Large Scale
Choral ~ Orchestral ~ Dance
Choral
When a child is a Witness ~ requiem for refugees, 2022
A multidimensional work for choirs with organ/piano, with children's choir and refugee groups, threaded through with music for solo violin including transcriptions of Arabic music from composer/explorer David Fanshawe's archive.
Nominated for the Ivors Composer Awards 2022 - Community and Participation Category
Why Do The Nations Rage Together? from When A Child Is A Witness performed by Ex Cathedra at Coventry Cathedral, 2022
Orchestral
Before the Ending of the Day (orchestral version) [2023]
5 mins, flute, oboes and strings -
The ancient plainchant melody Te Lucis Ante Terminum threads through this short piece three times, accompanied by sounds evoking dusk and nightfall.
There are several improvisatory elements within the piece, with a group of soloists invited to imitate birdsong, string players given ‘boxes’ of notes to choose from and improvised sounds inspired by the calls of birds across the darkening landscape.
Gentle Flame Cantata [2019]
28 mins, mezzo soprano solo, baroque orchestra and choir • Setting words by Greta Thunberg, Kurt Masur, David Hart, Book of Revelation and Liz Dilnot Johnson.
‘If talk changes its rhythm, will God appear?’ David Hart
★★★★★ ‘constantly gripping’
Featured on ClassicFM
A new extended version of this work I Stand At The Door was commissioned by Ex Cathedra and premiered in 2021.
des branches du jardin [2001]
10 mins, chamber orchestra • A mysterious world unfolds in a magical garden...
Wild Man Dances: a sketch for orchestra
5 mins, symphony orchestra • Virile, energising, big! A workshop with BBC Symphony Orchestra on sketches for an orchestral version of Wild Man Dances based on music for two pianos
de l'herbe qui s'eveille
'of grasses which awaken' explores the world of wild grass stems growing on the sea cliffs on the Pembrokeshire coast - for string orchestra
“a beautifully crafted miniature”
Dance
Scintilla Act 1 [2019]
28 mins, clarinets, live electronics, dancer • From isolation to connection on a wild island - layers of dance, music and live electronics are woven through poetry by David Hart.
Supported by Sound and Music New Voices Artist Support Scheme and PRSF Women Make Music
