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Notte oscura [version for solo piano]
No full textFor solo piano, duration 6 minutes.
This piece is an arrangement for solo piano of the first orchestral interlude from the composer's opera The Overcoat. It was premiered on 12 May 2002 by Pedro Burnmeister at the Casa da Musica, Porto.
It has been recorded by Clare Hammond (BIS Records: BIS-2193 SACD): https://bis.se/label/bis/kenneth-hesketh-horae-pro-clara, and also in an arrangement for piano four hands by the Green Duo (Prima Facie Records: PFCD095): https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/diatoms.html.
For the chamber orchestra version see https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493/ on this repository
Les grandes plaines du jour
No full textFor solo violin, duration 12 minutes. This piece was first performed on 29 April 2005 by Simon Blendis at the Purcell Room, London
Aphorisms
No full textFor solo clarinet in Bb, duration 9 minutes.
This piece was first performed on 13 August 1995 by Derek Bermel at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, USA.
A recording is available by Psappha (album title 'Theatre of Attractions'): https://www.psappha.com/spotify/.
An extract from a performance by Andrew Stainer given at BBC Proms Plus in 2008 is available on SoundCloud via the 'Play on SoundCloud' link on the Audio tab below
Deux arabesques [Debussy arr. Hesketh]
No full textBy Claude Debussy, arranged for ensemble by Kenneth Hesketh, duration 7 minutes.
This piece was first performed on 20 March 2002 by the Nash Ensemble at the Purcell Room, London.
It has since been performed by Chroma chamber ensemble, The Harborough Collective, and Orchestra of the Swan.
A recording by students of the Royal College of Music is available on SoundCloud via the link on the audio tab below
Shimmerwords and idle songs (selected poems of the Tang Dynasty)
No full textFor soprano and piano, duration 18 minutes.
This work was commissioned by Leeds Lieder+ 2007 with funds partly provided by the RVW Trust. It was premiered on 14 October 2007 at Leeds Lieder+ by Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Gary Matthewman (piano).
The song cycle is made up of six songs in four sections, and the text is taken from a collection of Chinese poetry from the 8th and 9th centuries:
I) Traveling Moon; II) Enjoying Pine and Bamboo; III) Three Commentaries: A Song of the Palace - The Philosopher - The Red Cockatoo; IV) Sitting Idle at the North Window.
A recording by Claire Booth (soprano) and Ryan Wigglesworth (piano) is available on SoundCloud (see the 'Play on SoundCloud' link on the audio tab below)
A little child there is y-born
No full textFor SATB choir and orchestra, duration 4 minutes. Commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, this piece was premiered on 15 December 2007 by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, and the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir, conducted by Ian Tracey
San Francisco night [Dutilleux arr. Hesketh]
No full textBy Henri Dutilleux, arranged for solo soprano and orchestra by Kenneth Hesketh, duration 4 minutes 40 seconds
The gilded theatre
No full textFor symphonic wind band, duration 12 minutes.
This work was commissioned by the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain in celebration of its fortieth anniversary. They gave the premiere on 10 August 2008 conducted by James Gourlay, at St. John's Smith Square, London.
A recording is available by the South Florida University Wind Ensemble conducted by John C. Carmichael (Mark Custom Records 9987-MCD)