Catalogue
All of Richard’s compositions are listed below in alphabetical order, by genre and by opus number.
Selected Works
Alphabetical
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A Christmas Fugue (43)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.Adam lay y bounden (1)
Christmas motet for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Anon 15th century. Premiered by the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands, in the summer of 1982, directed by the composer.Advent Antiphon (13)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : C. Coffin, trans. J Chandler. Premiered by the Choir of St Michael’s Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados, on 15th December 2011, directed by John Bryan.Advent Chorale (2023/No.2)
Advent Chorale for SATB (with optional organ accompaniment). Published by Universal Edition, Vienna, together with ‘Redemptor Mundi’ (Opus 5), and ‘Conditor alme siderum’ (the original version of Opus 13).
Advent Responsory (79)
Advent or Christmas Introit, for Soprano Solo, Choir, and Organ. Premiered by the choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, at the Advent Carol Service on 27th November 2011, directed by the composer.African-Caribbean Elegy (70)
Three part songs for unaccompanied SATB Choir.No. 1 – There runs a dream. Words : A.J. Seymour.No. 2 – To Those. Words : H. Telemaque.No. 3 – Ancestor on the Auction Block. Words : V. Bell.Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa on 27th October 2010 at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, directed by Michael Dingaan.
African Christmas (71)
Christmas carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Jeremy Hale. Premiered by the Chanticleer Singers, at Holy Trinity Church, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 29th November 2009, directed by Richard Cock.Agnus Dei (6)
Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in August 1996, directed by Kathleen Berthold.‘Agnus Dei’ (41)
Solo Flute and Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. First performed by Sarah Pantcheff (Flute) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) on 21st December 1998, at Christ Church, Smannell, Hampshire.A Hymn on Divine Musick (106)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words by Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667). Written for the English Choir, Berlin, in honour of the sixty-fifth birthday of its director, Kathleen Bird.A Prayer of St. Columba (80)
Anthem/introit for SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 3rd June 2012, directed by the composer.A Sequence for St. George (84)
Twelve short interludes for solo Organ. Premiered by Peter Black on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, from 3rd June 2012 onwards. -
Behold, O God our defender (2022/No.5)
Short anthem for SATB Choir and organ, using words from Psalm 84. Written for The German Choir of London, and its Director, Barbara Hoefling, and premiered by them on 19th March 2023 at St Pancras Church, London.Bless thou the Lord, O my soul (76)
Festival anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 104. Commissioned for, and premiered at, the service of dedication for the new Rieger Organ at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 8th April 2012, by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Peter Black (Organ), directed by the composer. -
Chorale Prelude : ‘Werde munter, mein Gemuete’ (104)
Solo Organ. Commissioned by St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, for inclusion in the Orgelbuechlein Project (see http://www.orgelbuechlein.co.uk). Premiered by Jeremiah Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, London, on 30th December 2018. The first South African performance was given by Marnus Greyling on the organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 15th February 2019.Chorale Preludes (2021/No.2)
Six Chorale Preludes for Solo Organ. First performed by the composer on the organ of the City Church of St. Michael at the Northgate, Oxford, on 25th May 2022.Chorale Sonata (65)
Sonata for Viola and Piano. First performed in the version for Violoncello and Piano by Susan Mouton (Violoncello) and Annalien Ball (Piano), on 21st July 2013, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series in Johannesburg. Now published as the Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte.Come, my beloved (64)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Ecclesiastes. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford, in the Summer of 2006, directed by Paul Wingfield.Concerto for Organ (110)
Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Trumpets. Commissioned by the London Choral Sinfonia and their director Michael Waldron.Creator of the starry height (48)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Latin 7th century, trans. J.M. Neale. Commissioned for the Choir of St. Edward’s School Oxford, and premiered by them on 6th December 1998, directed by Anthony Kerr-Dineen.Credo in unum Deum (54)
Unison Voices and Organ. Premiered and recorded by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington. -
Diptych for Derek Cooper (73)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the City Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, in May 2010.Drop thy still dews (11)
Short anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : John Greenleaf Whittier. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, in the church of St. James the Less, Litchfield, Hampshire in March 1993, directed by the composer. -
Easter Introit (22)
Unaccompanied SSA Choir, later arranged for unaccompanied SATB Choir (for Roger Sayer and the Choir of Rochester Cathedral). Words : Brian Foley. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 16th April 1995, directed by Kathleen Bird.(arr.) Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (2023/No.5)
SATB Choir with optional orchestral accompaniment. Commissioned by Barbara Höfling for the German Choir of London, and premiered by them at the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, on 10th December 2023..Eternal light doth now appear (62)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Piano. Words : Adapted by Miles Coverdale from German texts (Luther ?). Commissioned and premiered by the Bristol Bach Choir at St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, on 19th December 2003, directed by Peter Leech.Evening Canticles – Aedes Christi (37)
Upper Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 25th October 1997, directed by Stephen Darlington.Evening Canticles – Alderney (12)
SATB Choir (and Organ). Premiered by the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands, in August 1998, directed by the composer.Evening Canticles – Frankfurt (23)
SATB Choir (and Organ). Revised version composed in January 2010. Premiered by The English Choir, Berlin, in the Schloss-Kirche, Wittenberg, on 14th September 2014, and in the Berliner Dom on 28th September 2014, directed by Kathleen Bird.Evening Canticles – St. Paul’s (53)
Setting of Evening Canticles for Lower Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral on 27th April 2002, directed by John Scott.Evening Canticles – Whitchurch (7)
SATB Choir and organ. First liturgical performance by the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, in February 1997, directed by Stephen Farr. Opus 7A is the arrangement for Unison/Solo Voice(s) and Organ.Evening Hymn (10)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 127. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008, directed by Michael Dingaan.Evening Service in E Major – Berlin (100)
Evening Canticles and Responses in E Major. Commissioned for the English Choir of Berlin, and its Director of Music, Kathleen Bird. Evening Canticles were premiered on 6th October 2018, and the Responses on 23rd June 2019, both in Berlin Cathedral.Evocations (2020/No.3)
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Fantasias for Organ (82)
Fantasia 150. Solo Organ. Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 5th August 2012.Fantasia on ‘Haec Dies’. Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2017 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, on 10th May 2017, and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Fantasia on Yorkshire Folk Tunes (102)
Solo Violin and solo Violoncello. Commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Joseph Spooner (Violoncello).Five Anthems (91)
SATB Choir (and Organ).No. 1 – Crown with love, Lord, this glad day.
Words by Ian Masson Fraser. A wedding anthem. Written for the wedding service of Sarah Pantcheff and Noel Radcliffe-Marrs in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 10th May 2014.No. 2 – Psalm 91 – Qui Habitat.
Commissioned by Josef Langermann for his wife, Kristy. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg, on 4th May 2014, directed by the composer.No. 3 – Rise, Heart, thy Lord is risen.
Words by G. Herbert. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, in the National Gallery, London, on 16th May 2014, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.No. 4 – Rex Gloriae.
Words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Commissioned by the 2015 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, by the choir of St. Pancras Church, conducted by Christopher Batchelor, on 13th May 2015. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.No. 5 – Domine Exaudi.
Words from Psalm 102, vv1-2. Commissioned and premiered on 23rd March 2016 by the St. George’s Chamber Choir, St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, conducted by the composer.Five Elizabethan Lyrics (61)
Five unaccompanied part songs, for lower voices divisi. Commissioned and premiered by the Clerks of Christ Church, Oxford, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, on 31st October 2003.Five Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (51)
Song cycle for solo Baritone and Piano. Premiered by Edward Jones (Baritone) and Robert Jones (Piano) in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 26th May 2005.Five Hymn Arrangements (24)
Last verse/descant arrangements for Choir and Organ :No. 1 – Winchester Old
No. 2 – Cranston
No. 3 – Leoni
Dedicated to Kathleen Berthold and the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany. Numbers 1 and 2 premiered by the dedicatees on 24th December 1994.
No. 4 – Cwm Rhondda
Commissioned by Kathleen Bird for the Alumni Choir of the Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, and premiered by them in the Berliner Dom in 2014.No. 5 – Angel Voices
Commissioned and premiered by Peter Black for the RSCM Choral Workshop at Christ Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 12th July 2014.For lo, the days come (59)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Isaiah. Commissioned and recorded by the Arcadian Singers of Oxford University, directed by Matthew O’Donovan.Four Communion pieces for Organ (16)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Dedicated to, and premiered by, Dr. Kenneth Pankhurst on Sundays throughout Lent in 1993, on the organ of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire. -
Glasgow Anthems, The (56)
Five anthems for SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the choir of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary, Glasgow, in honour of the restoration of the cathedral in 2001. -
Holy Communion in D (The ‘Oxford’ Service) (2023/No.4)
SATB Choir and Organ; or Solo Cantor and Organ. Commissioned by the City Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, where the premiere will take place on 26th November 2023, with the church choir directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.Hymn to the Virgin (14)
Carol/anthem for Upper Voices and Organ. Words : Anon 13th Century. First performed by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 19th December 1993, directed by Kathleen Berthold.Hymns of the Cherubim (50)
Large-scale Introit for SATB Double Choirs and two organs. Words : from the Greek Orthodox. Commissioned and premiered on 21st July 2000, by the combined choirs of Salisbury, Winchester, and Chichester Cathedrals at the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Salisbury Cathedral, directed by Simon Lole. -
Ihubo Ikhulu (89)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 100 (in Zulu). Commissioned for the Merton Choirbook, in honour of the 750th Anniversary of the foundation of Merton College, Oxford.Intermezzi Sacri (2024/2)
Short interludes for solo organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the City Church, Oxford, on Sundays between May and July 2024.
Introduction and Allegro (97)
No.1 (97, No.1)
Violin and Violoncello. Commissioned by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Wessel Beukes (Violoncello), and premiered by them on 4th November 2016 in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, as part of the Rand Club Chamber Music Series.No.2 (97, No.2)
Two violins. Commissioned by Zanta Hofmeyr and Miro Chakaryan. Premiered by them on 10th May 2019, at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.No.3 -‘Beethoven-Besinnung’ (97, No.3)
Piano Trio. World premiere took place on 12th October 2019 at the Musikhochschule Johann Sebastian Bach, Leipzig, Germany, played by the work’s dedicatees, The Lee Trio.Ite, Missa Est (2023/No.1)
Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2023 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. First performed by Edward Tambling on the organ of St. Pancras Church, London, on 12th May 2023 as part of the 2023 London Festival of Contemporary Music. -
King Henry VIII’s Apologia (35)
Large-scale Introit/Grace for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words attributed to King Henry VIII. Commissioned and premiered in November 1996 by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in honour of the 450th Anniversary of the foundation of Christ Church, Oxford, directed by Stephen Darlington. -
Laudem dicite (38)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Vespers Responsory for All Saints’ Day. Commissioned, and premiered on 7th June 1997, by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, directed by Kathleen Berthold.Litany to the Holy Spirit (19)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : G. Herbert. Premiered by Ronald Bird (Tenor) and Kathleen Berthold (Organ) on 22nd May 1994 at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt. Published by Composers Edition as the second of Three Poems of the Spirit. -
Mass for St. Peter (77)
SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered on 12th June 2011 by the Choir of Leeds Minster, directed by Dr. Simon Lindley.Mass of Christ the Redeemer (101)
Setting of the Mass for Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music in 2019. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2019, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.Missa Brevis (83) :
Missa Brevis (English Edition) (83A). SATB Choir, Congregation, and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 8th April, 2012, directed by the composer.
Missa Brevis (Latin Edition) (83B). SATB Choir and organ.
The Lord’s Prayer (83C). SATB Choir and organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11th November 2012.
