SOLO WITH ORCHESTRA
Violin Concerto No 1 'Sinfonia Concertante' (1959)
solo violin + 2(1 pic).222/422+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str
duration: 30'
Novello score vln and pno reduction cat no 120306
First performance March 1963
Martin Milner, violin
Hallé Orchestra / Maurice Handford
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Concerto Funèbre for Viola and Chamber Orchestra (1962)
solo viola + 0200/2000/str
duration: 13'
Published: Novello
First performance September 1971
James Durrant, viola
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis
Glasgow
Five Elegies for High Voice and Chamber Orchestra (1962)
Text: Thomas Nashe, Ben Johnson, T.S. Eliot, Herrick and Dylan Thomas
S + 1111/1000/timp.2perc/str
duration: 16'
Full Score, Orchestral Material and Piano Score available from Composer
First performance 18 June 1963
Marie Collier, soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Robert Wolf
Winner of Royal Philharmonic Prize, 1962
Chamber Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra (1965)
solo viola, solo cello + 2(1 pic).122/422+1btbn.1/4perc/pf(cel)/str(0.0.4.4.6)
duration: 35'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Andrew Thomas and Martin Robinson
Concertante for Harpsichord and Chamber Ensemble (1965)
solo harpsichord + 1111/1100/2perc/str(1.1.1.1.1)
duration: 18'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Sandon Studios Society
First performance 18 December 1965
Thomas Wess, harpsichord
Sandon Studios Society Music Group/David Connolly
Liverpool
Piano Concerto No 1 (1966)
solo piano + 2(1 pic).222/422+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str
duration: 26'
Novello score cat no 090101
Commissioned by the Southport Centenary Festival
First performance May 1967
John McCabe, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
Southport
Miniconcerto (1966)
solo organ +1perc./485 penny-whistles (audience)
duration: 8'
Published: Novello
First performance 24 September 1966
Gillian Weir, organ, James Blades, percussion and audience
conducted by David Willcocks
Royal Albert Hall, London
Concertino for Piano Duet and Orchestra (1968)
solo piano duet + 2221/2220/timp.2perc/str
duration: 12'
Novello score cat no 090172
Commissioned by the Farnham Festival
First performance 11 May 1969
Frank Wibaut and Christian Rutherford, piano
Frensham Heights School Orchestra/Christopher Latham
Frensham Heights School
Metamorphosen for Harpsichord and Orchestra (1968)
solo harpsichord + 2(1 pic).2(1 ca).22/2221/4perc/cel/hp/str
duration: 22'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society
First performance 19 February 1972
John McCabe, harpsichord
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Notturni ed Alba for Soprano and Orchestra (1970)
Text: mediaeval Latin
S + 3(2 pic).3(1 ca).3(2 bcl).3/422+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf(cel)/str
duration: 22'
Novello score cat no 890056
Commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival
First performance August 1970
Sheila Armstrong, soprano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux
Hereford Cathedral
see also under THEATRICAL
Piano Concerto No 2 'Sinfonia Concertante' (1970)
solo piano + 1222/2000/str
NB: orchestration includes concertino of 9 instruments
duration: 22'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation
First performance 23 November 1971
John McCabe, piano
Northern Sinfonia/Rudolph Schwarz
Middlesborough Town Hall
Oboe d'Amore Concerto (1972)
solo oboe d'amore + 1(1 pic)222/2110/str
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Portsmouth Festival
First performance 26 April 1972
Jennifer Paull, oboe d'amore
Havant Chamber Orchestra/Peter Craddock
Piano Concerto No 3 'Dialogues' (1976 rev. 1977)
solo piano + 3(1 pic).33(1bcl).3(1cbn)./432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/cel/hp/str
duration: 37'
Novello score cat no 890100
Commissioned by Ilan Rogoff
First performance 5 August 1977
Ilan Rogoff, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Clarinet Concerto (1977)
solo B flat clarinet + 2111/2000/timp/hp/str
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with funds from the Scottish Arts Council
First performance 26 June 1978
Janet Hilton, clarinet
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Roderick Brydon
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
Violin Concerto No 2 (1980)
solo violin + 33(1 ob.d'am.).33/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/cel/hp/str
duration: 38'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Erich Gruenberg with funds from the Arts Council
First performance 21 March 1980
Erich Gruenberg, violin
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Seaman
Birmingham Town Hall
Rainforest II (1987)
solo trumpet and strings
duration: 20'
First performance 1987
see under STRING CHAMBER MUSIC
Double Concerto (1987/8)
solo oboe, solo clarinet + 2222/2200/timp/str
duration: 20'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by English Heritage
First performance 25 June 1988
Nicholas Daniel, oboe and Joy Farrall, clarinet
London Mozart Players/Nicholas Cleobury
Kenwood Lakeside, Hampstead, London
Flute Concerto (1990)
solo flute + 3333/432+btbn.1/timp.4perc/hp/str
duration: 23'
Novello score cat no 890185
Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra with funds provided by Shell UK
First performance 20 September 1990
James Galway, flute
London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
Barbican Hall, London
Oboe Concerto (1994)
solo oboe + timp/hp/str
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Isle of Wight International Oboe Competition 1995 with financial assistance from Southern Arts
First performance 7 May 1995
Competition finalists
Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra/Peter Lipari
Shanklin Theatre, Isle of Wight
Les Martinets noirs (2003)
two solo violins + string orchestra
duration: 19'
Published: Novello
First performance October 2003
Candida Thompson, Jacobien Rozemond / Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Holland
ORCHESTRAL
Variations on a Theme of Hartmann (1964)
3(1 pic).333/432+btbn.1/3perc/pf(cel)/hp/str
duration: 20'
Novello score cat no 090103
First performance 24 November 1965
Hallé Orchestra/Maurice Handford
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Symphony no.1 'Elegy' (1965)
3(1 pic).333/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/cel/hp/str
duration: 20'
Novello score cat no 890043
Commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society
First performance July 1966
Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli
Cheltenham Festival
Burlesque (1966)
2222/2230/timp.2perc/str
duration: 7'
Originally published by British and Continental Music Agencies Ltd., 1968
Score and Orchestral Material available from Composer
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (1962 rev. 1968)
1222/2000/perc(opt)/str
duration: 13'
Published: Novello
First performance 1962
Manchester
First performance of revised version 1968
New Cantata Orchestra/James Stobart
London
Concertante Music (1968)
3(1 pic).332/432+btbn.0/6perc/pf/str
duration: 24'
Novello score cat no 090189
Commissioned for the 1968 Bath Festival
First performance 24 June 1968
Newton Park College Orchestra/George Odam
Bath Abbey
Concertante Variations on a Theme of Nicholas Maw (1970)
str[4.4.2.2.1]
duration: 18'
Novello score cat no 890067
First performance 3 March 1971
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Zdenek Macal
Colston Hall, Bristol
see also version for 11 solo strings under STRING CHAMBER MUSIC
Basse Danse (1970)
version for orchestra 1973
3(1pic).33(1bcl).3(1cbn)/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pno(cel)/hp/str
