comme ses paroles (2006-8) 70'
eight solo voices and cello
Commissioned by the BBC and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; to be premiered by EXAUDI and Anton Lukoszevieze, 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

For Johannes Kepler (2005-7) 15'
mezzo soprano, viola and microtonally tuned sine-wave keyboard (all amplified)
Text: Johannes Kepler
Commissioned by Trio Scordatura; to be premiered by them, Transit Festival, Leuven, October 2008

This Ain’t No Goin’ On (2007-8) 3'
accordion
Written for Janne Rättyä; to be premiered by him, July 2008

20 Ways To Improve Your Life (2007) 10'
6 solo voices (AATTBB)
Texts based on small ads and spam email
Written for The Clerks; premiered by them, Spitalfields Festival, 14 June 2008

Enclosure (2005-7) 20'
amplified bass drum, wooden door and large metal sheet with piezo loudspeaker and CD playback (one performer)
Written for Jonny Axelsson; premiered by him, Stockholm New Music Festival, 20 February 2008

Amnesia (2006-7) 20'
prepared piano
Written for Rolf Hind; to be premiered by him, 2008 Soundwaves Festival, Brighton

hearing not thinking (2006-8) 15'
the erosion of memory
woodwind instrument, trombone, accordion (all amplified)
at the edge of time
bass drum, prepared piano,
guitar, bowed string instrument (all amplified)
Any or all of these two sets of independent instrumental parts may be combined; the title of any performance is taken from whichever set contributes the most parts, or the overall title is used if both sets are equally represented. Commissioned by ensemble Integrales; premiere by them (alto saxophone, prepared piano, bass drum, violin), Bregenz Festival, 4 August 2007; premiere by Apartment House (clarinet, accordion, bass drum, cello), Wien Modern, 11 November 2007

A brief musical tribute to Harold Pinter, after the manner of his later work (2006-7) 7'
four performers with portable instruments, accompanying solo musician and prerecorded soundtrack
Commissioned by Cecilia Wee for Rational Rec; premiered by Joanna Bailie, Laurence Crane, Christopher Fox and Cecilia Wee, with Anton Lukoszevieze, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 6 February 2007

schwebende Zeit (2005-6) 18’
clarinet, electric guitar, viola, cello
Commissioned by Ensemble KORE; premiered by Ensemble KORE, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal, 11 May 2007

1-2-3 (2005-6) 15’
string quartet
Commissioned by the Smith Quartet with funds from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Arts Council England; premiered by the Smith Quartet, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 26 November 2006

Preluding (2005-6) 8'
8 solo voices (SSAATTBB)
Text: William Wordsworth, ‘Was it for this’
Commissioned by EXAUDI; premiered by them, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 28 November 2007
Dedicated to James Weeks and to the memory of Michael Tippett.

Susan’s Purple (2005) 7'
solo cello
Commissioned by Queens’ College, Cambridge; premiered by Anton Lukoszevieze, Queens’ College, Cambridge, 18 March 2006. Dedicated to Susan McNally.

First Principles (2005) 12'
voice(s) with(out) instrument(s)
Commissioned by Queens’ College, Cambridge; premiered by Queens’ College Choir, Cambridge, 18 March 2006. Dedicated to Susan McNally.

Iridescence (2005) 4'
solo violin
Commissioned by Queens’ College, Cambridge; premiered by Farran Scott, Cambridge, 18 March 2006

Chromascope (2005) c.9-12'
four or more instruments
Commissioned by Queens’ College, Cambridge; premiered by members of the College, Cambridge, 18 March 2006

de Grote Muziek (2004-5) 12'
flute, 3 saxophones, horn, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, piano, bass guitar
Commissioned by Orkest de Volharding; premiered by them in the Corzo Theatre, den Haag, Netherlands, 24 February 2006

Terra Incognita (2005) 25'
1. A landscape without figures
alto flute, clarinet, crotales, piano (with e-bow, no player), violin, cello
2. Thermogenesis
solo pianist, wearing gloves and mittens
3. A slice through translucence
alto flute (doubling flute and piccolo), clarinet, Tibetan prayer bowls, piano, violin, cello
Commissioned by the Ives Ensemble; premiere of Thermogenesis and A slice through translucence, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, November 2005; first complete performance, Eindhoven 22 April 2007

She’s texting. He’s dancing. (2004) 5'
three melody instruments, voice (optional), keyboard and wood-block
Text: Ian McMillan
Commissioned by COMA (Contemporary Musicmaking for Amateurs); premiered by members of COMA at the COMA Summer School, July 2005

A Spousal Verse (2004) 4'
six voices (AATTBB)
Text: Edmund Spenser
Written for the Clerks’ Group and premiered by them in the Temple Church, London, 17 February 2005

Open the Gate (2004) 3'
SATB choir
Text: medieval English version of the Advent carol, ‘O clavis David’.
Commissioned by Winchester College; premiered by Winchester College Chapel Choir, December 2004. Recording by EXAUDI on NMC D114.

