Diary

Forthcoming performances:

Selected past performances (since 2011):

Selected past performances (pre-2011):

* world premiere

*25th November 2010, Birmingham Conservatoire

I —- the body electric
Julian Pike (speaker) and Craig Thomas (singer)

*20th November 2010, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York University
Metamorphoses after Britten
Melinda Maxwell – oboe.

11th September 2010, Kings Place Festival, Kings Place, York Way, London
K, after Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet K581
Endymion

*11th & 12th September 2010, Kings Place Festival, Kings Place, York Way, London
Lotus
Music for Junk Band, designed and installed by Philip Venables and Serge Vuille

12th June 2010, Windrush Valley Chamber Festival
K, after Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet K581
Windrush Valley Festival Players.

12^th November 2009 Music Room, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
Fight music
Ubu Ensemble, cond. Ben Gernon

*4^th September 2009, Kings Place Festival, Kings Place, York Way, London
Len’s music
Music from a new opera, based on Les Bâtisseurs d’Empire by Boris Vian.
Endymion, Jane Salmon – cello
Endymion commission

*5^th June 2009, Sound Census Festival, Kings Place, York Way, London.
Fight music
A scene from a new opera, where the maid (Marmita) tortures the Schmurz while cooking dinner.  Based on Les Bâtisseurs d’Empire by Boris Vian.
Endymion, cond. Quentin Poole
Recorded by NMC Recordings Ltd. for CD and online release
Endymion commission

22^nd January 2009, Handel House Museum, Brook Street, London
*27^th June 2008, Soundwaves Festival, Brighton
Time Stands Still for soprano and guitar
Based on Time Stands Still by John Dowland
Juliet Fraser (soprano) and Alan Thomas (guitar)
Commissioned by Juliet Fraser

*19^th November 2008
The Cornerstone, Hope, Liverpool, UK
ANIMA for 14 players, commissioned by Ensemble 10:10
Ensemble 10:10, cond. Clark Rundell
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society Commission

*14^th September 2008, Thames Festival Parade with the National Theatre, London.
Scenes of Conflict
Recorded music production and education work for the South Bank Street Genius project.
National Theatre Commission

12^th August 2008, Bregenz Festival, Bregenz Festspielhaus, Bregenz, Austria
String Quartet (1^st movement)
*In America et ego for mezzo-soprano and viola (Ensemble LUX Commission)
Beatrice Petitet-Kircher (mezzo) and Julia Purgina (viola).  Ensemble LUX (Vienna).

6^th July 2008, LFA British Waterways Festival with Kings Place, London.
Dutch Courage, for flexible ensemble
London Sinfonietta

29^th June 2008, Soundwaves Festival, Brighton
29^th July 2007, Great Hall, Dartington International Summer School, Dartington, Devon
3^rd February 2007 , BBC Radio 3 Hear and Now broadcast (interviewed by Sara Mohr-Pietsch)
7^th December 2006, The Gate, Keppoch St, Cardiff
6^th December 2006, The Queen’s Hall, Clerk St, Edinburgh
*5^th December 2006, The Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, London (recorded by BBC Radio 3)
String Quartet (complete)
The Duke Quartet

*Friday 30^th May 2008, Across the Frontiers, Bregenz Festspielhaus main hall, Austria
The Mother for soprano, counter-tenor, baritone and piano
Test scenes for an opera with London Contemporary Opera and librettist Ross Bowman.
London Contemporary Opera (Louise Cannon, Andrew Watts, Omar Ebrahim, James Longford)
Written during a funded residency with London Contemporary Opera and the Bregenz Festspielhaus.

Sunday 15th July 2007, 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Australia.
String Quartet (Australian premiere)
The Badke Quartet (winners of the competition)
Broadcast live by ABC Classic FM Radio in Australia.

*Wednesday 25^th July 2007, St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, London.
Thalidomide for 24 voices (SATB)
Sylvia Plath – text
BBC Singers, cond. James Morgan
Recorded for broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

*Saturday 30^th June 2007, Deal Festival, Kent
Lullaby for solo euphonium and brass band
After the Allemande from J.S. Bach’s Sonata for solo violin,  BWV1001.
David Thornton (euphonium) and Black Dyke Band, cond. Nicholas Childs
Deal Festival Commission

23rd April 2007, Rudolf Ganz Memorial Hall, Chicago, USA
Piano Studies (complete) (American premiere)
Daniel Browell – piano

*8^th January 2007,
Park Lane Group Series, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Piano Studies (complete)
Daniel Browell – piano
Park Lane Group Commission.

*Sunday 18^th March 2007, Across the Frontiers, Bregenz Werkstattbühne, Austria
What Remains? for soprano, counter-tenor, speaker and piano
Test scenes for an opera with London Contemporary Opera and librettist Adrian Osmond.
London Contemporary Opera (Louise Cannon, Andrew Watts, Omar Ebrahim, John-Paul Gandy)
Written during a funded residency with London Contemporary Opera and the Bregenz Festspielhaus.

26^th February 2007 – The Sanctuary, Queen’s Cross Church, Aberdeen
*23^rd February 2007 – City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Scio for string orchestra
Scottish Ensemble, led by Jonathan Morton.
Written for an SPNM project

*5^th December 2006,
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
Praecentio (a prelude to Mozart’s Requiem)
MozartNOW Festival, SoundsNEW, Canterbury.
Southbank Sinfonia, cond. Nicholas Cleobury.
(performed attacca to the requiem)

*25^th October 2006
Oxford Lieder Festival, Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Red – Blaze – is the morning
Emily Dickinson – text
Susan Young (soprano), Jasia Julia Nielsen (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Maciek O’Shea (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Oxford Lieder Festival Commission

1^st July 2006
Broadcast: BBC Radio 3, Hear and Now
Arc, for orchestra

*24^th November 2005
Studio 7, BBC Broadcasting House, Manchester
Arc for orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. James MacMillan
BBC Radio 3 Studio concert.

*11^th July 2005, Cheltenham International Music Festival, Berkeley Castle, Glos., UK
Canto for violin and harp
Florica Grigoras (violin) and Helen Radice (harp)
Cheltenham Music Festival commission

*23^rd February 2005
LSO St Luke’s, Old Street, London
Hyaline for orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Francois Xavier-Roth
Written for the LSO Panufnik project

*25^th & 26^th Jan. 2005

Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place, Duke’s Place, London
Cartilage for flute, clarinet and harp.
with Ana Lujan Sanchez (choreographer)
Korros Trio and Rambert Dance Company

*15^th March 2003, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

I fed my wardrobe to the night wind for 7 players
London Sinfonietta, cond. Dominic Muldowney