duration: 12'
Published: Novello
First performance 5 May 1975
Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
Guildford
see also under PIANO
Symphony no. 2 (1971)
3(1pic).3(1ob.d'am.).3(2bcl.Eb).3(1cbn)./432+btbn.1/timp.perc/pno(cel)/hp/str
duration: 22'
Novello score cat no 090519
Commissioned by the John Feeney Trust
First performance 26 September 1971
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux
Birmingham Festival
see also under THEATRICAL: Shadow Reach
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Suite (1971)
1121/1210/timp.2perc/pno/str
duration: 15'
Novello score cat no 090523
set of parts 090523-01 to 07
Commissioned by Stonyhurst College
First performance 1971
Written for performance by youth, amateur or community orchestras
see also under THEATRICAL
Fear in the Night (1972)
Extract from film music
small orchestra
duration: 3'
Published by EMI Film Music Ltd./KPM
Sam (1973)
TV theme music. Version for orchestra 1975
2(1pic).020/0100/perc/str
duration: 5'
Published: Novello
First performance October 1975
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jack Parnell
Royal Albert Hall, London
Arranged by the composer from music for the Granada TV series
see also under BRASS ENSEMBLE and TELEVISION
The Chagall Windows (1974)
3(1pic).3(1ca).3(1bcl).3(1cbn)/442+btbn.1/4perc/pno(cel)/hp/str
duration: 30'
Novello score cat no 890071
Commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society
First performance 9 January 1975
Hallé Orchestra/James Loughran
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
see also under THEATRICAL: Die Fenster
Sonata on a Motet (1976)
str (min 4.3.2.2.1)
duration: 19'
Novello score cat no 890088
Commissioned (with assistance from the Gulbenkian Foundation) by the Manchester Camerata
First performance 20 March 1976
Manchester Camerata/Frank Cliffe
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Derived from Tallis's 40-part motet 'Spem in Alium'.
Mary, Queen of Scots: Ballet Suite No 1 (1976)
1111/2210/timp(opt).2perc/cel/hp/str (or alternative 2222/423(or2)1/timp(opt).2perc/cel/hp/str)
duration: 19'
Published: Novello
First performance 16 March 1987
Purcell School Orchestra/Colin Durrant
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
see also under THEATRICAL
Mary, Queen of Scots: Ballet Suite No 2 (1976)
1111/2210/timp(opt).2perc/cel/hp/str (or alternative 2222/423(or2)1/timp(opt).2perc/cel/hp/str)
duration: 22'
Published: Novello
First performance 23 October 1988
Harlow Youth Orchestra/George Caird
Mark Hall School, Harlow, Essex
see also under THEATRICAL
Mary, Queen of Scots: Two Dances (1977)
hp/str
duration: 6'
see also under THEATRICAL
Jubilee Suite (1977)
3(1pic).333/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/cel(opt)/str
duration: 12'
Published: Novello
First performance 14 June 1986
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
Kenwood Concert Bowl, Hampstead, London
First performance of first movement 17 April 1977
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn
Royal Festival Hall, London
First performance of the complete suite 14 June 1986
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
Kenwood Concert Bowl, Hampstead, London
Symphony No 3 'Hommages' (1978)
3(1pic).333(1cbn)/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pf(cel)/hp/str
duration: 24'
Novello score cat no 890126
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
First performance 11 July 1978
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
Royal Festival Hall, London
The Shadow of Light (1979)
3(1pic).332/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str
duration: 23'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
First performance 6 December 1979
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir John Pritchard
Royal Festival Hall, London
Concerto for Orchestra (1982)
3(1pic).333/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/pno(cel)/hp/str
duration: 24'
Novello score cat no 890144
Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra for its 50th anniversary season, with funds from the Arts Council
First performance 10 February 1983
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
Royal Festival Hall, London
Tuning (1985)
3+pic.3+ca.3+bcl.3+cbn./653+btbn.1+tentba./timp.4perc./hp/str
duration: 18'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust for performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
First performance 27 July 1985
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland/Nicholas Braithwaite
Casinotheater, s'Hertogenbosch, Holland
British première on 6 August 1985 at the Albert Hall, Stirling, by the same orchestra
Fire at Durilgai (1988)
3333/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str
duration: 20'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the BBC
First performance 13 January 1989
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Downes
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Red Leaves (1991)
0200/2000/str
duration: 12'
Novello score cat no 890175
Commissioned by the European Community Chamber Orchestra with funds from the Arts Council and the 1991 Istanbul Festival
First performance 11 July 1991
European Community Chamber Orchestra/Eivind Aadland
Istanbul
Wind, Sand and Stars (1992)
solo S (=treble) + SA chorus + 2222/4321/timp.3perc/pno/str
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS)
First performance 18 July 1992
IAPS Orchestra/John Lubbock
Barbican Hall, London
Fizzgig (1994)
2(1pic).32(bcl).2(cbn)./432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/pf/str
duration: 1' 15"
Published: Novello
First performance 1 October 1994
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Symphony No 4 'Of Time and the River' (1993-4)
3(1pic).3(1ca).3(1bcl).+asax.2(1cbn)/432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/pf(cel)/str
duration: 30'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the BBC as part of an exchange scheme with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
First performance 16 March 1995
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Vernon Handley
Melbourne Concert Hall, Australia
first British performance 17 May 1995
BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Atherton
Royal Festival Hall, London
Six-Minute Symphony (1997)
duration: 6'
Published: Novello
First performance 18 April 1997
Guildhall String Ensemble
Wigmore Hall, London
Written for the Guildhall String Ensemble in celebration of their 15th anniversary
Pilgrim for double string orchestra (1998)
double str orch
duration: 18'
Commissioned by the Brunel Ensemble
First performance 6 February 1999
Brunel Ensemble / Christopher Austin
St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
see also under STRING CHAMBER MUSIC
Symphony 'Edward II' (1998)
3(1 pic).3(1 ca).2+bcl.2+cbn/432+btbn.1/timp.perc./cel/pno/hp/elgtr/str
duration: 35'
Published: Novello
First performance 2001
Taken from the full-length ballet 'Edward II' (see THEATRICAL)
Arthur Pendragon: Ballet Suite No 1 (2000)
2(1pic).2.2.+asax.2/433+btbn.1/timp.2perc./hp/pf/str
duration: 25'
Published: Novello
First performance 28 October 2000
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Austin
Italian Cultural Institute, Budapest
Taken from the full-length ballet 'Arthur, Part I : Arthur Pendragon' (see THEATRICAL)
The Golden Valley (2000)
2+pic.2.2+bcl.2/432+btrb.1/timp.2perc./hp(or pf)/str
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Merseyside Youth Orchestra for their 50th Anniversary
First performance 17 February 2001
Merseyside Youth Orchestra / Clark Rundell
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Shepherd's Dream (Prelude to Part 2 of Handel's 'Messiah') (2002)
2ob.bsn./2tpts./str.
