ORCHESTRAL
Songs and Secrets
[2004] Youth Chorus and OrchestraFirst performance given by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the RSNO Junior Chorus conducted by Christopher Bell.
Commissioned for the 25th Anniversary of the RSNO Junior Chorus.
The Blue Rampart
First performance given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jason Lai at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, June 2002. Also programmed in a Highland Tour conducted by Christopher Bell.
Commissioned by the Highland Festival and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
dansmusik
(revised version) [2001]Orchestra
First performance given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Garry Walker at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. Broadcast of BBC Radio 3’s
Hear and Now.
Ghosts at the Waters Edge
[1999]Orchestra
First performance given by the City of London Sinfonia conducted by
Marin Alsop.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia.
Stramash
[1999]
String Orchestra
First performance given by the City of London Sinfonia directed by Andrew Watkinson at Sheffield Town Hall, April 1999. Further performances by the C.L.S. at the Barbican, Ipwich, Huddersfield & High Wycombe.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia.
Stormwatching
[1998]
String Orchestra
First performance given by the City of London Sinfonia directed by Andrew Watkinson at the Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn, April 1998. Further Performances by the C.L.S. at the Ludlow Festival, St Giles Cripplegate, Ipswich and High Wycombe.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia.
The Admiral’s Fanfare
[1997]Orchestra
First performance given by the City of London Sinfonia at The Opera Theatre, Santiago, Chile. March 1997.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia for the Ambassador to Chile.
Breakdance
[1996]
Orchestra
First performance and pan-European broadcast given by the BBC SSO conducted by Elgar Howarth. Subsequently performed by Jerzy Maksymiuk and the BBC SSO.
Commissioned by the BBC.
The Last Meeting
[1995]2 Horns, Harp and Chamber Orchestra
First performance given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton.
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for the "Glasgow Series".
Street
[1995]Orchestra
First performed by the BBC SSO conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by BBC TV Scotland for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for a programme about composition.
Songs of the Lost
[1995]Chorus and Orchestra
Text by Irina Ratushinskaya and Iain Crichton Smith.
First performance given by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Christopher Bell.
Commissioned by Mayfest.
Tam!
[1993]Two Actors, Choir and Orchestra
First performance given by the Fife Sinfonia conducted by John Steer.
Commissioned by the Arts Council in Fife.
Variation on the "Garb of Old Gaul"
[1993]Chamber Orchestra
First performance given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mathias Bamert.
Commissioned by Edinburgh University Music Faculty to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
The Tree of Strings
[1993]Large Orchestra
Winner of the 1993 IBM Young Composers Prize.
First performed given by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by David Davies
Banner
[1992]Childrens Voices, Chorus, Wind Band & Orchestra
First performed by the SCO, the Thorn Choir, the East Glasgow Wind Band and the SCO Chorus conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
rantriddlereel
[1991]Chamber Orchestra
First performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
The River Sings
[1987]2 Trumpets, Percussion & String Orchestra
First performance given by the Spectrum Strings, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Shaun Harrold and Peter Franks(trumpet) Caroline Garden (percussion) and John Steer(conductor).
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
The Rain Gathering
[1986]
Solo Piano & Chamber Orchestra
First performance given by Joanna Macgregor (piano) and Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christopher Bell.
Commissioned by the Isobel Dunlop Trust.
Ordo Nocturnus
[1984]
Large Orchestra
First performed by EUMS Orchestra conducted by Christopher Bell.
Commissioned by Edinburgh University Music Society.
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
A Gift o’ Tunes
[2004]
cl/ob/2 vln/vla/vcl/pno
Written to celebrate the 70th birthday of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. First performance given by the Nash Ensemble at the 2004 St Magnus Festival.
42nd Street Stomp
[2003]
Solo Piano & Ensemble.
First performed by Joanna MacGregor and members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, February 2001.
Dansmusik
[2000]
Large Ensemble
First performance given by the Paragon Ensemble conducted by Garry Walker.
Commissioned by the Paragon Ensemble.
Keepers of the House
[1997]
Large Ensemble
First performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Stephen Deazley.
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Mirror Dances
[1996]Soprano Sax, Piano & String Quartet
First performed by Dick Lee (sax), Joanna MacGregor (piano) and the Emperor Quartet conducted by the composer.
Commisioned by the St Magnus Festival.
Punch!
[1994]Sextet
First performance given by the Chamber Group of Scotland conducted by the composer at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Commissioned by the St Magnus Festival.
Subsequent performances by Psappha, Paragon Ensemble, The Chamber Group of Scotland and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Cradle Song of the Disappeared
[1992]Chamber Ensemble
First performed by the Platform Ensemble conducted by the composer. Platform 2 Festival, ICA, London.
Subsequently performed in Kiev as part of the International Music Forum.
Journeys round the Moon
[1987]Chamber Ensemble
First performance given by members of the SCO conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Conceites and Counterfetes
[1985]
Chamber Ensemble
First performed by the Mozart Band conducted by Christopher Bell at Palmerston Place Church, Edinburgh.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Slainte
[2002]Brass Ensemble
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia.
