Alarmed and Dangerous (1996) 35'
trumpet, brass ensemble, tape
4 works which may also be performed separately:
1. Sonar 5'
trumpet, tape
2. Klaxonik 9'
trumpet, tape
3. Insecurity 5'
trumpet, tape
4. A Map of Heaven 16'
8 trumpets, 4 horns, 12 trombones, or 2 trumpets, horn, 3 trombones + tape
Commissioned by the BBC for Radio 3's 'Between the Ears' and realised in the studios of the University of Huddersfield (with sound processing by Jo Thomas) and the BBC (with technical presentation by Simon Hancock and produced by Alan Hall). Klaxonik is dedicated to Jo Thomas. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 11 November 1996.

Pastoral (1996) 10'
flute, piano
Written for London New Music and premiered by Ann la Berge and Michael Blake in St Giles Cripplegate, London on 24 May 1996. Dedicated to Patrick Eyres.

Complementary Forms (1996) 3-5'
solo piano
Written as a 50th birthday present for Michael Finnissy and first performed by Ian Pace in the British Music Information Centre, London as part of his Finnissy Birthday Concert on 11 July 1996. Recording Ian Pace has recorded the work on Metier, MSV CD92022.

Themes and Variations(1992-6) 40'
flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass
6 overlapping works which may also be played separately:
1. memento 9'
piano, violin, viola, cello
2. à bout de souffle 4'
bass flute, bassoon, percussion
3. tangled 5'
clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin
4. intersections 5'
alto flute, bassoon, trumpet, double bass
5. triasse 6'
clarinet, piano, percussion
6. string quartet 6'
violin, viola, cello, double bass
Written for the Ives Ensemble and premiered by them in de IJsbreker, Amsterdam on February 29, 1996. The title is taken from John Cage's book of the same name. Dedicated to the Ives Ensemble. Recording The Ives Ensemble have recorded the work on Metier, MSV CD981.

Oboe Quintet(1995) 15'
oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello
Commissioned by the British Music Society of York for their 75th anniversary concert season with funds from the Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Board, City of York Council, the Holst Foundation and the British Music Society ; premiered by the Brindisi Quartet with Melinda Maxwell (oboe) in the Lyons Concert Hall, York University on 16 February 1996. Dedicated 'to my parents'.

Paired Off (1995) 4'
solo piano
Written for Daniel Matej's Satie project as one of 25 pieces based on Satie's Trois Morceaux en forme de poire and premiered by John Tilbury in the Evenings of New Music, Bratislava, 11 June 1995. Dedicated to Daniel Matej and the Evenings of New Music. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92022.

Straight lines in broken times⁴ (1994) 8'
2 bass clarinets, tape (or bass clarinet + tape)
Written for Roger Heaton and premiered by him on 23 November 1994 in St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield as part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; premiere of the version for two live bass clarinets by Harry Spaarnay and Andrew Uhren, Auckland 1999.

Straight lines in broken times³ (1994) 7'
solo cello
Written for Friedrich Gauwerky and premiered by him in St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University on 12 December 1994. Dedicated to Richard Barrett. Recording by Anton Lukoszevieze on Metier MSV CD92059.

27 Fanfares (new heaven, new earth)(1994) 13'
organ
Written for Hans-Ola Ericsson and Huub ten Hacken and premiered by Huub ten Hacken in St. Janskathedral, 's-Heertogenbosch on 1 October 1994. Dedicated to the memory of John Cage.

More things in the air than are visible (1993-4) 20'
piano, tape
Commissioned by Philip Mead with funds from the Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Board and premiered by him in a MediaMix concert, York University, on 11 March 1994. The title is a quotation from Ben Okri. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92022.

In the Key of H (1993/1998) 30'
speaker, saxophone(s), tape
Texts: Ian Duhig.
A collaborative project with the poet Ian Duhig, commissioned for the 1994 Ilkley Literature Festival with funds from the Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Board and premiered by Ian Duhig, with Steve Cottrell (saxophones), on 11 March 1994. Recording of final section for saxophone quartet, ‘Complementary Air’, by Delta Saxophone Quartet on FMR CD104-C0502.

Cylinders Barn, 1947 (1993/1999) 6'
tape
Originally commissioned by the BBC for the 1993 series of Radio 3's 'Between the Ears' , devoted to 'radiogenic' work, and realised in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. First broadcast, with MERA-sonata, as 'Three Constructions after Kurt Schwitters', on BBC Radio 3 on 9 November 1993 . Nominated by the BBC for the 1995 Prix Italia. The revised works were mixed in the studios of the University of Huddersfield. A shortened version of the 'First Construction' was released on The All-Seeing Ear, Unknown Public UP009. Recording of Cylinders Barn, 1947 on Metier MSV CD92031.