duration: 2' 15"
Published: Novello
First performance August 2002
Presteigne Festival
Variations on Down Ampney: Theme and Variation 1 (2004)
2-2-2-2; 4-3-3-1; timpani; 2 percussion; harp; strings
duration: 5'
Maecenas Contemporary Music/Novello
First performance August 2004
Philharmonia Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
Gloucester Cathedral: Three Choirs Festival
[collaborative work with Saxton, J F Brown, D Matthews, Bingham. Duration of complete work: 19']
WIND & BRASS ENSEMBLE
Symphony for Ten Wind Instruments (1964)
2222/2000
duration: 18'
Novello score cat no 120628
Set of parts 120628-01
Commissioned by the Portia Ensemble
First performance December 1964
Portia Ensemble/John McCabe
Wigmore Hall, London
Rounds for Brass Quintet (1968)
duration: 13'
First performance 1968
see under WIND AND BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet (1969)
duration: 20'
Novello score and parts: 120421
First performance 1970
see under WIND AND BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Canzona for Wind and Percussion (1970)
1121/1210/timp.2perc/pf
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 120434
set of parts 120434-01
Commissioned by the Farnham Festival
First performance May 1971
Frensham Heights School Orchestra/Bryan Northcott
Sam (1973)
TV theme music. Version for brass band 1975
duration: 4'
Novello score cat no 989173
set of parts 989173-01
Arranged by John Golland from theme music for a Granada TV series first shown in 1973
see also ORCHESTRAL version and TELEVISION
Images (1978)
brass band
duration: 14'
Novello score cat no 090562
set of parts 090562-01
First performance 30 March 1978
Besses o'th'Barn/Ifor James
Goldsmiths Hall, London
Images (1978)
Version for wind band
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
First performance 14 May 1978
University of Redlands, California
first UK performance 11 February 1981
Huddersfield Polytechnic Wind Band/David James
Huddersfield Polytechnic
Desert I : Lizard (1981)
fl.ob.cl.bn.perc.
duration: 10'
First performance 1983
see under WIND AND BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Desert II : Horizon (1981)
10 brass instruments: pictpt.2tpt(C).flg.hn.4tbn.tba
duration: 13'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Harrogate International Festival with funds from Yorkshire Arts
First performance 4 August 1981
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Ripon Cathedral
brass band version (1987) also available
first performance of this version 8 October 1988
Royal Albert Hall, London
Rainforest I (1984)
10 players: fl.cl.glock/pf.3vn.va.2vc. (as string quartet and piano trio)
duration: 22'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York
First performance 30 November 1984
Alice Tully Hall, New York
Cloudcatcher Fells (1985)
brass band
duration: 17'
Novello score cat no 120608
short score 120608-02, set of parts 120608-01
Commissioned by Boosey and Hawkes Band Festivals,
with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain
as the test piece for the 1985 finals of the National Brass Band Championships
First performance 6 October 1985
Royal Albert Hall, London
Cloudcatcher Fells (1985)
Version for Wind Band, arr. Ruth E. deSarno
wind band
duration: 17'
Novello score and parts: 090647
First performance 1985
Centennial Fanfare (1987)
brass ensemble
duration: 1'
Published: Novello
First performance 9 March 1987
Musicians from the London College of Music/James Stobart
Barbican Hall, London
Written for the Centenary Concert of the London College of Music
Harbour With Ships 'Five Impressions' (1991)
brass quintet
duration: 19'
First performance 1992
see under WIND AND BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Postcards (1991)
wind quintet
duration: 15'
First performance 1991
see under WIND AND BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Rainforest III : Dandenongs (1991)
2ob.cl(A).cl(Bb).cl(Eb).2bthn.4hn.2bn.cbn(=db)
duration: 16'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Norfolk and Norwich Festival with financial assistance from Eastern Arts
First performance 11 October 1991
London Winds, directed by Michael Collins
St Andrew's Hall, Norwich
Canyons (1991)
wind band
duration: 16'
Novello score and parts: 090607
Commissioned by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with funds from Greater London Arts
First performance 9 July 1991
Guildhall Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Peter Gane
Barbican, London
Northern Lights (1992)
brass band
duration: 13'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Britannia Building Society Band and the Royal Northern College of Music
First performance 25 January 1993
Royal Northern College of Music/Howard Snell
Manchester
Salamander (1994)
brass band
duration: 12'
Novello score and parts: 120768
Commissioned by Michael Webber for English Heritage to celebrate the 10th birthday of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission
First performance 25 June 1994
Grimethorpe Colliery and Travel Yorkshire Imperial Bands/Geoffrey Brand
Kenwood Lakeside, London
The Maunsell Forts (2001/02)
brass band
duration: 15'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the BBC as a test piece for the 2002 Open Brass Band Championships
First performance September 2002
WIND & BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (1964)
duration: 10'
i) Nocturne
ii) Improvisation
iii) Fantasy
