by Administration | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have just completed the score of a new forty-part motet commissioned for the Lichfield Festival to celebrate its fortieth anniversary. From Silence sets a newly written text by the bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith, with whom I am also currently working on...
by Administration | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
In lockdown various recording projects have come to fruition. In August 2020 the Presteigne Festival Orchestra conducted by George Vass recorded several works associated with the festival, including the Lovely Joan Variations featuring several composers including Huw...
by Administration | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to have written a new piece for solo trombone. Titled Vera Stravinsky, Pudding Destroyer, it captures in mood and melody the moment Igor Stravinsky’s wife threw a chocolate pudding down the toilet following mistaken identification on issues of health...
by Administration | Mar 31, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
Shortly before her death, Jane Manning published her new book, Vocal Repertoire for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press, 2020). The volume contains a chapter on my Three Larkin Songs (2003) which she described as, ‘Innate musicality and artistic honesty shine...
by Administration | Feb 25, 2020 | News
I am delighted to be giving a lecture about my one-time mentor and teacher, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The conference, called ‘Unmasking Max’ is on 20 March 2021 at Cardiff University. I will be talking about a series of orchestral works Max wrote about his...
