String Trio or Quartet (2009–11)

First performed by Angharad Davies, Julia Eckhardt, Dominic Lash and Stefan Thut, Solothurn, Switzerland July 2011. Listen to an excerpt of the first performance.

 

Symphony in e (2009)

for a large group

First performed by edges, conducted by Philip Thomas, Site Gallery, Sheffield in May 2010, and by CalArts Experimental Music Workshop, Dogstar, 2010. Listen to an excerpt from the Dogstar performance.

 

Four Reed Organs (2009)

First performed by Stephen Chase, John Lely, Ross Parfitt and Philip Thomas at Site Gallery, Sheffield in May 2010. Also exists in a version for solo church organ, made in collaboration with Lauren Redhead, late 2010, which you can listen to here.

 

Distance Learning (2009)

for three perfomers, three objects, chopsticks and a table

First performed by Tim Parkinson, James Saunders and Taku Unami, Hamburg in May 2009. Listen to John Lely, Mark So and Michael Winter perform Distance Learning at the wulf. in 2009.

 

Keyboard Exercises (2009)

for any number of keyboard players

Listen here to Tim Parkinson playing Keyboard Exercises at Cafe Oto in 2009, and listen here to Sam Sfirri playing them in South Carolina in 2010.


Symphony No. 5 'The Only Way is Up' (2009)

for a group of pitched instruments

First performed by Incidental Music, Zurich 2010.

 

Symphony No. 4 'The Great Outdoors' (2009)

for a small group of percussion players

First perfomed in Sheffield town centre in 2010, directed by Stephen Chase. Would also work in a desert or on mud flats.

 

Symphony No. 2 'The Lowest Common Multiple' (2009)

for a group of percussionists

Dedicated to James Saunders, who directed the first performance in Bath in 2009.

 

Symphony No. 3 'The Parsons Code for Melodic Contours' (2008)

for two or more melody instruments

First performed by Joseph Kudirka (electric guitar), John Lely (melodica) and Taylan Susam (clarinet), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, 24 November 2008. Listen to an excerpt of a performance in New York in 2009 with Angharad Davies, Travis Just, Jay Rozen and Alex Waterman.

 

The Harmonics of Real Strings (2006)

for solo bowed string instrument

Composed for cellist Anton Lukoszevieze, and first performed by him at The Warehouse in London, 2006.

Listen to violinist Clemens Merkel play the piece at Music We'd Like to Hear 2010 (excerpt).

 

All About the Piano (2006)

for pianist and roaming assistant/s with portable recording devices

Composed for James Saunders and Philip Thomas, and commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2006. Listen to an excerpt of the first performance.

 

Desk Bells (2006)

solo for a set of tuned desk bells

 

Second Symphony (2006)

for a fairly large group of percussionists with click-tracks and one sound each

Listen to an excerpt of this piece performed by the edges ensemble in Huddersfield in 2010.

 

Berliner Spielzeugladen (2005)

field recording

Listen here.

 

Corona (2005)

for 19-division trumpet

LIsten to Steve Altoft play the piece in Freiberg in 2008.

 

Cycling in [county/region of performance] (2004)

solo for harp

Composed for Rhodri Davies, who gave the first performance as Cycling in Yorkshire in June 2004.

 

White Noise Machine (2004)

for two or more players with white noise machines

Listen to part of a performance at Tate Modern in 2005.

 

Piece for Two Pianos (2003)

First performed by Tim Parkinson and Peter Mumford in London in 2003. Listen here to an excerpt of the first performance.

 

Fall in the fresh lap of the cloudy messenger (2002)

for strings, electric organ, two cds and five hotel reception bells

First performed by Apartment House in London in 2002. Listen here to an excerpt of the first performance.

 

Harmonica High (2002)

for two or more harmonicas

Listen to part of a performance in Bogota in 2006.