Novello score and parts: 120135
First performance 1964
Keith Puddy, clarinet and Vivian Troon, piano
Cheltenham Festival
Bagatelles for Two Clarinets (1965)
duration: 8'
Novello score cat no 120136
Movements for Clarinet, Violin and Cello (1964 rev. 1966)
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no 120304
set of parts: 120304-01
First performance 1964
Gabrieli Ensemble
London
Fantasy for Brass Quartet (1966)
duration: 10'
Published: Novello
First performance 1966
Hallé Brass Consort
Salford University
Dance-Movements for Horn, Violin and Piano (1967)
duration: 20'
Novello score and parts: 120364
First performance 1967
Ifor James Horn Trio
London
Oboe Quartet (1968)
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no 090100
set of parts: 090100-01
Commissioned by University College, Cardiff
First performance 11 February 1969
Philip Jones, oboe with the University Ensemble
Rounds for Brass Quintet (1968)
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no 090102
set of parts: 090102-01
Commissioned by the Hallé Brass Consort
First performance 26 February 1968
Hallé Brass Consort
Salford University
Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet (1969)
1111/1000/pf
duration: 20'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Concerts Society
First performance February 1970
John McCabe, piano with the Venturi Ensemble
Sonata for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1969)
duration: 13'
Novello score and parts: 120363
Commissioned for the Macclesfield Festival
First performance 22 May 1969
DePeyer-Pleeth-Wallfisch Trio
Dance-Prelude for Oboe d'amore (or Clarinet) and Piano (1971)
oboe d'amore or clarinet in A or Bb with piano
duration: 4'
Novello score and part: 120405
First performance 17 April 1971
Jennifer Paull, oboe d'amore and John McCabe, piano
The Goddess Trilogy (1973-75)
horn and piano
duration: 28'
i) The Castle of Arianrhod (1973)
Novello score and part cat no 120476
first performance 1973
Ifor James, horn and John McCabe, piano
Pennsylvania State University
UK première 4 March 1975 at the Bishopsgate Institute
ii) Floraison
Novello score and part cat no 120477
first performance 25 August 1975
Ifor James, horn and John McCabe, piano
Three Choirs Festival, Worcester
iii) Shape-Shifter (1975)
Novello score and part cat no 120478
as ii)
May also be performed separately
Portraits for Flute and Piano (1980)
duration: 10'
i) Gymnopédie
ii) 3s and 2s
iii) Guitar Song
iv) Blues
v) Vocalise
vi) March of the Fool
vii) Scherzo
Novello score and part cat no 120529
Seven pieces (Grade V - VII Associated Board) in the series edited by Richard Rodney Bennett
Dances for Trumpet and Piano (1980)
duration: 10'
i) Polish Dance
ii) Ballad
iii) PB blues
iv) Halling
v) Highland habanera
vi) Siciliano
vii) Jigaudon
Novello score and part cat no 120530
Seven pieces (Grades V-VII Associated Board) in the series edited by Richard Rodney Bennett
Desert I : Lizard (1981)
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and percussion (1 player)
duration: 10'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the University of Redlands, California
First UK performance 14 March 1983
Endymion Ensemble
The Place, London
Desert IV : Vista (1983)
solo recorder
duration: 7'
Published: Novello
First performance 6 May 1983
John B Turner
All Saints Church, Altrincham
Rainforest II (1987)
trumpet and 11 strings [3.3.2.2.1]
duration: 20'
First performance 1987
see under STRING CHAMBER MUSIC
January Sonatina (1990)
solo clarinet
duration: 4'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Phillip Rehfeldt
First performance 13 February 1991
Redlands, California
Harbour With Ships 'Five Impressions' (1991)
brass quintet
duration: 19'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the City of Salford for the Phoenix Brass Quintet
First performance 16 February 1992
Phoenix Brass Quintet
Peel Hall, Salford University
Postcards (1991)
wind quintet
duration: 15'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Vega Wind Quintet with financial assistance from Yorkshire Arts
First performance 23 November 1991
Vega Wind Quintet
St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
...not quite a tAnGo (1994)
treble recorder and piano
duration: 1'
Published: Novello
First performance 24 November 1994
John Turner, recorder and Peter Lawson, piano
Huddersfield Festival
Fauvel's Rondeaux (1996)
clarinet (or clarinet doubling bass clarinet), violin and piano
duration: 18'
Novello score and parts: 120865
Commissioned by The Verdehr Trio and Michigan State University
First performance 8 July 1997
Verdehr Trio
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Domestic Life (2000)
Written for Margaret Turner on her 60th birthday
treble recorder and piano
duration: 6'
Published: Novello
First performance 13 July 2001
John Turner, recorder, pianist tba
Pump Room, Leamington Spa (Warwick Festival)
STRING CHAMBER MUSIC
Partita for String Quartet (1960)
duration: 21'
Novello study score cat no 120163, set of parts 120163-01
First performance 1960
Royal Manchester College of Music String Quartet
Manchester
Musica Notturna for Violin, Viola and Piano (1964)
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no: 19872, string parts 19872a
First performance 1964
Martin Milner, violin, Ludmila Navratil, viola and John McCabe, piano
Manchester
A version for violin, cello and piano was made for the Australian Piano Trio in 1980.
