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Orchestral
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
Symphony No.1 'The Seasons' (1972)  
Duration: 35'    
Publisher: NOVELLO
3.3.3+Sax.3/4.3.3.1/timp.3perc.hp.cel. str
First performance: Orchestra della Teatro Communale, Trieste,
cond. Bruno Ruggaci, October 1972
UK Premiere: London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Elgar Howarth, May 1973
First broadcast: BBC Northern Orchestra, cond. Brian Wright, May 1979
Award: Premio Citta di Trieste, 1972

Symphony No. 5 (1985)                     
Duration: 30'    
Publisher: RTS      

soprano; 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 3perc. hp. str
Commission: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, 1985
First performance: Joan Rodgers (soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Brian Priestman,
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, January 1986

A Christmas Carol Symphony (1978)         
Duration: 15'    
Publisher: RTS

2.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp. perc. hp. str.
(reduced orchestra version without trombones, with 2 horns, 1 trumpet)
First perf/broadcast: BBC Concert Orchestra, cond. Ashley Lawrence, December 1979
 
Ballet Suite 'Celestial Fire' (1969)        
Duration: 15'      
Publisher: RTS
2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/ timp. perc. str
Commission: Stafford Arts Festival
First perf/broadcast: BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, Belfast,
March 1971

Symphonic Scherzo ‘Mozartiana’ (2005) 
A journey through the first movement of Mozart’s 40th
To celebrate his 250 birthday
Duration:  12’
3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc.hp.str

 
Five Epigrams (1968 rev. 1995)             
Duration: 8'     
Publisher: RTS
1.1.1.1/ str.
Dedication: Darius Mihaud
First performance: New Cantata Orchestra, St. Cere Festival, France, cond. James Stobart, 1968
First broadcast: BBC Radio 3, Northern Sinfonia, cond. Bryden Thomson, May 1979
 
Overture: Youth (1998)              
Duration: 10'      
Publisher: RTS
3.3.3.2/4.3.3.1/t.4 perc.pno.str.
Commission: Yorkshire Youth Orchestra
First performance: Dewsbury Town Hall, cond. by John Pryce-Jones, August 1998
 
A Jersey Suite (1994)                 
Duration: 15'   
Publisher: RTS
2.2.2.1/2.2.2.0/perc.str.
Commission: States of Jersey Instrumental Services
First performance: Jersey Youth Orchestra, St. Helier's Fort Regent, cond. Helen Sherrah-Davies, July 1994
 
Nocturne (1967)                   
Duration: 7'   
Publisher: NOVELLO*
2fl, ob, 3cl, bn, 2hn, 3tb, pf, timp, str.
Commission: London College of Music, Junior Orchestra
 
Notte (1968)                        
Duration: 12'    
Publisher: NOVELLO*
1.2.0.1/2hn. str: (3.3.2.2.1)
Commission: James Stobart
First performance: New Cantata Orchestra, Radio Vatican, Rome,
cond. James Stobart, 1968
 

SOLO INSTRUMENT & ORCHESTRA

Cello Concerto (1974, revision 2004)          
Duration: 28'      
Publisher: RTS
2.2.3.2/2.1.1.1/t.perc.hp.str.
First performance: Ross Thompson (cello), Guildhall School of Music Symphony Orchestra, City University, February 1976
First broadcast: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Brian Wright, March 1979
 
Dialogues for Cimbalom and Chamber Orchestra (1981)    
Duration: 15'   
Publisher: RTS
1.1.3.0/hn.hp.str.
Written for Agnes Szákaly
First performance: Christopher Bradley (cimbalom), Huddersfield
University Orchestra, cond. Barry Webb, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, November 1986
 
Concertino for harpsichord and small orchestra (1999)   
Duration: 14'  
Publisher: RTS
2.2.3.1/2 hns. perc.hp.str.
For Alan Cuckston
 
Violin Concerto (1975, revision 2002)      
Duration: 20'     
Publisher: RTS
2.2.2.2/2.1.0.0/perc.hp.str.

