for SATB unaccompanied O fear the Lord sets two verses from Psalm 34. A controlled organum-style opening gives way to a more fervent harmonic middle section. An approachable and beautiful piece.

Written in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Tallis Scholars this joyful and virtuosic antiphon captures a sense of both jubilation and devotion in keeping with the spirit of the anniversary.

This beautiful chamber work takes its inspiration from an artist's book by the Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay 'A Litany A Requiem'. This book lists on alternate red white and blue paper plants from the month of Prairial (May-June in the French Revolutionary Calendar) set against a list of revolutionaries guillotined in the month of Thermidor (July-August). The work is in two movements - '…

Rhapsody in Red is based on a 'textwork' by the British artist Richard Long - Red Walk Bristol to Dawlish - which lists objects seen on a walk from Bristol to Dawlish and the distances along the walk that they were seen at. The music which is characterized by repetitive figurations has a mesmerising ecstatic quality.

SATB with divisions. This important Requiem demonstrates the composer's gift for writing mesmerising large-scale choral music - a unique sublime work.

This short evocative piece is built of block chords simple diatonic melodies and pedal notes in the left hand. It is recorded by Thalia Myers on USK 1221CD.

For SATB unaccompanied.This anthem sets the Oculi omnium gradual to still reflective music. Including sections of plainchant alongside richer textures and close harmonics it is a beautiful piece that will appeal to a range of mixed-voice choirs. A non-singing translation of the words is included.

A capella.

Ruchill Linn sets a text by the Perthshire poet Robin Bell. 'Linn' means waterfall and the poem meditates on a still spring evening at dusk. The piece is illustrative with aqueous tumbling vocal figuration and plaintive bird song.

LM-7: Aquarius was the seventh lunar module that NASA sent into space on teh Apollo 13 mission. The piece is in eleven continuous sections the proportions of which are derived from the ten letters and the number of the title. It is a show-off display piece with spotlit solos for each player.