This work was a test piece for the International string Quartet competition in 2005 Premio Paulo Borciani It was inspired by a keyboard piece of the same name A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes by Thomas Tomkins(1572-1656). Tomkins had a long association with Worcester Cathedral where he was organist - appointed magister choristarum in 1596 - and lived within the precincts until shortly be…

/ Solistes (SAB), Choeur Mixte Et Orchestre

Opéra de chambre en un prologue et un acte. Une histoire de fantôme raconter de la disparition mystérieuse de trois gardiens de phare dans les Hébrides.Ceci est une histoire de mystère dans la forme d'un opéra de chambre. Le prologue est défini comme un tribunal d'enquête sur la disparition inexpliquée de trois gardiens d'un phare. Des questions sont posées par un cor solo, ce qui peut paraître pa…

This is - so far - the earliest composition by Davies to be available for performance and mighty interesting it is. Written while he was still a young student it provides a candid glimpse of the thing that concerned him: how music could be both forward-moving in the classical Western sense (this is after all a piece for a wholly conventional medium) and repetitive in the manner of the Indian a…

The Birds was commissioned by the Lydia Michael Trust to be about the birds of Beauly and is dedicatedto the University of Edinburgh. First performance by Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano) and students from theRoyal ScottishAcademy of Music and Drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama on26th June 2007.

/ Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orchestre A Cordes

/ Solistes (SAB), Choeur Mixte Et Petit Orchestre

A superb cycle of 7 songs depicting the hero's stay on Grandma's farm somewhere in the Orkneys one summer. The songs tell of the farm chores nature and ghosts and are arranged for unison voices piano recorders and pitched or unpitched percussion. The songs can be used individually to link in with topic work or performed as an attractive concert item. Untuned percussion 3 part.This is a special …

This accessible motet is a companion piece for Lullabye for Lucy (ISMN 979-0-060-03760-3), which was composed for the birth of Lucy Rendall, the first child born in Rackwick, Hoy, for 32 years. Suscipe Quæsumus was first sung by the Mayfield Singers, conducted by Neil Price, on the occasion of the marriage of Lucy Rendall in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney on 18 July 2005. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Org…

A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope for the participation of a large number of children of all ability levels.The story is a humorous version of the Orkney folk-tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in …