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for contrabass (or bass) clarinet & string trio
for contrabass (or bass) clarinet & string trio
Contrabass Clarinet - Scott Lygate
Violin - Gordon Bragg
Viola - Ruth Gibson
Cello - Christian Elliott
Dumfries House Estate, Ayrshire
10 August 2024
Performed as part of The Cumnock Tryst International Summer School for Composers
The other crag is lower - you will see, Odysseus -
though both lie side-by-side, an arrow-shot apart.
Atop it a great fig-tree rises, shaggy with leaves,
beneath it awesome Charybdis gulps the dark water down.
Three times a day she vomits it up, three times she gulps it down,
that terror! Don't be there when the whirlpool swallows down -
not even the earthquake god could save you from disaster.
No, hug Scylla's crag - sail on past her - top speed!
Better by far to lose six men and keep your ship
than lose your entire crew.
- Circe to Odysseus, The Odyssey, Homer (trans. Fagles)
for alto flute & guitar
for alto flute & guitar
I. Cothon
II. Agora
III. Byrsa Hill
IV. Megara
Alto Flute - Jess McNulty
Guitar - Goi Ywei Chern
St James's Church Sussex Gardens, London
23 January 2024
About Qart Hadasht
About Qart Hadasht
The four movements of this piece are named after various locations within the ancient city after which this piece is named - Qart Hadasht, meaning New City, in the punic tongue, better known in modern times by the anglicised version of its Greek and Roman name - Carthage.
The Cothon was the great harbour from which the Carthaginians projected their power throughout the Mediterranean. It consisted of a rectangular commercial harbour leading into a circular military harbour.
The Agora was the marketplace and public square of the city. Trade, politics, and festivities would likely have taken place there, creating a lively, energetic atmosphere.
Byrsa Hill was, in legend, the place where Elissa, also known as Dido, first founded the city after fleeing from Tyre. A fortified citadel sat atop the hill, in which the Temple of Eshmun was located at the end of a great staircase
The Megara was a district described by Appian as "planted with gardens and full of fruit-bearing trees divided off by low walls, hedges, and brambles, besides deep ditches full of water running in every direction".
Across the piece I imagine moving through the city, starting from entering the commercial harbour from the sea and moving into the military harbour in Cothon, walking through the marketplace and public square in Agora, climbing the great staircase to the temple in Byrsa Hill, and travelling across the gardens and meadows in Megara.
Flute - Beth Stone
Bass Clarinet - Jasper Perry
Tenor Saxophone - Sophia Elger
Violin - Maja Horvat
Viola - Elena Accogli
Cello - Colin Alexander
Conductor - Nicolo Foron
Royal College of Music, London
2020
"Do you remember a certain Tveritinov? I had him detained sometime last autumn."
"Why do you ask?" the investigator knitted his brows, significantly.
"Just asking... I was interested... in the outcome."
"We'll take care of your Tveritinov. We never make mistakes."
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, An Incident at Krechetovka Station
Soprano - Anusha Merrin
Piano - Chunmeng Ge
Leeds Minster, Leeds
17 April 2024
Thanks to Leeds Lieder for this project and Apple and Biscuit Recordings (instagram @appleandbiscuit) for the recording.
for soprano and piano
for soprano and piano
Letter from Heaven (lyrics by Yvonne Ugarte)
I now live on the edge of your world
The torch of your love for me burns ever bright
Your strength and your courage are my guiding light
You taught me so much when I lived down on earth
Compassion and love
Always knowing my worth
You'll still hear my voice in the breeze through the trees
Do not be disheartened, despairing or sad
For I'm always there with you
My hero, my Dad
List of Compositions
List of Compositions
Solo
Duo
Qart Hadasht for alto flute and guitar
Duration: 14'
Composed in 2023
Ozymandias for alto flute and harp
Duration: 5'50''
Composed in 2019
Undergrowth for violin and harp
Duration: 2'25''
Composed in 2017
Quartet
Quintet
Along the River for wind quintet
Duration: 6'40''
Composed in 2018
Revelation for piano quintet
Duration: 6'10''
Composed in 2016
Simple Movement for wind quintet
Duration: 5'30''
Composed in 2015 (rev. 2021)
Sextet
Cycles for sextet (flute, clarinet in Bb, piano, violin, viola, cello)
Duration: 8'10''
Composed in 2021
We Never Make Mistakes for sextet (flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin, viola, cello)
Duration: 9'40''
Composed in 2020
Ascent into the Unknown (clarinet in Bb OR alto saxophone, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass)
Duration: 7'10''
Composed in 2015
Orchestra
Thou-shalt for orchestra (3,3,3,3 4,3,3,1 perc., 2 harps, strings)
Duration: 15'
Composed in 2021
Solo with Ensemble
OVERLOAD for alto flute and ensemble (clarinet in Bb, bassoon, harp, violin, viola, cello)
Duration: 8'20''
Composed in 2023
Undercurrent for tenor trombone and ensemble (brass quintet and percussion)
Duration: 14'
Composed in 2023
Concertino for soprano saxophone and wind ensemble (piccolo, flute + alto flute, oboe, oboe + English horn, clarinet in Bb, bass clarinet + contrabass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns in F, percussion (almglocken set + snare drum + kick drum), harp, 2 cellos
Duration: 14'20''
Composed in 2021
EGO for piano and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet in Bb, percussion, violin, cello)
Duration: 13'
Composed in 2019
With Voice
Letter from Heaven (soprano and piano)
Duration: 4'30''
Composed in 2024
On Destruction and Death in Ancient Times (song cycle for soprano, alto flute, Bb clarinet, and harp)
Duration: 21'30''
Composed in 2023
The Tarantulas (tenor, wind quintet, and string quintet)
Duration: 22'50''
Composed in 2020
The Reflection of Narcissus (high voice and electronics)
Duration: 8'10''
Composed in 2021
With Film
Colour Study (harp, guitar, electronics, and film)
Duration: 5'50''
Composed in 2020
Colours and Industry (clarinet in Bb, 2 guitars, violin, double bass, and film)
Duration: 3'20''
Composed in 2020
With Electronics
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