Missa Brevis – St. Pancras (96)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Commissioned by the 2016 London Festival of Contemporary Music, and premiered on 15th May 2016 by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.Missa Magdalenensis (47)
SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, and premiered by them at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 6th June 1999, directed by Grayston Ives.Missa Urbs Beata (6)
SATB Choir, Congregation, and Organ (withdrawn).Music for Morning and Evening Anglican Services, and arrangements/performing-editions of works by other composers (85)
Original works :
Anglican Chants
Easter Anthems
Wedding Sentences
Responses – ‘St George’, and Responses for Compline
Benediction
Mass of St. George
Evening Canticles – ‘St. George’
Propers for Easter Day and Advent SundayArrangements/Performing-editions of other composers’ works :
Anthems, Chants, and Canticles by S.H. Ramsbotham, Sir C.H.H. Parry, G. Holst, Sir H. Walford Davies, Sir C. Wood, S. Webbe, J. Rheinberger, and F. Schubert.
All of the above premiered and performed regularly at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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New England Elegy (109)
Solo Violin and Narrator. Words by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Premiered by Benjamin Luxon (Narrator) and Yevgeny Kutik (Violin) at the ‘Music on Main’ Series, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA, on 14th May 2022.Nocturne (58)
Concert piece for Contrabassoon and Orchestra. Commissioned by Inge Hadorn, and premiered by her in the version for Contrabassoon and Piano, at St. Peter’s School, Johannesburg, on 8th June 2010, with Mark Baker (Piano).Nocturnus (90)
Six works for solo instruments or ensembles :
I – Flugelhorn and Organ. Premiered by Jevon O’Donovan (Flugelhorn) and Marnus Greyling (Organ) at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival on 22nd March 2014. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
II – Violin and Harp. Premiered by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Ventura Rosenthal (Harp) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series, on 6th April 2014.
III – Woodwind Trio. Premiered by the Umoya Ensemble at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th February 2014;
IV – Solo Cello. Premiered by Jeremy Clarke at the Papillon Centre, Wakkerstroom, South Africa, on 19th November 2017.
V – ‘Wind oor die Branders’ (‘Wind on the waves’). Solo piano. Commissioned for the seventieth birthday of Carl Franz Schelhase. First performed in Johannesburg, on 30th October 2015.
VI – ‘4th December 1976’. Solo organ. Written in memory of Benjamin Britten on the fortieth anniversary of his death. Commissioned by Gerrit Jordaan, who premiered the work at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 2nd April 2017. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
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On Hearing the Oxford Bells at Eventide (57)
Concert piece for Narrator and Orchestra. Words : Sir John Betjeman. Commissioned and premiered by the Oxford Orchestra da Camera in honour of its tenth anniversary. Premiered at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on 28th September 2002, with Henry Kelly (Narrator), conducted by Howard Williams. -
Palm Sunday Processional (42)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1999.Passacaglia on a Theme of Benjamin Britten (87)
Solo Organ. Written as part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Essen Cathedral, on 11th September 2013.Paternoster (29)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 27th October 2010, directed by Michael Dingaan. Frequently performed with Opus 18.Phos Hilaron (55)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Greek, pre-3rd Century, trans. Robert Bridges. Commissioned and premiered by the City of Oxford Choir, in the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford, on 1st December 2001, directed by Peter Leech.Prelude and Fugue : The Phoenix of Johannesburg (75)
Solo Organ. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of the University of South Africa, Pretoria, on 17th September 2011.Psalm Prelude (4)
Solo Organ and String Orchestra (or String Quartet). Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk (Organ) and the Goldberg String Quartet on 31st March 2013, at St. George’s Church, Johannesburg.Puer Nobis (arr.) (15)
Christmas Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Trad. German. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows’ Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, in December 1992, directed by the composer. -
Quattro Ricercari (2024/No.2)
Four meditations for solo organ. No.1 will receive its premiere on 5th June 2024, with the composer at the organ of the City Church of St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford. -
Redemptor Mundi (5)
Advent Chorale for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The English Hymnal. Premiered in December 1986 by the choir of St. Martin’s Church, West Acton, London, directed by the composer.Renewal of Light (20)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : B. Foley. Premiered by Frauke von Stein (Soprano) at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany, on 24th December 1994. Published by Composers Edition as the third of Three Poems of the Spirit.Requiem (66)
SATB Choir, Soloists, Organ, and Orchestra. Commissioned by the Choir of St. Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra at the Linder Auditorium, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 17th May 2009, conducted by Michael Dingaan.Responses – Frankfurt (18)
SATB Choir. Premiered by the Choir of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany, on 22nd May 1994, directed by Kathleen Berthold.Responses – Salisbury (46)
Upper voices. Premiered by Salisbury Cathedral Choir on 7th July 1999, directed by Simon Lole.Responses – St. Cyprian (98)
SATB Choir. Commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival, at St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa. Given their world premiere at the Festival, 4th-8th October 2017, by the choir of St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa, directed by Peter Black.Responses – Oxford (2023/No.3)
Solo Cantor and Organ. Written for the City Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, where the premiere took place on 12th November 2023, directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.Responses – Whitchurch (9)
SATB Choir. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows’ Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, in 1990, directed by the composer. -
Service of Holy Communion (92)
Settings of the Mass and Service of Holy Communion (1662) for Choir and Organ.92A : Service of Holy Communion
SATB Choir and (Chamber) Organ. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 2nd December 2018, directed by the composer.92B : Missa in Simplicitate
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (69)
Premiered by Penelope Fraser (Bassoon) and Annika Burke (Piano) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 17th June 2012.Sonata for Organ (67)
Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith on the Klais organ at St. John’s Smith Square, London, on 8th December 2008.Sonata for Piano (99)
Solo piano. First performed on 6th November 2019 at the 1901 Arts Club, London, by the work’s dedicatee, Duncan Honeybourne.Sonata for Violin and Organ (74)
Solo Violin and Organ. Premiered by Zanta Hofmeyr (Violin) and Wim Viljoen (Organ) at the Universiteitsoord Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 27th September 2010.Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2)
Premiered by David Teie (Cello) and Myriam Avalos-Teie (Piano) at the Victoria Bach Festival, Texas, USA on 5th June 1985.Spring Suite (2022/No.2)
Suite for Solo Recorders, and Pianoforte or String Quartet. First performed by John Turner, the work’s dedicatee, and the Victoria String Quartet at St. Paul’s Church, Heaton Moor, Stockport, on 21st June 2023.String Quartet (3)
String Quartet in One Movement. Premiered by the Goldberg String Quartet, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th March 2012.Suite for Organ (72)
Solo Organ. Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith on the organ of Leeds Great Town Hall on 23rd January 2012.Suite – King Richard III (94)
Solo Violin. Interspersed with poems by A.C. Swinburne. Commissioned by the English Music Festival, and premiered in Middleham, Yorkshire, England, by the work’s dedicatee Rupert Marshall-Luck, on 12th September 2015.Suite on South African Folk Tunes (78)
Trumpet and Organ; or Flute, Viola, and Piano. Premiered in the version for Trumpet and Organ by Jevon O’Donovan (Trumpet) and Jane Parker-Smith (Organ) at the ‘Irene’ Dutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 24th September 2011. Premiered in the version for Flute, Viola, and Piano, by ‘Trio with a Twist’, at the Nederburg Concert Series in South Africa, on 25th August 2013. A short version (‘Rondo South Africa‘) was commissioned by the Swiss-Bulgarian Association of Culture and premiered at Besancon in France in 2017 as part of their MOSAIC series. Since then, the work has been performed in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) in 2017, Chambesy/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2017, Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2018, Bratislava (Slovakia) in 2018, Vienna (Austria) in 2018, Mogosoaia (Romania) in 2018, and Veyrier/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2020. -
Te Deum – Aedis Christi (49)
ATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th February 1999, directed by Stephen Darlington.Te lucis ante terminum (108)
SATB Choir unaccompanied. Commissioned by the 2020 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. First performed at the LFCCM on 23rd May 2021 by the Choir of St. Pancras Church, London, directed by Christopher Batchelor.Temples of Orpheus (2021/No.1)
A setting of five sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke, in the English prose translation by Richard Pantcheff, for Narrator, Solo Violin, and Pianoforte.Terzetto (2024/No.1)
Trio for Flute, Horn in F, and Pianoforte. First performed in the presence of the composer by Helen Wilson (Flute), Matthew Head (Horn), and Simon Passmore (Pianoforte) at St Elizabeth's Church, Ashley, Manchester, on 28th August 2024..
The Annunciation to Mary (2020/No.4)
A setting of words by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Richard Pantcheff) for Narrator, Violin, and Piano. Commissioned by the English Music Festival for its Christmas Garland at St. Mary’s Church, Horsham, Sussex. Premiered there on 17th December 2020 by Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator), Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin), and Duncan Honeybourne (Piano).The Covenant (60)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : J. Donne. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Thomas’ Church, Coral Gables, Florida, USA, on 20th June 2004, directed by Ken Willy.“…the field long-slept in pastoral green…” (2020/No.1)
Solo Violoncello. Commissioned by Mickey Katz, cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston, USA. Premiered by him, and posted on Facebook on 31st May 2020. First public performance was at the Tanglewood Festival, USA, on 7th August 2020.The Gardens of Love (105)
Solo Violin and Narrator. Commissioned for the inaugural English Music Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, in February 2020, where it was premiered by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).“…the space immense of the azure sky…” (2022/No.1)
Concert piece for Alto Recorder and Pianoforte. First performed by John Turner, the work’s dedicatee, and Susan Bettaney (Pianoforte) at a recording on 21st April 2022, at St. John’s Church, Heaton Moor, Stockport. Published on the website http://www.recorderist.co.uk.The Sun’s Arising (81)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : H. Vaughan. Premiered by Samuel Pantcheff (Baritone) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 25th December 2011. Published by Composers Edition as the first of Three Poems of the Spirit.Three Christmas Carols (31)
Upper Voices and Organ.No. 1 – The Cradle Carol. Words by Bishop T. Ken.
No. 2 – Ding dong! merrily on high. Words : G.R. Woodward. (Also available in a version for SATB Choir and Organ).
No. 3 – The Song of Mary. Words : B. Foley.
Premiered in the Chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, conducted by Richard Vendome on 3rd December 2000.
Three Hymn Preludes for Organ (52)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
Three Short Anthems (63)
Upper Voices and Organ. Opus 63A arranged for SATB and Organ. Written for Grayston Ives and the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
No. 1 – Grant us thy peace. Words : R.A. Pantcheff. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.
No. 2 – Those who follow. Words : G. Dearmer. Premiered by the Trebles of Magdalen College, Oxford, conducted by Grayston Ives in May 2004.
No. 3 – Still will we trust. Words : W.H. Burleigh. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.“…thus in silence, in dreams’ projections…” (2020/No.2)
Solo Pianoforte. Written for Duncan Honeybourne.To Autumn (103)
Solo violin and Narrator. A cycle of nine English poems commissioned by the October 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).Trio Sonatas for Organ (95)
Solo Organ. Trio Sonata No. 1. Premiered by Simon Passmore on the organ of St. Ann’s Church, Manchester, on 4th July 2021.Turn again then unto thy rest (8)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 116. Premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 6th March 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington.Twelve Anglo Saxon Sentences (93)
Solo voices and Organ. Words : Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Selected and Translated by Professor R.K. Gordon. Commissioned for the inaugural concert of the St. George’s Chamber Choir, and premiered by them on 10th December 2014, with Marnus Greyling (Organ).Twelve New Hymns (36)
SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered on various Sundays throughout 2010 by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg.Twelve Short Interludes for Organ (25)
Solo Organ. Various movements premiered by the work’s dedicatee, Kathleen Berthold, at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt in 1994. First complete performance given by Iain Farrington at the Annual Festival of New Organ Music, on the Rieger organ of St. Marylebone Church, London, on 1st August 2009.Two Anthems for Upper Voices (33)
Upper Voices and Organ. Subsequently arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.No. 1 – Spirit of Mercy. Words from the Foundling Hospital Collection – 1774. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008.