STRING ORCHESTRA
Folksongs (Set 1) (1983)     
Duration: 12'      
Publisher: RTS
First performance: BBC Radio 3, Northern Sinfonia,
cond. John Georgiadis, March 1984
 
Folksongs (Set 2) (1990)      
Duration: 14'  
Publisher: RTS
British folk songs and dances
 
War Memorial (1992)    
Duration: 10'  
Publisher: RTS
An elegy for large string orchestra

SYMPHONIC WIND ORCHESTRA
The Castle of Otranto; Prelude to a Gothic Story (1996)
Duration: 14'   
Publisher: RTS
First performance: Yorkshire Wind Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, March 1998
 
Prelude and Fugue (1998)     
Duration: 10'   
Publisher: RTS
A concert overture for large wind orchestra
 
A Symphony for Christmas (1978, arr. 1998)    
Duration: 15'    
Publisher: RTS
In a 'classical' four movement design
 
A Vaudeville Suite (1997)     
Duration: 20'     
Publisher: RTS
A light hearted suite in six movements.
First performance: Keiron Anderson and the Yorkshire Wind Orchestra, Halifax, April 1998

BRASS BAND
A Symphony of Carols (1978, arr. 1990)   
Duration: 15'    
Publisher: RTS
In four movements.

CHORAL AND VOCAL MUSIC:  CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
Christus Requiem (1973)       
Duration: 50'   
Publisher: RTS
An oratorio for Easter
Narrator, Children's Chorus; Soli SATB; SATB Chorus;
3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/t. 4perc. hp. org. str
Text: Biblical - Language: English/Hebrew/Latin
First performance: Guildhall School of Music, cond. John Alldis,
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, March 1973
Award: Yugoslavian Solidarity Prize, Skopje, 1974
 
The Prayer of Saint Francis (1997)          
Duration: 25'  
Publisher: RTS
A masque in five scenes
SATB Chorus; 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 6perc. cimb(or hp). pf. str.
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi - Language: Italian
First performance: Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarion Radio,
cond. Tamas Vasary, Liszt Acadamy of Music, Budapest, December 1997
Award: First International Composers' Competition, 1997, First Prize
CD: Hungariton
 
Symphony No. 3 'Toward Paradise' (1982)      
Duration: 30'    
Publisher: RTS
SATB Chorus; 3.3.4.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 4perc. pf. org(opt). str
Text: Dante's Divine Comedy - Language: Italian
First performance: Choir and Orchestra of the Radio Suisse Romande, cond. Richard Hickox, Geneva, June 1986
Award: Ernest Ansermet Prize, City of Geneva

SOLO VOICE AND ORCHESTRA
Cantico della Creature (1969 rev. 1982)     
Duration: 15'  
Publisher: RTS
Medium voice; string orchestra
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi - Language: Italian
 
Symphony No. 5 (1985)         
Duration: 30'     
Publisher: RTS
Soprano; 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 3perc. hp. str
Commission: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, 1985
First performance: Joan Rodgers (soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Brian Priestman, RNCM, Manchester, January 1986

The Emperor's Orchestra
Duration: 25'
Publisher: RTS
Narrator: 2.1.2.1/2.2.1.0/T.1perc.str
Commission: Northern Orchestral Enterprises Ltd.
First performances: Ian Lavender and the Northern Chamber
Orchestra, cond. John Pryce-Jones: 22 March 2001, Wath
South Yorkshire; 23 March 2001, Grimsby

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Chamber
CHAMBER MUSIC
 
String Quartet No 1 (The Unreturning Spring)            
Duration: 16'    
Publisher: RTS
First perf/broadcast: BBC Radio 3, Dartington Quartet, 1970
Awarded Clements Memorial Prize, 1975

String Quartet No 2 'In Memoriam'
(1973/2002)        
Duration: 17'    
Publisher: RTS
In memorian Gianfrancesco Malipiero
First performance: Arriaga Quartet,Wigmore Hall, London, 1974
Award: Clements Memorial Prize, 1975

‘Florestan e Eusibius’ String Quartet No 3 (2005)
Duration 18’
Publisher: RTS  

Five French Folksongs for wind quintet (2004)
Duration 12’
Publisher: RTS
For the Nash Ensemble  

Serenata for 2 guitars, clarinet, violin and viola (2006)
Duration ca 20’
Publisher: RTS
For the Pennine Chamber Ensemble

 
Suite française (1964)                  
Duration: 10'   
Publisher: NOVELLO
wind quintet: fl.ob.clar.bsn.hn
First broadcast: Portia Wind Ensemble, 1981
 
Bagatelles for string quartet (1969)          
Duration: 15'   
Publisher: NOVELLO
Commissioned by Maguerite Swan for performance by
North London peripatetic teachers to audiences of children.
 