Orpheus Beginnings
[2001]Saxophone Quartet
First performance given by Saxploitation.
Exeter Cathedral August 2001.Midsummer Songs
[1999]Flute(Alto Flute) Violin & Gongs.
Commissioned by and first performed by Ken Aiso and Junko Chiba, Oji Hall, Tokyo, October 1999.
Don’t Explain
[1997]
Oboe, Bassoon & Piano
First performed by the Derngate Ensemble, Derngate Centre, Northampton.
Commissioned by Nene College, Northampton.
….the isle is full of noises…
[1996]Guitar
Commissioned and first performed by Allan Neave at the RSAMD, Glasgow and toured subsequently throughout theUK.
The Stormwatchers
[1996]String Quartet
(see alternative version for 2 pianos listed under KEYBOARD)
First performance given by the Emperor Quartet.
Commissioned for a dance work with the Andy Howitt dances by the St Magnus Festival.
Subsequently turned into a ballet score for Scottish Dance Theatre on tour.
Squeeze
[1995]
Two Accordions
First performance given by James Crabb and Geir Draugsvoll at Ijsbreker, Amsterdam and broadcast live on Dutch Radio.
Commissioned by James Crabb.
Shadows of a Desperate Journ
ey [1995]
Flute & Marimba
Commissioned and first performed by Aequitas at Blackheath Concert Halls, London. April 1995 and subsequently on a UK tour.
Slow Airs and March
[1994]
Soprano Saxophone & Piano
Commissioned and first performed by Gerard MacChrystal and Kathryn Page at the 1994 Canterbury Festival.
Dàn
[1994]
Cello & Piano
Commissioned by Oystein Birkeland.
Don’t Explain
[1994]
Accordion
Commissioned and first performed by James Crabb as part of the 1994 Chester. Broadcast and performed for Radio 3 from Glasgow’s Tramway in 1995.
Bon Accord
[1994]
Quintet
First performance given by members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Duke
[1993]
Cello & Piano
First performance given by Oystein Birkeland and Joanna MacGregor in Oslo and performed subsequently on a Norwegian tour.
Commissioned by Norconcert.
General Reid: His Dumpe
[1986]Clarinet, Cello & Piano
Commissioned and first performed by the Bufano Trio at the Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh.
Subsequent performances given by the Paragon Ensemble and ECAT.
Cassandra’s Magick Musick
[1985]Clarinet & 2 Violins
First performance given by Giles Hamilton, Ginny Strawson and Cecilia Weston at the Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh.
Fanfare for a Party
[1984]3 trumpets
First performance given by EUMS Ensemble.
Touchstone
[1983]Solo Violin
First performed by Virginia Strawson and dancers at the Adam House Theatre, Edinburgh.
KEYBOARD
Lullabies for Madeleine
[1993]Piano
Commissioned and first performed by Joanna MacGregor.
Christmas Songs
[1991]
Piano
Commissioned and first performed by Joanna MacGregor at the BBC Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London, December 1991.
42nd Street Stomp/I’ll Be Seeing You
[1990]Piano
First performance given by Joanna MacGregor at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, June 1990.
Performed over 100 times by performers such as Rolf Hind & Joanna MacGregor in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Denmark, New York and throughout the UK.
Commissioned by Collins Classics Records.
The Clockwork Nocturnes
[1989]Clavichord
Commissioned and first performed by John Cranmer, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh.
Raintown Remembrance
[1998]
Piano
First performance given by Joanna MacGregor.
The Stormwatchers
[1996]2 Pianos (see version for String Quartet listed under CHAMBER MUSIC)
Quicksilver
[1982]
Organ
First performed by David Blackwell on the organ of the Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh.
VOCAL
Backward Glances
[2002]Mezzo-Soprano & Piano
Commissioned and first performed by Catherine Wyn-Rogers and Malcolm Martineau at the 2002 Buxton Festival.
Subsequent performances during the 2004 Three Choirs Festival
.Three Scots Songs
[1999]
Tenor & Piano
First performance given by Harry Nicoll and Alasdair Nicolson at Foulis Castle, Invergordon, Scotland as part of the 1999 Highland Festival.
Commissioned by the Highland Festival.
Subsequent performances given by Harry Niccoll with the composer at St John’s Smith Square and Iren Bartok(soprano) for the Canadian Broadcasting Coproration.
Last Things
[1993]Counter Tenor & Piano
Text by Craig Raine.
First performed by members of New Chamber Opera at New College, Oxford.
Cada Canςion
[1989]Mezzo-Sopranno & chamber ensemble
Text by Lorca
CHORAL
Ecce Puer
[1998] Violin, Cello, Bells & SATB Choir[Alternative version for unaccompanied SATB Choir]
Text by James Joyce.
Commissioned and first performed by the Black Isle Singers conducted by Aileen Fraser. St Andrews Church, Fortrose. December 1998.