No. 2 – Palms of Glory. Words by J. Montgomery (1771-1854). Premiered at the RSCM Choral Course at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 27th March 2010, directed by the composer.
Two Christmas Pieces for Organ (32)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the Chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford, on 16th December 1996.Two Descants (92)
Choir and Organ.
No. 1 – Angel voices ever singing. Premiered by Peter Black at the Choral Workshop in Christ Church, Pretoria, on 12th July 2014;
No. 2 – Cwm Rhondda.commissioned and premiered by Kathleen Bird for the Alumni Choir of the Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in the Berliner Dom in 2014.Two Organ Pieces for Passiontide and Easter (44)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1998.Two Short Anthems For Lower Voices (68)
Unaccompanied ATB Choir.No. 1 – Saviour Eternal. Words: pre-11th Century, translated M.J. Blacker.
No. 2 – Come, faithful people. Words : G. Moultrie and others.Commissioned and premiered by the Gentlemen of the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on their tour of New Zealand, in Christchurch Cathedral, on 29th July 2006 (No. 1) and 5th August 2006 (No.2).
Two Short Organ Pieces (40)
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Veni Sancte Spiritus (21)
Anthem for Soprano Voices and Organ, or Soprano solo, Viola, and Organ. Words : B. Foley. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 4th June 1995. Version for Soprano Solo, Viola, and Organ premiered in Grahamstown Cathedral, South Africa, in October 2014, as part of the 140th Anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Diocesan School for Girls.Voces Organi (107)
Solo organ. Six improvisations for the major festivals of the Church calendar, or for general use. For Ripon College, Oxford. The second movement, ‘Vexilla Regis prodeunt’ was premiered by the composer at the service of Holy Communion for Ripon College, Oxford, at the Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon, Oxford on 11th March 2020. -
What child is this ? (28)
Carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : W. Chatterton Dix. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 24th December 1995.What shall we offer thee ? (26)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Piano. Words from the Greek Orthodox. Premiered by Vocal Scholars from the Royal Academy of Music, London, at the Gala Concert of the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, accompanied by the composer, 23rd March 2013. -
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Christmas motet for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Anon 15th century. Premiered by the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands, in Summer 1982, directed by the composer.
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Premiered by David Teie (Cello) and Myriam Avalos-Teie (Piano) at the Victoria Bach Festival, Texas, USA on 5th June 1985.
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String Quartet in One Movement. Premiered by the Goldberg String Quartet, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th March 2012.
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Solo Organ and String Orchestra (or String Quartet). Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk (Organ) and the Goldberg String Quartet on 31st March 2013, at St. George’s Church, Johannesburg.
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Advent Chorale for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The English Hymnal. Premiered in December 1986 by the choir of St. Martin’s Church, West Acton, London, directed by the composer.
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Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in August 1996, directed by Kathleen Bird.
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SATB Choir and organ. First liturgical performance by the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, directed by Stephen Farr, in February 1997. Opus 7A is the arrangement for Unison/Solo Voice(s) and Organ.
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For unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 116. Premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 6th March 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington.
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SATB Choir. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows’ Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, in 1990, directed by the composer.
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Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 127. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, directed by Michael Dingaan, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008.
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Short anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : John Greenleaf Whittier. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, in the church of St. James the Less, Litchfield, Hampshire in March 1993, directed by the composer.
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SATB Choir (and Organ). Premiered by the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands, in August 1998.
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Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : C. Coffin, trans. J Chandler. Premiered by the Choir of St Michael’s Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados, on 15th December 2011, directed by John Bryan.
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Carol/anthem for Upper Voices and Organ. Words : Anon 13th Century. First performed by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 19th December 1993, directed by Kathleen Berthold.
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Christmas Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Trad. German. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows’ Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, in December 1992, directed by the composer.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Dedicated to, and premiered by, Dr. Kenneth Pankhurst on Sundays throughout Lent in 1993, on the organ of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
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Responses – Frankfurt (18)
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Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : G. Herbert. Premiered by Ronald Bird (Tenor) and Kathleen Berthold (Organ) on 22nd May 1994 at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt. Published by Composers Edition as the second of Three Poems of the Spirit. -
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : B. Foley. Premiered by Frauke von Stein (Soprano) at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany, on 24th December 1994. Published by Composers Edition as the third of Three Poems of the Spirit. -
Anthem for Soprano Voices and Organ; or Soprano solo, Viola, and Organ. Words : B. Foley. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 4th June 1995. Version for Soprano Solo, Viola, and Organ premiered in Grahamstown Cathedral, South Africa, in October 2014, as part of the 140th Anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Diocesan School for Girls. -
Unaccompanied SSA Choir, later arranged for unaccompanied SATB Choir (for Roger Sayer and the Choir of Rochester Cathedral). Words : Brian Foley. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 16th April 1995, directed by Kathleen Bird. -
SATB Choir (and Organ). Revised version composed in January 2010. Premiered by The English Choir, Berlin, in the Schloss-Kirche, Wittenberg, on 14th September 2014; and in the Berliner Dom, on 28th September 2014, directed by Kathleen Bird. -
Five Hymn arrangements (24)
Last verse/descant arrangements for Choir and Organ.No. 1 – Winchester Old
No. 2 – Cranston
No. 3 – LeoniDedicated to Kathleen Berthold and the Choir of The Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany. Numbers 1 and 2 premiered by the dedicatees on 24th December 1995.
No. 4 – Cwm Rhondda
Commissioned by Kathleen Bird for the Alumni Choir of the Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, and premiered by them in Berliner Dom in 2014.
No. 5 – Angel Voices
Commissioned and premiered by Peter Black for the RSCM Choral Workshop at Christ Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 12th July 2014.
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Solo Organ. Various movements premiered by the work’s dedicatee, Kathleen Berthold, at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt in 1994. First complete performance given by Iain Farrington at the Annual Festival of New Organ Music, on the Rieger organ of St. Marylebone Church, London, on 1st August 2009. -
What shall we offer thee ? (26)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Piano. Words from the Greek Orthodox. Premiered by Vocal Scholars from the Royal Academy of Music, London, at the Gala Concert of the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, accompanied by the composer, 23rd March 2013. -
Four Pieces for Organ, Set 2 (27)
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What child is this ? (28)
Carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : W. Chatterton Dix. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 24th December 1995. -
Paternoster (29)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 27th October 2010, directed by Michael Dingaan. Frequently performed with Opus 18. -
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Upper Voices and Organ.
No. 1 – The Cradle Carol. Words by Bishop T. Ken.
No. 2 – Ding dong! merrily on high. Words : G.R. Woodward. (Also available in a version for SATB Choir and Organ)
No. 3 – The Song of Mary. Words : B. Foley.All three anthems premiered in the Chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, conducted by Richard Vendome on 3rd December 2000.
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Two Christmas Pieces for Organ (32)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the Chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford, on 16th December 1996. -
Two Anthems for Upper Voices (33)
Upper Voices and Organ. Subsequently arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.No. 1 – Spirit of Mercy. Words from the Foundling Hospital Collection – 1774. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008.
No. 2 – Palms of Glory. Words by J. Montgomery (1771-1854). Premiered at the RSCM Choral Course at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 27th March 2010, directed by the composer. -
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Opus 34A. Two Short Pieces for Organ. Edited by the composer in 2016, and premiered by Alexander Eadon on the organ of St. Saviour’s Church, Eastbourne, on 6th June 2016.
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Large-scale Introit/Grace for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words attributed to King Henry VIII. Commissioned and premiered in November 1996 by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in honour of the 450th Anniversary of the foundation of Christ Church, Oxford, directed by Stephen Darlington.
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SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered on various Sundays throughout 2010 by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg. -
Evening Canticles – Aedes Christi (37)
Upper Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 25th October 1997, directed by Stephen Darlington. -
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Vespers Responsory for All Saints’ Day. Commissioned, and premiered on 7th June 1997, by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, directed by Kathleen Berthold.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd in 1998.
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Solo Flute and Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. First performed by Sarah Pantcheff (Flute) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) on 21st December 1998, at Christ Church, Smannell, Hampshire.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1999.
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Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1998.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.
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Upper voices. Premiered by Salisbury Cathedral Choir on 7th July 1999, directed by Simon Lole.
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SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, and premiered by them at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 6th June 1999, directed by Grayston Ives.
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Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Latin 7th century, trans. J.M. Neale. Commissioned for the Choir of St. Edward’s School Oxford, and premiered by them on 6th December 1998, directed by Anthony Kerr-Dineen.
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ATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th February 1999, directed by Stephen Darlington.
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Large-scale Introit for SATB Double Choirs and two organs. Words : from the Greek Orthodox. Commissioned and premired on 21st July 2000, by the combined choirs of Salisbury, Winchester, and Chichester Cathedrals at the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Salisbury Cathedral, directed by Simon Lole.
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Song cycle for solo Baritone and Piano. Premiered by Edward Jones (Baritone) and Robert Jones (Piano) in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 26th May 2005.
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Solo organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
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Setting of Evening Canticles for Lower Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral on 27th April 2002, directed by John Scott.
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Unison Voices and Organ. Premiered and recorded by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington.
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Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Greek, pre-3rd Century, trans. Robert Bridges. Commissioned and premiered by the City of Oxford Choir, in the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford, on 1st December 2001, directed by Peter Leech.
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Five anthems for SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the choir of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary, Glasgow, in honour of the restoration of the cathedral in 2001.
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Concert piece for Narrator and Orchestra. Words : Sir John Betjeman. Commissioned and premiered by the Oxford Orchestra da Camera in honour of its tenth anniversary. Premiered at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on 28th September 2002, with Henry Kelly (Narrator), conducted by Howard Williams.
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Concert piece for Contrabassoon and Orchestra. Commissioned by Inge Hadorn, and premiered by her in the version for Contrabassoon and Piano, at St. Peter’s School, Johannesburg, on 8th June 2010, with Mark Baker (Piano).
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Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Isaiah. Commissioned and recorded by the Arcadian Singers of Oxford University, directed by Matthew O’Donovan.
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Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : J. Donne. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Thomas’ Church, Coral Gables, Florida, USA, on 20th June 2004, directed by Ken Willy.
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Five unaccompanied part songs, for lower voices divisi. Commissioned and premiered by the Clerks of Christ Church, Oxford, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, on 31st October 2003.
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Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Piano. Words : Adapted by Miles Coverdale from German texts (Luther ?). Commissioned and premiered by the Bristol Bach Choir at St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, on 19th December 2003, directed by Peter Leech.
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Upper Voices and Organ. Opus 63A arranged for SATB and Organ. Written for Grayston Ives and the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
No. 1 – Grant us thy peace. Words : R.A. Pantcheff. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.
No. 2 – Those who follow. Words : G. Dearmer. Premiered by the Trebles of Magdalen College, Oxford, conducted by Grayston Ives in May 2004.
No. 3 – Still will we trust. Words : W.H. Burleigh. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009. -
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Ecclesiastes. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford, in the Summer of 2006, directed by Paul Wingfield.
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Sonata for Viola and Piano. First performed in the version for Violoncello and Piano by Susan Mouton (Violoncello) and Annalien Ball (Piano), on 21st July 2013, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series in Johannesburg. Now published as the Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte.
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For SATB Choir, Soloists, Organ, and Orchestra. Commissioned by the Choir of St. Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra at the Linder Auditorium, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 17th May 2009, conducted by Michael Dingaan.
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Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith on the Klais organ at St. John’s Smith Square, London, on 8th December 2008.
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Unaccompanied ATB Choir.
No. 1 – Saviour Eternal. Words: pre-11th Century, translated M.J. Blacker.
No. 2 – Come, faithful people. Words : G. Moultrie and others.Commissioned and premiered by the Gentlemen of the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on their tour of New Zealand, in Christchurch Cathedral, on 29th July 2006 (No. 1) and 5th August 2006 (No.2).
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Premiered by Penelope Fraser (Bassoon) and Annika Burke (Piano) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 17th June 2012.
