baritone and piano
Poems by Michelangelo, Angolieri and Leopardi (in Italian)
In memory of Angus Lindsay
fp. 14 November 1993, London Lighthouse, London W11
Martin Lindsay and Nicholas Bosworth
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11’
for mezzo-soprano and piano
Poems by Foscolo, Sacchetti and Petrarch (in Italian)
fp. 12 April 1995, London Lighthouse, London W11
Mary Newman-Pound and Nicholas Bosworth
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8’
Scena to a poem by Jonathan Swift
for mezzo-soprano, flute and harpsichord
fp. 30 October 1984, Hexham Festival
Rachel Firth, Cantabile ensemble
11’
Six songs for high voice and piano
Poems by Mervyn Peake
fp. 25 January 1980, University of Bristol
Simon Lebens and Peter Skuce
revised version: 17 September 1989, BMIC, London W1
Jane Manning and Dominic Saunders
Ensemble version (2 flutes, 2 clarinets, euphonium [or tsax], piano, percussion, violin, viola, ‘cello, bass)
fp. 17 February 1984, St James’ Church, Piccadilly, London SW1
Heather Keens, Jupiter Ensemble
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