Vicentino and me: on Primo Libro
A post about my 31-ET madrigal book, Primo Libro, recently recorded by Ekmeles and released on New Focus Recordings. My first encounter with the microtonal madrigals of Nicola Vicentino (1511-1575/6)...
Autumn performances 2023
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Some great musicians performing my work this Autumn. Pictured are the super-excellent New York vocal sextet Ekmeles, who’ve taken my 31-ET madrigal book Primo Libro to new heights recently in...
BBC Singers – Open Letter from Composers
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The world’s composers stand with the BBC Singers as they face closure after 99 years. The letter has been signed by around 800 composers, and includes some of the biggest...
Remembering Alastair Putt
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I’ve written the following on behalf of my ensemble EXAUDI, with whom Alastair had a long and close relationship as a singer, composer, supporter and friend. ****** On Monday morning...
Walking with Nan Shepherd
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Last year I was asked to write a piece for mezzo-soprano Lucy Goddard and pianist Siwan Rhys. Lucy and Siwan have a wonderful duo partnership that has already seen numerous...
New CD ‘Summer’ on Another Timbre
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I’m delighted to announce a new disc of my music, performed by the amazing Explore Ensemble and released on the legendary Another Timbre label. The programme is a sequence of...
A Book of Flames and Shadows
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At long last we were able to realise the full concert version of A Book of Flames and Shadows in Orford, Suffolk at the end of April. The project’s evolution...
Podcast: interview with Irene Kurka
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I enjoyed chatting to Irene Kurka for her podcast series Neue Musik Leben. Irene is a German soprano, particularly associated (in my mind anyway) with Wandelweiser composers. She sang my...
still here now here
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Sophie and I recorded the online premiere of still here on 16th November 2020. It was webcast on 2nd December as my contribution to the locked-down, pared-down season of Musicon,...
London Lockdown: Darragh Morgan
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Another old piece comes out of mothballs, thanks to my old friend Darragh Morgan. First Steps was written in 2006 to celebrate the marriage of Christopher Fox and Susan McNally...