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Three part songs for unaccompanied SATB Choir.
No. 1 – There runs a dream. Words : A.J. Seymour.
No. 2 – To Those. Words : H. Telemaque.
No. 3 – Ancestor on the Auction Block. Words : V. Bell.Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa on 27th October 2010 at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, directed by Michael Dingaan.
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Christmas carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Jeremy Hale. Premiered by the Chanticleer Singers, at Holy Trinity Church, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 29th November 2009, directed by Richard Cock.
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Solo Organ. Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith (Organ) on the organ of Leeds Great Town Hall on 23rd January 2012.
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Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the City Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, in May 2010.
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Solo Violin and Organ. Premiered by Zanta Hofmeyr (Violin) and Wim Viljoen (Organ) at the Universiteitsoord Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 27th September 2010.
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Solo Organ. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of the University of South Africa, Pretoria, on 17th September 2011.
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Festival anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 104. Commissioned for, and premiered at, the service of dedication for the new Rieger Organ at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 8th April 2012, by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Peter Black (Organ), directed by the composer.
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SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered on 12th June 2011 by the Choir of Leeds Minster, directed by Dr. Simon Lindley.
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Trumpet and Organ; or Flute, Viola, and Piano. Premiered in the version for Trumpet and Organ by Jevon O’Donovan (Trumpet) and Jane Parker-Smith (Organ) at the ‘Irene’ Dutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 24th September 2011. Premiered in the version for Flute, Viola, and Piano, by ‘Trio with a Twist’, at the Nederburg Concert Series in South Africa, on 25th August 2013. A short version (‘Rondo South Africa‘) was commissioned by the Swiss-Bulgarian Association of Culture and premiered at Besancon in France in 2017 as part of their MOSAIC series. Since then, the work has been performed in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) in 2017, Chambesy/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2017, Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2018, Bratislava (Slovakia) in 2018, Vienna (Austria) in 2018, Mogosoaia (Romania) in 2018, and Veyrier/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2020.
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Advent or Christmas Introit, for Soprano Solo, Choir, and Organ. Premiered by the choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, at the Advent Carol Service on 27th November 2011, directed by the composer.
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Anthem/introit for SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 3rd June 2012, directed by the composer.
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Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : H. Vaughan. Premiered by Samuel Pantcheff (Baritone) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 25th December 2011. Published by Composers Edition as the first of Three Poems of the Spirit.
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Fantasia 150. Solo Organ. Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 5th August 2012.
Fantasia on ‘Haec Dies’. Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2017 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, on 10th May 2017 and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
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Missa Brevis (English Edition) (83A). SATB Choir, Congregation, and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 8th April, 2012, directed by the composer.
Missa Brevis (Latin Edition) (83B). SATB Choir and organ.
The Lord’s Prayer (83C). SATB Choir and organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11th November 2012. -
Twelve short interludes for solo Organ. Premiered by Peter Black on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, from 3rd June 2012 onwards.
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Original works :
Anglican Chants
Easter Anthems
Wedding Sentences
Responses – ‘St George’, and Responses for Compline
Benediction
Mass of St. George
Evening Canticles – ‘St. George’
Propers for Easter Day and Advent Sunday
Arrangements/Performing-editions of other composers’ works :
Anthems, Chants, and Canticles by S.H. Ramsbotham, Sir C.H.H. Parry, G. Holst, Sir H. Walford Davies, Sir C. Wood, S. Webbe, J. Rheinberger, and F. Schubert.
All of the above premiered and performed regularly at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Setting of poems for Vocal Quartet/ SATB Choir and Piano. Premiered by Vocal Scholars of the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Annika Burke, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 22nd March 2013.
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Solo Organ. Written as part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Essen Cathedral, on 11th September 2013.
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Five settings of words by A.C. Swinburne (1837-1909), for SATB Choir.
No. 1 – Ex Ore Innocentium, commissioned and premiered at the 2013 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, in St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2013, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
No. 2 – A Christmas Carol, for SATB Choir and Organ, premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 14th December 2014, directed by the composer.
No. 3 – Christ King, Fair Christ, for SATB Choir and Chamber Organ, commissioned for the Alumni of the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt on its tour to Berlin in 2014.
No. 4 – Come back in sleep.
No. 5 – Summer Transfigured, for unaccompanied SATB Choir, commissioned for the Chanticleer Singers and Richard Cock. An additional version of this work was created using an alternative text : ‘The Bird’ by Henry Vaughan (1621-95). -
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 100 (in Zulu). Commissioned for the Merton Choirbook, in honour of the 750th Anniversary of the foundation of Merton College, Oxford.
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Six works for solo instruments or ensembles :
I – Flugelhorn and Organ. Premiered by Jevon O’Donovan (Flugelhorn) and Marnus Greyling (Organ) at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival on 22nd March 2014. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
II – Violin and Harp. Premiered by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Ventura Rosenthal (Harp) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series, on 6th April 2014;
III – Woodwind Trio. Premiered by the Umoya Ensemble at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th February 2014;
IV – Solo Cello. Premiered by Jeremy Clarke at the Papillon Centre, Wakkerstroom, South Africa on 19th November 2017.
V – ‘Wind oor die Branders’ (‘Wind on the waves’). Solo piano. Commissioned for the seventieth birthday of Carl Franz Schelhase. First performed in Johannesburg, on 30th October 2015.
VI – ‘4th December 1976’. Solo organ. Written in memory of Benjamin Britten on the fortieth anniversary of his death. Commissioned by Gerrit Jordaan, who premiered the work at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 2nd April 2017. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
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SATB Choir (and Organ).
No. 1 – Crown with love, Lord, this glad day. Words by Ian Masson Fraser. A wedding anthem. Written for the wedding service of Sarah Pantcheff and Noel Radcliffe-Marrs, in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 10th May 2014.
No. 2 – Psalm 91 – Qui Habitat. Commissioned by Josef Langermann for his wife, Kristy. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg, on 4th May 2014, directed by the composer.
No. 3 – Rise, Heart, thy Lord is risen. Words by G. Herbert. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, in the National Gallery, London, on 16th May 2014, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
No. 4 – Rex Gloriae. Words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Commissioned by the 2015 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, by the choir of St. Pancras Church, conducted by Christopher Batchelor, on 13th May 2015. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
No. 5 – Domine Exaudi. Words from Psalm 102, vv1-2. Commissioned and premiered on 23rd March 2016 by the St. George’s Chamber Choir, St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, conducted by the composer.
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Settings of the Mass and Service of Holy Communion (1662) for Choir and Organ.
92A : Service of Holy Communion
SATB Choir and (Chamber) Organ. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 2nd December 2018, directed by the composer.
92B : Missa in Simplicitate
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Solo voices and Organ. Words : Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Selected and Translated by Professor R.K. Gordon. Commissioned for the inaugural concert of the St. George’s Chamber Choir, and premiered by them on 10th December 2014, with Marnus Greyling (Organ).
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Solo Violin. Interspersed with poems by A.C. Swinburne. Commissioned by the English Music Festival, and premiered in Middleham, Yorkshire, England, by the work’s dedicatee Rupert Marshall-Luck, on 12th September 2015.
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Trio Sonata No. 1. Solo Organ. Premiered by Simon Passmore on the organ of St. Ann’s Church, Manchester, on 4th July 2021.
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Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Commissioned by the 2016 London Festival of Contemporary Music, and premiered on 15th May 2016 by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
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No.1 (97, No.1)
Violin and Violoncello. Commissioned by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Wessel Beukes (Violoncello), and premiered by them on 4th November 2016 in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, as part of the Rand Club Chamber Music Series.
No.2 (97, No.2)
Two violins. Commissioned by Zanta Hofmeyr and Miro Chakaryan. Premiered by them on 10th May 2019, at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
No.3 – ‘Beethoven-Besinnung’ (97, No.3)
Piano Trio. World premiere took place on 12th October 2019 at the Musikhochschule Johann Sebastian Bach, Leipzig, Germany, by the work’s dedicatees, The Lee Trio.
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SATB Choir. Commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival, at St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa. Given their world premiere at the Festival, 4th-8th October 2017, by the choir of St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa, directed by Peter Black.
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Solo piano. First performed on 6th November 2019, at the 1901 Arts Club, London, by the work’s dedicatee, Duncan Honeybourne.
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Evening Canticles and Responses for SATB Choir, unaccompanied. Commissioned for the English Choir of Berlin, and its Director of Music, Kathleen Bird. Evening Canticles were premiered on 6th October 2018, and the Responses on 23rd June 2019, both in Berlin Cathedral.
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Setting of the Mass for Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music in 2019. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2019, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
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Solo Violin and solo Violoncello. Commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Joseph Spooner (Violoncello).
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Solo Violin and Narrator. A cycle of nine English poems, commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).
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Solo Organ. Commissioned by St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, for inclusion in the Orgelbuechlein Project (see http://www.orgelbuechlein.co.uk). Premiered by Jeremiah Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, London, on 30th December 2018. The first South African performance was given by Marnus Greyling on the organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 15th February 2019.
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Solo Violin and Narrator. Commissioned for the inaugural English Music Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 2020, where it was premiered by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).
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Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words by Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667). Written for the English Choir, Berlin, in honour of the sixty-fifth birthday of its director, Kathleen Bird.
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Solo organ. Six improvisations for the major festivals of the Church calendar, or for general use. For Ripon College, Oxford. The second movement, ‘Vexilla Regis prodeunt’ was premiered by the composer at the service of Holy Communion for Ripon College, Oxford, at the Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon, Oxford on 11th March 2020.
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SATB Choir unaccompanied. Commissioned by the 2020 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. First performed at the LFCCM on 23rd May 2021 by the Choir of St. Pancras Church, London, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
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Solo Violin and Narrator. Words by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Premiered by Benjamin Luxon (Narrator) and Yevgeny Kutik (Violin) at the ‘Music on Main’ Series, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA, on 14th May 2022.
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Solo Violoncello. Commissioned by Mickey Katz, cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston, USA. Premiered by him, and posted on Facebook, on 31st May 2020. First public performance was at the Tanglewood Festival, USA, on 7th August 2020.
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Solo Pianoforte. Written for Duncan Honeybourne.
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Solo Pianoforte. Written for Duncan Honeybourne.
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A setting of words by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Richard Pantcheff) for Narrator, Violin, and Piano. Commissioned by the English Music Festival for its Christmas Garland at St. Mary’s Church, Horsham, Sussex. Premiered there on 17th December 2020 by Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator), Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin), and Duncan Honeybourne (Piano).
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A setting of five sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke, in the English prose translation by Richard Pantcheff, for Narrator, Solo Violin, and Pianoforte.
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Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Trumpets. Commissioned by the London Choral Sinfonia and its director Michael Waldron.
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Six Chorale Preludes for Solo Organ. First performed by the composer on the organ of the City Church of St. Michael at the Northgate, Oxford, on 25th May 2022.
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Concert piece for Alto Recorder and Pianoforte. First performed by John Turner, the work’s dedicatee, and Susan Bettaney (Pianoforte) at a recording on 21st April 2022, at St. John’s Church, Heaton Moor, Stockport. Published on the website http://www.recorderist.co.uk.
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Suite for Solo Recorders, and Pianoforte or String Quartet. First performed by John Turner, the work’s dedicatee, and the Victoria String Quartet at St. Paul’s Church, Heaton Moor, Stockport, on 21st June 2023.
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Concert piece for Military Band, Piano, or String Quartet. Commissioned for the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. Premiered by the British Army Band, Colchester, at the Corps Day of the Intelligence Corps, attended by HRH Princess Anne.
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Short anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir, using words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
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Short anthem for SATB Choir and organ, using words from Psalm 84. Written for The German Choir of London, and its Director, Barbara Hoefling, and premiered by them on 19th March 2023 at St Pancras Church, London.
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Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2023 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. First performed by Edward Tambling on the organ of St. Pancras Church, London, on 12th May 2023 as part of the 2023 London Festival of Contemporary Music.
