Cradle Song (1992) 6’
Text: Mehring
Solo: voice
1(tsx)01(asx)+sx.0/0211/pf.acc.db.kit/perc/str
version available for: solo voice and ensemble
A Diva is Born (1999) 6’
Soprano and orchestra
Words by Charles Hart
Hymn to the Sun (1997) 6’
Text: Mesomedes III
Solo: saxophone strings
Arrangement: Gary Carpenter
The Little Death Machine 15'
Solo: saxophone
2222/2000/2perc/kbd/str
Premiere: 2002
Night Flight (1991) 5’
Solo: saxophone
1+afl.022/2210/3perc/str
Silencium (1997-8) 35’
Solo: 2 sopranos, solo saxophone
2(afl)2(ca)2(bcl)2/2200/3 perc/hp.pf(syn,kbd)/str
Stock Exchange Song (1992) 5’
Solo: voice
1(pic)010/0211/pf.acc.gtr.db.kit/perc/str
version available for:
solo voice and ensemble
Angel Magick (1997-8) 75’
Libretto: David Pountney
commissioned by the BBC for the 1998 Proms Season
Premiere: 24 May 1998, Salisbury Festival
Solo: soprano, 2 countertenors, low contralto, baritone, actor
000+4sx(4cl).0/0220/hpd.kbd.egtr.bgtr/4perc/lute/6 viols/prepared tape/sound operator
The Ballad of Jamie Allan - a folk opera (2005) 65'
Libretto: Tom Pickard
Commissioned by the Sage, Gateshead, 21 April 2005
Solo: baritone, mezzo-soprano, Northumbrian pipes, guitar
Chamber orchestra and tape
Sederunt (The Princes’ Verdict) (1996) 23’
Text: Pérotin
Solo: countertenor
Chorus: male voices
000+8sx.0/002+btbn.0/2perc.kbd/hp
commissioned by Elvis Costello, Meltdown 1996
Terror and Magnificence (1995) 23’
Chorus: SATB
2sx/kbd/tp
Chorus a cappella
Dear Willoughby (1998) 5’
Text: David Pountney
SATB unaccompanied
written for the memorial service of Willoughby Pountney
Premiere: 6 June 1998, Christ Church, Nailsea
Nailsea Choral Society; Emilia Pountney, soprano; Tim Donaldson, conductor
Mrs Beeton’s Christmas Plum Pudding (2000) 5’
SATB plus tape
commissioned by the BBC
Cradle Song (1992) 6’
Text: Mehring
Solo: voice
sx/2flg.tbn/2kbd.kit.db/2perc
version available for:
solo voice and orchestra
Flying 6’
Solo: soprano
ssx/kbd/perc/str
Landscaper 6’
Solo: soprano
ssx/2tpt.btbn/2kbd.kit.db/2perc
Mistress Mine (Twelfth Night Song Cycle) (1994) 12’
Solo: voice
sx/gtr.kdb.org.db/str
commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse
Procession (1991) 9’
Solo: soprano sax; voice
2tpt.tbn/2kbd.kit.db/str
St George and the Dragon Song Cycle (1991) 25’
Solo: baritone, mezzo soprano
cl.bcl.asx/pf
commissioned by BBC Radio 3
Shadow of the Duke (1992) 7’
Solo: soprano
ssx, pf
The Silent Ground (1996) 12’
Solo: soprano, baritone
sx/2tpt.tbn/gtr.2kbd.db/2perc/str4tet
Stock Exchange Song (1992) 5’
Solo: voice
pic/pf/kit.db/vn.vla
version available for:
solo voice and orchestra
The Three Ravens Song Cycle
(1995) 15’
Solo: soprano
pic, a/ssx, hn, tpt, btbn, pf, str4t, eb
commissioned by BBC Radio 3, Music Live ’95
The Voyager 7’
Solo: soprano
ssx/2tot.btbn/2kbd.kit.db/2perc
Cinéma (René Clair’s ‘Entr’acte’) (1995) 7’/13’
based on Cinéma by Erik Satie
ob.cl+asx/pf.db/perc/vln.va
2 versions available
Procession (1991) 9’
Solo: soprano sax; voice
2tpt.tbn/2kbd.db.kit/2perc
The Secret Life of Madame Sauvage (1996) 18’
010+asx.0/443+btbn.1/2perc/2hp/tp
commissioned by the South Bank Centre for Secret Theatres, a festival of the music of Harrison Birtwistle
The Golden Demon (1995) 25’
Solo: saxophone
Hn.4tpt.4tbn.tba/4perc
Miles and Miles (1985) 20’
brass5tet/perc
commissioned by the Arts Council of England for the Albany Brass Quintet and Simon Limbrick
Little Death Machine (2004)
Saxophone Quartet and tape
Four Square (1985) 15’
sax4t
The Bell Jar (1985) 20’
commissioned by the ICA
4ob
Hunting the Hare (1996) 8’
2sx, kbd
Machaut Improvisations (1995) 8’
sx, pf
Matthew’s Song (1987) 5’
Solo: saxophone
kbd, pf, db, dms, perc
Al's Lads
Richard Standeven/Peter Barnes/Nicholas Kingston/Alchemy
Annie’s Bar
Channel 4/Ardent/Baz Taylor
Baby It’s You
Wall to Wall
A Breed of Heroes
BBC Northern Ireland/Diarmuid Laurence
Butterfly Kiss
Michael Winterbottom/Julia Baines dan Films/British Screen
Citizen 2000
Channel 4/Dove Productions
Comrade Lady
BFI/Channel 4
The Cruise
BBC/Christopher Terrill
The Curious
Steve Brown/Luc Roeg/Dakota Films/BFI
Dalziel and Pascoe
BBC
Deep Secrets
BBC/Granada/Diarmuid Laurence
Degrees for Sale
Channel 4
Dinosaur Days
Thames
Doctor’s Orders
BBC/Lion
The Echo
BBC/Diarmuid Laurence
Family
BBC/Michael Winterbottom/Andrew Eaton
Fat Free
BBC
Film Times Four
Film and General
The Golden Collar
BBC/Initial/Gill Wilkinson/Stewart Mackinnon/Paul Stevens
The Golden Demon
BBC R3/ Neil Cargill
A History of Britain, series 1 & 2 (2000 & 2001)
BBC2 / Simon Schama
HMS Brilliant (1995)
BBC
It’s a Boy
Channel 4/Victor Schonfeld/SPI1980
The Longest Journey
Cicada Films
Love Lies Bleeding
BBC Northern Ireland/Michael Winterbottom/Bernard Krichefski
Mothertime
BBC/Josh Golding/Matthew Jacob
One Man and his Sax
Documentary on John Harle
BBC2
Out of the Blue
BBC/Jo Wright
Out of the Blue II
BBC/Laura Mackie
A Place for Tom
BBC
Silent Witness II-VII
BBC
Summer in the Suburbs (1999)
BBC
Sweeney Todd
John Schlesinger/Showtime (additional music)
Take Me
Coastal/STV/Alex Pillai/Bill Boyes
The Temptation of Dr William Foster
BBC R4
Through the Eyes of the Old
BBC/Christopher Terrill
The Score (1994)
BBC / Dir Bob Bentley
Maggid Street
Iain Sinclair/ Brian Catling/ Rachel Whiteread
Whitechapel Art Gallery / Dir Chris Petit
Butterflies
Channel 4
Messiah
BBC
The Ship
BBC / Christopher Terrill