|
WORK
|
SCORING
|
PERFORMERS
|
NOTES
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| A
Walk Into War |
Tenor and piano quintet |
Allegri String Quartet,
Paul Agnew (tenor), Daniel Tong (piano) |
Words: Laurie Lee. Close
of 1st Movement when Laurie Lee first sees the spire of
Salisbury Cathedral |
| Concerto
for Oboe. |
Oboe and Orchestra |
John Anderson
(oboe), Conductor Ross Pople, London Festival Orchestra. |
Premièred
at the QEH, close of 2nd Movement. |
| Dall'Alba
al Tramonto |
Tenor and piano |
Alessandro Maffucci (tenor)
Roberto Russo (piano).
|
Words
by Italian poet, Giovanni Pascoli. Second Movement, Speranze
e Memorie (Hopes and Memories) |
| Dylan
|
Baritone and harp |
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Sioned Williams (harp)
|
Words
by Dylan Thomas. A spoken and sung account of his life.
Extract from Second Movement, Genesis |
|
Faulstone
Hollow
|
Violin and
piano |
Mifune Tsuji (violin)
Kyoko Hashimoto (piano)
|
Faulstone Hollow
is a site in the Chalke Valley. 1st Movement of this four-movement
work |
| Five
Miniatures |
Guitar |
Dave Stinchcombe
(guitar) |
Published by
OUP, Miniature 4 |
|
Sonata
for Piano Trio
|
Violin, cello
and piano |
Dussek Piano
Trio |
First performed
in the Purcell Room in 1997. Opening of 1st Movement. |
| Songs
of Innocence and Experience |
Unaccompanied
choir |
Exmoor Singers
of London, conductor James Jarvis. |
Written to
commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of William
Blake. First and last movements. |
| String
Quartet No. 1, Robben Island |
String Quartet |
Allegri String Quartet |
This 6 movement work is
based on the notorious but beautiful island in South Africa.
Extract from the 5th movement - Majestically: Joyous. |
| String
Quartet No. 2, The Beagle |
String Quartet |
MagginiQuarte |
Part of a four-stage piece,
Age of Wonders, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of
the birth of Charles Darwin. This extract shows part of
the 'drifting' section when the Beagle was becalmed in
the Sargasso Sea. |
| The
Angry Garden |
Soli, choir and orchestra |
English Concert Singers
and Orchestra, conductor Roy Wales, William Berger (baritone) |
First performed in support
of the World Wildlife Fund, the work is based on the issue
of global warming. Words by Simon Rae. Extract from Second
Movement - Eden:Lightly/Richly. |
| The
Stars Have Withdrawn Their Shining |
Solo harp |
Sioned Williams |
Commissioned
by Sioned Williams, this is the opening of the second
movement, played at Michael's 60th Birthday Concert at
the Purcell Room, London, on 25th October 2009 |
| Three
Variants on a Blue |
Violin and
piano |
Peter Fisher (violin)
Nadia Lasserson (piano)
|
This work takes
the 12-bar blues as the basis of its form. This extract
is from Variant 1. |