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Advent Chorale for SATB (with optional organ accompaniment). Published by Universal Edition, Vienna, together with ‘Redemptor Mundi’ (Opus 5), and ‘Conditor alme siderum’ (the original version of Opus 13).
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Solo Cantor and Organ. Written for the City Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, where the premiere took place on 12th November 2023, directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.
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SATB Choir and Organ; or Solo Cantor and Organ. Commissioned by the City Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, where the premiere will take place on 26th November 2023, with the church choir directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.
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SATB Choir with optional orchestral accompaniment. Commissioned by Barbara Höfling for the German Choir of London, and premiered by them at the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, on 10th December 2023.
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Trio for Flute, Horn in F, and Pianoforte. First performed in the presence of the composer by Helen Wilson (Flute), Matthew Head (Horn), and Simon Passmore (Pianoforte) at St Elizabeth's Church, Ashley, Manchester, on 28th August 2024.
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Four meditations for solo organ. No.1 will receive its premiere on 5th June 2024, with the composer at the organ of the City Church of St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford.
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Short interludes for solo organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the City Church, Oxford, on Sundays between May and July 2024.
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Agnus Dei (6)
Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in August 1996, directed by Kathleen Bird.Evening Canticles – Whitchurch (7)
SATB Choir and organ. First liturgical performance by the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, directed by Stephen Farr, in February 1997. Opus 7A is the arrangement for Unison/Solo Voice(s) and Organ.Responses – Whitchurch (9)
SATB Choir. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows’ Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, in 1990, directed by the composer.Evening Canticles – Alderney (12)
SATB Choir (and Organ). Premiered by the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands, in August 1998.Responses – Frankfurt (18)
SATB Choir. Premiered by the Choir of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany, on 22nd May 1994.Evening Canticles – Frankfurt (23)
SATB Choir (and Organ). Revised version composed in January 2010. Premiered by The English Choir, Berlin, in the Schloss-Kirche, Wittenberg, on 14th September 2014, and in the Berliner Dom on 28th September 2014, directed by Kathleen Bird.Paternoster (29)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 27th October 2010, directed by Michael Dingaan. Frequently performed with Opus 18.Evening Canticles – Aedes Christi (37)
Upper Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 25th October 1997, directed by Stephen Darlington.Responses – Salisbury (46)
Upper voices. Premiered by Salisbury Cathedral Choir on 7th July 1999, directed by Simon Lole.Missa Magdalenensis (47)
SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, and premiered by them at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 6th June 1999, directed by Grayston Ives.Te Deum – Aedis Christi (49)
ATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th February 1999, directed by Stephen Darlington.Evening Canticles – St. Paul’s (53)
Lower Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral on 27th April 2002, directed by John Scott.Credo in unum Deum (54)
Unison Voices and Organ. Premiered and recorded by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington.Mass for St. Peter (77)
SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered on 12th June 2011 by the Choir of Leeds Minster, directed by Dr. Simon Lindley.Missa Brevis (83) :
Missa Brevis (English Edition) (83A). SATB Choir, Congregation, and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 8th April, 2012, directed by the composer.
Missa Brevis (Latin Edition) (83B). SATB Choir and organ.
The Lord’s Prayer (83C). SATB Choir and organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11th November 2012.
Music for Morning and Evening Anglican Services, and arrangements/performing-editions of works by other composers (85)
Original works :
Anglican Chants
Easter Anthems
Wedding Sentences
Responses – ‘St George’, and Responses for Compline
Benediction
Mass of St. George
Evening Canticles – ‘St. George’
Propers for Easter Day and Advent Sunday
Arrangements/Performing-editions of other composers’ works :
Anthems, Chants, and Canticles by S.H. Ramsbotham, Sir C.H.H. Parry, G. Holst, Sir H. Walford Davies, Sir C. Wood, S. Webbe, J. Rheinberger, and F. Schubert.
All of the above premiered and performed regularly at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Service of Holy Communion (92)
92A : Service of Holy Communion
SATB Choir and (Chamber) Organ. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 2nd December 2018, directed by the composer.
92B : Missa in Simplicitate
Missa Brevis – St. Pancras (96)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Commissioned by the 2016 London Festival of Contemporary Music, and premiered on 15th May 2016 by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
Responses – St. Cyprian (98)
SATB Choir. Commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival, at St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa. Given their world premiere at the Festival, 4th-8th October 2017, by the choir of St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa, directed by Peter Black.
Evening Service in E Major – Berlin (100)
Evening Canticles and Responses for SATB Choir, unaccompanied. Commissioned for the English Choir of Berlin, and its Director of Music, Kathleen Bird. Evening Canticles were premiered on 6th October 2018, and the Responses on 23rd June 2019, both in Berlin Cathedral.
Mass of Christ the Redeemer (101)
Setting of the Mass for Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music in 2019. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2019, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
Holy Communion in D (The ‘Oxford’ Service) (2023/No.4)
SATB Choir and Organ; or Solo Cantor and Organ. Commissioned by the City Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, where the premiere took place on 26th November 2023, with the church choir directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.
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Adam lay y bounden (1)
Christmas motet for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Anon 15th century. Premiered by the Choir of St. Anne’s Church, Alderney, Channel Islands, in Summer 1982, directed by the composer.Redemptor Mundi (5)
Advent Chorale for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The English Hymnal. Premiered in December 1986 by the choir of St. Martin’s Church, West Acton, London, directed by the composer.Turn again then unto thy rest (8)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 116. Premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 6th March 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington.Evening Hymn (10)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 127. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, directed by Michael Dingaan, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008.Drop thy still dews (11)
Short anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : John Greenleaf Whittier. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, in the church of St. James the Less, Litchfield, Hampshire in March 1993, directed by the composer.
Advent Antiphon (13)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : C. Coffin, trans. J Chandler. Premiered by the Choir of St Michael’s Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados, on 15th December 2011, directed by John Bryan.Hymn to the Virgin (14)
Carol/anthem for Upper Voices and Organ. Words : Anon 13th Century. First performed by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 19th December 1993, directed by Kathleen Berthold.Puer Nobis (arr.) (15)
Christmas Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Trad. German. Premiered by the Choir of All Hallows’ Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, in December 1992, directed by the composer.Litany to the Holy Spirit (19)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : G. Herbert. Premiered by Ronald Bird (Tenor) and Kathleen Berthold (Organ) on 22nd May 1994 at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt. Published by Composers Edition as the second of Three Poems of the Spirit.Renewal of Light (20)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : B. Foley. Premiered by Frauke von Stein (Soprano) at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany, on 24th December 1994. Published by Composers Edition as the third of Three Poems of the Spirit.Veni Sancte Spiritus (21)
Anthem for Soprano Voices and Organ, or Soprano solo, Viola, and Organ. Words : B. Foley. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 4th June 1995. Version for Soprano Solo, Viola, and Organ premiered in Grahamstown Cathedral, South Africa, in October 2014, as part of the 140th Anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Diocesan School for Girls.Easter Introit (22)
For unaccompanied SSA Choir, later arranged for unaccompanied SATB Choir (for Roger Sayer and the Choir of Rochester Cathedral). Words : Brian Foley. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 16th April 1995, directed by Kathleen Bird.Five Hymn arrangements (24)
Last verse/descant arrangements for Choir and Organ.No. 1 – Winchester Old;
No. 2 – Cranston;
No. 3 – Leoni.
Dedicated to Kathleen Berthold and the Choir of The Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, Germany. Numbers 1 and 2 premiered by the dedicatees on 24th December 1995.
No. 4 – Cwm Rhondda
Commissioned by Kathleen Bird for the Alumni Choir of the Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, and premiered by them in the Berliner Dom in 2014.
No. 5 – Angel Voices
Commissioned and premiered by Peter Black for the RSCM Choral Workshop at Christ Church, Pretoria, South Africa, 12th July 2014.
What shall we offer thee ? (26)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Piano. Words from the Greek Orthodox. Premiered by Vocal Scholars from the Royal Academy of Music, London, at the Gala Concert of the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, accompanied by the composer, 23rd March 2013.What child is this ? (28)
Carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : W. Chatterton Dix. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 24th December 1995.Three Christmas Carols (31)
Upper Voices and Organ.
No. 1 – The Cradle Carol. Words by Bishop T. Ken.
No. 2 – Ding dong! merrily on high. Words : G.R. Woodward. (Also available in a version for SATB Choir and Organ)
No. 3 – The Song of Mary. Words : B. Foley.Premiered in the Chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, conducted by Richard Vendome on 3rd December 2000.
Two Anthems for Upper Voices (33)
Upper Voices and Organ. Subsequently arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.No. 1 – Spirit of Mercy. Words from the Foundling Hospital Collection – 1774. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008.
No. 2 – Palms of Glory. Words by J. Montgomery (1771-1854). Premiered at the RSCM Choral Course at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 27th March 2010, directed by the composer.
Twelve New Hymns (36)
SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered on various Sundays throughout 2010 by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg.Laudem dicite (38)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Vespers Responsory for All Saints’ Day. Commissioned, and premiered on 7th June 1997, by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, directed by Kathleen Berthold.Creator of the starry height (48)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Latin 7th century, trans. J.M. Neale. Commissioned for the Choir of St. Edward’s School Oxford, and premiered by them on 6th December 1998, directed by Anthony Kerr-Dineen.Hymns of the Cherubim (50)
Large-scale Introit for SATB Double Choirs and two organs. Words : from the Greek Orthodox. Commissioned and premired on 21st July 2000, by the combined choirs of Salisbury, Winchester, and Chichester Cathedrals at the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Salisbury Cathedral, directed by Simon Lole.Phos Hilaron (55)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Greek, pre-3rd Century, trans. Robert Bridges. Commissioned and premiered by the City of Oxford Choir, in the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford, on 1st December 2001, directed by Peter Leech.Glasgow Anthems, The (56)
Five anthems for SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the choir of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary, Glasgow, in honour of the restoration of the cathedral in 2001.For lo, the days come (59)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Isaiah. Commissioned and recorded by the Arcadian Singers of Oxford University, directed by Matthew O’Donovan.
The Covenant (60)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : J. Donne. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Thomas’ Church, Coral Gables, Florida, USA, on 20th June 2004, directed by Ken Willy.Eternal light doth now appear (62)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Piano. Words : Adapted by Miles Coverdale from German texts (Luther ?). Commissioned and premiered by the Bristol Bach Choir at St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, on 19th December 2003, directed by Peter Leech.Three Short Anthems (63)
Upper Voices and Organ. Opus 63A arranged for SATB and Organ. Written for Grayston Ives and the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
No. 1 – Grant us thy peace. Words : R.A. Pantcheff. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.
No. 2 – Those who follow. Words : G. Dearmer. Premiered by the Trebles of Magdalen College, Oxford, conducted by Grayston Ives in May 2004.
No. 3 – Still will we trust. Words : W.H. Burleigh. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.Come, my beloved (64)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Ecclesiastes. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford, in the Summer of 2006, directed by Paul Wingfield.Requiem (66)
For SATB Choir, Soloists, Organ, and Orchestra. Commissioned by the Choir of St. Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra at the Linder Auditorium, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 17th May 2009, conducted by Michael Dingaan.Two Short Anthems For Lower Voices (68)
Unaccompanied ATB Choir.
No. 1 – Saviour Eternal. Words: pre-11th Century, translated M.J. Blacker.
No. 2 – Come, faithful people. Words : G. Moultrie and others.Commissioned and premiered by the Gentlemen of the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on their tour of New Zealand, in Christchurch Cathedral, on 29th July 2006 (No. 1) and 5th August 2006 (No.2).
