Orchestral
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Aquiline Games op 25
Parts: flutes, oboes, clarinets, sax, trumpets, trombone, piano, percussion and strings.
Date of composition: 1990.
Duration: 3 minutes.
First performance: 10th December 1990. School Orchestra. Eagle House, Sandhurst Berkshire.
Castell Cilgerran op 31
Parts: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and strings.
Date of composition: 1993.
Duration: 4 minutes.
First performance: 3rd July 1993. School Orchestra. Eagle House, Sandhurst Berkshire.
“concentus luctuosus” op 7
Parts: Timpani, one percussion player (Glockenspiel, Xylophone ,Tom-Toms) and strings.
Date of composition: 1981.
Duration: 14 minutes.
Score Extract: ADG007
“concentus laetificus” op 70
Parts: string orchestra.
Date of composition: 2007.
Duration: 15 minutes.
Note: for amateur or student string orchestra; Shortlisted in the YLSS 2007-2008 competition for a workshop performance.
Praeludium 3 op 59
Parts: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and strings.
Date of composition: 2000.
Duration: 4 minutes.
First performance: 20th June 2001. School Orchestra. Eagle House, Sandhurst Berkshire.
Score Extract: ADG059
Praeludium 5 in tempore belli op 65a
Parts: string orchestra with divisions.
Date of composition: 2003.
Duration: 5 minutes.
Note. Commended in the 2003 Oare International Composers competition.
Score Extract: ADG065A
Praeludium 6 op 69
Parts: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (triangle, snare and bass drums) and strings.
Date of composition: 2007. (Revised 2017)
Duration: 7 minutes.
First workshop performance: 5th July 2008. London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra. London
Score Extract: ADG069
"Saharan Danse" op 89
Parts: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone,
2 percussion players and strings.
Date of composition: 2019.
Duration: 5 Minutes.
First workshop performance: 29th June 2019. London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra.
First public performance: 28th September 2019. London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra. Borough, London.
Audio: "Saharan Danse": Orchestra op 89 (2019)
Score Extract. ADG089
Scherzo. " A Musical Joke." Op 77
Parts. flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and strings.
Date of composition: 2011.
Duration: 5 minutes.
First workshop performance: 31st March 2012. London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra.
First public performance: 6th October 2012. London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra. Borough, London.
Symphony op 58
Parts: two each of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and strings.
Date of composition. 2000.
Duration: 28 minutes.
First performance: Second movement. 21st November 2000. Portsmouth New Music Orchestra. Theatre Royal Portsmouth.
Symphony St Cecilia op 87
Parts: Chamber orchestra.
Date of composition. 2018-2020.
Duration: 15 minutes.
First performance: Third movement, “.......with immortal fire.” 29th September 2018. London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra. Borough, London.
Score Extracts: ADG087
Triptych op 48
Parts: string orchestra.
Date of composition: 1997.
Duration: 25 minutes.
Notes: For amateur and student players. Recorded on the CD “Now Welcome” in 2006.
Audio: First movement.
Audio: Second movement.
Audio: Third movement.
