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No full textFor Sextet of trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, cello, piano.
First performed by Emily Anderson, Lily Harwood, Radu Stoica, Katie Bannister, Pau Hernandez and Amadea Daizely Gaist in the Amarylis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, 11 February 202
Totem
No full textFor solo oboe, duration 8 minutes.
This piece was commissioned by Melinda Maxwell and premiered by her on 16 February 2000 at the Royal Northern College of Music
Mamitu
No full textFor string trio and bells, duration 9 minutes.
This work was commissioned for Change Ringing and premiered on 4 December 2014 at Lime Wharf, London.
The recording uploaded here is by Jennifer Alexander (viola) Gregor Riddell (cello), Colin Alexander (cello) and Tom Lee (bells)
Fugue and toccata [Ravel arr. Hesketh]
No full textAn orchestration by Kenneth Hesketh of the Fugue and Toccata from Maurice Ravel's 'Le Tombeau de Couperin,' duration 7 minutes.
This work was premiered on 9 March 2013 by the Goettingen Symphonie Orchester conducted by Christoph-Mathias Mueller.
It has since been performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Kammarorkestern ARTE, Milton Keynes City Orchestra, and the Kungliga Filharmonikerna (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra).
Recordings by the Goettingen Symphonie Orchester conducted by Christoph-Mathias Mueller are available on SoundClound (see the 'Play on SoundCloud' links on the audio tab below). A video recording of the concert in which this piece was performed by the Kungliga Filharmonikerna on 25 March 2021 is available at this link: https://www.konserthuset.se/en/play/ravel-with-oramo/
Polygon window (perpetuum immobile)
No full textFor chamber ensemble (amplified solo violin, 2 pianos, vibraphone, 5 marimbas and 5 percussionists), duration 6 minutes, after Aphex Twin’s 'Polygon Window.'
This piece was commissioned by the South Bank Centre and premiered on 12 March 2004 by the London Sinfonietta conducted by Jurjen Hempel.
A reduced version for a smaller ensemble is also available, see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1495/
Dei destini incrociati
No full textFor chamber ensemble, duration 11 minutes.
This work was commissioned by the City of Munich and the 'Freunde des Nationaltheaters' for the programme KLANGSPUREN of the Münchener Biennale - International Festival for New Music Theatre. It was premiered there on 7 May 2003 by Ensemble Triolog.
A recording by Ensemble 10/10 conducted by Clark Rundell is available on SoundCloud (see the 'Play on SoundCloud' link on the audio tab below).
This piece has also been recorded by Psappha on the album 'Theatre of Attractions': https://www.psappha.com/spotify/
Music of a distant drum: songs from medieval Arabic, Persian and Hebrew texts
No full textFor baritone and chamber ensemble, texts translated by Bernard Lewis, duration 18 minutes.
In six sections: I) The Spheres and Signs;
II) A Cloud heavy with water;
III) Interlude (instrumental);
IV) This is wine!;
V) O New Moon;
VI) Life's Calamities.
This work was commissioned by the Continuum Ensemble and premiered by them with Rodney Clarke (baritone), conducted by Philip Headlam on 6 June 2006.
Recordings of 'Interlude' and 'This is wine!,' and 'Life's Clamities' are available on SoundClound (see the links below)
A wassail carol (2002, rev. 2008)
No full textFor children's chorus and orchestra, duration 3 minutes. Originally completed in 2002, this work was premiered on 15 December 2002 by Merseyside Youth Orchestra and St Julie's Roman Catholic High School conducted by Clark Rundell.
The piece was revised in 2008 and the premiere of the revised version was given on 20 December 2009 by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Choir conducted by Simon Halsey
Sonatine for flute [Dutilleux arr. Hesketh]
No full textBy Henri Dutilleux, arranged for flute and orchestra by Kenneth Hesketh, duration 10 minutes.
A recording of this work by Adam Walker (flute) and the Sinfonia of London conducted by John Wilson is available on Chandos (CHSA5263) see https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHSA%205263. An extract from this recording is available on the publisher's webpage (see 'Official URL' on the Metadata tab below)
Caught
No full textFor chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, piano, vibraphone, viola, cello), duration 7 minutes.
This piece was commissioned by the Brighton Festival and premiered on 16 May 1998 by the Composer's Ensemble at St Nicholas Church, Brighton