African Christmas (71)
Christmas carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Jeremy Hale. Premiered by the Chanticleer Singers, at Holy Trinity Church, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 29th November 2009, directed by Richard Cock.Bless thou the Lord, O my soul (76)
Festival anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 104. Commissioned for, and premiered at, the service of dedication for the new Rieger Organ at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 8th April 2012, by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Peter Black (Organ), directed by the composer.Advent Responsory (79)
Advent or Christmas Introit, for Soprano Solo, Choir, and Organ. Premiered by the choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, at the Advent Carol Service on 27th November 2011, directed by the composer.A Prayer of St. Columba (80)
Anthem/introit for SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 3rd June 2012, directed by the composer.The Sun’s Arising (81)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : H. Vaughan. Premiered by Samuel Pantcheff (Baritone) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 25th December 2011. Published by Composers Edition as the first of Three Poems of the Spirit.Swinburne Anthems, The (88)
Five settings of words by A.C. Swinburne (1837-1909), for SATB Choir.
No. 1 – Ex Ore Innocentium, commissioned and premiered at the 2013 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, in St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2013, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
No. 2 – A Christmas Carol, for SATB Choir and Organ, premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 14th December 2014, directed by the composer.
No. 3 – Christ King, Fair Christ, for SATB Choir and Chamber Organ, commissioned for the Alumni of the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt on its tour to Berlin in 2014.
No. 4 – Come back in sleep.No. 5 – Summer Transfigured, for unaccompanied SATB Choir, commissioned for the Chanticleer Singers and Richard Cock. An additional version of this work was created using an alternative text : ‘The Bird’ by Henry Vaughan (1621-95).
Ihubo Ikhulu (89)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 100 (in Zulu). Commissioned for the Merton Choirbook, in honour of the 750th Anniversary of the foundation of Merton College, Oxford.Five Anthems (91)
SATB Choir (and Organ).No. 1 – Crown with love, Lord, this glad day. Words by Ian Masson Fraser. A wedding anthem. Written for the wedding service of Sarah Pantcheff and Noel Radcliffe-Marrs in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 10th May 2014.
No. 2 – Psalm 91 – Qui Habitat. Commissioned by Josef Langermann for his wife, Kristy. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg, on 4th May 2014, directed by the composer.
No. 3 – Rise, Heart, thy Lord is risen. Words by G. Herbert. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, in the National Gallery, London, on 16th May 2014, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
No. 4 – Rex Gloriae. Words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Commissioned by the 2015 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, by the choir of St. Pancras Church, conducted by Christopher Batchelor, on 13th May 2015. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
No. 5 – Domine Exaudi. Words from Psalm 102, vv1-2. Commissioned and premiered on 23rd March 2016 by the St. George’s Chamber Choir, St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, conducted by the composer.
Twelve Anglo Saxon Sentences (93)
Solo voices and Organ. Words : Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Selected and Translated by Professor R.K. Gordon. Commissioned for the inaugural concert of the St. George’s Chamber Choir, and premiered by them on 10th December 2014, with Marnus Greyling (Organ).A Hymn on Divine Musick (106)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words by Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667). Written for the English Choir, Berlin, in honour of the sixty-fifth birthday of its director, Kathleen Bird.
Te lucis ante terminum (108)
SATB Choir unaccompanied. Commissioned by the 2020 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. First performed at the LFCCM on 23rd May 2021 by the Choir of St. Pancras Church, London, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
Behold, O God our defender (2022/No.5)
Short anthem for SATB Choir and organ, using words from Psalm 84. Written for The German Choir of London, and its Director, Barbara Hoefling, and premiered by them on 19th March 2023 at St Pancras Church, London.
Advent Chorale – ‘Adventus Regis nostri’ (2023/No.2)
Advent Chorale for SATB (with optional organ accompaniment). Published by Universal Edition, Vienna, together with ‘Redemptor Mundi’ (Opus 5), and ‘Conditor alme siderum’ (the original version of Opus 13).
Responses – The ‘Oxford’ Service (2023/No.3)
Solo Cantor and Organ. Written for the City Church of St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, where the premiere will take place on 12th November 2023, directed by Tom Hammond-Davies.
(arr.) Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (2023/No.5)
SATB Choir with optional orchestral accompaniment. Commissioned by Barbara Höfling for the German Choir of London.
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King Henry VIII’s Apologia (35)
Large-scale Introit/Grace for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words attributed to King Henry VIII. Commissioned and premiered in November 1996 by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in honour of the 450th Anniversary of the foundation of Christ Church, Oxford, directed by Stephen Darlington.Five Elizabethan Lyrics (61)
Five unaccompanied part songs, for lower voices divisi. Commissioned and premiered by the Clerks of Christ Church, Oxford, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, on 31st October 2003.Four Poems of Stephen Crane (86)
Setting of poems for Vocal Quartet/ SATB Choir and Piano. Premiered by Vocal Scholars of the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Annika Burke, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 22nd March 2013. -
Five Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (51)
Song cycle for solo Baritone and Piano. Premiered by Edward Jones (Baritone) and Robert Jones (Piano) in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 26th May 2005.African-Caribbean Elegy (70)
Three part songs for unaccompanied SATB Choir.
No. 1 –There runs a dream. Words : A.J. Seymour.
No. 2 – To Those. Words : H. Telemaque.
No. 3 – Ancestor on the Auction Block. Words : V. Bell.Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa on 27th October 2010 at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, directed by Michael Dingaan.
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Psalm Prelude (4)
Solo Organ and String Orchestra (or String Quartet). Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk (Organ) and the Goldberg String Quartet on 31st March 2013, at St. George’s Church, Johannesburg.Four Communion pieces for Organ (16)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Dedicated to, and premiered by, Dr. Kenneth Pankhurst on Sundays throughout Lent in 1993, on the organ of All Hallows Church, Whitchurch, Hampshire.Four Pieces for Organ, Set 1 (17)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Twelve Short Interludes for Organ (25)
Solo Organ. Various movements premiered by the work’s dedicatee, Kathleen Berthold, at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt in 1994. First complete performance given by Iain Farrington at the Annual Festival of New Organ Music, on the Rieger organ of St. Marylebone Church, London, on 1st August 2009.Four Pieces for Organ, Set 2 (27)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Two Christmas Pieces for Organ (32)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the Chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford, on 16th December 1996.Four Hymn Preludes for Organ (34)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Opus 34A. Two Short Pieces for Organ. Edited by the composer in 2016, and premiered by Alexander Eadon on the organ of St. Saviour’s Church, Eastbourne, on 6th June 2016.
Four Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set 2 (39)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Two Short Organ Pieces (40)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd in 1998.‘Agnus Dei’ (41)
Solo Flute and Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. First performed by Sarah Pantcheff (Flute) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) on 21st December 1998, at Christ Church, Smannell, Hampshire.Palm Sunday Processional (42)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1999.A Christmas Fugue (43)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.Two Organ Pieces for Passiontide and Easter (44)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1998.Four Short Liturgical Interludes (45)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.Three Hymn Preludes for Organ (52)
Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Sonata for Organ (67)
Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith on the Klais organ at St. John’s Smith Square, London, on 8th December 2008.Suite for Organ (72)
Solo Organ. Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith (Organ) on the organ of Leeds Great Town Hall on 23rd January 2012.Diptych for Derek Cooper (73)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the City Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, in May 2010.Sonata for Violin and Organ (74)
Premiered by Zanta Hofmeyr (Violin) and Wim Viljoen (Organ) at the Universiteitsoord Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 27th September 2010.Prelude and Fugue : ‘The Phoenix of Johannesburg’ (75)
Solo Organ. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of the University of South Africa, Pretoria, on 17th September 2011.Suite on South African Folk Tunes (78)
Trumpet and Organ; or Flute, Viola, and Piano. Premiered in the version for Trumpet and Organ by Jevon O’Donovan (Trumpet) and Jane Parker-Smith (Organ) at the ‘Irene’ Dutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 24th September 2011. Premiered in the version for Flute, Viola, and Piano, by ‘Trio with a Twist’, at the Nederburg Concert Series in South Africa, on 25th August 2013. A short version (‘Rondo South Africa‘) was commissioned by the Swiss-Bulgarian Association of Culture and premiered at Besancon in France in 2017 as part of their MOSAIC series. Since then, the work has been performed in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) in 2017, Chambesy/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2017, Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2018, Bratislava (Slovakia) in 2018, Vienna (Austria) in 2018, Mogosoaia (Romania) in 2018, and Veyrier/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2020.Fantasias for Organ (82)
Fantasia 150. Solo Organ. Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 5th August 2012.Fantasia on ‘Haec Dies’. Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2017 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, on 10th May 2017, and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
A Sequence for St. George (84)
Twelve short interludes for solo Organ. Premiered by Peter Black on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, from 3rd June 2012 onwards.Passacaglia on a Theme of Benjamin Britten (87)
Solo Organ. Written as part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Essen Cathedral, on 11th September 2013.Trio Sonatas for Organ (95)
Trio Sonata No. 1. Solo organ. Premiered by Simon Passmore on the organ of St. Ann’s Church, Manchester, on 4th July 2021.
Chorale Prelude : ‘Werde munter, mein Gemuete’ (104)
Solo organ. Commissioned by St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, for inclusion in the Orgelbuechlein Project (see http://www.orgelbuchlein.co.uk). Premiered by Jeremiah Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, London, on 30th December 2018. The first South African performance was given by Marnus Greyling on the organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 15th February 2019.
Voces Organi (107)
Solo organ. Six improvisations for the major festivals of the Church calendar, or for general use. For Ripon College, Oxford. The second movement, ‘Vexilla Regis prodeunt’ was premiered by the composer at the service of Holy Communion for Ripon College, Oxford, at the Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon, Oxford on 11th March 2020.
Chorale Preludes (2021/No.2)
Six Chorale Preludes for Solo Organ. First performed by the composer on the organ of the City Church of St. Michael at the Northgate, Oxford, on 25th May 2022.
Ite, Missa Est (2023/No.1)
Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2023 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. First performed by Edward Tambling on the organ of St. Pancras Church, London, on 12th May 2023 as part of the 2023 London Festival of Contemporary Music.
Quattro Ricercari (2024/No.2)
Four meditations for solo organ. No.1 will receive its premiere on 5th June 2024, with the composer at the organ of the City Church of St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford.
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Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2)
Premiered by David Teie (Cello) and Myriam Avalos-Teie (Piano) at the Victoria Bach Festival, Texas, USA on 5th June 1985.String Quartet (3)
String Quartet in One Movement. Premiered by the Goldberg String Quartet, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th March 2012.Chorale Sonata (65)
Sonata for Viola and Piano. First performed in the version for Violoncello and Piano by Susan Mouton (Violoncello) and Annalien Ball (Piano), on 21st July 2013, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series in Johannesburg. Now published as the Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte.Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (69)
Premiered by Penelope Fraser (Bassoon) and Annika Burke (Piano) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 17th June 2012.Nocturnus (90)
Six works for solo instruments or ensembles :
I – Flugelhorn and Organ. Premiered by Jevon O’Donovan (Flugelhorn) and Marnus Greyling (Organ) at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival on 22nd March 2014. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
II – Violin and Harp. Premiered by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Ventura Rosenthal (Harp) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series, on 6th April 2014.
III – Woodwind Trio. Premiered by the Umoya Ensemble at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th February 2014.
IV – Solo Cello. Premiered by Jeremy Clarke at the Papillon Centre, Wakkerstroom, South Africa, on 19th November 2017.
V – ‘Wind oor die Branders’ (‘Wind on the waves’). Solo piano. Commissioned for the seventieth birthday of Carl Franz Schelhase. First performed in Johannesburg, on 30th October 2015.
VI – ‘….4th December 1976’. Solo organ. Written in memory of Benjamin Britten on the fortieth anniversary of his death. Commissioned by Gerrit Jordaan, who premiered the work at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 2nd April 2017. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
Suite – King Richard III (94)
Solo Violin. Interspersed with poems by A.C. Swinburne. Commissioned by the English Music Festival, and premiered in Middleham, Yorkshire, England, by the work’s dedicatee Rupert Marshall-Luck, on 12th September 2015.
