The Stolen Child was a joint commission by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The King's Singers to celebrate their 25th and 40th anniversaries respectively. They asked me to write a piece that they could performtogether and I thought Yeats' exquisite poem (written when he was only twenty) would create a perfect dramatic counterpoint between the two groups. The National Youth Choir wo…

This loving and dreamlike work now available in multiple voicings including SA TB & SAB captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: ?Oh! Hush thee my baby the night is behind us and black are the waters that sparkled so green. The moon o'er the combers looks downward to find us at rest in the hollows that rustle between.…

A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting. Duration: ca. 3:00.

Instrumental Accompaniment-In this suite - inspired by a trip to Switzerland - each song is a postcard capturing lush romantic moments in full. The songs are dedicated to Jerusalem born Hila Plitmann - poet of the beautiful text and the composer's wife. The suite is scored for SATB chorus with either string quartet accompaniment or piano and violin.

I walked the boulevard

Commissioned by Philip Brunelle artistic director of VocalEssence (Minneapolis Minnesota) Nox Aurumque was premiered on 22 March 2009 at Orchestra Hall with the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and the St. Olaf Choir. CoroCitt Di Roma gave the first performance in Italy on 20th June 2009 conducted by Maestro Mauro Marchetti.Arranged for SATB choir and includes a Piano part on the score for rehe…

for Orchestra

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