Partition (2004) 8'
three male voices and three electric guitars
Commissioned by the Feedback Festival, Amsterdam. Premiered Paradiso, Amsterdam on 10 October 2004. The singers intone the names of the victims of Israeli and Palestinian terrorist attacks. Dedicated to the memory of Edward Said.

7 Serious Pieces (2000-5)
flute, violin, accordion, piano
for MKO Pozon sentimentál
Arc 5'
solo violin (also version for solo cello with BACH-Bogen)
Escalation 5'
solo flute (or other woodwind instrument)
Boat Song 3'
solo piano
Serious reduction 5' s
olo accordion
Genuine Fake 5'
four instruments
Clean Slate c.4'30"
three speaking instrumentalists

Rendered Account (2003) 5'
six voices (AATTBB)
Text: Ian Duhig.
Commissioned by Edward Wickham and the Clerks’ Group with funds from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust and Arts Council England; premiered by them on Sunday 9 May, 2004 in St Nicolas’ Church, Newbury, as part of the Newbury Spring Festival. Recording by EXAUDI on NMC D114.

Republican Bagatelles (2000-3) 23’
solo piano
Commissioned by Philip Thomas with funds from Arts Council England and premiered by him in the Firth Hall, Sheffield on 24 February, 2004.

ZONE (Zeit-Ort-Name)(2002-4) 25'
clarinet, trombone, tuba, accordion. electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass and pre-recorded electronic drones
Commissioned by the BBC for Apartment House; premiered by them in a BBC Invitation Concert, Maida Vale, London on 25 September 2004. Dedicated to Andrew Kurowski.

Komposition mit schwarz, rot und gelb (2002-3) 10'
percussion, accordion, piano, cello
Commissioned by the Dresdner Tage für Zeitgenössische Musik. Premiered by members of Apartment House and Ensemble SurPlus in the Festspielhaus, Hellerau on 6 October 2003

Canonic Breaks (2002-3) 20'
six percussionists
Commissioned by the Slagwerkgroep den Haag and premiered by them on 26 November 2003 in Feliks Meritis, Amsterdam. Dedicated to Peter Adriaansz and Tom Johnson.

Phonogrammatische Inventionen (2002) 20'
solo percussionist
Commissioned by Sender Freies Berlin for the Ultraschall Festival. Premiered by Christian Dierstein in the Sophiensaele, Berlin on 24 January 2003. Dedicated to Gerhard Stäbler and Kunsu Shim. Recording by Arnold Marinissen on BVHAAST 2303.

KK (2002) 7'
alto saxophone and five cow-bells (one player)
Written for Nosferatu and premiered by them in The Warehouse, London on 19 September 2002

BLANK (2002) 12'
three or more sustaining instruments of which at least two must be able to sustain sounds for up to 40 seconds.
Premiered by Apartment House in the Parkteatret, Oslo as part of the Ultima Festival, 11 October 2002. Dedicated to James Tenney.

an der Schattengrenze (2001-2) 20'
bass flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, percussion, piano, viola, cello, double bass
Commissioned by the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik. Premiered by Apartment House in the Saalbau, Witten, 27 April 2002. Dedicated to Dieter and Maria Wellershof.

Shadow cast (2001) 14' 6
violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, double bass
Commissioned by the Goldberg Ensemble with funds from the Granada Foundation. Premiered by the Goldberg Ensemble (dir. Malcolm Layfield) in the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 17 February 2002.

Strangers in our midst (1999-2001) 45'
tenor saxophone, euphonium, accordion, banjo, cello + video cameras and playback
Strangers in our midst premiered by the VENI Ensemble in dieTheater/KonzertHaus, Vienna on 19th October 2001. Dedicated to Richard Ayres. Cello part may be performed as a solo work, inner.

inner (1999-2001) 45'
solo cello
Commissioned by Anton Lukoszevieze with funds from South West Arts Board; premiered by Anton Lukoszevieze in the Spacex Gallery, Exeter, 6 December 2000. Recording by Anton Lukoszevieze on Metier MSV CD92059