Introduction and Allegro (97)
No.1 (97, No.1)
Violin and Violoncello. Commissioned by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Wessel Beukes (Violoncello), and premiered by them on 4th November 2016 in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, as part of the Rand Club Chamber Music Series.
No.2 (97, No.2)
Two violins. Commissioned by Zanta Hofmeyr and Miro Chakaryan. Premiered by them on 10th May 2019, at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
No.3 – ‘Beethoven-Besinnung’ (97, No.3)
Piano Trio. World premiere took place on 12th October 2019 at the Musikhochschule Johann Sebastian Bach, Leipzig, Germany, by the work’s dedicatees, The Lee Trio.
Sonata for Piano (99)
Solo piano. First performed on 6th November 2019, at the 1901 Arts Club, London, by the work’s dedicatee, Duncan Honeybourne.
Fantasia on Yorkshire Folk Tunes (102)
For solo Violin and solo Violoncello. Commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Joseph Spooner (Violoncello).
To Autumn (103)
For solo Violin and Narrator. A cycle of nine English poems, commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).
The Gardens of Love (105)
Solo Violin and Narrator. Commissioned for the inaugural English Music Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, in February 2020, where it was premiered by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).
New England Elegy (109)
Solo Violin and Narrator. Words by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Premiered by Benjamin Luxon (Narrator) and Yevgeny Kutik (Violin) at the ‘Music on Main’ Series, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA, on 14th May 2022.
“…the field long-slept in pastoral green…” (2020/No.1)
Solo Violoncello. Commissioned by Mickey Katz, cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston, USA. Premiered by him, and posted on Facebook on 31st May 2020. First public performance was at the Tanglewood Festival, USA, on 7th August 2020.
“…thus in silence, in dreams’ projections…” (2020/No.2)
Solo Pianoforte. Written for Duncan Honeybourne.
Evocations (2020/No.3)
Solo Pianoforte.
The Annunciation to Mary (2020/No.4)
A setting of words by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Richard Pantcheff) for Narrator, Violin, and Piano. Commissioned by the English Music Festival for its Christmas Garland at St. Mary’s Church, Horsham, Sussex. Premiered there on 17th December 2020 by Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator), Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin), and Duncan Honeybourne (Piano).
Temples of Orpheus (2021/No.1)
A setting of five sonnets by Rainer Maria Rilke, in the English prose translation by Richard Pantcheff, for Narrator, Solo Violin, and Pianoforte.
“…the space immense of the azure sky…” (2022/No.1)
Concert piece for Alto Recorder and Pianoforte. First performed by John Turner, the work’s dedicatee, and Susan Bettaney (Pianoforte) at a recording on 21st April 2022, at St. John’s Church, Heaton Moor, Stockport. Published on the website http://www.recorderist.co.uk.Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2)
Premiered by David Teie (Cello) and Myriam Avalos-Teie (Piano) at the Victoria Bach Festival, Texas, USA on 5th June 198No. 4 – Cwm Rhondda
Commissioned by Kathleen Bird for the Alumni Choir of the Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, and premiered by them in Berliner Dom in 2014.No. 5 – Angel
Commissioned and premiered by Peter Black for the RSCM Choral Workshop at Christ Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 12th July 2014.Twelve Short Interludes for Organ (25)
Solo Organ. Various movements premiered by the work’s dedicatee, Kathleen Berthold, at the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt in 1994. First complete performance given by Iain Farrington at the Annual Festival of New Organ Music, on the Rieger organ of St. Marylebone Church, London, on 1st August 2009.What shall we offer thee ? (26)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Piano. Words from the Greek Orthodox. Premiered by Vocal Scholars from the Royal Academy of Music, London, at the Gala Concert of the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, accompanied by the composer, 23rd March 2013.Four Pieces for Organ, Set 2 (27)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.What child is this ? (28)
Carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : W. Chatterton Dix. Premiered by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, on 24th December 1995.Paternoster (29)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 27th October 2010, directed by Michael Dingaan. Frequently performed with Opus 18.(30)
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Upper Voices and Organ.
No. 1 – The Cradle Carol. Words by Bishop T. Ken.
No. 2 – Ding dong! merrily on high. Words : G.R. Woodward. (Also available in a version for SATB Choir and Organ)
No. 3 – The Song of Mary. Words : B. Foley.All three anthems premiered in the Chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford, by the Oxford Girls’ Choir, conducted by Richard Vendome on 3rd December 2000.
Two Christmas Pieces for Organ (32)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the Chapel of St. Edward’s School, Oxford, on 16th December 1996.Two Anthems for Upper Voices (33)
Upper Voices and Organ. Subsequently arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.No. 1 – Spirit of Mercy. Words from the Foundling Hospital Collection – 1774. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, at the Anglican Church of St. Francis, Johannesburg, in September 2008.
No. 2 – Palms of Glory. Words by J. Montgomery (1771-1854). Premiered at the RSCM Choral Course at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 27th March 2010, directed by the composer.Four Hymn Preludes for Organ (34)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Opus 34A. Two Short Pieces for Organ. Edited by the composer in 2016, and premiered by Alexander Eadon on the organ of St. Saviour’s Church, Eastbourne, on 6th June 2016.
King Henry VIII’s Apologia (35)
Large-scale Introit/Grace for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words attributed to King Henry VIII. Commissioned and premiered in November 1996 by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in honour of the 450th Anniversary of the foundation of Christ Church, Oxford, directed by Stephen Darlington.Twelve New Hymns (36)
SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered on various Sundays throughout 2010 by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg.Evening Canticles – Aedes Christi (37)
Upper Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 25th October 1997, directed by Stephen Darlington.Laudem dicite (38)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Vespers Responsory for All Saints’ Day. Commissioned, and premiered on 7th June 1997, by the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt, in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, directed by Kathleen Berthold.Four Hymn Preludes for Organ, Set 2 (39)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
Two Short Organ Pieces (40)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd in 1998.‘Agnus Dei’ (41)
Solo Flute and Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. First performed by Sarah Pantcheff (Flute) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) on 21st December 1998, at Christ Church, Smannell, Hampshire.
Palm Sunday Processional (42)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1999.A Christmas Fugue (43)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.Two Organ Pieces for Passiontide and Easter (44)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. 1998.Four Short Liturgical Interludes (45)
Solo Organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Premiered by the composer on the organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th December 1998.Responses – Salisbury (46)
Upper voices. Premiered by Salisbury Cathedral Choir on 7th July 1999, directed by Simon Lole.Missa Magdalenensis (47)
SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, and premiered by them at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 6th June 1999, directed by Grayston Ives.Creator of the starry height (48)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Latin 7th century, trans. J.M. Neale. Commissioned for the Choir of St. Edward’s School Oxford, and premiered by them on 6th December 1998, directed by Anthony Kerr-Dineen.Te Deum – Aedis Christi (49)
ATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 13th February 1999, directed by Stephen Darlington.Hymns of the Cherubim (50)
Large-scale Introit for SATB Double Choirs and two organs. Words : from the Greek Orthodox. Commissioned and premired on 21st July 2000, by the combined choirs of Salisbury, Winchester, and Chichester Cathedrals at the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Salisbury Cathedral, directed by Simon Lole.Five Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (51)
Song cycle for solo Baritone and Piano. Premiered by Edward Jones (Baritone) and Robert Jones (Piano) in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 26th May 2005.Three Hymn Preludes for Organ (52)
Solo organ. Commissioned and published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.Evening Canticles – St. Paul’s (53)
Setting of Evening Canticles for Lower Voices and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral on 27th April 2002, directed by John Scott.Credo in unum Deum (54)
Unison Voices and Organ. Premiered and recorded by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, in 2001, directed by Stephen Darlington.Phos Hilaron (55)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Greek, pre-3rd Century, trans. Robert Bridges. Commissioned and premiered by the City of Oxford Choir, in the Chapel of Keble College, Oxford, on 1st December 2001, directed by Peter Leech.Glasgow Anthems, The (56)
Five anthems for SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the choir of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary, Glasgow, in honour of the restoration of the cathedral in 2001.On Hearing the Oxford Bells at Eventide (57)
Concert piece for Narrator and Orchestra. Words : Sir John Betjeman. Commissioned and premiered by the Oxford Orchestra da Camera in honour of its tenth anniversary. Premiered at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on 28th September 2002, with Henry Kelly (Narrator), conducted by Howard Williams.Nocturne (58)
Concert piece for Contrabassoon and Orchestra. Commissioned by Inge Hadorn, and premiered by her in the version for Contrabassoon and Piano, at St. Peter’s School, Johannesburg, on 8th June 2010, with Mark Baker (Piano).For lo, the days come (59)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Isaiah. Commissioned and recorded by the Arcadian Singers of Oxford University, directed by Matthew O’Donovan.The Covenant (60)
Anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : J. Donne. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. Thomas’ Church, Coral Gables, Florida, USA, on 20th June 2004, directed by Ken Willy.Five Elizabethan Lyrics (61)
Five unaccompanied part songs, for lower voices divisi. Commissioned and premiered by the Clerks of Christ Church, Oxford, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, on 31st October 2003.Eternal light doth now appear (62)
Advent Carol for SATB Choir and Piano. Words : Adapted by Miles Coverdale from German texts (Luther ?). Commissioned and premiered by the Bristol Bach Choir at St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, on 19th December 2003, directed by Peter Leech.Three Short Anthems (63)
Upper Voices and Organ. Opus 63A arranged for SATB and Organ. Written for Grayston Ives and the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.No. 1 – Grant us thy peace. Words : R.A. Pantcheff. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.
No. 2 – Those who follow. Words : G. Dearmer. Premiered by the Trebles of Magdalen College, Oxford, conducted by Grayston Ives in May 2004.
No. 3 – Still will we trust. Words : W.H. Burleigh. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa, conducted by Michael Dingaan in the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, on 20th October 2009.Come, my beloved (64)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : The Book of Ecclesiastes. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of Lincoln College, Oxford, in the Summer of 2006, directed by Paul Wingfield.Chorale Sonata (65)
Sonata for Viola and Piano. First performed in the version for Violoncello and Piano by Susan Mouton (Violoncello) and Annalien Ball (Piano), on 21st July 2013, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series in Johannesburg. Now published as the Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte.Requiem (66)
For SATB Choir, Soloists, Organ, and Orchestra. Commissioned by the Choir of St. Michael’s Anglican Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra at the Linder Auditorium, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 17th May 2009, conducted by Michael Dingaan.Sonata for Organ (67)
Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith on the Klais organ at St. John’s Smith Square, London, on 8th December 2008.
Two Short Anthems For Lower Voices (68)
Unaccompanied ATB Choir.No. 1 – Saviour Eternal. Words: pre-11th Century, translated M.J. Blacker.
No. 2 – Come, faithful people. Words : G. Moultrie and others.Commissioned and premiered by the Gentlemen of the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on their tour of New Zealand, in Christchurch Cathedral, on 29th July 2006 (No. 1) and 5th August 2006 (No.2).
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (69)
Premiered by Penelope Fraser (Bassoon) and Annika Burke (Piano) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 17th June 2012.African-Caribbean Elegy (70)
Three part songs for unaccompanied SATB Choir.No. 1 – There runs a dream. Words : A.J. Seymour.
No. 2 – To Those. Words : H. Telemaque.
No. 3 – Ancestor on the Auction Block. Words : V. Bell.Premiered by the Chamber Choir of South Africa on 27th October 2010 at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, directed by Michael Dingaan.
