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

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

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

Fêtes; 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

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

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

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. Tõnu 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

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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