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Philip Sharp will premiere my new solo piano work, Movements for Philip Sharp, in Glasgow University Concert Hall at 1.10pm on Thursday 21st March. Commissioned by Phil and tailored to the way he plays, this piece reworks material from another one I wrote for him while still at school, giving it a special emotional significance…

I’m excited that my 2017 choir and organ piece My lover spoke will get its London premiere at the JAM Music of Our Time concert at St Bride’s, Fleet Street on Wednesday 20th March, performed by chapel choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge conducted by Michael Bawtree and with Simon Hogan at the organ. The piece…

Following its recent performance by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth, you can now listen to my Canzoni et ricercari on BBC iPlayer until 23rd December. This new version for string orchestra follows the original for 12 solo strings, which won the Royal Musical Association’s Tippett Medal last year. You can view…

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will premiere a brand new string orchestra version of my Canzoni et ricercari in November as part of their 23-24 season, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth. The concerts are: ◦ Glasgow City Halls, 7.30pm on Thursday 23rd November 2023 ◦ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3pm on Sunday 26th November 2023 Click the…

You can now listen to an excerpt of my Symphonic Message in memory of L. R. on the “Listen” page of this site. This BBC commission was premiered last year in Glasgow by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth. It ranges from the sombre to the exuberant, at times having the quality…

The London Symphony Orchestra will premiere my piece Symphonic Message: “Wach auf!” on Sunday 28th May at the Barbican, alongside music by Bartók, Lili Boulanger, Cassie Kinoshi and Colin Matthews. You can find out more about the piece in this interview with me on the LSO blog.