MERZ-sonata (1993/1998) 11'302
tape
Originally commissioned by the BBC for the 1993 series of Radio 3's 'Between the Ears' , devoted to 'radiogenic' work, and realised in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. First broadcast, with Cylinders Barn, 1947, as 'Three Constructions after Kurt Schwitters', on BBC Radio 3 on 9 November 1993 . Nominated by the BBC for the 1995 Prix Italia. The revised work was mixed in the studios of the University of Huddersfield. A shortened version of the 'First Construction' was released on The All-Seeing Ear, Unknown Public UP009. Recording of MERZ-sonata on Metier MSV CD92031.

Trummermusik (1993) 13'
mezzo soprano, hurdy-gurdy
Written for Sara Stowe and Matthew Spring and premiered by them in Bradford Cathedral on 30 June 1993 as part of the Bradford Festival.

American Choruses (1979-81) c.40'
16+ voices (SATB) and 2 electric organs
Texts: Allen Ginsberg. 4 movements which may also be performed separately. First complete performance: Soundpool Singers, Chapel of St John's College, York. Dedicated to Wilfrid Mellers. Recording by EXAUDI on NMC D114.

Striking Out (1993) 5'
solo viola
Written for Andrew Toovey's 'International Viola Book' project and premiered by John Metcalfe on 22 May 1993 as part of the 1993 Brighton Festival.

lliK.relliK(1991-3) 19'
solo piano
Two works, lliK (8') and relliK (11'), which may also be played separately. Written for Anthony de Mare and John Snijders; lliK was premiered by John Snijders in Madrid in April 1992 and relliK by him in the Zaal de Unie, Rotterdam on 21 April 1994. The title is 'Killer.Kill' backwards, a reference to its dedicatee's nickname. Dedicated to Jerry Lee Lewis. Recording by Ian Pace on NMC CO66. Recorded by John Snijders on HatHut (for release in 2006).

Block (1992) 4'
prepared piano
A response to the 'Block Beuys' in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt; premiered by Kate Ryder in the Lawrence Batley Centre for the Visual Arts, Bretton Hall, Yorkshire on 3 October 1993. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92031.

clarinet quintet (1992) 13'
clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Commissioned by Ronald Woodley with funds from the Holst Foundation and premiered by him with the Adriano Quartet in the King's Hall, Newcastle University on 20 January 1994. Recording by the Roger Heaton Group on Metier, CD92082.

You, Us, Me (Habañera) (1992) 4'
solo piano
Written for John Snijders' Carmen project and premiered by John Snijders in the Zaal de Unie, Rotterdam on 21 April 1994. The title is a quotation from Catherine Clements' book Opera, or the undoing of women.. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92031.

Straight lines in broken times² (1992) 11'
clarinet, violin, piano
Written for the Heaton-Balanescu-Pruslin Trio and premiered by them on July 21 1992 in the Aula, Georg Büchner Schule, Darmstadt as part of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse. Dedicated to Richard Rijnvos. Recording by Opera Aperta and by the Ives Ensemble on Metier MSV CD92081

A Glimpse of Sion's Glory (1992) 13'
SSAATTBB chorus (+ instrumental doubling, ad lib.)
Texts: various 17th century writers Commissioned by the Micklegate Singers with funds from the Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Board and premiered by them on 3 April 1993 in the Chapter House of York Minster; the first performance of the version with instruments was given by the Orlando Consort and Fretwork in the Lecture Theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum on 18 August 1997 as part of the 1997 BBC Promenade Concerts. Recording by EXAUDI on NMC D114

I Sing for the Muses and Myself (1991) 3'
piano (+ voice, ad lib.)
Text: Ian Hamilton Finlay Written as a tribute to Ian Hamilton Finlay and published in 'A Cajun Chapbook', a double issue (nos. 33/34) of the New Arcadian Journal (1992), pp.104-7. Recorded by the composer on the companion cassette, 'A Cajun Musical Box'. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92031.

Louisiana (1991) 12'
voice and piano
Texts: (after) Kurt Schwitters in the composer's English translations. 11 songs which may also be performed separately, of which the sixth, 'Worthless Leather', is for piano solo. 1. Valse; 2. Yearning; 3. Simile; 4. Ice Watch; 5. The Dreaming Country; 6. Worthless Leather; 7. The Critic; 8. Book-keeping for Small Businessmen; 9. Going Gone; 10. Reconstruction; 11. Hands Premiered by Marius van Altena (tenor) and Maarten Jense (piano) in the Museum het Kruithuis, 's-Hertogenbosch on 7 October 1992. Written as a collaborative project with the printmaker, Ian Colverson; each song fills a single manuscript page. Recording by Amanda Crawley and Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92031.