African Christmas (71)
Christmas carol for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Jeremy Hale. Premiered by the Chanticleer Singers, at Holy Trinity Church, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on 29th November 2009, directed by Richard Cock.Suite for Organ (72)
Solo Organ. Premiered by Clive Driskill-Smith (Organ) on the organ of Leeds Great Town Hall on 23rd January 2012.Diptych for Derek Cooper (73)
Solo Organ. Premiered by the composer on the organ of the City Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, in May 2010.Sonata for Violin and Organ (74)
Solo Violin and Organ. Premiered by Zanta Hofmeyr (Violin) and Wim Viljoen (Organ) at the Universiteitsoord Church, Pretoria, South Africa, on 27th September 2010.Prelude and Fugue : The Phoenix of Johannesburg (75)
Solo Organ. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of the University of South Africa, Pretoria, on 17th September 2011.Bless thou the Lord, O my soul (76)
Festival anthem for SATB Choir and Organ. Words : Psalm 104. Commissioned for, and premiered at, the service of dedication for the new Rieger Organ at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 8th April 2012, by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Peter Black (Organ), directed by the composer.Mass for St. Peter (77)
SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned and premiered on 12th June 2011 by the Choir of Leeds Minster, directed by Dr. Simon Lindley.Suite on South African Folk Tunes (78)
Trumpet and Organ; or Flute, Viola, and Piano. Premiered in the version for Trumpet and Organ by Jevon O’Donovan (Trumpet) and Jane Parker-Smith (Organ) at the ‘Irene’ Dutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 24th September 2011. Premiered in the version for Flute, Viola, and Piano, by ‘Trio with a Twist’, at the Nederburg Concert Series in South Africa, on 25th August 2013. A short version (‘Rondo South Africa‘) was commissioned by the Swiss-Bulgarian Association of Culture and premiered at Besancon in France in 2017 as part of their MOSAIC series. Since then, the work has been performed in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) in 2017, Chambesy/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2017, Sofia (Bulgaria) in 2018, Bratislava (Slovakia) in 2018, Vienna (Austria) in 2018, Mogosoaia (Romania) in 2018, and Veyrier/Geneva (Switzerland) in 2020.Advent Responsory (79)
Advent or Christmas Introit, for Soprano Solo, Choir, and Organ. Premiered by the choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, at the Advent Carol Service on 27th November 2011, directed by the composer.A Prayer of St. Columba (80)
Anthem/introit for SATB Choir and Organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 3rd June 2012, directed by the composer.The Sun’s Arising (81)
Anthem for Solo Voice and Organ. Words : H. Vaughan. Premiered by Samuel Pantcheff (Baritone) and Richard Pantcheff (Organ) in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 25th December 2011. Published by Composers Edition as the first of Three Poems of the Spirit.Fantasias for Organ (82)
Fantasia 150. Solo Organ. Premiered by Dr. Theo van Wyk on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 5th August 2012.Fantasia on ‘Haec Dies’. Solo Organ. Commissioned for the 2017 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, on 10th May 2017 and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Missa Brevis (83) :
Missa Brevis (English Edition) (83A). SATB Choir, Congregation, and Organ. Commissioned and premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 8th April, 2012, directed by the composer.
Missa Brevis (Latin Edition) (83B). SATB Choir and organ.
The Lord’s Prayer (83C). SATB Choir and organ. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11th November 2012.
A Sequence for St. George (84)
Twelve short interludes for solo Organ. Premiered by Peter Black on the Rieger Organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, from 3rd June 2012 onwards.Music for Morning and Evening Anglican Services, and arrangements/performing-editions of works by other composers (85)
Original works :
Anglican Chants
Easter Anthems
Wedding Sentences
Responses – ‘St George’, and Responses for Compline
Benediction
Mass of St. George
Evening Canticles – ‘St. George’
Propers for Easter Day and Advent Sunday
Arrangements/Performing-editions of other composers’ works :
Anthems, Chants, and Canticles by S.H. Ramsbotham, Sir C.H.H. Parry, G. Holst, Sir H. Walford Davies, Sir C. Wood, S. Webbe, J. Rheinberger, and F. Schubert.
All of the above premiered and performed regularly at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Four Poems of Stephen Crane (86)
Setting of poems for Vocal Quartet/ SATB Choir and Piano. Premiered by Vocal Scholars of the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Annika Burke, at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 22nd March 2013.Passacaglia on a Theme of Benjamin Britten (87)
Solo Organ. Written as part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Premiered by Jane Parker-Smith on the organ of Essen Cathedral, on 11th September 2013.Swinburne Anthems, The (88)
Five settings of words by A.C. Swinburne (1837-1909), for SATB Choir.
No. 1 – Ex Ore Innocentium, commissioned and premiered at the 2013 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, in St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2013, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
No. 2 – A Christmas Carol, for SATB Choir and Organ, premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 14th December 2014, directed by the composer.
No. 3 – Christ King, Fair Christ, for SATB Choir and Chamber Organ, commissioned for the Alumni of the Choir of the Episcopal Church of Christ the King, Frankfurt on its tour to Berlin in 2014.
No. 4 – Come back in sleep.
No. 5 – Summer Transfigured, for unaccompanied SATB Choir, commissioned for the Chanticleer Singers and Richard Cock. An additional version of this work was created using an alternative text : ‘The Bird’ by Henry Vaughan (1621-95).Ihubo Ikhulu (89)
Anthem for unaccompanied SATB Choir. Words : Psalm 100 (in Zulu). Commissioned for the Merton Choirbook, in honour of the 750th Anniversary of the foundation of Merton College, Oxford.Nocturnus (90)
Six works for solo instruments or ensembles :
I – Flugelhorn and Organ. Premiered by Jevon O’Donovan (Flugelhorn) and Marnus Greyling (Organ) at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival on 22nd March 2014. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
II – Violin and Harp. Premiered by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Ventura Rosenthal (Harp) at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series, on 6th April 2014;
III – Woodwind Trio. Premiered by the Umoya Ensemble at the Rand Club Chamber Music Series on 16th February 2014;
IV – Solo Cello. Premiered by Jeremy Clarke at the Papillon Centre, Wakkerstroom, South Africa on 19th November 2017.
V – ‘Wind oor die Branders’ (‘Wind on the waves’). Solo piano. Commissioned for the seventieth birthday of Carl Franz Schelhase. First performed in Johannesburg, on 30th October 2015.
VI – ‘4th December 1976’. Solo organ. Written in memory of Benjamin Britten on the fortieth anniversary of his death. Commissioned by Gerrit Jordaan, who premiered the work at St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 2nd April 2017. Arranged in 2020 for Flugelhorn and String orchestra at the behest of the London Choral Sinfonia.
Five Anthems (91)
SATB Choir (and Organ).No. 1 – Crown with love, Lord, this glad day. Words by Ian Masson Fraser. A wedding anthem. Written for the wedding service of Sarah Pantcheff and Noel Radcliffe-Marrs, in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, on 10th May 2014.
No. 2 – Psalm 91 – Qui Habitat. Commissioned by Josef Langermann for his wife, Kristy. Premiered by the Choir of St. George’s Church, Johannesburg, on 4th May 2014, directed by the composer.
No. 3 – Rise, Heart, thy Lord is risen. Words by G. Herbert. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, in the National Gallery, London, on 16th May 2014, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
No. 4 – Rex Gloriae. Words from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Commissioned by the 2015 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Premiered in St. Pancras Church, London, by the choir of St. Pancras Church, conducted by Christopher Batchelor, on 13th May 2015. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
No. 5 – Domine Exaudi. Words from Psalm 102, vv1-2. Commissioned and premiered on 23rd March 2016 by the St. George’s Chamber Choir, St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, conducted by the composer.
Service of Holy Communion (92)
Settings of the Mass and Service of Holy Communion (1662) for Choir and Organ.92A : Service of Holy Communion
SATB Choir and (Chamber) Organ. Premiered by the Chamber Choir of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa on 2nd December 2018, directed by the composer.
92B : Missa in Simplicitate
Twelve Anglo Saxon Sentences (93)
Solo voices and Organ. Words : Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Selected and Translated by Professor R.K. Gordon. Commissioned for the inaugural concert of the St. George’s Chamber Choir, and premiered by them on 10th December 2014, with Marnus Greyling (Organ).Suite – King Richard III (94)
Solo Violin. Interspersed with poems by A.C. Swinburne. Commissioned by the English Music Festival, and premiered in Middleham, Yorkshire, England, by the work’s dedicatee Rupert Marshall-Luck, on 12th September 2015.
Trio Sonatas for Organ (95)
Trio Sonata No. 1. Solo Organ. Premiered by Simon Passmore on the organ of St. Ann’s Church, Manchester, on 4th July 2021.
Missa Brevis – St. Pancras (96)
Unaccompanied SATB Choir. Commissioned by the 2016 London Festival of Contemporary Music, and premiered on 15th May 2016 by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, conducted by Christopher Batchelor.
Introduction and Allegro (97)
No.1 (97, No.1)
Violin and Violoncello. Commissioned by Miro Chakaryan (Violin) and Wessel Beukes (Violoncello), and premiered by them on 4th November 2016 in St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, as part of the Rand Club Chamber Music Series.
No.2 (97, No.2)
Two violins. Commissioned by Zanta Hofmeyr and Miro Chakaryan. Premiered by them on 10th May 2019, at the Theatre on the Square, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
No.3 – ‘Beethoven-Besinnung’ (97, No.3)
Piano Trio. World premiere took place on 12th October 2019 at the Musikhochschule Johann Sebastian Bach, Leipzig, Germany, by the work’s dedicatees, The Lee Trio.
Responses – St. Cyprian (98)
SATB Choir. Commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival, at St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa. Given their world premiere at the Festival, 4th-8th October 2017, by the choir of St. Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, South Africa, directed by Peter Black.
Sonata for Piano (99)
Solo piano. First performed on 6th November 2019, at the 1901 Arts Club, London, by the work’s dedicatee, Duncan Honeybourne.
Evening Service in E Major – Berlin (100)
Evening Canticles and Responses for SATB Choir, unaccompanied. Commissioned for the English Choir of Berlin, and its Director of Music, Kathleen Bird. Evening Canticles were premiered on 6th October 2018, and the Responses on 23rd June 2019, both in Berlin Cathedral.
Mass of Christ the Redeemer (101)
Setting of the Mass for Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music in 2019. Premiered by the choir of St. Pancras Church, London, on 19th May 2019, directed by Christopher Batchelor.
Fantasia on Yorkshire Folk Tunes (102)
Solo Violin and solo Violoncello. Commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Joseph Spooner (Violoncello).
To Autumn (103)
Solo Violin and Narrator. A cycle of nine English poems, commissioned by the 2018 English Music Festival in Yorkshire. Premiered at Castle Bolton on 7th October 2018 by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).
Chorale Prelude : ‘Werde munter, mein Gemuete’ (104)
Solo Organ. Commissioned by St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, for inclusion in the Orgelbuechlein Project (see http://www.orgelbuechlein.co.uk). Premiered by Jeremiah Stephenson in Westminster Abbey, London, on 30th December 2018. The first South African performance was given by Marnus Greyling on the organ of St. George’s Anglican Church, Johannesburg, on 15th February 2019.
The Gardens of Love (105)
Solo Violin and Narrator. Commissioned for the inaugural English Music Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 2020, where it was premiered by Rupert Marshall-Luck (Violin) and Em Marshall-Luck (Narrator).
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On Hearing the Oxford Bells at Eventide (57)
Concert piece for Narrator and Orchestra. Words : Sir John Betjeman. Commissioned and premiered by the Oxford Orchestra da Camera in honour of its tenth anniversary. Premiered at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, on 28th September 2002, with Henry Kelly (Narrator), conducted by Howard Williams.Nocturne (58)
Concert piece for Contrabassoon and Orchestra. Commissioned by Inge Hadorn, and premiered by her in the version for Contrabassoon and Piano, at St. Peter’s School, Johannesburg, on 8th June 2010, with Mark Baker (Piano).Concerto for Organ (110)
Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Trumpets. Commissioned by the London Choral Sinfonia and their director Michael Waldron.
Green Shadows Fall
Concert piece for Military Band, Piano, or String Quartet. Commissioned for the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. Premiered by the British Army Band, Colchester, at the Corps Day of the Intelligence Corps, attended by HRH Princess Anne.