Piano Trio (1970)               
Duration: 25'         
Publisher: NOVELLO
First performance David Martin (violin); Florence Hooton (cello),
Ian Lake (piano)
Conway Hall, London, 1970
First broadcast: Dumka Trio, 1976)
 
Taikyoku (1976)                  
Duration: 20'          
Publisher: RTS
2 pianos and 6+ percussion players
First performance: Royal College of Music Ensemble,
cond. Edwin Roxburgh, 1977
First broadcast: Howard Shelley and Hilary Macnamara (pianos), Lontano, cond. Nicholas Cleobury, 1982
Award: Evelyn Glennie Percussion Award, 1993
 
A London Suite (1979)                          
Publisher: M8CH
str.qt (designed for elementary players)
 
Holiday Memories (1979)
str.trio (designed for elementary players)     
Publisher: M8CH
 
Sonata for brass (1973, rev. 1997)        
Duration: 15'     
Publisher: RTS
2 tpt, hn, tb, tba
First performance: Guildhall School of Music Brass Ensemble, London, 1973
 
Cartoons (1984)             
Duration: 12'     
Publisher: RTS
ob, cl, bn
Commission: Donaxis
First performance: Leodian Reed Trio, Leeds College, 1984
 
Suite Humoresque (1987)      
Duration: 18'     
Publisher: RTS
ob, cl, bn, pf
Commission: Donaxis Ensemble
First performance: Michael McKenna (oboe) Simon Butterworth (clarinet) David Chatwin (bassoon) and Keith Swallow (piano)
Harrogate Festival, 1987
 
A Comedy Suite (1995)            
Duration: 12'   
Publisher: RTS
saxophone qt: 2 a-sax,t-sax,b-sax
 
String Quintet (1995)         
Duration: 10'       
Publisher: RTS
2 vn, 2 va, vc
Three pieces for amateur players
 
Pantomime (1997)     
Duration: 10'        
Publisher: RTS
wind qt: fl, ob, cl, bn or b.cl
 
Fantasy Quintet (1998)    
Duration: 15'    
Publisher: RTS
clarinet and string quartet
Award: First prize, International Clarinet Fest '99, Ostend
First performance: Hedwig Swimberge (clarinet) with the
Arco Baleno Quartet, Ostend Conservatoire of Music, July 1999

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Instrumental
STRINGS
Divertimento (1986)       
Publisher: RTS
vn (ed. Yfrah Neaman), pf
First performance: Nicholas Ward and Nicola Meecham,
Leeds University, 1986
 
Gavotte  from Divertimento          
Publisher: BOSWORTH
in the Composer Series 6 - First series for violin and
piano ed. Richard Deering
 
Peasant Songs (1970)              
Publisher: NOVELLO
Five pieces based on Hungarian, Rumanian and Russian songs
vn, pf
 
Sonata for solo violin (1974)          
Publisher: NOVELLO
Written for Yfrah Neaman and the 1974 Carl Flesch
International Violin Competition
 
Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (1971, rev. 1990)           
Publisher: RTS
Fętes; Coronach; Capriccio                
vc, pf.
 
