Works List
This worklist omits many early or occasional works, including works for orchestra, choir a cappella / with organ/ with string orchestra. To inquire about a full Works List, please contact the composer directly.
NB: All libretti by the composer unless stated otherwise.
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The 8th Door (2017) – 40 Minutes
Libretto: devised by Lliam Paterson, from poetry in Hungarian by Attila József and Endre Ady, and in English translations by Edwin Morgan
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera
First Performance: March 2017, Theatre Royal Glasgow. Director: Matthew Lenton. Conductor: Sian Edwards.
Soloists: Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Mezzo-soprano, Counter-tenor, Tenor, Baritone (all singers amplified)
Orchestration: 2 (pic/ alto). 2 (cor). 2 (E-flat/ Bass). 2 (contra) / 2. 4. 3 (Bass). 1 / 3 perc. timp / hp. pf. cel / str (recommended 10.8.6.5.3
BambinO (2017) – 40 Minutes
Libretto: by Lliam Paterson, based on a concept devised by the composer, Phelim McDermott and Giuseppe Belli. Libretto includes quotations in Italian from operas by Monteverdi, Mozart and Puccini (textual, not musical quotations).
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera, Improbable, Manchester International
First Performance: July 2017, Pavilion Theatre, Manchester. Director: Phelim McDermott.
Soloists: Soprano, Baritone
Orchestration: Percussion (doubling Korg TinyPiano) / Cello (doubling Schoenhut 37-key Toy Grand Piano)
Touching Eden (2014) – 8 Minutes
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera
First Performance:
Soloists: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone
Orchestration: Piano
Radiant (2015) – 8 Minutes
Librettist: Pamela Carter
Written for: Aldeburgh Music (Jerwood Opera Writing Programme)
First Performance:
Soloists: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano 1, Mezzo-soprano 2
Orchestration: French Horn/ Perc / Piano / Cello
Anatomy of a Diva (2015) – 8 Minutes
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera
First Performance:
Soloists: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone
Orchestration: Piano
Bluebeard’s Cake (2016) – 8 Minutes
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera
First Performance:
Soloists: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone
Orchestration: Piano
Ottoni Fiorenti (Flourishing Brass) (2015) – 2 Minutes
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera
First Performance: March 2015, Theatre Royal Glasgow
Orchestration: 2.4.3.1 / 2 Perc.
Chamber Music (up to 5 players)
Floating Bridge (The Lion Dances) (2011) – 6 Minutes
Written for: St. Magnus Composers’ Course
First Performance: June 2011, St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. London Sinfonietta.
Orchestration: Flute (pic). Clarinet (bass) / Perc / Violin. Cello
5 Little Pieces For Piano Trio (2015) – 6 Minutes
Written for: Dartington International Festival – Advanced Composition Course
First Performance: July 2015, Great Hall, Dartington.
Orchestration: Piano / Violin. Cello
Minos Fragments (2016) – 12 Minutes
Commissioned by Susanna Stranders and the Ellipsis Trio
Orchestration: Flute. Oboe / Piano
Radiant Light (From Moon To Moon…) (2011) – 6 Minutes
First Performance: June 2011, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
…Losing Focus… (a piano book) (2015) – 10 Minutes
Written for: Dartington International Festival – Advanced Composition Course
First Performance: July 2015, Great Hall, Dartington
Spirit of the Place (2015) – 35 Minutes
Text: Edwin Morgan
Commissioned by: Scottish Opera
First Performance: April 2015, Aye Write! Festival, Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Soloists: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano
The Isle Is Full of Noises (2016) – 3 Minutes
Text: William Shakespeare
Commissioned by: Grace Durham
Soloist: Mezzo-soprano
The Old Fisherman (2017) – 5 Minutes
Text: George Campbell hay
Commissioned by: Anne Artymiuk
First Performance: The Writers’ Museum, Edinburgh
Soloist: Baritone