Lie in Grace
[1982]SATB Choir
Text by Dylan Thomas.
First performed by the Music Faculty Choir at the Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University.
Songs of the Lost
[1995]
Chorus & Orchestra
[ See orchestral listings]
OPERA & MUSIC THEATRE
The Tinsel Storm
[2004-] Chamber OperaLibretto by Philip Ridley.
Commissioned by Opera Theatre Scotland. Premiere in preparation.
Ice
[2001] OperaLibretto by Andy Rashleigh.
First performed by members of the community, Carole Irvine, Richard Morris and the CLS conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the City of London Sinfonia
Shawna and Ron’s Half Moon
[2000] Chamber OperaText by Eva Salzman.
First performed by members of The Knack.
Commissioned by ENO Studio.
The Big Issue
[1998]
Baritone & piano
Text by the composer.
First performed by Hatstand Opera at the London Coliseum.
Commissioned by the Covent Garden Festival.
Cat Man’s Tale
[1997] Chamber OperaLibretto by David Harrower.
First performed by Opera Circus at the Garrison Theatre, Lerwick, and subsequently on tour throughout the UK. (October 1997 to June 1998.)
Commissioned by Opera Circus.
Lanark
[1997]
Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, 2 Cellos & Violin.
Text by Alastair Cording after Alasdair Gray.
First performed by Carole Irvinve and Stuart MacIntyre at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh as part of the 1997 Edinburgh Festival.
Commissioned and first performed by TAG Theatre Company
Greenvoe
[1997]5 actors and ensemble
Text by Stewart Conn after George Mackay Brown.
First performed by the BBC SSO conducted by Peter Jones at the 1998 St Magnus Festival,
Subsequent performances at the Northlands Festival.
Radio broadcast as Radio Scotland’s tribute to George MacKay Brown.
Commissioned by BBC Radio Scotland.
Five Card Trick
[1995]
Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone & Ensemble
Libretto by Janice Galloway.
First performed by Donald Maxwell and Linda Ormiston with the Festival Ensemble conducted by Wyn Davies.
Commissioned by the Music Box.
The Ballad of Bulbous Sniff
[1994]Mime, Mezzo-Soprano & Ensemble
Text by composer and Orit Azaz.
First performed by Carole Irvine and the EOS Ensemble conducted by Charles Hazlewood as part of the South Bank Centre’s Boom Boom Series at the Purcell Room, London, October 1994.
Commissioned by EOS.
Cassandra
[1989] Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Brass & PercussionText by the composer.
First performed by Frances MacCafferty, Irene Drummond and members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by the Scottish Masking Company.
Hildegard
[1988] Chamber OperaLibretto by Roger Savage.
First performed by Edinburgh University Opera conducted by the composer.
Commissioned by Edinburgh University Opera
Single Letters
[1988]
Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor & Tape
Text by the composer. First performed by Carole Irvine and William Deighan as part of the 1998 Covent Garden Festival.Commissioned by the Covent Garden Festival.
AMATEUR & CHILDREN
Sgathach
[1997] OperaText in Scottish Gaelic by Aonghas Macneacail.
First performed by member of the community of the Island of Skye conducted by Stephen Deazley.
Subsequent tour to the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, with Slainte Productions.
Commissioned by the Highland Festival.
Triple Kirks
[1996] EnsembleFirst performed by the NESM Ensemble.
Commissioned by the City of Aberdeen for Andy Howitt Dance.
Springtide
[1995]Chorus & Orchestra
First performed by pupils of Queen Anne High School conducted by Graeme Wilson at Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, June 1995.
Commissioned by Queen Anne High School.
Stone Ritual
[1994] OrchestraFirst performance given by the COMA Summer School Orchestra conducted by Simon Foxley.
Further performances with COMA at the 1995 Huddersfield Festival and at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall with the City of London Sinfonia.
Commissioned by COMA.
Tam!
[1993][see ORCHESTRAL listings]
Banner
[1992][see ORCHESTRAL listings]
The River Sings
[1987][see ORCHESTRAL listings]
FILM - TELEVISION - RADIO
After the Rains
Small Ensemble
Soundtrack for an animated film by Jessica Langford.
The Loch
Small Ensemble
Soundtrack for the award winning BBC TV series, The Loch.
Winner of a Scottish Bafta.
T-Dance
Small Ensemble
Soundtrack for the award-winning BBC 2 Series, Dance for the Camera.
Award winner at Bratislava and Naples Television Festivals.
The Battle of Stirling Bridge
String Quartet
Soundtrack for an animated film by Siriol Scotland.
Greenvoe
[see OPERA & MUSIC THEATRE listings]
Scotland’s Century
Large Ensemble
Radio music for a 26-part history series for BBC Radio Scotland.
Beelines
Flute, Violin & Harp
Soundtrack for an animated film by Rachel Bevan Baker.
THEATRE MUSIC
Falstaff
Oxford Stage CompanyThe Queen of Spades
King Lear
Touchstone
Testing TestingThe Orphan of Chao
Murder in the Cathedral