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano ( rev. 1999)    
Publisher: RTS
Paraphrase; Arioso; Caprice
for Duncan Druce
 
Siciliano (1970)                   
Publisher: LENGNICK
vn, pf
 
Serenade for violin and guitar (1977, revised 1997)           
Publisher: RTS
vn, gtr
For Duncan Druce and David Taplin
 
Three Preludes for guitar (1978)          
Publisher: RTS
for Gerald Lee

WOODWIND, BRASS
Fairground Music (1978)               
Publisher: RTS
Four flutes
 
Tristan's Song (1999)            
Publisher: RTS
oboe and piano (also arr. ob, strings)
for Nick Williams

The Winged Messenger (2001)
for solo oboe
Publisher: RTS

Folksongs (1995)             
Publisher: RTS

clarinet and piano
 
Sonatina (after Bartók) (1996)              
Publisher: RTS
clarinet and piano
 
Four Miniatures (1995)              
Publisher: RTS
for three recorders; 1 d-rec, 2 tr-rec
for Carla Hinrichsen

Fanfaronade
for solo Bb Trumpet
written for Colin Casson
Publisher: RTS

 
Invocation for tuba and piano (1989)           
Publisher: RTS
also arr. for tba and str. orch
 
Sonatine (1970) for treble recorder and piano (or harpsichord)
Publisher: S&B

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Keyboard
PIANO, ORGAN
Variations (1969) for piano                
Publisher: NOVELLO
Commission: Ian Lake
First performance: Ian Lake, Wigmore Hall, London, 1970
First broadcast: BBC Radio 3, Keith Swallow, 1972
 
Bourrée (after J.S.Bach) (1986)            
Publisher: RTS
pf.
 
Faeries (1992)                         
Publisher: FENTONE
A Suite of six piano pieces
 
Six Danish Folksongs (1992)                  
Publisher: RTS
piano pieces for Ulla Vangsgaard
 
Six Preludes for piano (1972)                 
Publisher: RTS
First perf/broadcast: Rhondda Gillespie, 1975
 
Prelude No 4 from Six Preludes                 
Publisher: BOSWORTH
in the Composer Series 3 - Intermediate Piano Collection ed. Richard Deering
 
Two Nocturnes for piano              
Publisher: RTS
A homage to Gabriel Fauré
 
Piano Sonata (1978)              
Publisher: RTS
First peformance: Peter Levitt, Purcell Room, London, 1979
 
Chorale Prelude O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (1973)    
Publisher: RTS
org.
from Christus Requiem
 
Meditation on the Birth of Christ (1976)  
Publisher: RTS
org.
for Edmund Rubbra's 75th birthday
 
Metamorphosis (1969)                     
Publisher: NOVELLO
org.
Dedication: Walter and Valérie Emery
First performance: Simon Preston, Tewksbury Abbey, 1970
 
Passacaglia (1997)                      
Publisher: RTS
org.
Arrangement of Heinrich Biber's Passacaglia for solo violin

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Percussion
Toccata for 10 percussion players          
Publisher: RTS
First performance: Trent Park College, 1974
 
Two Pieces for three timpani         
Publisher: RTS
First performance: Alison Smith, Bretton Hall College, 1986
 
Two Pieces for Cimbalom (1979)       
Publisher: RTS
Written for Agnes Szákaly
First performance: Budapest 1980

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Voice
CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
Christus Requiem (1973)       
Duration: 50'   
Publisher: RTS
An oratorio for Easter
Narrator, Children's Chorus; Soli SATB; SATB Chorus;
3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/t. 4perc. hp. org. str
Text: Biblical - Language: English/Hebrew/Latin
First performance: Guildhall School of Music, cond. John Alldis,
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, March 1973
Award: Yugoslavian Solidarity Prize, Skopje, 1974
 
The Prayer of Saint Francis (1997)          
Duration: 25'  
Publisher: RTS
A masque in five scenes
SATB Chorus; 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 6perc. cimb(or hp). pf. str.
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi - Language: Italian
First performance: Choir and Orchestra of the Hungarion Radio,
cond. Tamas Vasary, Liszt Acadamy of Music, Budapest, December 1997
Award: First International Composers' Competition, 1997, First Prize
CD: Hungariton
 
Symphony No. 3 'Toward Paradise' (1982)      
Duration: 30'    
Publisher: RTS
SATB Chorus; 3.3.4.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 4perc. pf. org(opt). str
Text: Dante's Divine Comedy - Language: Italian
First performance: Choir and Orchestra of the Radio Suisse Romande, cond. Richard Hickox, Geneva, June 1986
Award: Ernest Ansermet Prize, City of Geneva