The cello part is available on hire from Novello
String Trio (1965)
duration: 21'
Novello study score cat no 120317, set of parts 120317-01
First performance 1966
Mannheim
Written for Alan Rawsthorne's 60th birthday
Nocturnal for Piano Quintet (1966)
duration: 13'
Novello score and parts: 120217
Commissioned by the Park Lane Group
First performance 1970
Lancaster Ensemble
Lancaster University
Partita for Solo Cello (1966)
duration: 12'
Novello score cat no 120088
First performance 1966
Christopher Gough
London
Dance-Movements for Horn, Violin and Piano (1967)
duration: 20'
see under WIND AND BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC
Canto for guitar (1968)
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 120334 (U)
Commissioned by the 1968 Cardiff Festival
First performance 1968
William Gomez
Cardiff Castle
String Quartet No 2 (1972)
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no 120432
set of parts 120432-01
Commissioned for the Macclesfield Festival
First performance 17 July 1972
Delme Quartet
Maze Dances for Solo Violin (1973)
duration: 14'
Novello score cat no 120462
First performance 15 May 1974
Michael Davis
Wigmore Hall, London
Mary, Queen of Scots: Two Dances (1977)
hp/str
duration: 6'
see complete ballet under THEATRICAL
Star-Preludes (1978)
violin and piano
duration: 15'
Novello score and part cat no 120535
First performance 28 April 1978
Erich Gruenberg, violin and John McCabe, piano
University of California, Los Angeles
First UK performance 17 January 1979
Wigmore Hall, London
String Quartet No 3 (1979)
duration: 28'
Novello score cat no 120559
set of parts 120559-01
Commissioned by the Fishguard Festival with funds from the Welsh Arts Council
First performance 23 July 1979
Gabrieli String Quartet
St. Peter's Church, Goodwick
Desert III : Landscape (1982)
violin, cello and piano
duration: 22'
Novello score and parts: 120599
First performance 17 June 1982
New England Ensemble
University of Armidale, New South Wales
String Quartet No 4 (1982)
duration: 20'
Novello score cat no: 890194, set of parts 120834
Commissioned by the Delme String Quartet with funds from the Arts Council
First performance 20 October 1982
Delme String Quartet
Wigmore Hall, London
Concertante Variations on a Theme of Nicholas Maw version for 11 solo strings (1987)
11 solo strings [3.3.2.2.1]
duration: 18'
Published: Novello
First performance 7 February 1989
Guildhall String Ensemble
Guildhall, Southampton
see also original version for string orchestra under ORCHESTRAL
Rainforest II (1987)
solo trumpet and 11 strings (3.3.2.2.1)
duration: 20'
Published: Novello
Commissioned for the 1987 Harrogate International Festival with funds from the Yorkshire Arts Association
First performance 3 August 1987
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet with the Guildhall String Ensemble
Ripon Cathedral
Caravan (1988)
string quartet
duration: 8'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the University of Essex for the Gabrieli String Quartet
First performance 23 February 1988
Gabrieli String Quartet
University of Essex, Colchester
Sam Variations (1989)
violin, viola, cello, doublebass and piano
duration: 13'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble of London with financial assistance from the Holst Foundation
First performance 15 June 1989
Schubert Ensemble
String Quartet No 5 (1989)
duration: 19'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Fishguard Festival with funds from the Welsh Arts Council
First performance 23 July 1989
Gabrieli Quartet
Fishguard Festival
February Sonatina (1990)
solo viola
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 360014
Commissioned by the Mananan Festival Trust with the aid of funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain as the test piece for the 1991 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
First performance 1991
Pilgrim for String Sextet (1996)
2 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli
duration: 18'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Luton Music Club with funds provided by the Eastern Arts Board and the Bedfordshire County Council
First performance 10 February 1997
Raphael Ensemble
St George's Theatre, Luton
Six-Minute Symphony (1997)
duration: 6'
see under ORCHESTRAL
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1999)
cello and piano
duration: 15'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival
First performance 30 August 1999
Alice Neary, cello and Gretel Dowdeswell, piano
St. Andrew's Church, Presteigne
The Woman by the Sea (2001)
piano quintet (piano + string quartet)
duration: 16'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Peter Mallett
First performance 12 September 2001
Yoshiko Endo, piano / Rubio String Quartet
Wigmore Hall, London
Dedicated to the cause of cancer research and in memory of Alison and Geoffrey Mallett
Spielend (2003)
two violins
duration: 20'
Published: Novello
First performance May 2004
Philippa Mo, Peter Sheppard Skaerved
Leighton House, London
ORGAN
Fantasia (1959)
duration: 11'
Manuscript only
Commissioned by Brian Fawcett
First performance 1959 or 1960
Brian Fawcett
Leeds
Sinfonia for Organ (1961)
duration: 17'
Novello score cat no 620024
First performance 1961
Gordon Thorne
Leeds
Dies Resurrectionis (1963)
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 010213
Commissioned for the new Manchester University organ
First performance 1 March 1963
Gordon Thorne
Manchester
Prelude for Organ (1964)
duration: 4'
Published: Novello
Originally published in 'Music Before Service' series (Novello)
Johannis-Partita (1964)
duration: 12'
Novello score cat no 620029 (U)
Commissioned for the Pershore Organ Festival
First performance 1965
Rodney Baldwyn
Pershore
Nocturne (1964)
duration: 5'
Published: Oxford University Press
Commissioned by Oxford University Press for 'Modern Organ Music, Book I' (OUP, 1965)
First performance 1965
Le Poisson Magique Meditation after Paul Klee (1964)
duration: 6'
Available from Composer
First performance 15 February 1965
Brian Runnett
Bradford
Written for Brian Runnett
Elegy for Organ (1965)
duration: 5'
Novello score cat no 620029 (U)
Commissioned by Bryan Hesford
First performance 1965
Pastorale Sostenuto (1965)
duration: 3'
Published: Oxford University Press
Commissioned by Oxford University Press for 'Easy Modern Organ Music' (OUP, 1967)
PIANO
Three Impromptus for Piano (1959)
solo piano
duration: 3'
Available from the composer (formerly published by Oxford University Press)
First performance 1960
John McCabe
Royal Manchester College of Music
Variations for Piano (1963)
solo piano
duration: 10'
Novello score cat no 100094
First performance 1963
John McCabe
Newcastle
Five Bagatelles for Piano (1964)
solo piano
duration: 5'
Novello score cat no 262698
First performance 1966
John McCabe
London
Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt (1967)
solo piano
duration: 10'
Novello score cat no 100176
First performance 1967
John McCabe
Cheltenham Festival
Intermezzi for Piano (1968)
solo piano
duration: 8'
Novello score cat no 120362
Commissioned by the Shrewsbury Schools Music Festival
First performance 1968
David Wilde
The Greensleeves Ground (1969)
harpsichord
duration: 7'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Igor Kipnis
Capriccio (Study No 1) (1969)
solo piano
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 100187
First performance 6 June 1969
John McCabe
Dublin Festival
Sostenuto (Study No 2) (1969)
solo piano
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 120365
First performance 19 February 1969
John McCabe
Bath Festival
Gaudí (Study No 3) (1970)
solo piano
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no 100199
Commissioned by the Cardiff Festival
First performance 1970
Valerie Tryon
Aubade (Study No 4) (1970)
solo piano
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 100192
First performance 1970
John McCabe
Harrogate Festival
Basse Danse (1970)
two pianos
duration: 12'
Novello score cat no 100206
Commissioned by the University College Cardiff
First performance January 1971
John McCabe and Ian Bruce
see also ORCHESTRAL version
Couples: theme music (1975)
solo piano
duration: 2'
Novello score cat no 100224
see under TELEVISION
Paraphrase on 'Mary, Queen of Scots' (Study No 5) (1979)
solo piano
duration: 9'
Novello score cat no 100255
Commissioned by the Kelso Music Society with funds from the Scottish Arts Council
First performance 11 January 1980
John McCabe
Kelso
Mosaic (Study No 6) (1980)
solo piano
duration: 14'
Novello score cat no 100268
Commissioned by the Welsh Arts Council
First performance 25 September 1980
John McCabe
St. Asaph's Cathedral, Wales
first London performance 25 October 1980
St. John's Smith Square
Afternoons and Afterwards (1981)
solo piano
duration: 10'
i) Swans at Stratford
ii) On the beach
iii) Champagne Waltz
iv) Sports car
v) A game of darts
vi) Forlane
vii) The Artful Dodger
Novello score cat no 100246
Seven pieces (Grades V and VI Associated Board) in the series edited by Richard Rodney Bennett
Lamentation Rag (1982)
solo piano
duration: 2'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the BBC for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Haydn
First performance 3 March 1982
John McCabe
Haydn Variations (1983)
solo piano
duration: 26'
Novello score cat no 100296
Commissioned by the City Music Society, London
First performance 25 October 1983
Philip Fowke
Goldsmith's Hall, London
I Have A Bonnet Trimmed With Blue (1992)
piano duet
duration: 2'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Luton Music Club
First performance 1992
Tenebrae (1992/3)
solo piano
duration: 20'
Novello score cat no 100350
First performance 11 August 1994
Barry Douglas
Harrogate Festival
Funding provided by Chandos Memorial Trust
Two Scenes from 'Edward II' (1995)
2 pianos
duration: 11'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Port Fairy Festival, Australia
First performance October 1995
John McCabe and Len Vorster, pianos
Port Fairy Festival
Evening Harmonies (Hommage à Dukas) (Study No 7) (2000)
solo piano
duration: 8'
Novello [after September 2002 for general use]
Commissioned by the Scottish International Piano Competition as the test piece for their 2002 Competition
First performance September 2002
Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow
Scrunch (Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti) (Study No 8) (2001)
solo piano
duration: 6'
Published: Novello
First performance June 2002
Tamami Honma
Snowfall in Winter (Hommage à Debussy) (Study No 9) (2003)
duration: 5'
Published: Novello
First performance November 2003
Tamami Honma
St John's, Smith Square, London
Tunstall Chimes (Hommage à Ravel) (Study No 10) (2004)
duration: 6'
Published: Novello
First performance October 2004
Tau Wey / Benjamin Powell / Dominic John / Daniel Browell
Trinity College of Music, London: British Music Society Piano Awards Competition
VOCAL SOLO
Fünf Gedichte (1963)
Text: Gryphius, Mörike, and Eichendorff
mezzo-soprano and piano
duration: 12'
Material available from Composer
First performance 10 February 1964
Meriel Dickinson, mezzo-soprano, and Susan Bradshaw, piano
(Originally a set of six - a second Eichendorff setting was afterwards deleted)
Three Folk Songs (1963)
high voice, clarinet (optional) and piano
duration: 8'
i) Johnny has gone for a soldier
ii) Hush-a-ba birdie, croon, croon
iii) John Peel
Novello score and parts: 360005
First performance 1963
Catriona Gordon, voice; Keith Puddy, clarinet; John McCabe, piano
Scotland
see also Five Folk Songs 1976
Rain Songs (1966)
Text: Mo-ch'i Yung, Lu Yu and The Book of Songs, translated by Robert Kotewall and Norman Smith
soprano, countertenor (or alto), cello and harpsichord
duration: 5'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Lydian Consort
Notturni ed Alba (1970)
song cycle for soprano and orchestra
duration: 22'
First performance 1970
see under SOLO WITH ORCHESTRA
Requiem Sequence (1971)
soprano and piano
duration: 13'
Novello score cat no 170345
First performance 7 February 1979
Jane Manning, soprano and Richard Rodney Bennett, piano
Wigmore Hall, London
Das Letzte Gerichte (1973)
Text: Andreas Gryphius
voice, guitar and percussion
duration: 15'
Published: Novello
First performance 1978
Claudia Brodzinska-Behrend, Siegfried Behrend and Siegfried Fink
Nurnberg, Germany
Time Remembered (1973)
Text: Sir Walter Raleigh, Lionel Johnson, Venantius Fortunatus (translated by Waddell), Lord Herbert of Cherbury and Thomas More
S + fl.cl.hn.tpt.pf.vn.vc
duration: 25'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Malvern Concert Club
First performance 4 October 1973
Felicity Palmer, soprano with the Nash Ensemble, conducted by John McCabe
Malvern
Five Folk Songs (1976)
high voice, horn and piano
duration: 13'
I) The Water of Tyne
ii) Weaving song
iii) Johnny has gone for a soldier
iv) Hush-a-ba birdie, croon, croon
v) John Peel
Published: Novello
First performance 7 July 1979
ISM Centre, Derby
see also Three Folk Songs (1963)
Les Soirs Bleus (1979)
Text: Arthur Rimbaud
soprano, recorders (1 player), cello and harpsichord
duration: 3'
Published: Novello
First performance 15 September 1980
Legrand Ensemble
Petworth House, Sussex
Weaving Song (1986)
Arrangement of Scottish folk song
high voice and piano duet
duration: 2'
Published: Novello
Two Latin Elegies (1991)
countertenor, treble/tenor recorder, cello and harpsichord
duration: 7'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Evans Arts Trust
First performance 2 June 1991
James Bowman and ensemble
Wilmslow Leisure Centre, Cheshire
Irish Songbook Part I (1993-4)
mezzo-soprano and piano
duration: 25'