Everything You Need To Know (1999-2001) variable duration (10-85’)
installation for ensemble (up to 10 players) and voice(s)
Written for the Ives Ensemble and Barbara Hannigan (soprano) and premiered by them in de MuziekCentrum, 's-Heertogenbosch on 13 May 2001. Dedicated to Susanna Eastburn.
Consists of a series of component works which may also be combined or performed separately:
Catalogue irraisoné (1999-2001) 35'
for solo voice(s) in 12 movements:
Rationale
Scanner
Patrol
Hanging Line
Dialodia
Triptych
Urtext
Outsider
Babel
Security Code
Errata
Index Generic Composition #1 c.5'
for a percussionist
Generic Composition #2 c.4'30"
for a keyboard instrument
Generic Composition #3 c.5'
for a plucked instrument
Recording by Anton Lukoszevieze on Metier MSV CD92059
Generic Composition #4 c.5'
for a bowed instrument
Recording by Anton Lukoszevieze on Metier MSV CD92059
Generic Composition #5 c. 6'
for a sliding instrument
Recording by Anton Lukoszevieze on Metier MSV CD92059; also recording by Corrado Canonici with Generic Composition #8 on NMC D079
Generic Composition #6 c. 5'
for a valved brass instruments
Generic Composition #7 c. 7'
for a keyed wind instrument
Recording by Kate Romano on Metier MSV CD92074
Generic Composition #8 c. 7'
for a variably sustained, just-intoned string instrument
Recording by Corrado Canonici with Generic Composition #5 on NMC D079
Hi-lite
for 5 players
Lacrymae
for treble woodwinds and bowed strings
Marche passé
piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion
Gradient
for 2 to 12 players
Raumtöne
flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass

Rules and Irregularities (1999-00) 9'
organ
Written for the Evenings of New Music, Bratislava, as a companion piece to the Prelude and Fugue in B minor (BWV544) of J.S. Bach. Premiered by in Bratislava Castle, May 2000. Dedicated to Tom Johnson.

My First Century (1997-9) 13'
clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussionist, piano, violin, double bass
1 Modulor
2 Dr Fox, his Fantasy
3 Rough darkness
4 Silver Jubilee March
Recording by Arraymusic on Artifact ART025
5 E oder U?
Written for Arraymusic and premiered by them in the Music Gallery, Toronto on 24 February 2000. Dedicated to Michael J. Baker.

The Grain of Abstraction (1997-9) 13'
electric guitar + tape
Commissioned by Alan Thomas with funds from Yorkshire Arts Board. Premiered by Alan Thomas in the opening concert of the 1999 Rotterdam Biennial in Rotterdam Conservatoire on 17 October 1999.

schwärme (1998-9) 6'
solo piano
Written for Ian Pace. Premiered by Ian Pace as part of the an Tasten Festival, Heilbronn on 26 September 1999. Dedicated to Ian Pace and Henrietta Brougham.

skin (1998-9) 19'
violin, viola, cello
Written for Apartment House. Premiered by Apartment House in a BBC studio recording on 27 April 1999; first public performance, Apartment House, Conway Hall, London, 7 May 1999.

Notes from a Cold Front (1996-8) 12'
voice, recorder, lute, dulcimer (or equivalent instruments)
Texts: anonymous 3rd century Latin fragments.
Commissioned by Sirinu with funds from the Arts Council of England and premiered by them on 12 April 2000, National Centre for Early Music, York. Recorded by Sirinu for Metier (release scheduled 2004).

Vanished Days (1995-8) 13'
voice, piano
Texts: Derek Jarman (from Modern Nature)
Written for Anthony de Mare and premiered by him in the Donnell Library Center, New York on 16 February, 2001.

Chant suspendu(1997-8) 10'
solo cello, with or without piano (or tape)
Written for Friedrich Gauwerky and Anton Lukoszevieze. Premiered by Judith Mitchell (cello) and Ian Pace (piano) in the Music School, University of Durham on 23 January 1999. Recording by Anton Lukoszevieze on Metier MSV CD92059

Liquid Architecture (1998) at least 24'
sustaining keyboard, or 24 autonomous sound producing devices
Written for Huub ten Hacken and premiered by him in the Domkerk, Utrecht on 4 September 1999.

The Art of Concealment (1997-8) 8'
four percussionists
Written for Ensemble Bash and premiered by them in Christ's Church, Spitalfields, London as part of the Spitalfields Festival on 16 June, 1998.

how time passes(1997/1998) 8'
solo baroque violin (or hardanger fiddle, or violin)
Written for Mary Oliver in a version for hardanger fiddle and premiered by her at the Huis an de Werf, Utrecht on 1 February, 1998. Revised version for baroque violin premiered by Mieko Kanno, Conway Hall, London, 7 May 1999. Dedicated to Mary Oliver.

Prime Site (1997) 22'
solo piano
Commissioned by Ian Pace with funds from the Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Board and premiered by him in the King's Hall, Newcastle University on 13 March 1997. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92022.