where lies the strangling fruit… (2024)

for string quartet, 6 minutes

first performance (upcoming): Vacuum String Quartet, Kazan, Russia, October 2024

bird organ (2023)

for flute, oboe and recorder (alto and bass), 15 minutes

first performance: Spirited Winds, The Mount School, York, 4th December 2023

elastic time III (2022)

for flute, oboe and clarinet in B-flat, or any other suitable trio, 5 minutes

first performance: The Arc Project, online premiere, September 2022

elastic time II (2021)

for piano six hands, 2 minutes

first performance: University of York Piano Ensemble, York UK, June 2022

elastic time I (2021)

for string quartet, 4 minutes

performance upcoming: Ligeti Quartet, TBC

bright waves (2021)

for eight instruments, 4 minutes

first performance: Lucy Havelock (saxophones), Alex Norman (trumpets), online premiere, July 2021

pages from a lost atlas (2019)

for scordatura guitar quartet, 20 minutes

performance upcoming

overture; Scene (2010/2019)

for soprano, violin, cello and marimba (or alternative instrumentation), 1 minute

(adapted from Mikrolieder)

first performance: A Very Small Consortium, University of Wisconsin, USA, February 2020

MEADOWLAND (2019)

for three similar woodwind instruments [first performance: bass oboe, hecklephone and bassoon], 5-7 minutes

first performance: Roseau Trio, Leeds, October 2019

TRANSCENDENTAL STRAINS IV (2019)

for two or more identical woodwind instruments and optional electronics, 5 minutes

recorded December 2019 by the composer

Nucleation Grooves (2014/2019)

for flute, clarinet in B-flat, piano, percussion, violin, cello, 8 minutes

first performance: Cikada, Ankara, Turkey, June 2019

Closed, Open, Closed (2017)

for four pianos (with optional scordatura), 40 minutes

first performance: University of York Piano Ensemble, York, May 2018

 

transcendental strains (2017)

for woodwind quartet, any subset of two or more parts, or any multiple of four woodwind instruments, 8 minutes

recorded April 2017 by the composer

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QUATRE TABLEAUX VIVANTS (2017)

for eight soprano clarinets, 11 minutes

first performance: CLADZ, York, June 2017

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Xyla (2016)

for eight players, 10 minutes

          1.0.1.1 / 1.0.0.0 / perc. / 1.1.1.1

first performance: members of the Philharmonia Orchestra cond. Diego Masson, Royal Festival Hall, London, May 2016

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FIGURES IN FOLDED ROOMS (2015)

for soprano saxophone, piano, harp, percussion, violin and tape, 10 minutes

first performance: Vertixe Sonora, CGAG, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 2015

 

A FAILED TRIPTYCH (2015)

for guitar, bassoon and cello, 6 minutes

first performance: Anderson, Gallois, De Saram Trio, Rymer Auditorium, York, June 2015

 

a(e)ria(l)s (2014)

for flute (/bass flute), clarinet (/contrabass clarinet), tenor trombone (/alto trombone), viola, cello, 8 minutes

first performance: Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris, France, July 2014

 

Music for Miniature Landscapes (2014)

for guitar quartet, 8 minutes

first performance: Quartetto Aperion, Pavia, Italy, July 2014

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Quiet firmament (2014)

for any group of improvising musicians, no fixed duration

first performance: The Assembled dir. Catherine Laws, Rymer Auditorium, York, February 2014

 

INSECT-WOOD-GROWTH (2013)

for string quartet, 5 minutes

first performance: Eurydice Quartet, Pavia, Italy, July 2013

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Quiet Fundament (2013)

flute, harpsichord, violin, cello, 3 minutes

first performance: The Chimera Ensemble cond. Desmond Clarke, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, June 2013

 

string quartet (2012-13)

string quartet, 16 minutes

unperformed (individual movements workshopped by the Kreutzer, Ligeti and Diotima quartets)

 

Eukaryophony (2012)

for eight cellos, 10 minutes

first performance: The University of York Cello Ensemble, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, June 2012

 

Decay (2011)

for string quartet, 3 minutes

first performance: The Chimera Ensemble, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, March 2012

 

The Bridge (2011)

for double quartet, 10 minutes

          flute, oboe, horn in F, marimba, 2.1.1.0

first performance: Vaganza, The University of Manchester, June 2011

 

Colder Hearts (2011)

for bass clarinet, piano and percussion, 7 minutes

first performance : Cat*er*waul, York Spring Festival of New Music, May 2011

 

Mikrolieder (2010)

for soprano, violin, cello and harp, 3 minutes

(partially adapted as Overture; Scene)

first performance: Chiasmus, The York Spring Festival of New Music, June 2010

 

Emission Lines (2009)

for string quartet, 10 minutes

first performance: The Chimera Ensemble, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York, December 2009

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