1 The Nameless Doon (William Larminie)
2 In Ruin Reconciled (Aubrey de Vere)
3 Lullaby (W.B. Yeats)
4 The Mother (Padraic Pearse)
5 A White Rose (John Boyle O'Reilly)
6 A Question (John M. Synge)
Commissioned by Claire-Louise Lucas and Jonathan Darnborough with the aid of funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain
First performance 5 May 1994
Claire-Louise Lucas, mezzo and Jonathan Darnborough, piano
Cambridge
2 Gladestry Quatrains (2003)
Text: Jo Shapcott
Soprano and piano
duration: 3'
Published: Novello
First performance August 2003
Gillian Keith, Simon Lepper
Presteigne Festival
CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA
Coventry Carol (1960)
Text: anonymous 15th century
carol for S solo, SATB and organ (optional)
duration: 4'
Published by Oxford University Press (hire only)
see also CHORUS ACCOMPANIED
Great Lord of Lords (1966)
duration: 6'
see CHORUS ACCOMPANIED
Voyage (1972)
cantata
Text: Monica Smith
soli S.Ms.Ct.Bar.B. /chorus + 3(1pic).3(1ca).33/442+btbn.1/timp.3perc/cel/org/hp.str
duration: 42'
Published: Novello
Commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester
First performance 30 August 1972
Jane Manning, soprano; Meriel Dickinson, mezzo; Charles Brett, countertenor; Brian Rayner Cook, baritone; Brian Kay, bass; the Festival Choirs and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Robinson
Worcester Cathedral
Stabat Mater (1976)
solo S/mixed chorus + 2222/2200/timp.perc/str
duration: 15'
Novello vocal score cat no 072317 (U)
Commissioned by the Northampton Philharmonic Choir
First performance 28 October 1976
Felicity Lott, soprano with the Midland Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Graham Mayo
St. Matthew's Church, Northampton
Reflections of a Summer Night (1977)
Text: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Hilda Doolittle, H W Longfellow, Walter de la Mare and John Keats
mixed chorus + 11(1pic).01/1000/2perc/hpd/str
duration: 15'
Novello vocal score cat no 070454
Commissioned by Fishguard Festival with funds from the Welsh Arts Council
First performance 26 July 1978
John Davies Singers and Orchestra, conducted by John Davies
Music's Empire (1981)
Text: Andrew Marvell
Soli 4S.4A.4T.4B (=Soli SATB/mixed chorus)(=mixed chorus) + 2222/3221/timp.2perc/hp/str
duration: 12'
Novello vocal score cat no 070451
Commissioned for the centenary in 1982 of the Incorporated Society of Musicians
First performance 6 October 1982
16 'ISM Young Artists' with the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by James Loughran
Royal Festival Hall
Wind, Sand and Stars (1992)
Soli S(=treble)/S A chorus + 2222/4321/timp.3perc/pf//str
duration: 14'
First performance 1992
see under ORCHESTRAL
Songs of the Garden (2003)
Text: Clare, Herrick, Anon. (c. 1500), Skelton, Hardy, Whitman, Blake
SATB soloists, SATB choir, brass quintet (2-1-1-1), organ
duration: 28'
Published: Novello
First performance March 2004
Soloists / Selwyn College Choir, Cambridge / Onyx Brass / Sarah MacDonald
London: St Bride's, Fleet Street
CHORUS ACCOMPANIED
Coventry Carol (1960)
Text: anonymous 15th century
carol for S solo, SATB and organ (optional)
duration: 4'
Published by Oxford University Press, 1965
Reprinted by permission in 'English Sacred Music of the Twentieth Century 1'
(Novello cat no 078529)
First performance 18 December 1961
Liverpool Institute High School
see also CHORUS WITH ORCHESTRA
Canticles for Salisbury (1966)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
SATB choir and organ
duration: 10'
Novello score cat no 290385
Commissioned for the Southern Cathedrals Festival 1967
First performance 1967
Great Lord of Lords (1966)
Text: Anon
anthem for SATB chorus and organ (=SATB chorus + hn.2tpt.tbn.tba./timp/organ)
duration: 6'
Novello score cat no 290386
Reprinted in 'English Sacred Music of the Twentieth Century 1'
(Novello cat no 078529)
Commissioned by the Holy Trinity Church, Southport
First performance 1967
The Morning Watch (1968)
Text: Henry Vaughan
SATB choir and organ
duration: 5'
Published: Novello
Aspects of Whiteness (1967 rev. 1969)
Text: Herman Melville
SATB choir and piano
duration: 20'
Published: Novello
First performance 21 June 1967
London
Behold a Silly Tender Babe (1975)
Text: Robert Southwell
SATB choir and organ
duration: 7'
Novello score cat no 290361
Commissioned by Trinity Parish Church, Southport, Connecticut, for its 250th anniversary
First performance 1975
A Lute-book Lullaby (1977)
carol
Text: W Ballett
SSA choir and flute
duration: 4'
Novello score cat no 290457 (U)
First performance 1977
Written for Wendy Edwardes and the choir of Alice Ottley School, Worcester
The Evening Watch (2003)
Text: Henry Vaughan
SATB and organ
duration: 7'
Published: Novello
First performance November 2003
Choirs of St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral / John Scott
London, St Paul's Cathedral: St Cecilia's Day Service
CHORUS UNACCOMPANIED
Mary laid her Child (1964)
carol for SATB choir
Text: Norman Nicholson
duration: 4'
Novello score cat no 401470 (U)
Reprinted in 'The New Novello Anthem Book'
Novello cat no 032106
A Hymne to God the Father (1966)
Text: John Donne
anthem for SATB choir
duration: 5'
Novello score cat no 290387 (U)
Commissioned by St Matthew's Church, Northampton
First performance 1967
To Us in Bethlem City (1969)
Text: Cölner Psalter of 1638 (translated by Percy Dearmer)
carol for SATB choir
duration: 4'
Novello score cat no 290388 (U)
Norwich Canticles (1970)
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
SATB choir
duration: 10'
Novello score cat no 860031 (U)
Commissioned for the Norwich Triennial Festival in 1970
First performance 1970
Upon the High Midnight (1973)
three nativity carols
Text: Anon
SATB soli and chorus
duration: 8'
i) A little child there is y-born
SATB soli and SATB chorus
ii) Dormi Jesu
soprano solo and SATB chorus
iii) In Bethlehem that fair city
SATB choir and optional organ
Novello vocal score cat no 050042
Dormi Jesu and In Bethlehem that fair city:
Reprinted in 'English Sacred Music of the Twentieth Century 1'
Novello cat no 078529
Mangan Triptych (1979-83)
Text: James Clarence Mangan
duration: 26'
i) Motet (1979)
SSAATTBB choir
duration 10'Novello cat no 290460
Commissioned by Chichester Festival for George Guest and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
first performance 11 July 1979
Chichester Cathedral
ii)Siberia (1980)
SATB choir
duration 7'
Novello cat no 160206
Commissioned by Cork International Festival
first performance 10 May 1980
William Byrd Singers of Manchester/Stephen Wilkinson
first UK performance 15 June 1980
RNCM, Manchester
iii) Visions (1983)
SSAATTBB choir
duration 9'
Novello cat no 070498
Commissioned by the Harrogate Festival
first performance 10 August 1984
Harrogate
first performance as a complete work 10 August 1984
BBC Northern Singers/Stephen Wilkinson
