Duo
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Siren Song (2007)
- words: Margaret Atwood (4'00")
- mezzo-soprano and piano
Commissioned by Les Azuriales Opera Festival. First performance by Anna Burford and Bryan Evans in St Jean Cap Ferrat, France, 25th August 2007.
Three Shakespeare Songs (2006)
- Lullaby
- It was a lover and his lass
- Come away, come away, death
- (7'00")
- tenor and piano
Commissioned by Stratford on Avon Music Festival. First performance by Nicholas Mulroy and John Reid in Stratford Town Hall, 19th October 2006.
Love, it is said... (2005)
- words: Arnold Birtwistle (4'30")
- soprano and piano
Commissioned by Don Aldridge, Bill & Kate Barratt and Marjorie (Birtwistle) Sheldon, in memory of Arnold Birtwistle. First performed by Donna Bateman and Christopher Glynn in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, 25th June 2006.
i carry your heart (2003/4)
- words: ee cummings (3')
- mezzo-soprano and cello or piano
Version for voice and cello first performed by Philippa Reeves and Claudine Cassidy, April 2003. Version for voice and piano commissioned by 'Celebrating English Song'. First performed by Julianne de Villiers and Christopher Gould in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, 25th July 2004.
Night Dances (2002)
- (10')
- flute and piano
Commissioned by the Stratford English Music Festival with funds provided through the Regional Arts Lottery Programme by West Midlands Arts. First performance: Gareth Hanson and Charles Matthews, 12th October 2002, Stratford-on-Avon.
floating turning spinning (2001)
- (7')
- oboe d'amore and harp
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Commissioned by Okeanos (Jinny Shaw: oboe; Lucy Wakeford: harp) with funds from the David James Music Trust and the RVW Trust. First performance, University of East Anglia, March 2001.
The Legend of Boscale Tarn (1998)
- (2')
- cello duet
First performance by Andrew Schulman and Philip Sheppard, Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Oct. 1998. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Nocturne (1998)
- (8')
- cello and piano
Commissioned by the Guild of Welsh Composers with funds from the Arts Council of Wales. First performance by members of the Saskia Trio, Lower Machen Festival, June 1998.
Nocturne (1998)
- (8')
- flute and piano
Arrangement of the above piece for performances by Lynne Plowman and David Appleton.
The Mermaids' Lagoon (1998)
- (6')
- piano duet
Arrangement of the solo harp piece first performed by David Appleton and Kate Ryder, Chard Festival, May 1998.
sky high blue (1993)
- (5')
- oboe and harp/ piano
First performance by Nick Williams and David Appleton, Cardiff, 1993. A winner of the Cornelius Cardew Prize.
