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Mini-prélude en éventail [Dutilleux arr. Hesketh]
No full textArrangement of the 1987 piano piece by Henri Dutilleux for oboe, harpsichord, doublebass, and percussion, duration 2 minutes. This work was premiered on 11 February 2016 in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London. It has since been performed by Riot Ensemble at Cardiff University Concert Hall
Recit and aria [version for soprano and piano]
No full textFor soprano and piano, with a text taken from the 'Satyagraha' by the Reverend Michael Scott, duration 11 minutes.
Originally written for soprano and chamber ensemble (see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1528/) this version for soprano and piano was premiered on 27 February 2005 by Sarah Leonard (soprano) and Sarah Nicolls (piano) at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Piece for string quartet
No full textFor string quartet, duration 7 minutes. This piece was first performed on 16 June 1999 by the Solaris Quartet, at Christ Church, Spitalfields Festival, London
Tirlun
No full textFor orchestra, duration c.8.5 minutes. This work was commissioned by the BBC for the Ulster Orchestra. The premiere was given by the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by David Hill, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, on 22 August 2008.
The Welsh word ‘tirlun’ refers both to landscape and our relationship to our surroundings. It is a place where we feel we belong; more than simply dramatic scenery – it is an area where a community has lived with whom we identify. The bond between person and place is rooted in landscape – dialects connect us to different environments of land, sea and weather. Land and language are two strands that tie people to places, creating an interlinked quilt of landscapes where people have lived and dreamed, worked and suffered
The soul candle
No full textFor baritone and piano, duration c.10 minutes.
The Soul Candle is a setting of selected poems from Gwyneth Lewis’s collection of the same title. Three poems are presented preceded by a short extract from the collection’s title poem, Soul Candles. After this short introduction, in which the poet speaks directly to the listener, the first song begins. 'One day, feeling hungry' makes use of some of the structural elements of the poem to create a tightly organised harmonic structure. This works its way towards a climactic piano ostinato at the line‚ ‘the brightness of others who had swallowed stars’ before slowly winding down and leading into the second song. The vocal phrases of 'Drought' cut across the formal structure of the poem as the music goes through several changes of tempo before ending with a series of widely spaced, glassy chords. The final song, 'Spring', begins with a cheery ostinato in seven-time before a darker middle section leads to a short concluding piano figure; an echo of the very opening music but this time without the poet’s, or singer’s, voice.
A recording of this work performed by Gareth Brynmore John (baritone) and Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano) is available on Tŷ Cerdd Records here: https://www.tycerdd.org/taliesins-songboo
Earworm variations
No full textFor solo trombone and pre-recorded trombone, written for and premiered by Giordano Mor in 2024. A recording is available at the Official URL link below
Homo sapiens, all-too-sapiens
No full textFor viola, bass flute and flugelhorn, premiered by the soloists of Ensemble InterContemporain at the June 2019 ManiFeste Festival in Paris. A recording is available at the Official URL link below