St Wilfred's Church, Harrogate
Scenes in America Deserta (1986)
Text: Reyner Banham
Soli 2Ct.T.2Bar.B
duration: 14'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the King's Singers
First performance 1987
first UK performance 29 January 1988
King's Singers
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Proud Songsters (1989)
Text: Thomas Hardy
SATB chorus
duration: 3'
Novello, in 'The Novello Partsong Book'
Novello score cat no 072472
First performance 26 November 1989
BBC Northern Singers
Studio 7 concert in Manchester
Written for the 70th birthday of Stephen Wilkinson
Amen/Alleluia (1991)
SSAATTBB
duration: 5'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the William Ferris Chorale for their 20th anniversary season
First performance 27 March 1992
William Ferris Chorale, conducted by William Ferris
Chicago
From 'Cartography' (2002)
Text: Jo Shapcott
Soli 2Ct. T. 2Bar. B
duration: 5'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the BBC for the Kings Singers
First performance July 2002
Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
THEATRICAL
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1968)
children's opera in 4 acts with libretto by Gerald Larner from the book by C S Lewis
Soli S.Bar.9 children + 2121/1210/timp.3perc/org/pf/str
duration: 80'
Published: Novello
Commissioned for Manchester Cathedral Festival
First performance 29 April 1969
Chetham's Hospital School, with Caroline Crawshaw and Patrick McGuigan, conducted by Gerald Littlewood
see also ORCHESTRAL
This town's a corporation full of crooked streets (1969)
entertainment with texts by Liverpool poets (Adrian Henri, Roger McGough, Brian Patten and others) and children
Soli speaker/T/children's chorus.mixed choir. + instrumental ensemble: tpt/philicorda/9(or more)perc./pf/str[1.1.1.1.1]
duration: 40'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Madeley College of Education
First performance 1970
Madeley College, conducted by Mary Higgs
Notturni ed Alba (1970)
ballet
duration: 22'
First performance April 1976
Münster State Ballet
Westfallen, Germany
see under SOLO WITH ORCHESTRA
The Teachings of Don Juan (1973)
ballet with text by Monica Smith, from the book by Carlos Castenada
Soli Bar. + 1010/1100/2perc/vln.vc
duration: 36'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by the Northern Dance Theatre
First performance 30 May 1973
Northern Dance Theatre Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Robins
Manchester
The Play of Mother Courage (1974)
chamber opera in 5 scenes with libretto by Monica Smith from the book by Grimmelshausen
1 principal role (mezzo-soprano), 39 other parts (extensive doubling possible) + 1111/1110/2perc/pf/str[1.1.1.1.1]
duration: 115'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Opera Nova
First performance 3 October 1974
Opera Nova, conducted by Iris Lemare
Middlesborough
Mary, Queen of Scots (1975)
ballet in 2 acts with scenario by Noel Goodwin
11(1ca).11/2210/2perc/cel/hp/str
duration: 135'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Scottish Ballet
First performance 3 March 1976
Scottish Ballet
Glasgow
see also ORCHESTRAL suites
Shadow-Reach (1978)
ballet to music of Symphony No 2 (1971) with small additions from the Hartmann Variations (1964)
duration: 27'
Published: Novello
First performance 19 June 1978
Irish Ballet Company
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Based on 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James. Choreographed by Domy Reiter-Soffer for the Irish Ballet Company
see also under ORCHESTRAL
Die Fenster (1980)
ballet to music of The Chagall Windows (1974)
duration: 30'
Published: Novello
First performance 16 February 1980
Stuttgart Ballet Orchestra
Staatstheater, Stuttgart
Choreographed by Rosemary Hellewell
see also under ORCHESTRAL
Edward II (1994-5)
Ballet in 2 acts, choreography by David Bintley
3(1pic).3(1ca).2(1Eb).+bcl.2+cbn./432+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/cel/egtr/pf/str
duration: 110'
Commissioned by Stuttgart Ballet
First performance 15 April 1995
Stuttgart Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Davor Krnjak
Württemburg Staatstheater, Stuttgart, Germany
see also under ORCHESTRAL
Arthur, Part I : Arthur Pendragon (1999)
Ballet in 2 acts, choreography by David Bintley
2(1pic).2.2+asax.2./422+btrb.1./timp.2perc./hp/pf/str
duration: 107'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Birmingham Royal Ballet
First performance 25 January 2000
Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy
Birmingham Hippodrome
Arthur, Part II : Morte d'Arthur (1998-2000)
Ballet in 2 acts, choreographed by David Bintley
2(1 pic).2.2+asax.2./422+btrb.1/timp.2perc./hp/pf/str
duration: 122'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Birmingham Royal Ballet
First performance 9 May 2001
Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
TELEVISION AND FILM
Fear in the Night - film extract
duration: 3'
see under ORCHESTRAL
Madrigal (1973)
instrumental ensemble
duration: 2'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Granada for use as background music to the TV station signal
First performance 1973
Arabesque (1973)
instrumental ensemble
duration: 6'
Published: Novello
Commissioned by Granada for use as background music to the TV station signal
First performance 1973
Sam (1973)
instrumental ensemble
duration: 3'
Published: Novello
Theme music commissioned by Granada for a TV drama series first shown on 12 June 1973
see also ORCHESTRAL and BRASS BAND versions
Leeds - United (1974)
Unpublished
BBC TV 1974
Couples (1975)
TV theme music
piano
duration: 2'
Novello score cat no 100224
Commissioned by Thames TV for a TV drama series first shown on 14 October 1975
First performance 1975
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977)
Unpublished
Granada TV, 1977
Hypotheticals (1979)
theme tune
Unpublished
Granada TV 1979
The Thirteenth Reunion (1980)
Unpublished
TV series 'Hammer House of Horror' 1980
Guardian of the Abyss (1980)
Unpublished
TV series 'Hammer House of Horror' 1980
The Good Soldier (1981)
instrumental ensemble
Published: Novello
Incidental music commissioned by Granada for a TV drama first shown on 15 April 1981
Combat (1982)
Unpublished
Granada TV drama series 'All for Love' 1982
A Little Bit of Singing and Dancing (1982)
Unpublished
Granada TV drama series 'All for Love' 1982
Young Musician of the Year (1982)
theme tune
Unpublished
First performance 1982
BBC TV 1982
Michelin MX Tyres (1983)
TV commercial
Unpublished
1983
Czech Mate (1984)
Unpublished
TV series 'Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense' 1984
The Sweet Scent of Death (1984)
Unpublished
TV series 'Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense' 1984
These Foolish Things (1988)
Unpublished
BBC TV Scotland 1988
Updated and checked 4 February 2005