A photo of harpist Maia Darme, smiling beneath her umbrella in the Paris rain, inspired this Parisian-style waltz. 'S'il pleut a Paris, n'importe pas, c'est la pluie parisienne!' If it rains in Paris,...
Cradle Song & Music Box Polka' were commissioned by Graham and Jenny Pay as a gift for their daughter, harpist Camilla Pay, upon the birth of her second daughter, Claudia Poppy Knight, on November 17t...
In December 2018, browsing in an antique shop, I discovered a hand-coloured photographic print, dated 1900, of a loosely attired maiden with long wavy pre-Raphaelite hair bearing roses and gazing lang...
Unusually for a work of mine, the 'Sonatina' is neither pictorial nor programmatic, but is simply about the music itself and the instrument it is written for; it is in fact an attempt to contribute a...
The 'Trois Preludes' were originally composed for guitarist Erik Marchelie and harpist Anne Mispelter in gratitude for their passionate performances in a day-long celebration of my music at the Ecole...
Artist George Frederick Watts' famous personification of Hope (which appears on the cover) inspired mixed reactions when first exhibited in 1886 since it appeared to many to depict the exact opposite:...
Since my teenage years the music of French composer Michel Legrand has been a source of joy and inspiration. When I heard of his death in January 2019 I went straight to the piano and found this melod...
Rye Rambles' is a tone poem in three continuous sections written in 2019 and based on material from 'Rye Festival Suite', a work for string orchestra and harp composed for the 40th anniversary Rye Art...
Amboise is my favourite Loire Valley city. Though it was the historic architecture that first attracted me, the memories I celebrate here are of a personal nature and reflect the heartfelt hospitality...