Straight lines in broken timess¹ (1991) 11'
organ
Written for Huub ten Hacken and premiered by him in St Janskathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch on 9 August 1991.

Chile (1991) 11'
solo guitar (or solo guitar with organ)
Written for Magnus Andersson; premiered by Seth Josel in a Freunde Guter Musik concert in the Institut Unzeit, Berlin on 19 November 1995. Organ accompaniment added in 2003; version with organ premiered by Magnus Anmdersson (guitar) with Aron Nilsson (organ) in the Loftahammar Kyrka, Loftahammar, Sweden on 19 July 2003.

Heliotropes³(1987/1990) 16'
flute, oboe, clarinet, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn
Commissioned by the New MacNaghten Concerts with funds from Greater London Arts; premiered by members of the Haffner Wind Ensemble, appearing as The Composers' Ensemble (dir. Stefan Asbury), in Blackheath Concert Halls on 15 March 1991.

The Science of Freedom (1990) 20'
baroque flute, baroque violin, percussion, harpsichord, viola da gamba,
Commissioned by Elissa Poole for Les Coucous Bénévoles with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain and premiered by them in the Music Gallery, Toronto on 15 December 1990. Recording for Metier with Sirinu scheduled for future release. The title is a quotation from Joseph Beuys.

stone.wind.rain.sun¹ (1990) 9'
4 trombones (or trombone + tape)
Written for Barrie Webb; premiered by the Netherlands Trombone Ensemble in de Ijsbreker, Amsterdam on 31 May 1992.

stone.wind.rain.sun⁴ (1989) 10'
2 clarinets
Written for London New Music and premiered by Alan Hacker and Lesley Schatzberger on 1 February 1990 in the Purcell Room, London. Recorded by Roger Heaton for Clarinet Classics, CC0009.

Leap like the heart (1989) 18'
bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion (2 players), double bass
Commissioned by Arraymusic with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain and premiered by them in the Du Maurier Theatre, Toronto on 26 September 1989. Dedicated to Arraymusic. The title is a misquotation from Isaiah (chapter 35, verse vi), 'Then shall the lame man leap as an hart'.

stone.wind.rain.sun³ (1989) 8'
amplified alto flute
Written for Laura Chislett and premiered by her on 27 September 1989 in the British Centre, Berlin.

stone.wind.rain.sun² (1989) 10'
saxophone quartet (SATBar)
Commissioned by the Delta Saxophone Quartet with funds from Yorkshire Arts and premiered by them on 21 September 1990 in Bradford Cathedral as part of the Bradford Festival.

Foreplay (1988-9) 8'
flute/piccolo, oboe, percussion, piano, cello
Written for Ensemble Expose; premiered by Ensemble Forum Neue Musik Berlin (dir. Peter Ablinger) on 17 July 1990 in the Orangerie, Darmstadt as part of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse.

A-N-N-A Blossom-time (1987/8) 22'
voice, piano
Texts: (after) Kurt Schwitters 9 songs which may also be performed separately.
1. Dumb Animals
2. Morning
3. 1, 2, 3
4. Cut-Up
5. A-N-N-A Blossom's Book of Chinese Proverbs
6. You
7. Country Life
8. All About A-N-N-A
9 Lullaby
Written for Amanda Crawley during the composer's DAAD Berlin Kunstlerprogramm residency; six songs were premiered on 4 December 1987 in the British Centre, Berlin by Crawley and Fox. The English texts are the composer's translations from the original German. Recording by Amanda Crawley and Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92031.

More Light (1987/8) 20'
solo piano
Commissioned by Philip Mead and premiered by him in the Gulbenkian Theatre, Newcastle on 28 July 1988 as part of Electric Music 3. The title is taken from an essay by Morton Feldman. Recording by Ian Pace on Metier, MSV CD92022.

Heliotropes⁶ (1987) 18'
2 violins, viola, cello
Premiered by the Arditti Quartet on 7 August 1988 in the Aula, Georg BŸchner Schule, Darmstadt as part of the Darmstadt Ferienkurse.

Ci-Gît (1987) 16'
mezzo soprano, bass clarinet, prepared piano (+ alto flute, viola, cello, ad lib.)
Commissioned by the Aquarius Ensemble (Sweden). The trio version was premiered by Amanda Crawley, Roger Heaton and the composer on 1987 in the Arts Centre, York. The title and text are taken from Antonin Artaud.

Heliotropes⁷ (1989) 4'
2 clarinets, vibraphone (2 players)
Premiered by Harmonie Band on 22 April 1986 in Maryport School, Cumbria.