SOLO VOICE AND ORCHESTRA
Cantico della Creature (1969 rev. 1982)     
Duration: 15'  
Publisher: RTS
Medium voice; string orchestra
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi - Language: Italian
 
Symphony No. 5 (1985)         
Duration: 30'     
Publisher: RTS
Soprano; 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp. 3perc. hp. str
Commission: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, 1985
First performance: Joan Rodgers (soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Brian Priestman, RNCM, Manchester, January 1986

The Emperor's orchestra (2001)
Duration 25'
Publisher: RTS
Narrator: 2.1.2.1/2.2.1.0/T.1perc.str
Commission: Northern Orchestral Enterprises Ltd.
First performances: Ian Lavender and the Northern Chamber
Orchestra, cond. John Pryce-Jones: 22 March 2001, Wath
South Yorkshire; 23 March 2001, Grimsby

 
SOLO VOICE(S) & ENSEMBLE/PIANO
Five Valentine Songs (1984)         
Duration: 10'    
Publisher: RTS
High voice and Piano
Text: anonymous 17th c. poems - Language: English
First performance:
 
Gitanjali (1965)            
Duration: 12'   
Publisher: RTS
Medium voice; fl, cl, hn, hp, vn, va, vc
Text: Rabindranath Tagore - Language: English (trans.)
First performance: Noelle Barker and the Park Lane Ensemble,
ICA, London, March 1966
 
The Inheritor (1984)      
Duration: 15'   
Publisher: RTS
Soprano or Tenor; string quartet
Text: 7 poems from Aspects by Ursula Vaughan Williams
Language: English
First performance: Paul Agnew (tenor), Allegri Quartet, Holywell
Music Room, Oxford, October 1993
 
Nursery Songs (1979)            
Duration: 12' 
Publisher: RTS
Soprano, Baritone; ob(or fl), pf
Text: traditional children's verses - Language: English
 
Wayward Thoughts (1968)      
Duration: 10'  
Publisher: RTS
Five songs for Baritone and Piano
Text: Herrick, Playford, Wever - Language: English
First perf/broadcast: BBC Radio 3, Graham Titus (baritone), 1977

CHORAL
Ancient Verses: Three Poems for Chorus and Percussion (1978)  
Duration: 14' 
Publisher: RTS
SATB Chorus: 4 percussion players
Texts: Seneca the younger; Angelo Poliziano; Phaedrus - Language: Latin
First performance: Ellerhein Chamber Choir of Tallinn, cond. Tőnu Kaljuste, Estonia, March 1983
 
Ave Maris Stella          
Duration: 5'     
Publisher: RTS
SSA a capella
Language: Latin
 
Coventry: a carol        
Duration: 3'  
Publisher: RTS
SSA a capella
Language: Latin
 
Mass for Hildegard of Bingen        
Duration: 15'   
Publisher: RTS
SATB a capella
Language: Latin
First performance: Abbey of Bingen-am-Main, 1989
 
O Sacrum Convivium         
Duration: 8'      
Publisher: RTS
Six-part motet for the feast of Corpus Christi
Language: Latin
 
Stabat Mater (from Christus Requiem)      
Duration: 10'   
Publisher: NOVELLO*
SSATBB a capella
Language: Latin
 
Three Motets (in memoriam Benjamin Britten)  
Duration: 15'  
Publisher: RTS
SSATBB a capella 
     Ave verum corpus
     Flos florum
     Alma redemptoris mater
dedication: Gyorgy Gulyas and the Kodaly Choir of Debrecen, Hungary
 
Two Songs:  Lullaby & A Bell Song      
Duration: 6'  
Publisher: RTS
SSA a capella
Language: English

This Day: A carol for Christmas
Duration: 6'
Publisher: RTS
SATB a capella
For the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir
First performed Wakefield Cathedral, December 2003

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Books
WRITING
Projects: A course in musical composition
Publisher: Stainer & Bell, London, 1992
 
Villon: a curious tragedy
A libretto in three acts
Publisher: Redcliffe Edition, London, 1982
 
The secret lives of the great composers
Publisher: RTS, Wakefield - in preparation

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